Friday, March 6, 2009

Japanese Names 39

Boys
1. Akashi: あかし, アカシ, 明, 赤司, 証
2. Takayuki: たかゆき, タカユキ, 高行, 孝行, 孝之
3. Juntarou: じゅんたろう, ジュンタロウ, 純太郎, 潤太郎, 順太郎
-Juntaro, Juntaroh, Juntarō
4. Terutaka: てるたか, テルタカ, 照孝, 輝隆, 輝孝
5. Yoshizou: よしぞう, ヨシゾウ, 吉蔵, 義三, 良三
-Yoshizo, Yoshizō
6. Keinosuke: けいのすけ, ケイノスケ, 慧之介, 啓之輔, 敬之助
7. Mitsuhiro: みつひろ, ミツヒト, 光弘, 光博, 光広
8. Rintarou: りんたろう, リンタロウ, 輪太朗, 倫太郎, 林太郎
-Rintaro, Rintaroh, Rintarō
9. Takehiro: たけひろ, タケヒロ, 武弘, 武博, 武浩
10. Yasukichi: やすきち, ヤスキチ, 安吉, 泰吉, 康吉

Girls
1. Mari: まり, マリ, 麻理, 麻里, 真理
2. Kanayo: かなよ, カナヨ, 金世, 香菜世, 加奈代
3. Harue: はるえ, ハルエ, 春恵, 春枝, 春江
4. Mariyo: まりよ, マリヨ, 麻理世, 真理代, 万里代
5. Namiko: なみこ, ナミコ, 奈美子, 浪子, 菜美子
6. Marie: まりえ, マリエ, 真理恵, 麻里絵, 真理恵
7. Yasuko: やすこ, ヤスコ, やす子, 泰子, 康子
8. Mitsuyo: みつよ, ミツヨ, 美津代, 光世, 光代
9. Katsuyo: かつよ, カツヨ, 香津世, 勝世, 勝代
10. Kazumi: かずみ, カズミ, 和実, 一美, 和美

No Post Yesterday

I didn't post yesterday because I started the blog a day before the New Year so I was one day forward.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Katakana Names 5

1. Helena (herena): ヘレナ
2. Stan (sutan): スタン
3. Stanley (sutanri-): スタンリー
4. Logan (rogan): ロガン
5. Claudia (kuraudia): クラウディア
6. Mac (makku): マック
7. Devon (devon): デヴォン
8. Dakota (dakota): ダコタ
9. Max (makkusu): マックス
10. Maximilian (makushimirian/makushimiria-n): マクシミリアン, マクシミリアーン
11. Judith (judisu): ジュディス
12. Apple (appuru): アップル
13. Sage (se-ji): セージ
14. Love (rabu, ravu): ラブ, ラヴ
15. Agnes (agunesu): アグネス
16. Sidney (shidoni-): シドニー
17. Walter (waruta-): ワルター
18. Angelina (anjeri-na): アンジェリーナ
19. Layla (reira): レイラ
20. Derek (derekku): デレック

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Japanese Surnames 11

1. Okada: おかだ, 岡田, 円田, 岡多
2. Izumi: いずみ, 出水, 伊豆美, 泉
3. Tsuruhashi: つるはし, 鶴葉氏, 鶴羽氏, 鶴橋
4. Awata: あわた, 粟田, 淡田, 阿波田
5. Shimabukuro: しまぶくろ, 嶹袋, 嶋袋, 島袋
6. Hosokawa: ほそかわ, 細河, 細川
7. Yonekura: よねくら, 米庫, 米蔵, 米倉
8. Matsushita: まつした, 枩下, 松下*
9. Kageyama: かげやま, 蔭山, 景山, 影山
10. Beppu: べっぷ, 別符, 別部, 別府
11. Anze: あんぜ, 安瀬**
12. Nemoto: ねもと, 根基, 根元, 根本
13. Oshikiri: おしきり, 押切**
14. Ishibashi: いしばし, 矼, 磴, 石橋
15. Muroi: むろい, 室伊, 無量井, 室井
16. Hijii: ひじい, 肘伊, 日路井, 肘井
17. Yamasaki: やまさき, 山咲, 山嵜, 山崎
18. Esumi: えすみ, 江隈, 江角, 江住
19. Yashiro: やしろ, 弥代, 八代, 社
20. Nakayama: なかやま, 半山, 仲山, 中山

*This name only has two spellings.
**This name only has one spelling.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Posts Update

Japanese Names: Total- 720, Boys- 350, Girls- 350, Unisex- 20
Chinese Names: Total- 60, Boys- 30, Girls- 30
Chinese Surnames: Total- 20
Japanese Surnames: Total- 200
Katakana Names: Total- 80
Korean Names: Total- 120, Boys- 60, Girls- 60
Korean Surnames: Total- 20

Japanese Names 37

Boys
1. Hiromichi: ひろみち, ヒロミチ, 博道, 宏道, 弘道
2. Junta: じゅんた, ジュンタ, 潤太, 純太, 順太
3. Takaaki: たかあき, タカアキ, 隆明, 高明, 孝明
4. Joujirou: じょうじろう, ジョウジロウ, 丈次郎, 譲次郎, 譲二郎
-Jojiro, Johjiroh, Jōjirō
5. Yoshizumi: よしずみ, ヨシズミ, 義澄, 良純, 義純
6. Takao: たかお, タカオ, 隆夫, 孝夫, 孝雄
7. Toshinori: としのり, トシノリ, 俊典, 利徳, 敏則
8. Naoji: なおじ, ナオジ, 尚治, 直司, 直治
9. Yasutarou: やすたろう, ヤスタロウ, 安太郎, 泰太郎, 泰太朗
-Yasutaro, Yasutaroh, Yasutarō
10. Seishirou: せいしろう, セイシロウ, 誠志郎, 清四郎, 征四郎
-Seishiro, Seishiroh Seishirō

Girls
1. Marika: まりか, マリカ, 茉莉花, 茉莉香, 真理香
2. Hana: はな, ハナ, 曄, 華, 花
3. Katsumi: かつみ, カツミ, かつ美, 克美, 勝美
4. Haruko: はるこ, ハルコ, 晴子, 治子, 春子
5. Kanako: かなこ, カナコ, 香菜子, 佳奈子, 加奈子
6. Karina: かりな, カリナ, 可理菜, 可里奈, 香里奈
7. Kaeko: かえこ, カエコ, 嘉絵子, 香恵子, 加枝子
8. Mutsumi: むつみ, ムツミ, むつ美, 睦美, 睦
9. Manako: まなこ, マナコ, 真菜子, 真子, 真奈子
10. Toshie: としえ, トシエ, 利枝, 敏江, 利恵

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Japanese Names 36

Boys
1. Junnosuke: じゅんおすけ, ジュンノスケ, 順之輔, 淳之介, 準之助
2. Takaichi: たかいち, タカイチ, 孝一, 高一, 隆一
3. Jouichi: じょういち, ジョウイチ, 丈一, 城一, 譲一
-Joichi, Johichi, Jōichi
4. Yoshiya: よしや, ヨシヤ, 芳也, 吉弥, 義也
5. Hisakichi: ひさきち, ヒサキチ, 比佐吉, 寿吉, 久吉
6. Michizou: みちぞう, ミチゾウ, 三千三, 道造, 道三
-Michizo, Michizoh, Michizō
7. Riichi: りいち, リイチ, 里一, 理一, 利一
8. Motonaga: もとなが, モトナガ, 元永, 基永, 元長
9. Naotaka: なおたか, ナオタカ, 直孝, 尚孝, 直隆
10. Yoshinari: よしなり, ヨシナリ, 吉成, 義成, 良成

Girls
1. Airi: あいり, アイリ, 愛梨, 愛理, 愛里
2. Nahomi: なほみ, ナホミ, 菜穂美, 奈穂美, 奈保美
3. Shihori: しほり, シホリ, 志穂梨, 志保理, 志保里
4. Shima: しま, シマ, 志麻, 氏麻, 志真
5. Mahomi: まほみ, マホミ, 真穂実, 真保美, 真穂美
6. Kuniko: くにこ, クニコ, 訓子, 国子, 邦子
7. Mie: みえ, ミエ, 実絵, 美枝, 美恵
8. Naoko: なおこ, ナオコ, 奈央子, 尚子, 直子
9. Shioko: しおこ, シオコ, しお子, 志緒子, 潮子
10. Mutsuko: むつこ, ムツコ, 睦子, 六子, 陸子

PETA says "Don't Wear Fur!... Unless You're Homeless."

PETA has to be one of the stupidest things on the face of the planet. One thing they always protest is fur. They insult celebrities and call them ugly and skank and we wonder why celebs do drugs. They have no right to do that. Anyway, they're also hypocrites. PETA wants you to donate your fur clothing so they can use multi-thousand dollar stoals for bedding for needy animals. Dude, you could sell the fur and buy beds for a hundred needy animals instead of just helping out one or two. Also then they have fur kitchens as they call them to give fur coats to the homeless because that's okay? Animals were still tortured and died for it, dumb ass. It's only okay to wear fur if you're poor and not if you're rich? Rich people are the only people who can buy fur! Oxymoron alert. Do you really think any of those homeless people are keeping those furs? If you're homeless, you go to the nearest pawn shop and get money for your next meal. If you want to affect the real America, go stand outside of a McDonalds and protest meat. More Americans are buying a Big Mac than a mink stole, I promise you. Fur is a resource that has been used for thousands of years because it works. Humans kill animals. It's a way of life that's kept us going. Besides, I want every PETA member to go to the coldest part of Russia in the winter and be stripped of their clothes. Then I want to offer them a fur coat or they can stay naked. See how many would really rather go naked than wear fur.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Korean Names 6

Boys
1. 동희: Dong-Hi
2. 제욱: Je-Uk
3. 두영: Du-Yeong
4. 지후: Ji-Hu
5. 오성: O-Seong
6. 민호: Min-Ho
7. 진모: Jin-Mo
8. 진태: Jin-Tae
9. 태평: Tae-Pyeong
10. 빈: Bin

Girls
1. 하나: Ha-Na
2. 보라: Bo-Ra
3. 효진: Hyo-Jin
4. 소영: So-Yeong
5. 민아: Min-A
6. 여원: Yeo-Won
7. 려원: Ryeo-Won
8. 수혜: Su-Hye
9. 한나: Han-Na
10. 윤아: Yu-Na

Friday, February 27, 2009

Japanese Names 35

Boys
1. Soutarou: そうたろう, ソウタロウ, 壮太郎, 惣太郎, 宗太郎
-Sotaro, Sohtaroh, Sōtarō
2. Norito: のりと, ノリト, 乃里斗, 典斗, 徳人
3. Toshikichi: としきち, トシキチ, 敏吉, 利吉, 俊吉
4. Kunitarou: くにたろう, クニタロウ, 国太朗, 邦太郎, 国太郎
-Kunitaro, Kunitaroh, Kunitarō
5. Junichi: じゅんいち, ジュンイチ, 淳一, 純一, 潤一
-Jun'ichi
6. Yoshikane: よしかね, ヨシカネ, 義包, 良兼, 吉兼
7. Takamoto: たかもと, タカモト, 高元, 隆元, 孝元
8. Tooru: とおる, トオル, 亨, 均, 徹
9. Kiyohisa: きよひさ, キヨヒサ, 聖久, 精久, 清久
10. Jouichi: じょういち, ジョウイチ, 丈一, 城一, 譲一
-Joichi, Jōichi

Girls
1. Makie: まきえ, マキエ, 真紀絵, 牧絵, 牧江
2. Shihomi: しほみ, シホミ, 志穂実, 志穂美, 志保美
3. Honoka: ほのか, ホノカ, 穂花, 保乃加, 洸
4. Yuzuki: ゆずき, ユズキ, ゆず季, 柚希, 柚紀
5. Airu: あいる, アイル, 亜衣瑠, 愛瑠, 愛留
6. Satsuki: さつき, サツキ, 札紀, 沙津紀, 五月
7. Chidzuru: ちづる, チヅル, 千鶴, 千津留, 智鶴
-Chizuru
8. Mizuko: みずこ, ミズコ, みず子, 水子, 瑞子
9. Urara: うらら, ウララ, 麗, 汎*
10. Kahori: かほり, カホリ, 香穂里, 佳保里, 香保里

*This name only has two spellings.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Korean Names 5

Boys
1. 민준: Min-Jun
2. 칠용: Chil-Yong
3. 동욱: Dong-Uk
4. 효섭: Hyo-Seop
5. 지호: Ji-Ho
6. 성록: Seong-Rok
7. 상민: Sang-Min
8. 민: Min
9. 진: Jin
10. 종혁: Jong-Hyeok

Girls
1. 지원: Ji-Won
2. 정린: Jeong-Nin
3. 별: Byeol
4. 미선: Mi-Seon
5. 경진: Gyeong-Jin
6. 경선: Gyeong-Seon
7. 세정: Se-Jeong
8. 나은: Na-Eun
9. 래연: Rae-Yeon
10. 미진: Mi-Jin

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Korean Names 4

Boys
1. 석준: Seok-Jun
2. 근형: Geun-Hyeong
3. 형민: Hyeong-Min
4. 채무: Chae-Mu
5. 동근: Dong-Geun
6. 유미: Yu-Mi
7. 승우: Seung-U
8. 광업: Gwang-Eop
9. 홍표: Hong-Pyo
10. 현식: Hyeon-Sik

Girls
1. 상미: Sang-Mi
2. 미숙: Mi-Suk
3. 정음: Jeong-Eum
4. 남주: Nam-Ju
5. 효빈: Hyo-Bin
6. 지원: Ji-Won
7. 해림: Hae-Rim
8. 자옥: Ja-Ok
9. 영미: Yeong-Mi
10. 영애: Yeong-Ae

英語の言葉 1

トピック: 自然
日本語の言葉・英語の言葉(単数)・英語の言葉(複数)

1. 山: Mountain マウンテン, Mountains マウンテンス
2. 空: Sky スカイ, Skies スカイス
3. 雲: Cloud クラウド, Clouds クラウドス
4. 鳥: Bird バード, Birds バードス
5. 太陽: Sun サン, Suns サンス
6. 月: Moon ムーン, Moons ムーンス
7. 木: Tree トリー, Trees トリース
8. 島: Island アイランド, Islands アイランドス
9. 川: River リヴァー, Rivers リヴァース
10. 葉っぱ: Leaf リーフ, Leaves リーヴス
11. 虫: Bug バグ, Bugs バグス
12. 蛍: Firefly ファイアフライ, Fireflies ファイアフライス
13. 蝶: Butterfly バタフライ, Butterflies バタフライス
14. 蜂: Bee ビー, Bees ビース
15. 水: Water ワター, Waters ワタース
16. 羊: Sheep シープ
17. 農場: Farm ファーム, Farms ファームス
18. 豚: Pig ピッグ, Pigs ピッグス
19. 花: Flower フラワー, Flowers フラワース
20. 砂: Sand: サンド, Sands サンドス

