emiko wrote:

trust me altho it looks cool but it's hard to deal with others, because they'll joke around with ur name, simply because it sounds weird for a non-japanese

Why spend the time of your life worrying what other people think of you? I mean it's always important to make great impressions on people however, when it gets down to people criticizing your name, just let the bull$%&# go because it's not worth worrying about people who are focusing on details as such.
Those fools ain't got nothing better to do than to gack at a name. Character, I can see but a name? C'mon. Those punks need a life.
It's as if someone teased your big toe for the way it looks.

Bottom line... WHO CARES? Let it go. They're below you because they look for things to criticize people on. Who knows? Maybe that's a front 'cause those punks are scared of being criticized themselves. (Usually the case with kids when I was growing up.)
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ano... it's okay already... I guess after years of tormenting myself by worrying what others said about my name, I come to accept that what important is how I feel and what I think of my name

thanks ahochaude

emiko wrote:

trust me altho it looks cool but it's hard to deal with others, because they'll joke around with ur name, simply because it sounds weird for a non-japanese

hey i know how you feel. having the name kenji and living in england, even though i'm half japanese, was tough for me when i was younger. now that i'm older i love my name especially as my mother chose rare kanji to spell it with. the girls in japan think it's kakkoii!

ahochaude wrote:

Bottom line... WHO CARES? Let it go. They're below you because they look for things to criticize people on. Who knows? Maybe that's a front 'cause those punks are scared of being criticized themselves. (Usually the case with kids when I was growing up.)

actually, i think with your name, in okinawa they have grown to idolize it. OH RYAN!! hahaha...

actually, i'm sure you know it's pronounced OH-rion, right? ����܂����B�B�B
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niko2x wrote:

actually, i think with your name, in okinawa they have grown to idolize it. OH RYAN!! hahaha... [size=�T]actually, i'm sure you know it's pronounced OH-rion, right? ����܂����B�B�B[/size]

That's really funny, niko.

Could anyone help me translating my name (Samuel) to japanese and telling me if there is any meaning to my name. Thanks guys.

Sam.

sammysosa wrote:

Could anyone help me translating my name (Samuel) to japanese and telling me if there is any meaning to my name. Thanks guys. Sam.

you name in katakana: �T���G��. (samu-eru)
It's basically a phonetic pronuciation of your name. as far as meaning goes in JPNese, there is no meaning because it's a western name.

- niko
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can anyone translate my name (melody ) in katakana kudusai?

also what does it mean in Japanese ? if someone tells me i'll be greatfull *bows*

melody-chan wrote:

can anyone translate my name (melody ) in katakana kudusai? also what does it mean in Japanese ? if someone tells me i'll be greatfull *bows*

You're name in katakana would be: �����f�B

dochira wrote:

You're name in katakana would be: �����f�B

awesome <3 thank you sir!!!

*notes it down*

Welcome.

Inquiries on names belong here: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2628.htm

First of all, is it appropriate for non-Japanese to actually use kanji to write out their name?

Secondly, would the kanji combination �I�� be a good choice for my name Chris? I like the fact that both kanji use the same two radicals . If not, are there any other good options?

And lastly, I found really cool kanji for anyone named Andrew: �Óy��. Dark Earth Dragon!

dochira wrote:

Welcome. Inquiries on names belong here: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2628.htm

Thanks, my friend.

Milly, please refer to said thread for such inquiries.

Merging.
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vega12 wrote:

First of all, is it appropriate for non-Japanese to actually use kanji to write out their name? Secondly, would the kanji combination �I�� be a good choice for my name Chris? I like the fact that both kanji use the same two radicals . If not, are there any other good options? And lastly, I found really cool kanji for anyone named Andrew: �Óy��. Dark Earth Dragon!

It's really not a question of being appropriate or not.
If you were to use those kanji for your name and a Japanese person was to see it without knowing what it was, you would probably be able to almost see the question marks over their head.

It's basically like a Japanese person coming to North America (or any other English speaking country, for that matter) with a name like �D�q (Yuko) and saying, "my name is gentle child."

Sure, I have an ��� with �u�����v as my name, but then again, I only use it for things that require an ��� depression (an me living in Canada right now, those opportunities are scarce), but I would never sign a letter, email, or even a post-it note with those characters.

So, yeah, it's fun to find cool kanji that you can render into your name, but if you are trying to get your name across to a Japanese person, I recommend katakana or even ro-maji.

HTH,

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hello, sammysosa.. i think "samuel" means 'name of God' or 'God has heard'

my name is Lisa and it means "obey God's rules" or something like that.. not so sure, but can anybody tell some cool kanji to fit the name? the one i found was "jasmine tea" onegai shimasu

to Sherly, i can't type katakana, but i found the spelling for your name is sha-ri. anyone knows the kanji?

vega12, that's a cool kanji for andrew. it's my brother's name and i think he will love it

a co-worker asked me her sons name in japanese (devon) i know katakana but i have trouble with how it would sound. so is it da-fan, de-fan
or something else??
i know she really wants kanji but i feel i should know someone before i do there name in kanji.....

a-nesuto, i think Devon should become Debon in japanese.. since F always becomes B

kurokage wrote:

a-nesuto, i think Devon should become Debon in japanese.. since F always becomes B

I'm with kurokage on this one.
�f�{�� (debon) is my pick, and "Devon" even comes up when I hit the space bar to convert �łڂ�.

As for kanji, there are no kanji that have the pronunciation �� (well, there is the original kanji that �� came from, but it is not pronounced that way anymore), so you have to go with �� and �ڂ�.

The only choices I get for �� are:

�o [��] de - to go out, to exit
�� [��] de - little brother; an apprentice

and for �ڂ�:

�~ [�ڂ�] bon - a tray; the Bon festival
�} [�ڂ�] bon - ordinary, not unusual
�{ [�ڂ�] bon - book; counter for long things
�� [�ڂ�] bon - far and wide, everywhere, throughout

Those are all the kanji I get when I convert the kana with the space bar, but there may be older kanji out there.
Just a warning, thought, if using any of the older kanji, chances are high that it will not be recongized by any Japanese person as that particular reading.

HTH,

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I was wondering if anyone knows how to pronounce this in Japanese:

��珩

That's my Chinese name. I don't know if there is a way to pronounce these kanji in Japanese, though.

Here's the meaning if that helps.

�� - roof beam; bridge; ridge; a surname.
珩 - the top gem of a girdle-pendant (as worn by aristocrats and high officials)

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