What's your name in japanese

**Lil_G135** · Jun 11, 2006 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Charmed1P5

And i agreed it would give you a meaning, but it wouldn't be the actual mean of the name in english(or whatever non-japanese language). and No, i'm not saying that names only have one meaning, I'm saying that the meaning that you find for the kanji is well, the meaning of the kanji. It has no relivance to your name in katakana.

All I meant was that was by giving your name kanji, it would give it meaning(s), not the actual non-Japanese meaning of it translated. (However, that's what takase.com is trying to do - translate the english meaning(s) of your name [i.e. Like one of the meanings of my name is 'solitary'] to Japanese, and pick the closest translation that sounds like the English name.) For instance, my third sensei gave all three of her children's name kanji - despite them all being non Japanese names

Originally Posted by Charmed1P5

That's not America's kanji. In Katakana america is a-me-ri-ka.(アメリヵ) But the Japanese word for america is 'Beikoku' and the kanji is only two characters, but the hiragana is four, be-i-ko-ku(though it would hardly ever be writen in hiragana).

I think i see what you tried to do. You took the sylabols of the katakana and then found the kanji to match is sylabol. Even if the katakana could be coverted to kanji that's not how you would do it. But like i have say in earlier posts you can't put katakana words in kanji. The kanji you wrote above doesn't really man anything nor if you try to translate it does it make any sense.

Oh no, you misunderstood me. I didn't just make that up -- that seriously is America's kanji. It's using ateji kanji. And true, 'beikoku' does mean America as well - but hey, who said something could only have one name? ^_^;

Oh, and you need'nt go too far deep into the language - alot of what you've said I've been taught already ^^

**Banana&Apple** · Jun 11, 2006 10:07 PM

I will tell u bout my name, ishimaru Chiaki. well, im korean..actually half but i was born in japan but i moved 2 england after a month in japan then i came 2 california. thats when i discovered the internet and well found a japanese translator thingy then my name was completely changed. my real name is veronica and my middle names korean and my last name i wont say so, so no 1 will hunt me down.

**Charmed1P5** · Jun 13, 2006 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Lil_G135

It's using ateji kanji.

So then this form of kanji lets you take only the sound of a word and then change it to kanji by maching the sylabols. Quite frankly i find that utterly retarded. It's like a fake kanji system.

Stil, no matter what you say,l i stand by what i've witten before.

And quite frankly whether you have learned about what ive said or not, from what i've read doesn't seem like you have.

**Lil_G135** · Jun 13, 2006 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Charmed1P5

So then this form of kanji lets you take only the sound of a word and then change it to kanji by maching the sylabols. Quite frankly i find that utterly retarded. It's like a fake kanji system.

Well, I'm sorry you feel that way - you'll have to take it up on the past Japanese I'm afraid. But no matter how fake you think it is, it's the way the ball rolls.

Originally Posted by Charmed1P5

And quite frankly whether you have learned about what ive said or not, from what i've read doesn't seem like you have.

Being a bit pretentious don't you think? ^_^; Again, sorry you feel that way.

**Saruwatari_Kumiko** · Jun 14, 2006 09:36 AM

well my name is my user name here Saruwatari (monkey on a crossing bridge)

and Kumiko (eternal beautiful child)

**neongenisis-fan101** · Jun 14, 2006 09:55 AM

OMG !! whats my name in japanese??? my names kristin.

**Lil_G135** · Jun 14, 2006 06:21 PM

It would be クリステン or "Kurisuten" . If you're picky about the pronunciation it can also be "Kurisutin" ('in' sound instead of 'ehn' sound like the first)

**tsuki*chan** · Jun 16, 2006 01:56 PM

hi i'm new here so whats this place like i'm new to the whole forum thing

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