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

英語レッスン 1

トピック: 愛の言葉

1. 愛してる。
I love you.
アイ・ラヴ・ユー。

2. 私はあなたを大好き。
I really like you.
アイ・リーリー・ライク・ユー。

3. 私はあなたを好き。
I like you.
アイ・ライク・ユー。

4. あなたは私を好きですか。
Do you like me?
デュー・ユー・ライク・ミー。

5. あなたは美しいと思う。
I think you are beautiful.
アイ・シンク・ユー・アー・ビューティファル。

6. あなたは美しいです。
You are beautiful.
ユー・アー・ビューティファル。

7. あなたをキスしてもいいですか。
May I kiss you?
メイ・アイ・キス・ユー。

8. あなたは可愛いです。
You are cute.
ユー・アー・キュート。

9. 彼は私のボーイフレンドです。
He is my boyfriend.
ヒー・イス・マイ・ボーイフレンド。

10. 彼女は私のガールフレンドです。
She is my girlfriend.
シー・イス・マイ・ガールフレンド。

11. あなたは美人です。
You are a beautiful girl.
ユー・アー・エイ・ビューティファル・ガール。

12. いつも愛してる。
I will always love you.
アイ・ウィル・アルウェーズ・ラヴ・ユー。

13. 明日あなたは私を電話して。
Call me tomorrow.
カール・ミー・テュモロー。

14. 結婚したい。
I want to get married.
アイ・ワント・テュ・ゲット・マリード。

15. あなたと結婚したい。
I want to marry you.
アイ・ワント・テュ・マリー・ユー。

16. あなたが欲しいです。
I want you.
アイ・ワント・ユー。

17. あなたはとてもハンサムです。
You are very handsome.
ユー・アー・ヴェリー・ハンドサム。

18. 私をキスして。
Kiss me.
キス・ミー。

19. 今夜フランス料理を食べに行きましょう。
Let's go out and eat French food tonight.
レツ・ゴー・アウト・アンド・イート・フレンチュ・フード・テューナイト。

20. ドキドキしています。
My heart is beating quickly.
マイ・ハート・イス・ビーティング・クウィックリー。

Japanese Surnames 10

1. Okouchi: おこうち, 小河内*
2. Kizara: きざら, 木皿*
3. Okaguchi: おかぐち, 丘口, 岡口, 陸口
4. Kurihara: くりはら, 栗原, 桑原, 栖原
5. Hadzuki: はづき, 巴月, 羽月, 葉月
-Hazuki
6. Ariga: ありが, 在賀, 有可, 有賀
7. Hori: ほり, 掘, 保利, 堀
8. Saneyoshi: さねよし, 実美, 実吉, 実義
9. Minowa: みのわ, 三野輪, 蓑輪, 箕輪
10. Koizumi: こいずみ, 小泉, 古泉, 児泉
11. Zaitsu: ざいつ, 才津, 材津, 財津
12. Yaotome: やおとめ, 八乙女*
13. Hotaru: ほたる, 螢, 蛍, 渡
14. Takeno: たけの, 武野, 竹乃, 竹野
15. Tsurumi: つるみ, 津留見, 鶴味, 鶴見
16. Sugawara: すがわら, 須賀原, 管原, 菅原
17. Ida: いだ, 依田, 伊田, 井田
18. Honma: ほんま, 本麻, 本馬, 本間
19. Chihara: ちはら, 知原, 地原, 千原
20. Yabe: やべ, 矢辺, 谷部, 矢部

*This surname only has one spelling.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Japanese Names 34

Boys
1. Yoshiki: よしき, ヨシキ, 義樹, 吉城, 芳樹
2. Michizou: みちぞう, ミチゾウ, 三千三, 道造, 道三
-Michizo, Michizoh, Michizō
3. Morinosuke: もりのすけ, モリノスケ, 守之輔, 守之助, 森之助
4. Takakuni: たかくに, タカクニ, 高国, 隆国, 隆邦
5. Kiyohisa: きよひさ, キヨヒサ, 聖久, 精久, 清久
6. Hisarou: ひさろう, ヒサロウ, 寿郎, 久郎, 久朗
-Hisaro, Hisaroh, Hisarō
7. Terutaka: てるたか, テルタカ, 照孝, 輝隆, 輝孝
8. Yoshizou: よしぞう, ヨシゾウ, 吉蔵, 義三, 良三
-Yoshizo, Yoshizoh, Yoshizō
9. Soutarou: そうたろう, ソウタロウ, 壮太郎, 惣太郎, 宗太郎
-Sotaro, Sohtaroh, Sōtarō
10. Toshikichi: としきち, トシキチ, 敏吉, 利吉, 俊吉

Girls
1. Chiyoka: ちよか, チヨカ, 千世香, 千代加, 千代香
2. Erisa: えりさ, エリサ, 恵里紗, 英里沙, 絵理沙
3. Azusa: あずさ, アズサ, 梓, 英, 亜寿沙
4. Hisano: ひさの, ヒサノ, 比佐乃, 久乃, 久野
5. Akiho: あきほ, アキホ, 晶保, 秋歩, 昭穂
6. Anju: あんじゅ, アンジュ, 杏珠, 杏朱, 杏樹
7. Mahoko: まほこ, マホコ, 麻帆子, 真穂子, 真帆子
8. Yukina: ゆきな, ユキナ, 友規奈, 友紀奈, 幸奈
9. Chinatsu: ちなつ, チナツ, 知夏, 千奈津, 千夏
10. Nonami: のなみ, ノナミ, 乃波, 乃奈美, のな美

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Korean Names 3

Boys
1. 영국: Yeong-Guk
2. 량현: Ryang-Hyeon
3. 남선: Nam-Seon
4. 수영: Su-Yeong
5. 승범: Seung-Beom
6. 덕환: Deok-Hwan
7. 기준: Gi-Jun
8. 동빈: Dong-Bin
9. 계상: Gye-Sang
10. 평호: Pyeong-Ho

Girls
1. 미경: Mi-Gyeong
2. 설아: Seol-A
3. 운계: Wun-Gye
4. 금석: Geum-Seok
5. 효민: Hyo-Min
6. 인영: In-Yeong
7. 손하: Son-Ha
8. 혜경: Hye-Gyeong
9. 연지: Yeon-Ji
10. 세아: Se-A

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Japanese Names 33

Boys
1. Hisahito: ひさひと, ヒサヒト, 寿人, 久仁, 久人
2. Kyoushirou: きょうしろう, キョウシロウ, 京司郎, 恭四郎, 京四郎
-Kyoshiro, Kyohshiroh, Kyōshirō
3. Nagayoshi: ながよし, ナガヨシ, 長義, 長吉, 永吉
4. Kunitaka: くにたか, クニタカ, 国孝, 邦孝, 邦隆
5. Reizou: れいぞう, レイゾウ, 冷蔵, 令三, 礼三
-Reizo, Reizoh, Reizō
6. Yasuo: やすお, ヤスオ, 安雄, 康夫, 靖男
7. Meitarou: めいたろう, メイタロウ, 明太朗, 命太朗, 明太郎
-Meitaro, Meitaroh, Meitarō
8. Tadamoto: ただもと, タダモト, 忠本, 忠基, 忠元
9. Takajirou: たかじろう, タカジロウ, 隆二郎, 孝治郎, 高次郎
-Takajiro, Takajiroh, Takajirō
10. Ryoushi: りょうし, リョウシ, 亮氏, 良志, 良四
-Ryoshi, Ryohshi, Ryōshi

Girls
1. Kazue: かずえ, カズエ, 和江, 和枝, 一恵
2. Reiko: れいこ, レイコ, 麗子, 怜子, 玲子
3. Nene: ねね, ネネ, 音々, 寧寧, 寧々
4. Eru: える, エル, 江留, 絵瑠, 愛瑠
5. Chiyomi: ちよみ, チヨミ, ちよ美, 智代美, 千代美
6. Sonoe: そのえ, ソノエ, 園江, 園恵, 園枝
7. Asaka: あさか, アサカ, 朝加, 浅香, 朝香
8. Misato: みさと, ミサト, 未里, 実里, 美里
9. Kikuko: きくこ, キクコ, 希久子, 菊子, 喜久子
10. Kotono: ことの, コトノ, 琴埜, 琴野, 琴乃

Friday, February 20, 2009

Japanese Surnames 9

1. Kitasaki: きたさき, 北佐木, 北嵜, 北崎
2. Katsuno: かつの, 勝埜, 勝乃, 勝野
3. Yabuki: やぶき, 薮木, 矢葺, 矢吹
4. Asahina: あさひな, 朝日名, 朝日奈, 朝比奈
5. Ii: いい, イイ, 井井, 伊井, 井伊
6. Seki: せき, 瀬木, 關, 関
7. Kuramoto: くらもと, 倉本, 蔵本, 倉元
8. Mizuhashi: みずはし, 水葉氏, 水端, 水橋
9. Akanishi: あかにし, 赤西*
10. Komatsu: こまつ, 小枩, 子松, 小松
11. Egashira: えがしら, 江頭, 枝頭, 恵頭
12. Ban: ばん, 半, 蕃, 伴
13. Mutou: むとう, 武東, 無藤, 武藤
-Muto, Mutoh, Mutō
14. Yamana: やまな, 山那, 山南, 山名
15. Daigo: だいご, 醍後, 醍胡, 醍醐
16. Kiriya: きりや, 紀理谷, 紀里谷, 桐谷
17. Maeda: まえだ, 真栄田, 前多, 前田
18. Morishita: もりした, 盛下, 守下, 森下
19. Kubodera: くぼでら, 玖保寺, 窪寺, 久保寺
20. Nasu: なす, 邦須, 奈須, 那須

*This name only has one spelling.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Japanese Names 32

Boys
1. Ryoushirou: りょうしろう, リョウシロウ, 了四朗, 亮氏郎, 良四郎
-Ryoshiro, Ryohshiroh, Ryōshirō
2. Hisahiro: ひさひろ, ヒサヒロ, 久宏, 久博, 久弘
3. Takaichirou: たかいちろう, タカイチロウ, 隆一郎, 孝一郎, 毅一郎
-Takaichiro, Takaichiroh, Takaichirō
4. Sumimoto: すみもと, スミモト, 純本, 純元, 純基
5. Yasuzou: やすぞう, ヤスゾウ, 泰蔵, 泰三, 安蔵
-Yasuzo, Yasuzoh, Yasuzō
6. Koujirou: こうじろう, コウジロウ, 幸治郎, 孝次郎, 幸次郎
-Kojiro, Kohjiroh, Kōjirō
7. Takichi: たきち, タキチ, 太喜知, 多吉, 太吉
8. Noritomo: のりとも, ノリトモ, 典友, 徳智, 啓友
9. Reiji: れいじ, レイジ, 玲二, 礼治, 礼二
10. Kinsuke: きんすけ, キンスケ, 欣輔, 欽介, 金助

Girls
1. Sonoko: そのこ, ソノコ, 苑子, その子, 園子
2. Kumika: くみか, クミカ, 久美佳, 久美加, 久美香
3. Hisae: ひさえ, ヒサエ, 久枝, 久江, 久恵
4. Akiyo: あきよ, アキヨ, 秋代, 明世, 昭代
5. Makiyo: まきよ, マキヨ, 眞紀代, 牧世, 真喜代
6. Masako: まさこ, マサコ, 昌子, 雅子, 正子
7. Mikako: みかこ, ミカコ, 美加子, 美佳子, 美香子
8. Sakiko: さきこ, サキコ, 沙希子, 佐紀子, 咲子
9. Chika: ちか, チカ, 智香, 千夏, 千佳
10. Moemi: もえみ, モエミ, 萌未, 萌実, 萌美

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Japanese Names 31

Boys
1. Takanobu: たかのぶ, タカノブ, 高信, 隆信, 孝信
2. Kyoushi: きょうし, キョウシ, 京四, 恭司 京志
-Kyoshi, Kyohshi, Kyōshi
3. Fuyuyasu: ふゆやす, フユヤス, 冬泰, 冬安, 冬康
4. Masamoto: まさもと, マサモト, 昌本, 正基, 正元
5. Yoshitsugu: よしつぐ, ヨシツグ, 好次, 義次, 芳次
6. Souzen: そうぜん, ソウゼン, 総全, 荘全, 宗全
-Sozen, Sohzen, Sōzen
7. Musashi: むさし, ムサシ, 撫佐氏, 武藏, 武蔵
8. Reiya: れいや, レイヤ, 玲弥, 令矢, 玲也
9. Kinnosuke: きんのすけ, キンノスケ, 金之介, 欣之助, 金之助
10. Meijirou: めいじろう, メイジロウ, 明二郎, 明治郎, 明次郎
-Meijiro, Meijiroh, Meijirō

Girls
1. Kumiyo: くみよ, クミヨ, 久実代, 久美世, 久美代
2. Sonomi: そのみ, ソノミ, 園実, その美, 園美
3. Yasumi: やすみ, ヤスミ, 泰実, 泰美, 保美
4. Norie: のりえ, ノリエ, 典江, 徳恵, 紀江
5. Rinako: りなこ, リナコ, 理奈子, 利奈子, 里奈子
6. Minae: みなえ, ミナエ, 美奈江, 美苗, 美奈恵
7. Aiko: あいこ, アイコ, 藍子, 亜依子, 愛子
8. Mitsuka: みつか, ミツカ, 光香, 光加, みつ香
9. Sumika: すみか, スミカ, 澄佳, 純香, 澄香
10. Yuriyo: ゆりよ, ユリヨ, 友里世, 由利代, 百合代

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Japanese Words 5

20 Japanese words using the -tai ending. -Tai is basically translated as "want to do something."

1. 行きたい (いきたい/ゆきたい) Want to go (ikitai/yukitai)
2. 食べたい (たべたい) Want to eat (tabetai)
3. 飲みたい (のみたい) Want to drink (nomitai)
4. 見たい (みたい) Want to see, watch (mitai)
5. 読みたい (よみたい) Want to read (yomitai)
6. 始まりたい (はじまりたい) Want to begin (hajimaritai)
7. 会いたい (あいたい) Want to meet (aitai)
8. 遊びたい (あそびたい) Want to play (asobitai)
9. 習いたい (ならいたい) Want to learn (naraitai)
10. 歌いたい (うたいたい) Want to sing (utaitai)
11. 知りたい (しりたい) Want to know (shiritai)
12. 泳ぎたい (およぎたい) Want to swim (oyogitai)
13. 分かりたい (わかりたい) Want to understand (wakaritai)
14. 寝たい (ねたい Want to sleep (netai)
15. 止まりたい (とまりたい) Want to stop (tomaritai)
16. 座りたい (すわりたい) Want to sit (suwaritai)
17. 売りたい (うりたい) Want to sell (uritai)
18. 笑いたい (わらいたい) Want to laugh (waraitai)
19. 聞きたい (ききたい) Want to listen (kikitai)
20. 買いたい (かいたい) Want to buy (kaitai)

Japanese Surnames 8

1. Hirano: ひらの, 平野, 平之, 平乃
2. Setoguchi: せとぐち, 背戸口, 世戸口, 瀬戸口
3. Okamoto: おかもと, 岡基, 岡元, 岡本
4. Aizawa: あいざわ, 相沢, 相澤, 愛沢
5. Mashiba: ましば, 真柴, 眞柴, 馬柴
6. Takuma: たくま, 宅間, 詫間, 琢磨
7. Kurata: くらた, 藏田, 蔵田, 倉田
8. Aoyagi: あおやぎ, 青八木, 靑柳, 青柳
9. Hara: はら, 原, 愿, 波良
10. Minami: みなみ, 見並, 南, 見波
11. Tabuchi: たぶち, 多渕, 田渕, 田淵
12. Sawaguchi: さわぐち, 沢口, 澤口*
13. Kudou: くどう, 工東, 久藤, 工藤
-Kudo, Kudoh, Kudō
14. Mitani: みたに, 未谷, 美谷, 三谷
15. Narita: なりた, 也田, 鳴田, 成田
16. Natsume: なつめ, 奈爪, 棗, 夏目
17. Matsuzawa: まつざわ, 枩沢, 松澤, 松沢
18. Iwashita: いわした, 伊和下, 井和下, 岩下
19. Ibata: いばた, 伊端, 井畑, 井端
20. Makita: まきた, 槙田, 蒔田, 牧田

*This name only has two spellings.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Katakana Names 4

1. Anna (anna): アンナ
2. Ana (ana): アナ
3. Belle (beru): ベル
4. Eleanor (erenoa): エレノア
5. Ivan (aivan): アイヴァン
6. Teddy (tedi): テディ
7. Manuel (manueru): マヌエル
8. Lee (ri-): リー
9. Morgan (mo-gan): モーガン
10. Tim (timu): ティム
11. Garrett (gyaretto): ギャレット
12. Bill (biru): ビル
13. Søren (soren): ソレン
14. Eric (erikku): エリック
15. Megan (megan): メガン
16. Sam (samu): サム
17. India (india): インディア
18. Roy (roi): ロイ
19. Florence (furo-rensu): フローレンス
20. Claus (kurausu): クラウス

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Japanese Lesson 4

Topic: Iru/ImasuIru/Imasu is used to state the extistence of a living thing (ie humans, animals, bugs) in a certain location. It is the same thing as Aru/Arimasu seen in Lesson 3 but Aru/Arimasu is used for non-animate things (ie chairs, clothes, electronics). Iru is the plain form and Imasu is the formal form.

