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Miwa's Name
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:19 am
by KogeJoe
This is just a guess, but does Miwa's name in kanji mean "Beauty and Harmony?"
I just thought of that right now, and how it could be the reason Miwa's solo album "Beauty and Harmony" was named that way...
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:00 pm
by nakoruru
It happens that you guessed that right!
"Mi" is written with the kanji for beauty and "wa" for harmony. I love japanese names, they have quite some nice meanings. Such as "Natsumi" which means summer beauty and other things like that. I find them more interesting than western names anyway.
FYI "yoshi" means joy and "da" means rice field. You'll find MANY common surnames with "da" (rice field) such as "Yamada", "Honda"... but it can be read as "ta" as well as in "Tanaka" also meaning rice field.
Priscila.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:51 pm
by James
What about Masa's name?
- James
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:14 pm
by nakoruru
Well, "naka" means inside and "mura" means town/village. Now "masa" means according to my dictionary correct/righteous. "To" means person.
One thing I think is worth mentioning is that surnames are pronunced exactly like the words they mean but names have rather different readings, as "to" from Masa's name is read "hito/nin" usually.
Priscila.
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:11 pm
by tachikaze
'yoshi' generally means 'lucky/auspicious', so Yoshida means lucky field.
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:16 am
by nakoruru
Thanks for the note, Tachikaze. I'm still learning japanese so any new info is absolutely welcome.
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:09 pm
by tachikaze
this is the absolutely coolest resource:
http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx
this should make learning vocabularly about 100000000 times easier.
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:25 pm
by nakoruru
Tachikaze, thanks a whole bunch for the link. My gosh! It's sooooo handy I can't believe it!
Very good, helps a lot to learn vocabulary indeed.
Priscila.