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What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby shaunflan_510342 » March 12th, 2016 4:53 pm

:lol: どうもありがとうございました

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » March 15th, 2016 10:29 pm

Shaun Flanagan san,
Konnichiwa.
I agree with マイケルさん.
ショーン・フラナガン

マイケルさん、
こんにちは。
どうもありがとうございます。
:)
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby fattah3713_510543 » April 1st, 2016 5:20 pm

Hi,

What's my name in japanese.

Fattah

Thank you in advance

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » April 10th, 2016 1:47 pm

Fattah san,
Konnichiwa.
Are you Portuguese?
Your name should be ‘ファタ.’
:)
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby lawanda0811_509868 » April 10th, 2016 10:09 pm

Lawanda here!

I'm not good with Kanji by a long shot but I figured my name would be spelled ラワンだ in Katakana since my name begins with an L right? RA sounds like LA or DA? How would my name be spelled in Kanji? :kokoro:

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby sharadanhg » April 11th, 2016 7:17 am

Hello everyone!
I am Sharada from India.
者らだ -- this would be my name in Japanese? (The hiragana for 'sha' got autoconverted to a kanji letter :? )
Is this the right spelling?

ありがとう ございます  :D

しゃらだ (Sharada in Hiragana)

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » April 18th, 2016 1:56 am

san,
konnichiwa.
Your name should be ラワンダ in Japanese.
You should not put hiragana and katakana together in your name.

san,
konnichiwa.
Your name should be シャラダ in Japanese.
Katakana is phonetically used for overseas words and doesn’t have meanings.
However, kanji have meanings.
者means ‘person.’
If you want to have kanji for your name, you should choose kanjis which have positive meanings.
How about 沙羅妥?
沙羅means ‘stewartia pseudocamellia’ which is kind of camellia and 妥indicates means ‘peaceful’ and ‘calm.’
:)
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby sharadanhg » April 18th, 2016 5:38 am

こんいちわ 由紀ーさん,

Thanks a lot for converting my name into Kanji and Katakana!
Much appreciated :D

So what I have learnt from your post is that:
1. Avoid using Hiragana for foreign names / words -- instead use Katakana (which does not have any meaning)
2. If one wants to have a Japanese name with meaning, use kanji with the positive meaning ON readings, like what you did with my name.

ありがとう ございます once again for your patience to explain the finer points to Japanese newcomers like me!

沙羅妥

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » April 18th, 2016 6:40 am

沙羅妥 san,
Konnichiwa. :)
Thank you for your reply.
Regarding number 2 you mentioned, it doesn’t have to be on-reading. You can use kun-reading if you want.
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby j.c.s.black_507401 » April 18th, 2016 1:19 pm

smith christopher justin

sumisu kurisutofaa jasutin

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » April 25th, 2016 1:11 am

san,
Konnichiwa. :)
Your name should be スミス クリストファー ジャスティン.
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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby Amanda-O » May 1st, 2016 11:49 pm

Hi everyone!

What would my name be in Japanese writing?

Amanda

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby Amanda-O » May 2nd, 2016 12:59 pm

Hi everyone!

What would my name be in Japanese writing?

Amanda



Anyone??

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby Amanda-O » May 2nd, 2016 1:11 pm

I've found this translation online, is this correct?

Amanda
亜万多

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Re: What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

Postby community.japanese » May 5th, 2016 1:57 pm

Amanda-O さん、
Konnichiwa. :)
Basically, names of overseas’ people is written in katakana.
So your name should be アマンダ.
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