1. トムは黄色の車の中にいる。
Tomu wa kiirono kuruma no naka ni iru.
Tom is inside the car.

2. 学校にまことがいる。
Gakkou ni Makoto ga iru.Makoto is at school.

3. ハリーの部屋に鳥はいる。
Hari- no heya ni Tori wa iru.
Tori is in Harry's room.

4. 公園に子供たちはいる。
Kouen ni kodomotachi wa iru.
The children are at the park.

5. 金魚鉢に魚はいる。
Kingyobachi ni sakana wa iru.
The fish is in the fishbowl.

6. あなたはビルの中にいます。
Anata wa biru no naka ni imasu.
Y ou are inside the building.

7. ペットホップにあなたのニューのペットがいます。
Pettoshoppu ni anata no nyu-no petto ga imasu.
Your new pet is at the pet shop.

8. ケージに緑の鳥はいます。
Ke-ji ni midorino tori wa imasu.
The green bird is in the cage.

9. 海にイルカはいます。
Umi ni iruka wa imasu.
The dolphin is in the ocean.

10. ビーチに鴎はいます。
Bi-chi ni kamome wa imasu.
There is a seagull at the beach.

Vocabulary List:
Kiirono (黄色の) - Yellow*
No Naka Ni (の中に) - Inside of something
Gakkou (学校) - School
Heya (部屋) - Room
Kouen (公園) - Park
Kodomotachi (子供たち) - Children**
Kingyobachi (金魚鉢) - Fishbowl
Sakana (魚) - Fish
Anata (あなた) - You
Biru (ビル) - Building
Pettoshoppu (ペットショップ) - Pet shop
Nyu-no (ニューの) - New*
Petto (ペット) - Pet
Ke-ji (ケージ) - Cage
Midorino (緑の) - Green*
Umi (海) - Ocean
Iruka (イルカ) - Dolphin
Bi-chi (ビーチ) - Beach
Kamome (鴎) - Seagull

*These are adjectives.
**Kodomotachi is the plural form of children. Do not put tachi on words to make them plural. Tachi/dachi works on a few select words.

LESSON 4 EXERCISE & ANSWERS:
Highlight the area between " " with your mouse to see the answers.

1. ホスピタルに百合はいる。
Hosupitaru ni Yuri wa iru.
Yuri is at the hospital.
2. 栞は病院の前にいる。
Shiori wa byouin no mae ni iru.
Shiori is in the front of the hospital.
3. トムはどこにいるか。
Tomu wa doko ni iru ka.
Where is Tom?
4. ジョイはレストランの後ろにいる。
Joi wa resutoran no ushiro ni iru.
"Joy is behind the restaurant."
5. 美香は外にいる。Mika wa soto ni iru.
Mika is outside.
6. 犬はビルの右側にいます。
Inu wa biru no migigawa ni imasu.
The dog is on the right side of the building.
7. ジェームズはティアの横にいます。
Je-muzu wa Tia no yoko ni imasu.
James is next to Tia.
8. 紀雄はストリートの左側にいます。
Norio wa sutori-to no hidarigawa ni imasu.
Norio is on the the left side of the street.
9. トムは東京にいます。
Tomu wa toukyou ni imasu.
Tom is in Tokyo.
10. 里香は鳥のアパートメントにいます。
Rika wa Tori no apa-tomento ni imasu.
Rika is at Tori's apartment.

Japanese Names 30

Boys
1. Ritarou: りたろう, リタロウ, 里太郎, 理太郎, 利太郎
-Ritaro, Ritaroh, Ritarō
2. Tomonori: とものり, ロモノリ, 智紀, 智徳, 友則
3. Michinosuke: みちのすけ, ミチノスケ, 三千之助, 道之介, 道之助
4. Tadatoshi: ただとし, タダトシ, 忠敏, 忠俊, 忠利
5. Reijirou: れいじろう, レイジロウ, 令次郎, 礼治郎, 礼次郎
-Reijiro, Reijiroh, Reijirō
6. Mitsunao: みつなお, ミツナオ, 充直, 光尚, 光直
7. Morihiro: もりひろ, モリヒロ, 森宏, 森広, 守弘
8. Yuusuke: ゆうすけ, ユウスケ, 勇助, 祐輔, 雄介
-Yusuke, Yūsuke
9. Takahisa: たかひさ, タカヒサ, 隆久, 高久, 孝久
10. Kazumasa: かずまさ, カズマサ, 和昌, 一正, 和正

Girls
1. Minako: みなこ, ミナコ, 実奈子, 美菜子, 美奈子
2. Fujie: ふじえ, フジエ, 富士江, 藤江, 藤枝
3. Sonoyo: そのよ, ソノヨ, その世, 園世, 園代
4. Noe: のえ, ノエ, 乃枝, 野江, 野枝
5. Mayo: まよ, マヨ, 真代, 麻代, 麻世
6. Sae: さえ, サエ, 沙恵, 沙絵, 紗衣
7. Norika: のりか, ノリカ, 紀香, 徳香, 孝佳
8. Yumiko: ゆみこ, ユミカ, 弓子, 祐美子, 由美子
9. Shizuyo: しずよ, シズヨ, 静世, 靜代, 静代
10. Yachiko: やちこ, ヤチコ, やち子, ヤチ子, 八千子

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Japanese Lesson 3

Topic: Aru/Arimasu
Aru/Arimasu is used to state the existence of something in a certain place. It is only used with things that are not living (pretty much everything that does not fall into the category of animals, bugs and people). If you want to talk about a living thing, you use Iru/Imasu which I'll cover in another lesson. Aru is the plain form and Arimasu is the polite form.

1. コンピューターはデスクの上にある。
Konpyu-ta- wa desuku no ue ni aru.
The computer is on top of the desk.

2. マイクの電子辞書は理沙のベッドの下にある。
Maiku no denshi jisho wa Risa no beddo no shita ni aru.
Mike's electronic dictionary is under Risa's bed.

3. 東京に高いビルはある。
Toukyou ni takai biru wa aru.
There are tall buildings in Tokyo.

4. ニューヨークにエンパイアステートビルディングがある。
Nyu-yo-ku ni enpaiasute-tobirudingu ga aru.
The Empire State Building is in New York.

5. 私の部屋にあなたの赤いカップがある。
Watashi no heya ni anata no akai kappu ga aru.
Your red cup is in my room.

6. 壁にフォトグラフはあります。
Kabe ni fotogurafu wa arimasu.
The photograph is on the wall.

7. グラスは机の上にあります。
Gurasu wa tsukue no ue ni arimasu.
The glass is on top of the desk.

8. 本は可憐のバックパックの中にあります。
Hon wa Karen no bakkupakku no naka ni arimasu.
The book is inside Karen's backpack.

9. 兼のピクチャーはテレビの後ろにあります。
Ken no pikucha- wa terebi no ushiro ni arimasu.
Ken's picture is behind the TV.

10. 竜のバッグは車の中にあります。
Ryuu no baggu wa kuruma no naka ni arimasu.
Ryuu's bag is inside the car.

Vocabulary List:
Konpyu-ta- (コンピューター) - Computer
Desuku (デスク) - Desk
No Ue Ni (の上に) - On top of something
Denshi Jisho (電子辞書) - Electronic dictionary
Beddo (ベッド) - Bed
No Shita Ni (の下に) - Underneath something
Toukyou (東京) - Tokyo
Takai (高い) - High/Tall*
Biru (ビル) - Building
Nyu-yo-ku (ニューヨーク) - New York
Enpaiasute-tobirudingu (エンパイアステートビルディング) - The Empire State Building
Watashi no (私の) - My/Mine
Heya (部屋) - Room
Ni (に) - In/At
Anata (あなた) - You
Akai (赤い) - Red*
Kappu (カップ) - Cup
Kabe (壁) - Wall
Fotogurafu (フォトグラフ) - Photograph
Gurasu (グラス) - Glass/Grass
Tsukue (机) - Desk
Hon (本) - Book
Bakkupakku (バックパック) - Backpack
No Naka Ni (の中に) - Inside of something
Pikucha- (ピクチャー) - Picture
Terebi (テレビ) - Television/TV
No Ushiro Ni (の後ろに) - Behind something
Baggu (バッグ) - Bag
Kuruma (車) - Car
*This is an adjective. Only use this as an adjective. The Kanji could be spelled or read differently when it is used in a different context.

LESSON 3 EXERCISE & ANSWERS:
Highlight the area between " " with your mouse to see the answers.

1. 里香の黒いドレスは戸棚にある。
Rika no kuroi doresu wa todana ni aru.
Rika's black dress is in the closet.
2. タオルはバスルームにある。
Taoru wa basuru-mu ni aru.
The towel is in the bathroom.
3. 森子のカーはビールの前にある。
Moriko no ka- wa biru no mae ni aru.
Moriko's car is in the front of the building.
4. 私の鞄はオフィスにある。
Watashi no kaban wa ofisu ni aru.
My briefcase is in the office.
5. 典のショップは玲のハウスの横にある。
Nori no shoppu wa Rei no hausu no yoko ni aru.
Nori's shop is beside Rei's house.
6. トムの靴は竜の靴の左側にあります。
Tomu no kutsu wa Ryuu no kutsu no hidarigawa ni arimasu.
Tom's shoes are on the left side of Ryuu's shoes.
7. 彼の漫画はひとみの部屋にあります。
Kare no manga wa Hitomi no heya ni arimasu.
His manga is in Hitomi's room.
8. チーズはキャビネットの中にあります。
Chi-zu wa kyabinetto no naka ni arimasu.
"The cheese is inside the cabinet."
9. 雄一の林檎はアメリカにあります。
Yuuichi no ringo wa amerika ni arimasu.
Yuuichi's apple is in America.
10. 彼女の好きななパンツはインドにあります。
Kanojo no sukina pantsu wa indo ni arimasu.
Her favorite pants are in India.

Japanese Surnames 7

1. Mishiro: みしろ, 見城, 美代, 三城
2. Noguchi: のぐち, 野口, 埜口, 乃口
3. Minamoto: みなもと, 源, 皆本, 南元
4. Doi: どい, 土井, 戸井, 渡井
5. Kido: きど, 喜戸, 貴戸, 木戸
6. Fujimura: ふじむら, 藤邨, 藤邑, 藤村
7. Morikawa: もりかわ, 森河, 守川, 森川
8. Miyamoto: みやもと, 三矢本, 宮元, 宮本
9. Uesugi: うえすぎ, 上椙, 植杉, 上杉
10. Hatakeyama: かたけやま, 畑ヶ山, 畑山, 畠山
11. Hatano: はたの, 波田野, 畑野, 波多野
12. Miyoshi: みよし, 三芳, 三吉, 三好
13. Nawa: なわ, 名和, 名輪, 那和
14. Tsuda: つだ, 侭田, 都田, 津田
15. Hirota: ひろた, 弘田, 廣田, 広田
16. Ooshima: おおしま, 太島, 大嶋, 大島
-Oshima, Ohshima, Ōshima
17. Tamura: たむら, 田邑, 田邨, 田村
18. Mizumura: みずむら, 水邨, 瑞村, 水村
19. Enokizono: えのきぞの, 榎薗, 榎木園, 榎園
20. Horikita: ひりきた, 堀喜多, 掘北, 堀北

Friday, February 13, 2009

Japanese Lesson 2

Topic: -Tai suffix.
The -tai suffix (たい) on the back of a verb means you want to do something. For example, Iku means to go. The -tai form is Ikitai and means want to go.
Please note that -tai itself can't be used to say you want an object. It's only to be used with verbs. Hoshii (欲しい) is used to say you want an object. I'll cover that in another lesson. Also remember that Desu (です) doesn't have to be used. It only makes the sentence more polite.
Example:
Sentence: Tom wants a computer.
Wrong Way:
トムはコンピューターをたい。
Tomu wa konpyu-ta- wo tai.
Right Way:
Tomu wa konpyu-ta- ga hoshii.
トムはコンピューターが欲しい。

Click here for a Japanese dictionary: Free Japanese Dictionary At Babylon
Also visit my Japanese Words series for more Japanese words. Japanese Words 5 has 20 verbs with the -tai ending for your usage. Click here: Japanese Words 5
1. 私はハウスを買いたい。
Watashi wa hausu wo kaitai.
I want to buy a house.

2. トムと新は遊びたい。
Tomu to Shin wa asobitai.
Tom and Shin want to play.

3. 明菜は恋愛小説家を見たい。*
Akina wa ren'ai shousetsuka wo mitai.
Akina wants to watch As Good As It Gets.

4. 敦夫は英語の音楽を聞きたい。
Atsuo wa eigo no ongaku wo kikitai.
Atsuo wants to listen to English music.

5. 彼はオレンジを食べたい。
Kare wa orenji wo tabetai.
He wants to eat an orange.

6. マリアはフランスに行きたいです。**
Maria wa furansu ni ikitai desu.
Mari wants to go to France.

7. 私はシネマに行きたいです。**
Watashi wa shinema ni yukitai desu.
I want to go to the cinema.

8. あなたは公園に順を会いたいです。
Anata wa kouen ni Jun wo aitai desu.
You want to meet Jun in the park.

9. ティムはハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋を読みたいです。***
Timu wa hari- potta- to himitsuno heya wo yomitai desu.
Timu wants to read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

10. 典は今寝たいです。
Nori wa ima netai desu.
Nori wants to sleep now.

