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Japanese name

Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adopting a Japanese…

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Japanese name

Nodes238
Edges237
Triples184
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008403
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Japanese name

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related to Further reading · 49
Japanese name → Albert, Books, Chinese, Describes, Dictionary, Editors, Evidence, Foot Structure, Herbert, Hoffman, Hogitaro Inada, How, Inc, ISBN, Japan Style Sheet, Japan Times, Japan's Name Culture, Japanese, Japanese Names, Kegan Paul International Ltd
related to Names from other ethnic groups in Japan · 31
Japanese name → American-Japanese, Anglo-Irish, Arudou Debito, At, Chinese, David Aldwinckle, East Asian, Finnish, Greek, Han Chang-Woo, Hearn's, In, Japan, Japanese, Kan Shōyū, Koizumi Yakumo, Korean, Koreans, Lafcadio Hearn, Many
related to External links · 24
Japanese name → Archived, BoysJapanese Names For GirlsJapanese, Department, FAQ全国の苗字, Germany, Hiragana, How, Humanities, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Baby Names Archived, Japanese NamesJapanese Names For, Kanji, Museum, Names For Unisex, Namiko Abe, Okinawa, Publication, Records, Shirōka Lab
related to In Chinese · 16
Japanese name → As, Chinese, For, Hatoyama Yukio, In Chinese-speaking, Japan, Japanese, Jiūshān Yóujìfū, Shāntián Tàiláng, Simply, Sometimes, Standard Mandarin, Therefore, These, When, Yamada Tarō
related to Bibliography · 14
Japanese name → Accession, Archive, C4-2-C4-8, ISSN, Issue, Japan, Japanese, John, June, Kodansha Encyclopedia, Power, Some, The Indexer, Volume
related to Structure · 14
Japanese name → Arata, English, However, It, Izumi, Japanese, Maki, Masuko, Mayumi, People, Romanized, The, Therefore, Very
related to Difficulty of reading names · 12
Japanese name → Conversely, For, Hajime, Hitoshi, Ichi-/-ichi, Japanese, Kazu-/-kazu, Shōji, Some, The, This, Tōkairin
related to Characters · 10
Japanese name → Chinese-based, English, Japanese, Many, Nozomi, Rikyū, Saxon, Sen, The, While

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names name japanese kanji family given order written may japan example use used western common one often characters also chinese

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Sen no Rikyū.Difficulty of reading namesA name written in kanji may have more than one common pronunciationinstance ofor historical figures0.80text
only one of which is correct for a given individualinstance ofor historical figures0.80text
-saninstance ofa respectful title0.80text
potteryinstance ofmaiko and practitioners of traditional crafts and arts0.80text
the tea ceremonyinstance ofmaiko and practitioners of traditional crafts and arts0.80text
calligraphyinstance ofmaiko and practitioners of traditional crafts and arts0.80text
irezumiinstance ofmaiko and practitioners of traditional crafts and arts0.80text
Nakamurainstance ofKabuki actors take one of the traditional surnames0.80text
ballsinstance ofand when attending Western style or international events0.80text
formed part of the wider Meiji period adoption of aspects of Western culture in efforts to present Japan as a country as developedinstance ofand when attending Western style or international events0.80text
advanced as its global neighbours.This also affects some Japanese company names when their English business names are reversed compared to their original namesinstance ofand when attending Western style or international events0.80text
such as Sumitomo Mitsui which is spelled in Japanese as Mitsui Sumitomoinstance ofand when attending Western style or international events0.80text

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