http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-300657 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-300657 I think some names can be translated in to kanji like: “Jose” Phonetically it will be “Hou-Sei”/”Hou-Se” in Romaji, “ホウセイ” in Katakana, “宝世” in Kanji which means individually “treasure” and “world” respectively which equals “world treasure”? LOL “You are a mighty king who holds the treasure of the world in his hands,” is what some say it would mean.

]]> http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-298262 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:56:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-298262 what about my name, Mia? I seem to find that its pretty much the same in a lot of languges

]]> http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-297782 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-297782 how do you write SRIJAN GHOSH IN JAPANESE KANJI

]]> http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-294202 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-294202 What’s the Kanji for the name ‘Ben’ or ‘Benny’ and what’s the meaning ? :D

]]> http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-284967 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 03:39:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-284967 I’d totally own that name!

]]> http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/02/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-write-your-name-in-japanese/comment-page-2/#comment-266652 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=19097#comment-266652 I think my name looks cool in katakana, アンソニー, but in kanji it’s either nonsensical or a string of seemingly sage-like adjectives. If I were to adopt a Japanese name, then it’d probably be 直木 since I’m fond of the sound and like the fact that it has a simple meaning which, at the same time, seems to capture who I am in a metaphorical sense. My last name is just bad all around. In katakana, it’s バノバー and in kanji it just gets really ridiculous: “Ten thousand peace old woman”, what? I’d happily receive a new surname through marriage if I move to Japan, lol.

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