*The Japanese title for the American movie As Good As It Gets starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt is Ren'ai Shousetsuka (恋愛小説家) which means "A Romance Novel Writer."
**"行く" can be read as Iku or Yuku in their base forms. Iku is more common. Yuku is an older form.
***The Japanese title for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is Hari- Potta- To Himitsuno Heya (ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋).

Vocabulary List:
Watashi (私) - I/Me/Myself
Anata (あなた) - You
Hausu (ハウス) - House
Kaitai (買いたい) - Want To Buy
To (と) - And
Asobitai (遊びたい) - Want To Play
Ren'ai Shousetsuka (恋愛小説家) - Romance Novelist/Japanese title for the movie As Good As It Gets
Mitai (見たい) - Want to see/Want to watch
Eigo (英語) - The English language
Ongaku (音楽) - Music
Kikitai (聞きたい) - Want to listen
Kare (彼) - He/Him
Orenji (オレンジ) - Orange fruit
Tabetai (食べたい) - Want to eat
Furansu (フランス) - France
Ikitai (行きたい) - Want to go
Shinema (シネマ) - Cinema
Yukitai (行きたい) - Want to go
Kouen (公園) - Park
Hari- Potta- to Himitsuno Heya (ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ima (今) - Now
Netai (寝たい) - Want to sleep

LESSON 2 EXERCISE & ANSWERS:
Here's the exercise for you. Each question is worth 10 points. Please post your score or questions. Highlight the blank are between " " to make the answer appear.

1. 今夜マーガレットは歌いたい。
Kon'ya Ma-garetto wa utaitai.
"Margaret wants to sing tonight."
2. 葵は新しいクロースを買いたい。
Aoi wa atarashii kuro-su wo kaitai.
"Aoi wants to buy new clothes."
3. 明日香は旬を会いたい。
Asuka wa Shun wo aitai.
"Asuka wants to meet Shun."
4. 多美子はビールを飲みたい。
Tamiko wa bi-ru wo nomitai.
"Tamiko wants to drink beer."
5. 私はリップスティックを売りたい。
Watashi wa rippusutikku wo uritai.
"I want to sell lipstick."
6. 真智子は日本語を習いたいです。
Machiko wa nihongo wo naraitai desu.
"Machiko wants to study Japanese."
7. 子供たちは明日公園に行きたい。
Kodomotachi wa ashita kouen ni ikitai desu.
"The children want to go to the park tomorrow."
8. 明日の夜私はミューシカルを見たいです。
Ashita no yoru watashi wa myu-shikaru wo mitai desu.
"I want to see a musical tomorrow night."
9. ソレイユは牛肉を食べたいです。
Soreiyu wa gyuuniku wo tabetai desu.
"Soleil wants to eat beef."
10. 私はあなたを会いたいです。
Watashi wa anata wo aitai desu.
"I want to meet you."

Japanese Names 29

Boys
1. Kaneo: かねお, カネオ, 兼男, 金男, 金雄
2. Naomasa: なおまさ, ナオマサ, 尚雄, 尚正, 直正
3. Takateru: たかてる, タカテル, 孝照, 隆輝, 孝照
4. Norihito: のりひと, ノリヒト, 典人, 徳仁, 紀仁
5. Toshizou: としぞう, トシゾウ, 利三, 敏三, 俊三
6. Bennosuke: べんのすけ, ベンノスケ, 弁之介, 弁之輔, 弁之助
7. Nobushige: のぶしげ, ノブシゲ, 伸重, 信成, 信重
8. Souseki: そうせき, ソウセキ, 双石, 宗石, 漱石
-Soseki, Sohseki, Sōseki
9. Yumio: ゆみお, ユミオ, 弓男, 弓夫, 弓雄
10. Miichirou: みいちろう, ミイチロウ, 実一朗, 美一郎, 美一郎
-Miichiro, Miichiroh, Michirō

1. Terumi: てるみ, テルミ, 輝美, 照美, 輝実
2. Satsuko: さつこ, サツコ, 紗津子, 佐津子, サツ子
3. Kumi: くみ, クミ, 久未, 久実, 久美
4. Mai: まい, マイ, 真衣, 舞, 麻衣
5. Kana: かな, カナ, 香菜, 加奈, 佳奈
6. Waka: わか, ワカ, 和香, 和佳, 和歌
7. Mieko: みえこ, ミエコ, 実枝子, 美枝子, 美恵子
8. Ikue: いくえ, イクエ, 郁恵, 郁江, いく江
9. Chiriko: ちりこ, チリコ, 千理子, 千利子, 千里子
10. Minase: みなせ, ミナセ, 実奈瀬, 美菜瀬, 美奈瀬

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Japanese names 28

Boys
1. Yasushi: やすし, ヤスシ, 康氏, 泰氏, 靖
2. Takahachirou: たかはちろう, タカハチロウ, 高八郎, 隆八朗, 孝八郎
-Takahachiro, Takahachiroh, Takahachirō
3. Rinji: りんじ, リンジ, 林二, 林次, 林治
4. Youzou: ようぞう, ヨウゾウ, 要蔵, 陽三, 洋三
-Yozo, Yohzoh, Yōzō
5. Tomonosuke: とものすけ, トモノスケ, 知之助, 智之助, 友之助
6. Motomori: もともり, モトモリ, 基森, 本森, 元森
7. Toshinaga: としなが, トシナガ, 敏永, 利長, 年永
8. Yoriyuki: よりゆき, ヨリユキ, 順幸, 頼幸, 頼之
9. Tsunemi: つねみ, ツネミ, 恒美, 恒己, 恒巳
10. Sakae: さかえ, サカエ, 栄江, 榮, 栄

Girls
1. Nagako: ながこ, ナガコ, なが子, 永子, 長子
2. Shigeko: しげこ, シゲコ, 重子, 繁子, 茂子
3. Yumie: ゆみえ, ユミエ, 友美恵, 弓恵, 由美恵
4. Sonoka: そのか, ソノカ, 園佳, 園香, 園加
5. Fujika: ふじか, フジカ, 藤加, 富士加, 藤香
6. Misayo: みさよ, ミサヨ, 美沙世, 美佐世, 美佐代
7. Katsue: かつえ, カツエ, 克枝, 勝枝, 勝江
8. Sachiko: さちこ, サチコ, 佐智子, 佐知子, 幸子
9. Kumie: くみえ, クミエ, 久美枝, 久美恵, 久美江
10. Kyouka: きょうか, キョウカ, 京嘉, 京華, 京香
-Kyoka, Kyohka, Kyōka

Japanese Lesson 1

I'm going to start posting some Japanese lessons for the benefit of my "readers" and myself.

Topic: This covers Da/Desu. It is probably the most basic form of Japanese. Also remember that Da/Desu can be omitted. Da/Desu can translate as is/it is/are/am or as just a way to finalize a sentence. Da is the informal way while Desu is the formal/more polite way. Also note that Ha (は) is spoken as Wa when it's the particle and subject marker.
Note: You can find more Japanese words to use in my Japanese Words series.

Resources:
You can use a free Japanese dictionary here: Free Japanese Dictionary At Babylon
You can also check out my Japanese Words series for some more words to increase your vocabulary.

1. あなたの車は古いだ。
Anata no kuruma wa furui da.
Your car is old.

2. 私の髪は赤いだ。
Watashi no kami wa akai da.
My hair is red.

3. 田口はジャーナリストだ。
Tauchi wa ja-narisuto da.
Taguchi is a journalist.

4. これはサリーの猫だ。
Kore wa Sari- no neko da.
This is Sally's cat.

5. この犬は病気だ。
Kono inu wa byouki da.
This dog is sick.

6. 彼は田中純です。
Kare wa Tanaka Jun desu.
He is Jun Tanaka.

7. カロルは十歳です。
Karoru wa juusai desu.
Carol is ten years old.

8. ボブは嬉しいです。
Bobu wa ureshii desu.
Bob is happy.

9. 今日はジェーンの誕生日です。
Kyou wa Je-n no tanjoubi desu.
Today is Jane's birthday.

10. これは飛行機です。
Kore wa hikouki desu.
This is an airplane.

Vocabulary List:
Watashi (私) - I/Me/Myself
Anata no (あなたの) - Your/Yours
Kuruma (車) - Car
Furui (古い) - Old*
Watashi no (私の) - My/Mine
Kami (髪) - Hair
Akai (赤い) - Red *
Ja-narisuto (ジャーナリスト) - Journalist
Kore (これ) - This
Neko (猫) - Cat
Byouki (病気) - Sick
Kare (彼) - He/Him
Juusai (十歳) - Ten Years Old
Ureshii (嬉しい) - Happy
Kyou (今日) - Today
Tanjoubi (誕生日) - Birthday
Hikouki (飛行機) - Airplane

*These are the adjective forms of the words and should only be used when describing something.

LESSON 1 EXERCISE & ANSWERS:
To see the answer, highlight the area between " " with your mouse. The answer will appear in light green letters in bold font.

1. 蝶子の犬は黒いだ。
Chouko no inu wa kuroi da.
"Chouko's dog is black."
2. 彼はソフィアの彼氏だ。
Kare wa Sofia no kareshi da.
"He is Sofia's boyfriend."
3. トムの好物は寿司だ。
Tomu no koubutsu wa sushi da.
"Tom's favorite food is sushi."
4. 美香のキチン壁は白いだ。
Mika no kichin kabe wa shiroi da.
"Mika's kitchen walls are white."
5. 井上真央は有名なアクトレスだ。
Inoue Mao wa yuumeina akutoresu da.
"Mao Inoue is a famous actress."
6. ティムはアメリカ人です。
Timu wa amerikajin desu.
"Tim is an American person."
7. キムはモデルです。
Kimu wa moderu desu.
"Kim is a model."
8. 理恵はエンジニアです。
Rie wa enjinia desu.
"Rie is an engineer."
9. 美智子は美しいです。
Michiko wa utsukushii desu.
"Michiko is beautiful."
10. ジムは消防士です。
Jimu wa shouboushi desu.
"Jim is a firefighter."

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Japanese Names 27

Boys
1. Rokusuke: ろくすけ, ロクスケ, 六輔, 六介, 六助
2. Yuuzou: ゆうぞう, ユウゾウ, 勇蔵, 勇三, 雄三
-Yuzo, Yuzoh, Yūzō
3. Takashi: たかし, タカシ, 崇, 孝, 隆
4. Daigorou: だいごろう, ダイゴロウ, 大悟朗, 大伍郎, 大五郎
-Daigoro, Daigoroh, Daigorō
5. Katsuaki: かつあき, カツアキ, 克明, 勝明, 勝昭
6. Nobuhei: のぶへい, ノブヘイ, 信平, 宣平, 伸平
7. Shougo: しょうご, ショウゴ, 翔五, 昭吾, 省吾
-Shogo, Shohgo, Shōgo
8. Masakage: まさかげ, マサカゲ, 雅景, 正影, 正景
9. Naoyoshi: なおよし, ナオヨシ, 直義, 直良, 尚義
10. Tadatsugu: ただつぐ, タダツグ, 忠績, 忠嗣, 忠次

Girls
1. Kiiko: きいこ, キイコ, きい子, 希伊子, 希衣子
2. Manae: まなえ, マナエ, 真奈江, 真枝, 愛恵
3. Mamiko: まみこ, マミコ, 真実子, 麻美子, 真美子
4. Nanako: ななこ, ナナコ, 菜々子, 七子, 奈々子
5. Sakura: さくら, サクラ, 櫻, 佐久良, 桜
6. Yurika: ゆりか, ユリカ, 由利加, 由里香, 百合香
7. Ryouko: りょうこ, リョウコ, 涼子, 良子, 亮子
-Ryoko, Ryohko, Rōyko
8. Takami: たかみ, タカミ, 孝美, 高味, 高美
9. Chou: ちょう, チョウ, 長, 蝶, 兆
-Cho, Choh, Chō
10. Fujiyo: ふじよ, フジヨ, 冨士代, 藤代, 富士代

How To Be Black: Courtesy Of "Black" Magazines

Gosh! I am so sick of walking into any given store from a countrywide chain to a gas station and seeing black magazines. It just sickens me. Not because of the unfair and hypocritical biased nature of it but because it's so competely unfair to black people. Sure, a few years ago, we needed black magazines because magazines never really featured black people but that's not the case today. Certainly not requiring the presence of sooooo much "black" media. This is why I see so many black people hassle other black people for acting too "white" and not "black" enough so they must be betraying their race and hate themselves for being black. The magazines like Black Hair says "You're black. These hair styles are appropriate for you." Magazines like Black Woman says "You're a black woman. These are things you should be interested in." Heck. You can even get all black porn magazines featuring the stereotypical "bootylicious" black female. It treats black people like they're an alien species that can't like anything that's not deemed black by a very small group of of people interested in profit and promoting whatever for their own monetary benefits. I do believe race exists (naturally someone from Scandinavia isn't of the same genetic makeup as someone from Nubia) but I don't believe just because you're black that you should have to like rap music or be ghetto or you're not "behaving black" enough. I don't see magazines for the black businessperson getting very much exposure among the common public. Many don't even know they exist. Things like hair magazines, I can understand to an extent because we all have different hair types but there are white people with what's considered "black" hair and there are black people with what's considered "white" hair so really, it'd do more greater good to just have one magazine cover all hair types. We don't have Thin Hair Monthly or Curly Hair Weekly. Also another thing that gets me is that they say Black in the title but then they have mixed models and people featured in it. Call it Mixed magazine if you're going to do that. Or better yet, leave race out altogether and just feature people regardless of race who are in the field of the magazine's topics. Then everyone wins. On the whole, magazine sales go up because it doesn't only attract one race and scare the other ones off. Yes, I mean scare. I, as a white person, have actually been laughed at for skimming through a "black" magazine. That would encourage me to not look at them anymore, much less buy them. Also besides increased magazines sales, we can find a little more unity as humans.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I Dread Black History Month

Black history month has to be the most hypocritical and useless holiday in the world. It's the same crap every single year. You read about Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and so on. Now we have Obama. One new figure in twenty years and he's only half black. That's another thing that makes me mad. Black history month wants to promote black history. Well shouldn't you promote um... full black figures? No, I'm not being racist but you don't see them promoting 1/4 black people. Only 1/2 black and above. So that's hypocritical. They only promote black figures they believe are black enough to count by some irrational and impossible standard. Obama: 1/2 black and Malcolm X: 1/4 black. Also they never promote white people who had a major part in black history like Abe Lincoln. They never mention William E. Walling, Mary White Ovington or Henry Moskowitz who were whites involved with helping the N.A.A.C.P. get started. No offense (because America was run by white people at the time), but nothing would have ever happened for black people without the white people who wanted to change it. No matter how hard they tried, no progress would have been made without the help of white people but white people are portrayed only in bad light. We don't hear anything about the real black figures that started the whole movement and without them, Martin and Malcolm would have never existed as historical figures. We never hear about Ida B. Wells or Dread Scott. These are the people who started it all. Also then there's the whole thing about "We need black history month because it's not taught in school." What people don't seem to want to acknowledge is that early American history- THERE WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE. It was Native Americans and Europeans. Also we learn so little about Native Americans but no one complains. We have few resources to learn about Native American history. Anyway, when the black people did come to America, they were slaves. They couldn't do anything really noteworthy like discoveries and such (they didn't have the resources or freedoms to do so). They just did chores and work. It's not their fault but black people didn't become major parts of history until the time period surrounding the civil war. Anything before that, all that history would just be about slavery and there's only so much you can learn about that. However I would like to see more work on slavery in the books so that everyone can see slavery wasn't as bad as everything thinks. I'm not saying it was a good thing but not all slaves were beaten and lynched. Look at it like this: a slave was a tool of the farmer's trade. To damage a slave would be like a jockey breaking the legs of his prize winning race horse. It wouldn't be economically a very good idea. Anyway for a good one hundred to two hundred years, that was all that black history was. After that, black history fills our history books because it was a major part of USA. What also bothers me is that no one complains about learning Australian history, Eastern Asian history, Middle Eastern history, African history or South American history. We learn absolutely zilch about those cultures. Black and white people aren't the only people in America. The other races get little resources to learn about their cultures and histories in schools.

