pcmodem wrote:

When I saw "an American name" that is for the benefit of non-Americans or non-UK folks. Names like John, Matt, Thomas, David, etc. -PCM

Ah..*nods* So English (and Christian/Hebrew in origin), then.

<--enjoys clarification.

yume wrote:

Ah..*nods* So English (and Christian/Hebrew in origin), then. <--enjoys clarification.

Yup, pretty much. Just generalizing.
-PCM

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And EVERYONE of my customers has written the furigana part in katakana.

Actually the real rule is that if the word "furigana" itself is written in Hiragana you're also supposed to write your furigana in Hiragana and if the word "furigana" is written in Katakana you're supposed to write your furigana in Katakana.

Even many Japanese don't know that.

arglborps wrote:

Quote: And EVERYONE of my customers has written the furigana part in katakana. Actually the real rule is that if the word "furigana" itself is written in Hiragana you're also supposed to write your furigana in Hiragana and if the word "furigana" is written in Katakana you're supposed to write your furigana in Katakana. Even many Japanese don't know that.

Who knew?

Though, I suppose with nearly 80% of the forms (bank, new membership cards, etc.) being written with "furigana" in katakana, everyone has taken to that method.

can you please translate the name Aira

arglborps wrote:

Quote: And EVERYONE of my customers has written the furigana part in katakana. Actually the real rule is that if the word "furigana" itself is written in Hiragana you're also supposed to write your furigana in Hiragana and if the word "furigana" is written in Katakana you're supposed to write your furigana in Katakana.

Very interesting, indeed.
Actually, come to think of it, the furigana part on the card is written in katakana.

arglborps wrote:

Even many Japanese don't know that.

Wow. You must be really something to dig into something so deep.
Good job.
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playmate wrote:

can you please translate the name Aira

it can mean a multiple of things. can you write the kanji of the word instead of the romanji?

I'm pretty sure the "ai" is love, but we need to see what kanji the "ra" is.
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Quite the contrary, the names of the three Aira's I know don't have 'love' in their name: ����, ����, ����.

dai wrote:

Quite the contrary, the names of the three Aira's I know don't have 'love' in their name: ����, ����, ����.

oh well, you can't fault a guy for trying right? Let's see if the previous poster posts the kanji (if there is one) for his/her question.
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In Jim Breen's Enamdict Aira as a given name is spelled ����

The dictionary indicates the other spellings are surnames or place names. I have no idea how accurate that is ...

niko2x wrote:

oh well, you can't fault a guy for trying right? Let's see if the previous poster posts the kanji (if there is one) for his/her question.

;D

Sorry. All my friends say my English sound so straight and direct. I guess I should practice being indirect ne? ;D

hi !
ermm ..... may i ask what my name means in japanese please ? i really suck at kanjis !
My name is Aya
i'd be grateful to hear ( read) the answer .. thanks a lot !^^

my name is Hamad A. Hameed Khouri and post it here if you don't mind ?

as image I hope some one can do it for me

thank you

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Have you read the announcement thread that says, "Please Read Before Creating Any New Threads"?

I suggest you do because you may find the thread that will answer you question.
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sorry ok

can some body help me how to write my name in japanese
"Hamad"

hamadart wrote:

sorry ok

Thank you.
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�n�}�h

-I assume that this is how you write it if the way I interpreted the way you'd say it is correct.

(The writing system used is Katakana)
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Please can you send as image because my Pc doesn't have japanese fonts

hamadart wrote:

Please can you send as image because my Pc doesn't have japanese fonts

Why don't you enable your comp to be able to type and read Japanese fonts?

If you're using Windows, go to "Control Panel", click on "Date, Time, and Regional Options".
Then click "Add Other Languages". Click on the "Languages" tab on the pop up.
Click on "Details". Then click on "Add". Use the 'drop down box' and scroll to "Japanese". Then click "Ok" after doing so.
That will enable you to type in Japanese.

Next (after all that is finished), 'right click' and go to "encoding". On the list of languages, go to "Japanese (Shift- JIS).

Viola.
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