Japanese Names 26

Boys
1. Takamichi: たかみち, タカミチ, 高道, 隆道, 孝道
2. Isami: いさみ, イサミ, 勇実, 伊佐美, 勇
3. Harumoto: はるもと, ハルモト, 春基, 晴元, 春本
4. Yoshioki: よしおき, ヨシキ, 芳興, 好興, 義興
5. Umanosuke: うまのすけ, ウマノスケ, 馬之介, 馬之輔, 馬之助
6. Katsutoshi: かつとし, カツトシ, 勝利, 勝敏, 克利
7. Sumiyuki: すみゆき, スミユキ, 澄之, 純幸, 純行
8. Masahiro: まさひろ, マサヒロ, 昌弘, 正博, 正弘
9. Shigefumi: しげふみ, シゲフミ, 成文, 茂文, 重文
10. Souzou: そうぞう, ソウゾウ, 宗造, 荘三, 宗三
-Sozo, Sohzoh, Sōzō

Girls
1. Yachiyo: やちよ, ヤチヨ, 八千世, 弥千代, 八千代
2. Ayuko: あゆこ, アユコ, 歩子, 亜由子, 亜優子
3. Etsue: えつえ, エツエ, 悦恵, 悦絵, 悦江
4. Aina: あいな, アイナ, 愛菜, 愛奈, 藍菜
5. Hisayo: ひさよ, ヒサヨ, ひさ代, 久世, 久代
6. Tamako: たまこ, タマコ, 瑞子, 珠子, 玉子
7. Takae: たかえ, タカエ, 高江, 孝江, 孝枝
8. Fumika: ふみか, フミカ, 文加, 文華, 文香
9. Kayoko: かよこ, カヨコ, 香代子, 加代子, 佳代子
10. Miwae: みわえ, ミワエ, 三和江, 美和絵, 美和枝

Monday, February 9, 2009

Japanese 25

Boys
1. Renpei: れんぺい, レンペイ, 練平, 連平, 廉平
2. Nobuhiro: のぶひろ, ノブヒロ, 信博, 信弘, 信治
3. Takatoshi: たかとし, タカトシ, 隆利, 孝敏, 隆俊
4. Naokatsu: なおかつ, ナオカツ, 尚克, 尚勝, 直勝
5. Toramasa: とらまさ, トラマサ, 虎昌, 虎正, 寅正
6. Shingen: しんげん, シンゲン, 信元, 信玄, 伸元
7. Shigetaka: しげたか, シゲタカ, 重高, 重隆, 重孝
8. Yoshiharu: よしはる, ヨシハル, 義晴, 義治, 義春
9. Ujitsuna: うじつな, ウジツナ, 宇二綱, 宇次綱, 宇治綱
10. Utanosuke: うたのすけ, ウタノスケ, 歌之介, 歌之輔, 歌之助

Girls
1. Miwayo: みわよ, ミワヨ, 実和世, 美和世, 三和代
2. Tama: たま, タマ, 珠, 多麻, 玉
3. Yachie: やちえ, ヤチエ, 八千絵, 八千江, 八千枝
4. Kayomi: かよみ, カヨミ, 佳代実, 香代美, 加代美
5. Michiru: みちる, ミチル, 盈, 美智留, 充
6. Shimako: しまこ, シマコ, 志麻子, 島子, シマ子
7. Ayami: あやみ, アヤミ, あや美, 綾実, 彩美
8. Atsue: あつえ, アツエ, 温絵, 温枝, 厚江
9. Eiko: えいこ, エイコ, 榮子, 英子, 栄子
10. Chiyoe: ちよえ, チヨエ, 千代恵, 千代枝, 千代江

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Japanese Names 24

Boys
1. Daigo: だいご, ダイゴ, 大伍, 大悟, 大吾
2. Shoupei: しょうへい, ショウヘイ, 正平, 翔平, 昭平
-Shopei, Shohpei, Shōpei
3. Takaya: たかや, タカヤ, 隆哉, 隆也, 孝也
4. Nobuaki: のぶあき, ノブアキ, 伸秋, 信昭, 信明
5. Takezou: たけぞう, タケゾウ, 竹三, 竹蔵, 武三
-Takezo, Takezoh, Takezō
6. Tadaoki: ただおき, タダオキ, 正興, 忠隆, 忠興
7. Masanaga: まさなが, マサナガ, 昌長, 昌永, 正長
8. Yoshihisa: よしひさ, ヨシヒサ, 芳久, 好久, 義久
9. Katsumoto: かつもと, カツモト, 克元, 勝元, 勝本
10. Kunijirou: くにじろう, クニジロウ, 邦次郎, 国二郎, 国次郎
-Kunijiro, Kunijiroh, Kunijirō

Girls
1. Akie: あきえ, アキエ, 章江, 明恵, 秋絵
2. Rikiko: りきこ, リキコ, 利喜子, 利喜子, 力子
3. Masumi: ますみ, マスミ, 増美, 益美, 真澄
4. Mayuko: まゆこ, マユコ, 麻友子, 麻由子, 真由子
5. Fumiko: ふみこ, フミコ, 富美子, 扶美子, 文子
6. Etsuyo: えつよ, エツヨ, 恵津代, 悦世, 悦代
7. Erina: えりな, エリナ, 恵梨奈, 恵理奈, 絵里奈
8. Fukuko: ふくこ, フクコ, 冨久子, 富久子, 福子
9. Shiyoko: しよこ, シヨコ, 志世子, 志代子, シヨ子
10. Shizue: しずえ, シズエ, 静恵, 静枝, 静江

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Japanese Names 23

Boys
1. Tomokichi: ともきち, トモキチ, 智吉, 朋吉, 友吉
2. Michitomo: みちとも, ミチトモ, 道智, 道友, 道知
3. Katsuhisa: かつひさ, カツヒサ, 克久, 勝久, 勝寿
4. Ryouichirou: りょういちろう, リョウイチロウ, 了一郎, 亮一郎, 良一郎
-Ryoichiro, Ryohichiroh, Ryōichirō
5. Shinpei: しんぺい, シンペイ, 信平, 真平, 新平
6. Joutarou: じょうたろう, ジョウタロウ, 譲太郎, 丈太郎, 城太郎
-Jotaro, Johtaroh, Jōtarō
7. Ryuuya: りゅうや, リュウヤ, 龍也, 竜也, 隆也
-Ryuya, Ryūya
8. Junji: じゅんじ, ジュンジ, 淳二, 順次, 順二
9. Shichizou: しちぞう, シチゾウ, シチゾウ, 七蔵, 七三, 七造
-Shichizo, Shichizoh, Shichizō
10. Keiya: けいや, ケイヤ, 慶也, 圭也, 恵也

Girls
1. Mamie: まみえ, マミエ, 麻美枝, 真美枝, 真美恵
2. Setsuyo: せつよ, セツヨ, せつ代, 節世, 節代
3. Satoe: さとえ, サトエ, 里江, 里枝, 智江
4. Chiseko: ちせこ, , 智勢子, 千世子, 千勢子
5. Chouko: ちょうこ, , 暢子, 長子, 蝶子
-Choko, Chohko, Chōko
6. Hiroyo: ひろよ, , ヒロヨ, 裕代, 博世, 広世
7. Kahoko: かほこ, カホコ, 香保子, 佳保子, 嘉穂子
8. Mikiyo: みきよ 美紀代 美喜代 美希世
9. Yurina: ゆりな, ユリナ, 由里奈, 由里菜, 百合菜
10. Ayana: あやな, アヤナ, 彩奈, 綾奈, 彩菜

Friday, February 6, 2009

Five Beautiful Things 4

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Japanese Names 22

Boys
1. Ieyasu: いえやす, イエヤス, 家康, 家安, 家泰
2. Tomikichi: とみきち, トミキチ, 登美吉, 冨吉, 富吉
3. Katsufumi: かつふみ, カツフミ, 勝文, 克文, 勝史
4. Hachigorou: はちごろう, ハチゴロウ, 八五郎, 八吾郎, 八伍郎
-Hachigoro, Hachigoroh, Hachigorō
5. Haruhisa: はるひさ, , 春久, 治久, 晴久
6. Kiichi: きいち, キイチ, 喜一, 貴一, 紀一
7. Mitsuhide: みつひで, ミツヒデ, 光日出, 光英, 光秀
8. Tadayoshi: ただよし, タダヨシ, 忠義, 忠良, 直義
9. Yoshinobu: よしのぶ, ヨシノブ, 吉信, 良信, 義信
10. Michinaga: みちなが, ミチナガ, 道長, 道永, 満長

Girls
1. Kuri: くり, クリ, 久理, 久里, 久利
2. Natsue: なつえ, ナツエ, なつ恵, 夏枝, 夏江
3. Asuka: あすか, アスカ, 明日華, 明日花, 明日香
4. Atsuyo: あつよ, アツヨ, 敦代, 温代, 淳代
5. Kotomi: ことみ, コトミ, コト美, 琴実, 琴美
6. Nanae: ななえ, ナナエ, 七重, 七恵, 奈々絵
7. Hiroka: ひろか, ヒロカ, 宏佳, 弘嘉, 弘佳
8. Nami: なみ, , 菜美, 奈美, 波
9. Banri: ばんり, バンリ, 万利, 万理, 万里
10. Ruiko: るいこ, ルイコ, 類子, るい子, 瑠衣子

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Chinese Surnames 1

Here are some Chinese surnames. The accent marks are there so you can see the difference in names. For example is "梦" is mèng and "蒙" is mēng though they can both be casually transcribed as just meng. Chinese is tonal so those accent marks make all the difference in the meaning, spelling and pronunciation. The translations are based on Mandarin Chinese tones and using Simplified Chinese. If you want Traditional Chinese characters, you can copy and paste a character into the dictionary at this link: Click Here. If there is a traditional character for it, it will show up in the search. You can also look up the meaning of the characters there as well.

1. Mǎ: 马
2. Miáo: 苗
3. Huáng: 黄
4. Chén: 陈
5. Cáo: 曹
6. Niè: 聂
7. Bào: 鲍
8. Bái: 白
9. Chéng: 程
10. Dǎng: 党
11. Lǐ: 李
12. Sāng: 桑
13. Dù: 杜
14. Dǒng: 董
15. Rèn: 任
16. Kòu: 寇
17. Shěn: 沈
18. Niú: 牛
19. Zhāng: 张
20. Shā: 沙

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Korean Names 2

Boys
1. Jeong-Hyeok: 정혁
2. Han-Yong: 한용
3. Ha-Ryong: 하룡
4. Sang-Min: 상민
5. Chang-Ui: 창의
6. Sang-Hun: 상훈
7. Hyeon-Seong: 현성
8. Yong-Min: 용민
9. Tae-Gyeong: 태경
10. Seong-Geun: 성근

Girls
1. Hye-Seon: 혜선
2. Ran: 란
3. Hyo-Seon: 효선
4. Hye-Bin: 혜빈
5. Ji-Yeon: 지연
6. Eun-Hi: 은희
7. Seon-Yeong: 선영
8. Hye-Ran: 혜란
9. Jae-Suk: 재숙
10. Hi-Ra: 희라

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Korean Surnames 1

Korean surnames to go with Korean names.

1. Go: 고
2. Gim: 김
3. Mun: 문
4. Gong: 공
5. Dan: 단
6. Ryu: 류
7. Gwon: 권
8. Min: 민
9. An: 안
10. Dong: 동
11. Han: 한
12. Hwan: 환
13. Heung: 흥
14. Seong: 성
15. Sang: 상
16. Baek: 백
17. Gun: 군
18. Geum: 금
19. Gyo: 교
20. Nam: 남

Monday, February 2, 2009

Five Beautiful Things 3

Five beautiful cathedrals and churches. The pictures aren't my property.

1. St. Peter Mancroft Church (Norwich, England)
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2. Saint Benedict Catholic Church, Also known as "The Painted Church" (Hawaii, USA)
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3. Harajuku Protestant Church (Harajuku, Japan)
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4. St. Sophia Church (Harbin, China)
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5. Catedral de Segovia (Segovia, Spain)
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Korean Names 1

I'm going to start posting Korean names. Note that Korean has several ways of being transcribed. I'm only using one way but that does not mean there are other translations. For example, the Korean name Lee is technically transcribed as I. I only know how to transcribe like this so I'm sorry.

Boys
1. Gu: 구
2. Jun-Su: 준수
3. Jae-Jung: 재중
4. Yeong-Jae: 영재
5. Hyeong-Min: 형민
6. Jeong-Hun: 정훈
7. Gyu-Jin: 규진
8. Hun: 훈
9. Tae-Yeong : 태영
10. Hyeong-Tae: 형태

Girls
1. Ji-Min: 지민
2. Hyo-Jin: 효진
3. Eun-A: 은아
4. Hyeon-Ju: 현주
5. Ka-In: 가인
6. Mi-Ra: 미라
7. Yeong-Seon: 영선
8. Yeong-In: 영인
9. Ae-Ri: 애리
10. Mi-Ja: 미자

Sunday, February 1, 2009

93 Year Old Marvin E. Schur Freezes To Death In Michigan

On January 17, 2009 in Bay City, Michigan, 93 year old Marvin E. Schur froze to death in his home. The indoor temperature of his house was 32 degrees. There was ice on the windows when his body was discovered by his neighbor George Pauwels Jr. His power was limited due to over $1,000 in upaid electric bills and the limit "maxed out" sometime during the freezing temperatures which lead Marvin to die slowly of hypothermia alone in his home. This is really sick. Yes, you should pay your bills but there should be laws against turning power off when the temperature drops below a certain level. Or since they have special devices they install to limit power, they should invent something to allow heaters to still work or something. Every year, I read about at least one or two people dying because of this. It's really just a waste. Bay City Manager Robert Belleman says that neighbors need to keep and eye on neighbors and go through proper channels when they believe something is wrong. That's ridiculous. Not everyone has neighbors to check on them. Marvin was a widow and had no children. He didn't deserve to die alone simply because he didn't have the money to pay for his bills. If the temperature drops below 60 degrees, power companies should not be able to cut off power regardless. What if Marvin had had a grandchild with him? The child would have died too on top of seeing their grandfather dead. But I guess since Marvin didn't have any family, he's low priority as there is no family to sue for damages. People like Marvin fall into a low place on the ladder and it's a shame. Just because you've lived for over 90 years doesn't mean you deserve to die alone while freezing to death.

Japanese Names 21

Boys
1. Shigenosuke: しげのすけ, シゲノスケ, 重之助, 茂之助, 重之輔
2. Takeru: たける, タケル, 健, 孟, 猛
3. Tetta: てった, テッタ, 哲大, 哲太, 哲多
4. Manpei: まんぺい, マンペイ, 萬平, 満平, 万平
5. Zen: ぜん, ゼン, 前, 全, 善
6. Shigemitsu: しげみつ, シゲミツ, 茂充, 茂光, 重光
7. Kouzou: こうぞう, コウゾウ, 光三, 耕三, 幸三
-Kozo, Kohzoh, Kōzō
8. Noriyoshi: のりよし, ノリヨシ, 典義, 徳義, 則義
9. Tokuma: とくま, トクマ, 徳真, 徳馬, 徳間
10. Taisuku: たいすけ, タイスケ, 泰介, 泰輔, 太輔

Girls
1. Sarina: さりな, サリナ, 紗里奈, 佐里奈, 沙梨菜
2. Ayaka: あやか, アヤカ, 綾香, 彩花, 亜矢加
3. Fumina: ふみな, フミナ, 富美奈, 文奈, 文菜
4. Mutsuki: むつき, ムツキ, 睦喜, 睦樹, 睦月
5. Shiori: しおり, シオリ, 汐里, 志緒里, 栞
6. Chise: ちせ, チセ, 知世, 智世, 千世
7. Yorie: よりえ, ヨリエ, より絵, 順江, 代理恵
8. Kinako: きなこ, キナコ, 紀奈子, きな子, キナ子
9. Honami: ほなみ, ホナミ, 保奈美, 穂奈美, 穂波
10. Rio: りお, リオ, 利央, 里央, 理央

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Nadya Sulman: 33 Year Old Mother of 14

Nadya Suleman is a 33 year old mother of 14. She became pregnant through vitro fertizilation which means these children weren't the product of a relationship. Her mother Angela says Nadya has wanted children since she was a teenager. Child services nor the hospital should allow a single woman deliberately have 8 children. Even more so when she's already got 6 young children aged 2-7 at home. It's not that I don't believe in the whole single woman empowerment thing. My mom is a single mother. However children have a right to two parents: both on an emotional and financial level. She's taken that right away from them. Just because you can have children, doesn't mean you should. When those kids have Father's Day and father-daughter dances, mom can't be dad. When they're at their weddings, there's no dad to walk them down the aisle. They should really have laws against this. It doesn't matter if you're a millionaire. You shouldn't be raising 14 children without two parental figures involved. As a result, Angela is helping to raise her grandchildren. Yes, grandparents should help out but they're older and they can't raise 14 children. That's a lot of work that they didn't have a hand in. Grandparents aren't there to raise your children. They're there to help of course to a degree but not full fledge raise them.

Japanese Surnames 6

1. Noda: のだ, 野田, 乃田, 埜田
2. Inoue: いのうえ, 井上, 井野上, 井ノ上
3. Matsumoto: まつもと, 松本, 松元, 枩本
4. Ueda: うえだ , 上田, 植田, 上江田
5. Saitou: さいとう, 斉藤, 斎藤, 齋藤
-Saito, Saitoh, Saitō
6. Yachigusa: やちぐさ, 八千草*
7. Tanaka: たなか, 田中, 田仲, 太中
8. Yamaguchi: やまぐち, 山口, 山久地*
9. Oguri: おぐり, 小栗, 尾栗*
10. Murano: むらの, 村野, 村埜, 邑乃
11. Aoki: あおき, 青木, 青希, 青樹
12. Gotou: ごとう, 後藤, 後東, 五藤
-Goto, Gotoh, Gotō
13. Itou: いとう, 井東, 井藤, 井東
-Ito, Itoh, Itō
14. Yamashita: やました, 山下**
15. Maruda: まるだ, 丸田**
16. Toudou: とうどう, 藤堂, 東藤, 東堂
-Todo, Tohdoh, Tōdō
17. Suzuki: すずき, 鈴木, 鱸, 鈴希
18. Hashimoto: はしもと, 橋本, 橋元, 槁本
19. Kumai: くまい, 熊井, 隈井, 隅井
20. Oota: おおた, 大田, 太田, 大多
-Ota, Ohta, Ōta

*This surname only has two spellings.
**This surname only has one spelling.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Japanese Surnames 5

1. Aikawa: あいかわ, 愛河, 愛川, 相川
2. Machida: まちだ, 街田, 待田, 町田
3. Sugimura: すぎむら, 杉邨, 椙村, 杉村
4. Tayama: たやま, 多山, 太山, 田山
5. Okunuki: おくぬき, 小久貫, 奧貫, 奥貫
6. Kurosaki: くろさき, 黒嵜, 黒埼, 黒崎
7. Yamazaki: やまざき, 山埼, 山嵜, 山崎
8. Matsuyama: まつやま, 枩山, 待山, 松山
9. Mitsuishi: みついし, 三石, 光石, 美津医師
10. Shiina: しいな, 推名, 粃, 椎名
11. Iwashiro: いわしろ, 岩城, 岩白, 岩代
12. Asahina: あさひな, 朝日菜, 朝日奈, 朝比奈
13. Hotta: ほった, 發田, 発田, 堀田
14. Ichikawa: いちかわ, 市河, 一川, 市川
15. Hosono: ほその, 細乃, 細埜, 細野
16. Ikeuchi: いけうち, 居ヶ内, 居ケ内, 池内
17. Iizawa: いいざわ, 伊井沢, 飯澤, 飯沢
18. Kamon: かもん, 香門, 加門, 嘉門
19. Junna: じゅんな, 順名, 潤名, 純名
20. Hiraizumi: ひらいずみ, 平良泉, 平出水, 平泉

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Japanese Names 20

Boys
1. Kihachi: きはち, キハチ, 希八, 紀八, 喜八
2. Shouzou: しょうぞう, ショウゾウ, 正蔵, 昭三, 翔三
-Shozo, Shohzoh, Shōzō
3. Fumio: ふみお, フミオ, 文雄, 文夫, 文男
4. Seiichirou: せいいちろう, セイイチロウ, 聖一郎, 誠一郎, 清一郎
-Seiichiro, Seiichiroh, Seiichirō
5. Reitarou: れいたろう, レイタロウ, 礼太郎, 玲太郎, 麗太朗
-Reitaro, Reitaroh, Reitarō
6. Manichirou: まんいちろう, マンイチロウ, 万一郎, 万一朗, 萬一郎
-Manichiro, Man'ichiro, Manichiroh, Man'ichiroh, Manichirō, Man'ichirō
7. Yurio: ゆりお, ユリオ, 百合雄, 百合男, 由利夫
8. Haruhiko: はるひこ, ハルヒコ, 春彦, 治彦, 晴彦
9. Rikiya: りきや, リキヤ, 利喜弥, 力弥, 力也
10. Michimasa: みちまさ, ミチマサ, 道雅, 道昌, 道正

Girls
1. Kozue: こずえ, コズエ, こず恵, 梢, こず江
2. Kiriko: きりこ, キリコ, 貴理子, 紀里子, きり子
3. Rimiko: りみこ, リミコ, 理実子, 理美子, 利美子
4. Chisako: ちさこ, チサコ, 千紗子, 千佐子, 智佐子
5. Ayako: あやこ, アヤコ, あや子, 綾子, 絢子
6. Haruka: はるか, ハルカ, 遥, 晴香, 春香
7. Kiyoe: きよえ, キヨエ, 清恵, 喜代江, 清江
8. Momoe: ももえ, モモエ, 百枝, 桃江, 百恵
9. Kuriko: くりこ, , 久利子, 久里子, 栗子
10. Nanayo: ななよ, ナナヨ, 七世, 奈々代, 七代

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Japanese Names 19

Boys
1. Ayao: あやお, アヤオ, 彩男, 綾雄, 綾夫
2. Takatarou: たかたろう, タカタロウ, 高大郎, 高太郎, 隆太郎
-Takataro, Takataroh, Takatarō
3. Yasujirou: やすじろう, ヤスジロウ, 泰二郎, 泰次郎, 安次郎
-Yasujiro, Yasujiroh, Yasujirō
4. Masunobu: ますのぶ, マスノブ, 益伸, 益延, 益信
5. Harutarou: はるたろう, ハルタロウ, 晴太朗, 治太郎, 春太郎
-Harutaro, Harutaroh, Harutarō
6. Hiroichi: ひろいち, ヒロイチ, 博一, 弘一, 寛一
7. Ryouhei: りょうへい, リョウヘイ, 亮平, 良平, 了平
-Ryohei, Ryōhei
8. Youichi: よういち, ヨウイチ, 陽一, 洋一, 羊一
-Yoichi, Yohichi, Yōichi
9. Kazuma: かずま, カズマ, 和馬, 数馬, 一馬
10. Akito: あきと, アキト, 明人, 秋人, 秋斗

Girls
1. Tori: とり, トリ, 鳥, 登里, 登利
2. Mika: みか, ミカ, 美嘉, 美夏, 美香
3. Himiko: ひみこ, ヒミコ, ひみ子, 日美子, 卑弥呼
4. Uma: うま, ウマ, 馬*
5. Kiyomi: きよみ, キヨミ, 聖世美, 喜代美, 清美
6. Aya: あや, アヤ, 綾, 彩, 亜矢
7. Mikie: みきえ, ミキエ, 美紀江, 幹枝, 美喜枝
8. Nanase: ななせ, ナナセ, 菜々瀬, 七星, 七瀬
9. Momoka: ももか, モモカ, 百華, 百香, 桃香
10. Meiko: めいこ, メイコ, メイ子, 芽衣子, 命子

*Uma only has one Kanji spelling.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Japanese Surnames 4

1. Nose: のせ, 能瀬, 野瀬, 能勢
2. Fukiishi: ふきいし, 富貴医師, 吹井氏, 吹石
3. Momoi: ももい, 百衣, 百井, 桃井
4. Nakatani: なかたに, 半谷, 仲谷, 中谷
5. Ueno: うえの, 上乃, 植野, 上野
6. Miyazaki: みやざき, 宮埼, 宮嵜, 宮崎
7. Tanabe: たなべ, 田名部, 田邉, 田辺
8. Terajima: てらじま, 寺嶌, 寺嶋, 寺島
9. Kuriyama: くりやま, 栗山*
10. Natsuyagi: なつやぎ, 夏山羊, 夏矢木, 夏八木
11. Asari: あさり, 朝里, 淺利, 浅利
12. Daitou: だいとう, 大藤, 大刀, 大東
-Daito, Daitoh, Daitō
13. Tatsuta: たつた, 竜田, 立田, 龍田
14. Aoi: あおい, 碧井, 青井, 碧
15. Hayami: はやみ, 速, 早見, 速水
16. Kusano: くさの, 草乃, 草埜, 草野
17. Saotome: さおとめ, 早乙, 五月女, 早乙女
18. Kishibe: きしべ, 岸邊, 岸辺, 岸部
19. Takasugi: たかすぎ, 髙杉, 隆杉, 高杉
20. Hatakenaka: はたけなか, 畑仲, 畠中, 畑中

*Kuriyama only has one spelling.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Japanese Names 18

Boys
1. Yoshitarou: よしたろう, ヨシタロウ, 芳太郎, 吉太郎, 義太郎
-Yoshitaro, Yoshitaroh, Yoshitarō
2. Reio: れいお, レイオ, 麗雄, 玲夫, 令雄
3. Masashi: まさし, マサシ, 正志, 雅氏, 正志
4. Atsuo: あつお, アツオ, 淳雄, 淳夫, 敦夫
5. Manjirou: まんじろう, マンジロウ, 万二郎, 万治郎, 万次郎
-Manjiro, Manjiroh, Manjirō
6. Hanatarou: はなたろう, ハナタロウ, 花太郎, 花太朗, 華太朗
-Hanataro, Hanataroh, Hanatarō
7. Seiji: せいじ, セイジ, 聖治, 清次, 政治
8. Tarou: たろう, タロウ, 太郎, 大郎, 太朗
-Taro, Taroh, Tarō
9. Daiichirou: だいいちろう, ダイイチロウ, 大一郎, 大一朗, 太一郎
-Daiichiro, Daiichiroh, Daiichirō
10. Souta: そうた, ソウタ, 惣太, 宗太, 壮太
-Sota, Sohta, Sōta

Girls
1. Susumi: すすみ, ススミ, 進, 延, すす美
2. Kanae: かなえ, カナエ, 加奈恵, 加奈江, 香奈恵
3. Hiromi: ひろみ, ヒロミ, 博美, 弘美, 裕美
4. Saori: さおり, サオリ, 沙織, 紗織, 沙央里
5. Hodzumi: ほづみ, ホヅミ, 穂積, 保積, 穂積
6. Tsugumi: つぐみ, ツグミ, 貢, 嗣美, 亜美
7. Rikako: りかこ, リカコ, 里佳子, 理香子, 里加子
8. Tamie: たみえ, タミエ, 民江, 多美枝, 多美江
9. Namiyo: なみよ, ナミヨ, 奈美代, 波代, 菜美代
10. Richiko: りちこ, リチコ, 理智子, 利智子, 理知子

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Japanese Words 4

1. 露 (つゆ) Dew (tsuyu)
2. 雨露 (あめつゆ) Raindrops (ametsuyu)
3. 汁 (つゆ) Tempura Dipping Sauce (tsuyu)
4. 家族 (かぞく) Family, Household (kazoku)
5. 冬 (ふゆ) Winter (fuyu)
6. 夏 (なつ) Summer (natsu)
7. 秋 (あき) Autumn (aki)
8. 春 (はる) Spring (haru)
9. 星 (ほし) Star (hoshi)
10. 全国 (ぜんこく) The Whole Country (zenkoku)
11. 空港 (くうこう) Airport (kuukou)
12. 一塁 (いちるい) First Base (Baseball) (ichirui)
13. 二塁 (にるい) Second Base (Baseball) (nirui)
14. 三塁 (さんるい) Third Base (Baseball) (sanrui)
15. 唇 (くちびる) Lips (kuchibiru)
16. 廃語 (はいご) Obsolete Word (haigo)
17. 扉 (とびら) Door (tobira)
18. 背中 (せなか) Back (senaka)
19. 東京 (とうきょう) Tokyo (toukyou)
20. 女 (おんな) Woman (onna)

Japanese Names 17

Boys
1. Masao: まさお, マサオ, 雅夫, 正夫, 正雄
2. Bunjirou: ぶんじろう, ブンジロウ, 文二郎, 文治郎, 文次郎
-Bunjiro, Bunjiroh, Bunjirō
3. Harunosuke: はるのすけ, ハルノスケ, 春之助, 晴之助, 治之助
4. Shouji: しょうじ, ショウジ, 正二, 昭二, 翔治
-Shoji, Shohji, Shōji
5. Hayao: はやお, ハヤオ, 隼男, 隼夫, 早雄
6. Takehito: たけひと, タケヒト, 武人, 岳人, 武仁
7. Junsuke: じゅんすけ, ジュンスケ, 純介, 順介, 淳介
8. Michitaka みちたか, ミチタカ, 道高, 道隆, 道孝
9. Sanshirou: さんしろう, サンシロウ, 三四郎, 三四朗, 三氏朗
-Sanshiro, Sanshiroh, Sanshirō
10. Minoru: みのる, ミノル, 實, 稔, 実

Girls
1. Minori: みのり, ミノリ, 美典, 美乃里, 実徳
2. Rinko: りんこ, リンコ, 倫子, 林子, りん子
3. Rieko: りえこ, リエコ, 理恵子, 利恵子, 里江子
4. Setsuko: せつこ, セツコ, 節子, 世津子, 世都子
5. Sayaka: さやか, サヤカ, 沙也香, 沙弥香, さや香
6. Toshiko: としこ, トシコ, 敏子, 俊子, 利子
7. Miyuu: みゆう, ミユウ, 美悠, 美優, 実優
-Miyu, Miyū
8. Hanae: はなえ, ハナエ, 華恵, 花江, 花枝
9. Keiko: けいこ, ケイコ, 圭子, 恵子, 啓子
10. Hoshiko: ほしこ, ホシコ, 星子, 保志子, ほし子

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Five Beautiful Things 2

I decided to start posting pictures of things in the world I find pretty. Pictures aren't mine. I just linked to them.

1. Brussels, Belgium
Brussels1 Brussels2 Brussels3

2. Scottish Highlands, Scotland
ScottishHighlands1 ScottishHighlands2 ScottishHighlands3

3. Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo1 Tokyo2 Tokyo3

4. Skógafoss, Iceland
Skogafoss1 Skogafoss2 Skogafoss3

5. Nikko, Japan
Nikko1 Nikko2 Nikko3

On A Personal Note

So just to document my life.

1. Today is my birthday.
2. I found out Ryuhei Matsuda married Lina Ohta.
3. My dad forgot my birthday.
4. I have Bronchitis.
5. I slept and took medicene all day.
6. I ran out of hot water in the shower.

Bottom Line: I've got to be having one of the worse weeks ever in my life (and that's saying a lot with how my luck goes.)

Japanese Names 16

Boys
1. Jingo: じんご, ジンゴ, 甚吾, 仁吾, 甚五
2. Junshichi: じゅんしち, ジュンシチ, 順七, 淳七, 純七
3. Shunpei: しゅんぺい, シュンペイ, 俊平, 旬平, 峻平
4. Kyouya: きょうや, キョウヤ, 恭也, 恭哉, 京弥
-Kyoya, Kyohya, Kyōya
5. Jirou: じろう, ジロウ, 次郎, 二郎, 治郎
-Jiro, Jiroh, Jirō
6. Riichirou: りいちろう, リイチロウ, 利一郎, 理一郎, 里一郎
-Riichiro, Riichiroh, Riichirō
7. Wataru: わたる, ワタル, 渡, 亘, 渉
8. Jouji: じょうじ, ジョウジ, 丈二, 譲治, 譲二
-Joji, Jōji
9. Masaaki: まさあき, マサアキ, 政秋, 正明, 正昭
10. Akifumi: あきふみ, アキフミ, 昭文, 明文, 章文

Girls
1. Aoi: あおい, アオイ, 葵, 碧, 藍
2. Takako: たかこ, タカコ, 孝子, 貴子, 多香子
3. Yurie: ゆりえ, ユリエ, 百合恵, 百合江, 友里恵
4. Misae: みさえ, ミサエ, 美佐江, 美佐枝, 美沙恵
5. Atsumi: あつみ, アツミ, あつ美, 厚美, 敦美
6. Emiko: えみこ, エミコ, 絵美子, 笑子, 恵美子
7. Erika: えりか, エリカ, 恵里香, 絵理香, 絵里香
8. Mei: めい, メイ, 命, 芽衣, 芽依
9. Hiroko: ひろこ, ヒロコ, 寛子, 博子, 弘子
10. Chieko: ちえこ, チエコ, 智枝子, 千枝子, 千恵子

Friday, January 23, 2009

My Current Ongoing Postings

Here's links to all of my different ongoing postings.

Japanese Surnames
http://theworldangersme.blogspot.com/search/label/Japanese%20Surnames
I have currently posted 60 Japanese surnames.

Chinese Given Names
http://theworldangersme.blogspot.com/search/label/Chinese%20Names
I have currently posted 60 Chinese given names.

Japanese Words
http://theworldangersme.blogspot.com/search/label/Japanese%20Words
I have currently posted 60 Japanese words.

Katakana Names
http://theworldangersme.blogspot.com/search/label/Katakana%20Names
I have currently posted 60 Katakana names.

Japanese Given Names
http://theworldangersme.blogspot.com/search/label/Japanese%20Names
I have currently posted 300 Japanese given names.

Japanese Surnames 3

1. Sakamoto: さかもと, 坂本, 坂元, 阪本
2. Kotani: こたに, 袴谷, 古谷, 小谷
3. Takiguchi: たきぐち, 竜口, 瀧口, 滝口
4. Kiriyama: きりやま, 喜里山, 切山, 桐山
5. Shindou: しんどう, 神藤, 新藤, 進藤
-Shindo, Shindoh, Shindō
6. Ninomiya: にのみや, 二之宮, 二ノ宮, 二宮
7. Nakama: なかま, 中間, 仲間, 中馬
8. Utsui: うつい, 打井, 控井, 宇津井
9. Enami: えなみ, 江並, 江波, 榎並
10. Shibata: しばた, 紫田, 柴田, 新発田
11. Misawa: みさわ, 見沢, 三澤, 三沢
12. Watanabe: わたなべ, 渡部, 渡邉, 渡辺
13. Kojima: こじま, 小嶋, 小島, 児島
14. Wakatsuki: わかつき, 若附, 若月, 若槻
15. Tanihara: たにはら, 谷原*
16. Moto: もと, 許, 本, 元
17. Yoshida: よしだ, 義田, 芳田, 吉田
18. Koike: こいけ, 小地, 古池, 小池
19. Shaku: しゃく, 釋, 綽, 釈
20. Jinnai: じんない, 仁内, 甚内, 陣内

*Tanihara only has one spelling.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Japanese Names 15

Boys
1. Junpei: じゅんぺい, ジュンペイ, 順平, 純平, 潤平
2. Mikisuke: みきすけ, ミキスケ, 幹助, 幹輔, 幹介
3. Hatsunori: はつのり, ハツノリ, 初憲, 初典, 初則
4. Taizou: たいぞう, タイゾウ, 泰三, 泰蔵, 太造
-Taizo, Taizoh, Taizō
5. Takumi: たくみ, タクミ, 工, 匠, 巧
6. Daijirou: だいじろう, ダイジロウ, 大二郎, 大次郎, 大治郎
-Daijiro, Daijiroh, Daijirō
7. Kiyoshi: きよし, キヨシ, 喜義, キヨ氏, 清
8. Yoshiyoshi: よしよし, ヨシヨシ, 吉々, 吉吉, 義々
9. Toshihiro: としひろ, トシヒロ, 利広, 利弘, 敏弘
10. Takeshi: たけし, タケシ, 武, 毅, 武司

Girls
1. Akiko: あきこ, アキコ, 秋子, 暁子, 亜希子
2. Rina: りな, リナ, 梨菜, 利奈, 理奈
3. Myuu: みゅう, ミュウ, 実優, 美悠, 美優
-Myu, Myū
4. Reika: れいか, レイカ, 玲佳, 麗香, 麗華
5. Natsuko: なつこ, ナツコ, 夏子, ナツ子, 奈津子
6. Hisako: ひさこ, ヒサコ, 久子, 壽子, 日佐子
7. Mihoko: みほこ, ミホコ, 美帆子, 美保子, 美穂子
8. Ayumi: あゆみ, アユミ, 亜由美, 渉, 歩
9. Miwako: みわこ, ミワコ, みわ子, 美和子, 実和子
10. Mamiyo: まみよ, マミヨ, 麻実代, 麻美代, 真美代

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Do We Really Need Gay Marriage?

I consider myself a very open and accepting person. I have no problem with gay people. If you're in love, good for you. However do we really need gay marriage? I see no point in straight or gay marriage. I mean most people get married for religious reasons and most religions ban gay marriage so it would only be a gay marriage in a legal sense. Also why is marriage so important anyway? Half of marriages end in divorce. Until gay marriage became legal, gay people were the only people lucky enough not have to bother with marriage because the "man were keeping them down." In a straight relationship, eventually one of the people wants to get married and if the other one doesn't, the relationship usually goes down the drain (how do you go on after "No, honey. I don't want to marry you. I just want to have extramarital sex with you and hang out."?). Gay people were the only ones lucky enough who never had to deal with marriage. You see gay people be in a relationship for sixty years who were never married. I can't name one marriage I've seen last longer than two and that was because the woman got pregnant. My mom has been married almost thirty years. Of course, that's because she hasn't seen her husband in almost twenty of those years, since she met my dad and had me. So I guess like the only way to make a marriage work is that you don't have any contact with them for almost two decades. Anyway back to the subject. Now thanks to gay marriage being made legal, everyone has to commit. So in turn, making gay marriage legal is really going to ruin a lot of gay relationships. All the LBTG groups are like "Everyone has the right to marry." Marriage in America is not sacred. You can get married at Wal-Mart. Marriage worked from BC to the 1900s because people only lived to be like 30 years old. By the time you actually got married, you would of died of old age before you had the chance to even think about divorce. Now people are living to be over a hundred years old. Nelson Mandela spent almost thirty years in African prison. He then divorced his wife six months after his release. A man can survive three decades of imprisonment in an African jail but can't handle six months of marriage? So now everyone in America has the right to marry whoever they want and be miserable until their divorce is finalized and start the vicious cycle over again.

Chinese Names 3

Boys
1. Lěi: 磊
2. Zǐ: 子
3. Chūn Huá/Chūn Huà: 春华
4. Kūn: 坤
5. Dào Míng: 道明
6. Dēng Huái: 登怀
7. Bǎo Guó: 宝国
8. Chāo: 超
9. Yī Píng: 一平
10. Jiàn Bīn: 建斌

Girls
1. Jǐng Yáng: 景阳
2. Yǐng: 颖
3. Wén Pèi: 文沛
4. Lì: 莉
5. Méng Méng: 萌萌
6. Xuě: 雪
7. Yàn: 滟
8. Lìng Lín: 令琳
9. Jiā Jiā: 佳佳
10. Hào/Hǎo: 好

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Ten Of My Favorite Japanese Actors

Here are ten of my most favorite Japanese actors. All names are surname first. Looking at it, I noticed I included a lot of actors from the Gokusen series. The pictures are not my property.

10. Akanishi Jin (赤西仁)
Acted In: Yukan Club, Gokusen (Season 2)
Jin

9. Matsuda Ryuhei (松田龍平)
Acted In: Gohatto, NANA
Ryuhei

8. Matsumoto Jun (松本潤)
Acted In: Hana Yori Dango (Season 1 and 2), Gokusen (Season 1)
Jun

7. Eita (瑛太) Real Name: Nagayama Eita (永山瑛太)
Acted In: Suppli, Last Friends
Eita

6. Hayami Mokomichi (速水もこみち)
Acted In: Gokusen (Season 2), Zettai Kareshi
Mokomichi

5. Oguri Shun (小栗旬)
Acted In: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Gokusen (Season 1)
Shun

4. Matsuda Shota (松田翔太)
Acted In: Hana Yori Dango (Seasons 1 and 2)
Shota

3. Mizushima Hiro (水嶋ヒロ) Real Name: Saito Tomohiro (斉藤智裕)
Acted In: Zettai Kareshi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Hiro

2 . Kamenashi Kazuya (亀梨和也)
Acted In: Gokusen (Season 2), Nobuta o Produce
Kazuya

1. Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久)
Acted In: Nobuta o Produce, Kurosagi
Tomohisa

Japanese Names 14

Boys
1. Kazuaki: かずあき, カズアキ, 和明, 和昭, 和秋
2. Taisuke: たいすけ, タイスケ, 泰助, 泰輔, 太輔
3. Takuya: たくや, タクヤ, 琢也, 拓也, 卓也
4. Mitsugorou: みつごろう, ミツゴロウ, 光伍郎, 光吾郎, 光五郎
-Mitsugoro, Mitsugoroh, Mitsugorō
5. Hayato: はやと, ハヤト, 早人, 勇人, 隼人
6. Masahira: まさひら, マサヒラ, 雅平, 政平, 正平
7. Teppei: てっぺい, テッペイ, 哲平, 鉄平, 徹平
8. Katsuhiro: かつひろ, カツヒロ, 勝博, 勝広, 勝弘
9. Yousuke: ようすけ, ヨウスケ, 洋志, 陽氏, 洋史
-Yosuke, Yohsuke, Yōsuke
10. Sousuke: そうすけ, ソウスケ, 荘介, 壮介, 宗助
-Sosuke, Sohsuke, Sōsuke

Girls
1. Shiho: しほ, シホ, 志帆, 志穂, 志保
2. Yumika: ゆみか, ユミカ, 有美香, 弓佳, 由美香
3. Reina: れいな, レイナ, 怜奈, 礼奈, 麗奈
4. Karin: かりん, カリン, 花林, 果林, 香林
5. Teruko: てるこ, テルコ, テル子, 輝子, 照子
6. Narimi: なりみ, ナリミ, なり美, 成未, 成美
7. Kurume: くるめ, クルメ, 久留米, 久瑠米, 来瞳
8. Hideko: ひでこ, ヒデコ, ひで子, 英子, 秀子
9. Yoriko: よりこ, ヨリコ, より子, 世理子, 頼子
10. Makiko: まきこ, マキコ, 牧子, 麻紀子, 真紀子

Monday, January 19, 2009

Chinese Names 2

Boys
1. Yàn: 焰
2. Zhèng Yàn: 政谚
3. Hóng Wěi: 宏伟
4. Fèn Qiáng: 奋强
5. Hǎi Zhōng: 海忠
6. Gāng: 刚
7. Jìn: 晋
8. Zǐ Téng: 子腾
9. Níng: 宁
10. Jiā Lín: 家林

Girls
1. Qín Qín: 勤勤
2. Měi Tián/Měi Diàn: 美钿
3. Miáo: 苗
4. Zī: 孜
5. Zhuō Yán: 涿言
6. Líng: 羚
7. Yī Lì: 伊俐
8. Zhēn Ní: 珍霓
9. Yǎ Shū: 雅舒
10. Sū: 苏

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Japanese Words 3

The Japanese translations of popular languages. For probably 98% of cases, you can just attatch the suffix -Go (語) to end of the region/country's name and that's the language.

1. 英語 (えいご) The English Language (eigo)
2. スペイン語 (スペインご) The Spanish Language (supeingo)
3. フランス語 (フランスご) The French Language (furansugo)
4. アイスランド語 (アイスランドご) The Icelandic Language (aisurandogo)
5. スコットランド語 (スコットランドご) The Scottish Language (sukottorandogo)
6. アイルランド語 (アイルランドご) The Irish Language (airurandogo)
7. ハワイ語 (ハワイご) The Hawaiian Language (hawaigo)
8. ドイツ語 (ドイツご) The German Language (doitsugo)
9. ロシア語 (ロシアご) The Russian Language (roshiago)
10. カナダフランス語 (カナダフランスご) The Canadian French Language (kanadafuransugo)
11.アメリカ英語 (あめりかえいご) The American English Langauge (amerikaeigo)
12. イギリス英語 (イギリスえいご) The British English Language (igirisueigo)
13. 日本語 (にほんご) The Japanese Language (nihongo)
14. アイヌ語 (アイヌご) The Ainu Language (ainugo)
15. 北京語 (ぺきんご) The Mandarin Chinese Language (pekingo)
16. 中国語 (ちゅうごくご) The Chinese Language (chuugokugo)
17. 台湾語 (たいわんご) The Taiwanese Chinese Language (taiwango)
18. 韓国語 (かんこくご) The Korean Language (kankokugo)
19. ベトナム語 (ベトナムご) The Vietnamese Language (betonamugo)
20. イタリア語 (イタリアご) The Italian Language (itariago)

Japanese Surnames 2

1. Igawa: いがわ, 井川, 衣川, 伊川
2. Hiiragi: ひいらぎ, 柊木, 柊*
3. Etou: えとう, 栄藤, 恵藤, 江藤
-Eto, Etoh, Etō
4. Akita: あきた, 秋田, 明田, 龝田
5. Akiyama: あきやま, 秋山, 龝山, 明山
6. Satou: さとう, 左藤, 佐東, 佐藤
-Sato, Satoh, Satō
7. Matsuda: まつだ, 枩田, 末田, 松田
8. Eitou: えいとう, 栄藤, 栄等, 衛藤
-Eito, Eitoh, Eitō
9. Takizawa: たきざわ, 滝澤, 瀧澤, 滝沢
10. Tachibana: たちばな, 館花, 橘, 立花
11. Tachiki: たちき, 立木, 樹, 立樹
12. Mizushima: みずしま, 水嶌, 水島, 水嶋
13. Uchino: うちの, 内野, 内埜, 内乃
14. Ueki: うえき, 殖木, 上木, 植木
15. Sakurada: さくらだ, 佐倉田, 櫻田, 桜田
16. Odagiri: おだぎり, 小田切, 小田桐, 太田桐
17. Kanno: かんの, 菅野, 管野, 神野
18. Sada: さだ, 定, 佐田, 砂田
19. Sawada: さわだ, 澤多, 沢田, 澤田
20. Aiba: あいば, 相葉, 相場, 愛場

*Hiiragi only has two spellings.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Japanese Words 2

20 Japanese Katakana words. All words are English Loan Words.
1. キッス, キス Kiss (kissu, kisu)
2. フルート Flute (furu-to)
3. ヴァイオリン, バイオリン Violin (vaiorin, baiorin)
4. ミラクル Miracle (mirakuru)
5. ガール Girl (ga-ru)
6. ボーイ Boy (bo-i)
7. スマイル Smile (sumairu)
8. マクドナルド McDonald's (makudonarudo)
9. フォトグラフ Photograph (fotogurafu)
10. セクシー Sexy (sekushi-)
11. ペンギン Penguin (pengin)
12. ブログ Blog (burogu)
13. ハート Heart (ha-to)
14. メッセージ Message (messe-ji)
15. ブラ Bra (bura)
16. キャンディ Candy (kyandi)
17. ファッション Fashion (fasshon)
18. クリスマス Christmas (kurisumasu)
19. カメラ Camera (kamera)
20. タイプ Type (taipu)

Japanese Surnames 1

Here are some Japanese surnames. I'm going to start posting them because I see a lot of stuff about people asking for Japanese surnames. I didn't include Katakana versions because as traditional Japanese surnames, they won't be written in Katakana. Some of the versions here may different in romanization. Like Saito, Saitō and Saitoh are technically transcribed as Saitou but any option is fine. I'll give common variations for less confusions. If they have a variation, I will write it under the surname.

1. Abe: あべ, 阿部, 安部, 阿辺
2. Ebisu: えびす, 恵比須, 胡, 胡子
3. Egawa: えがわ, 江川, 恵川, 枝川
4. Andou: あんどう, 安堂, 安藤, 安東
-Ando, Andoh , Andō
5. Doumoto: どうもと, 堂元, 堂本, 道本
-Domoto, Dohmoto, Dōmoto
6. Arakawa: あらかわ, 荒川, 新川, 洗川
7. Sakurai: さくらい, 桜井, 櫻井, 佐倉井
8. Atou: あとう, 阿藤, 阿東, 与
-Ato, Atoh, Atō
9. Fujii: ふじい, 藤井, 富士井, 藤伊
10. Bandou: ばんどう, 半藤, 板東, 坂東
-Bando, Bandoh, Bandō
11. Kikukawa: きくかわ, 菊川, 喜久川, 掬川
12. Kamiyama: かみやま, 神山, 紙山, 上山
13. Taguchi: たぐち, 田口*
14. Ashida: あしだ, 芦田, 蘆田, 葭田
15. Kuroki: くろき, 黒木, 黒希, 久良木
16. Hamada: はまだ, 浜田, 濱田, 墾田
17. Kitano: きたの, 北乃, 北野, 喜多野
18. Araki: あらき, 荒木, 新木, 樸
19. Hasegawa: はせがわ, 長谷川, 長谷河, 馳川
20. Motoda: もとだ, 元田, 本田, 基田

*Taguchi only has one spelling.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Solution To The Possibility That Black Americans Are Sent To Jail More Than White Americans

There's probably about a million articles on the web about black Americans being sent to jail more so than whites and face unfair discrimination in their sentencing. I've never been to jail so obviously I don't know what the court system is like. However the fact that I haven't been jail is not because of my race. It's because I don't break the law! It's entirely possible the justice system is biased. Then again it's entirely possible it's not. Either way, follow one simple rule and you'll never have to deal with it: Don't break the law. If the court system is biased and more prone to put black Americans in jail, it doesn't mean they don't deserve it. They broke the law. Just because it's possible a few more white people get off the hook for crime, doesn't excuse the fact that a black person broke the law. They still have to be punished. They get a long sentence? Tough luck. You shouldn't have broken the law in the first place. Then you wouldn't have to deal with it at all. Black, white or candy apple red, if you're a criminal, you have to be punished. So if you don't want to deal with the justice system giving you an unfair sentence, follow the law.

Katakana Names 3

1. Roberto (roberuto): ロベルト
2. Cynthia (shinshia): シンシア
3. Taylor (teira-): テイラー
4. Jordan (jo-dan): ジョーダン
5. Orlando (o-rando): オーランド
6. Hilary (hirari-): ヒラリー
7. Virginia (va-jinia, ba-jinia): バージニア, ヴァージニア*
8. Lucas (ru-kasu): ルーカス
9. Ann (an): アン
10. Nathan (neisan): ネイサン
11. McKenzie (makenji-): マッケンジー
12. Bart (ba-to): バート
13. Leah (ria): リア
14. Helen (heren): ヘレン
15. London (rondon): ロンドン
16. Soleil (soreiyu): ソレイユ
17. Andy (andi): アンディ
18. Summer (sama-): サマー
19. Humphrey (hanfuri-): ハンフリー
20. Cameron (kameron): カメロン

*In Japanese, B is sometimes subsituted for V in Japanese translations. Either translation is fine to use.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Five Beautiful Things 1

Here are five beautiful things around the world with some pictures to show why I picked them. The pics aren't mine. I just linked to them. There were originally twenty but the post was really long. I'll post another with them.

1. Lofoten, Norway
Loften1 Loften2 Loften3

2. Phucket, Thailand
Phucket1 Phucket2 Phucket3

3. Montana, United States of America
Montana1 Montana2 Montana3

4. Ross Island, Antarctica
RossIsland1 RossIsland2 RossIsland3

5. South Carolina, United States of America
SouthCarolina1 SouthCarolina2 SouthCarolina3

Japanese Names 13

Boys
1. Sakio: さきお, サキオ, 紗希男, 佐喜雄, 咲夫
2. Benjirou: べんじろう, ベンジロウ, 弁二郎, 弁次朗, 弁次郎
-Benjiro, Benjiroh, Benjirō
3. Zenkou: ぜんこう, ゼンコウ, 善高, 善光, 善幸
-Zenko, Zenkoh, Zenkō
4. Yuunosuke: ゆうのすけ, ユウノスケ, 雄之助, 悠之輔, 勇之介
Yunosuke, Yūnosuke
5. Yasuhiro: やすひろ, ヤスヒロ, 康裕, 康博, 康弘
6. Seinosuke: せいのすけ, セイノスケ, 聖之助, 政之助, 誠之助
7. Shichitarou: しちたろう, シチタロウ, 七大郎, 七太朗, 七太郎
-Shichitaro, Shichitaroh, Shichitarō
8. Satoshi: さとし, サトシ, 智司, 智, 聡
9. Rui: るい, ルイ, 留衣, 塁, 類
10. Etsuo: えつお, エツオ, 悦男, 悦夫, 悦雄

Girls
1. Aika: あいか, アイカ, 愛香, 愛加, 愛華
2. Riiko: りいこ, リイコ, リイ子, 利衣子, 里衣子
3. Masae: まさえ, マサエ, 政枝, 正江, 雅恵
4. Mako: まこ, マコ, 真子, 眞子, 麻子
5. Ruka: るか, ルカ, 瑠香, 瑠夏, 留加
6. Harumi: はるみ, ハルミ, 晴美, 春美, 治美
7. Kumiko: くみこ, クミコ, 久美子, 組子, 久見子
8. Marina: まりな, マリナ, 麻里奈, 真里奈, 真理奈
9. Akina: あきな, アキナ, 秋奈, 明奈, 亜希奈
10. Beniko: べにこ, ベニコ, ベニ子, べに子, 紅子

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Celebrity Baby Names

It seems with every celebrity pregnancy, some baby name (or two) you've never heard of follows with it. While some turn out incredibly beautiful like Shiloh Nouveau and Vivienne Marcheline, most aren't so lucky. Also to all those who say Angie's crazy, do you really think someone who named their child Apple or Pilot Inspektor is playing with a full deck? The newest and possibily the worst child name I've heard so far is not the first name but the middle name... Bronx Mowgli Wentz. What the heck are you thinking naming your child after a Disney character from the Jungle Book? Also it's not bad enough that you named them after the Jungle Book but the fact that you actually take pride in the name thinking you've done a good job. Why The Jungle Book of all things anyway? You couldn't pick a Disney movie where the characters had normal names like Pocahontas or The Little Mermaid (save for the name Flounder, The Little Mermaid had normal names). Also just so everyone is aware, the name Mowgli is not a real name. Rudyard Kipling (the guy who wrote The Jungle Book) made it up. In other words, they would have done a better job naming him Baloo (Baloo means bear in Hindi) or Bagheera (Bagheera means panther in Hindi). At least those are real words that are unique with some pretty cool meanings for Hollywood. Naming your child Mowgli is like naming them Frodo or Bilbo. You're begging for your child (pardon my French) to have their ass kicked on a daily basis. I really feel sorry for their future teachers because they'll have to defend the names with a straight face when they other kids tease them. Well it's not surprising. Look who named him: The younger sister of the world's dumbest unnatural blonde and a rock star who wears eyeliner better than his wife. Whatever happened to naming your children Anna or Lara or William or Jack?

Katakana Names 2

1. Bob (bobu): ボブ
2. Tom (tomu): トム
3. Jack (jakku): ジャック
4. Roger (roja-): ロジャー
5. Peter (pi-ta-): ピーター
6. Han (han): ハン
7. Kim (kimu): キム
8. Harry (hari-): ハリー
9. Henri (anri): アンリ
10: Jean-Claude (jankuro-do): ジャンクロード
11. Olivia (oribia, orivia): オリビア, オリヴィア
12. Victoria (bikutoria, vikutoria): ビクトリア, ヴィクトリア*
13. Rose (ro-su, ro-zu): ロース, ローズ
14. Cindy (shindi): シンディ
15. Jennifer (jenifa-): ジェニファー
16. America (amerika): アメリカ
17. Noel/Noelle (noeru): ノエル
18. Smith (sumisu): スミス
19. Jenny (jeni-): ジェニー
20. Robert (roba-to): ロバート

*In Japanese, B is sometimes subsituted for V in Japanese translations. Either translation is fine to use.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Obama Is Biased

Obama is half black and half white. Nothing more. Nothing less. You can't just call yourself black and it's so. He's the same amount of black that he is white which gives him no obligation to chose white over black or black over white. He should describe himself as biracial and respect both races. His given reason for calling himself black is that he relates to black people more so than white people. For a man who grew up with white influences, not the south side of Detroit, I don't see how you can relate to a race you never really came to know. Besides Your race has nothing to do with your personality or who you are in your mind anyway. Just because you're black, that doesn't mean you'll relate to black people more than Middle Eastern people and just because you're white, that doesn't mean you'll relate to white people more than Eastern Asian people. Obama is under the impression that all white people are the same and all black people are the same by his wording which would mean he groups a few billion white AND black people under the same stereotype in his mind which could either be implied as racist and/or ignorant.

Japanese Names 12

Boys
1. Akisuke: あきすけ, アキスケ, 秋輔, 昭介, 昭助
2. Kazuichirou: かずいちろう, カズイチロウ, 数一郎, 和一朗, 和一郎
-Kazuichiro, Kazuichiroh, Kazuichirō
3. Keisuke: けいすけ, ケイスケ, 啓助, 啓介, 慶介
4. Masatsune: まさつね, マサツネ, 雅恒, 政恒, 正恒
5. Michinari: みちなり, ミチナリ, 道也, 通成, 道成
6. Tatsuhisa: たつひさ, タツヒサ, 辰久, 竜久, 達久
7. Naoya: なおや, ナオヤ, 尚也, 直也, 直哉
8. Ruito: るいと, ルイト, 累斗, 類斗, 塁斗
9. Tomihiko: とみひこ, トミヒコ, 登美彦, 冨彦, 富彦
10. Harukichi: はるきち, ハルキチ, 晴吉, 治吉, 春吉

Girls
1. Kameko: かめこ, カメコ, 亀子, かめ子, 瓶子
2. Kazuko: かずこ, カズコ, カズ子, 和子, 一子
3. Fukue: ふくえ, フクエ, ふく江, 福恵, 福江
4. Hanayo: はなよ, ハナヨ, 花世, 花代, 華代
5. Hitoe: ひとえ, ヒトエ, ひと絵, 仁江, 仁恵
6. Ichiko: いちこ, イチコ, いち子, 衣智子, 一子
7. Mina: みな, イクヨ, 実奈, 美菜, 美奈
8. Junko: じゅんこ, ジュンカ, 潤子, 順子, 絢子
9. Mirei: みれい, ミレイ, 美麗, 美礼, 美玲
10. Miiko: みいこ, ミイコ, 美依子, 美衣子, ミイ子

Monday, January 12, 2009

We'll Cancel Christmas Traditions For The Muslim Students Who Might Not Like It

Zaragoza, Spain (2006) - Schools banned Christmas on the grounds that Muslim students may not like it. -Spain is a Christian country. Not a Muslim country. Do you think a Muslim country would ban their Islamic holidays like Ramadan on the grounds that non-Muslims may not like it? Nope, they wouldn't. They'd probably expell you for suggesting such an idea.
San Diego, USA (2007) - Schools allow Muslim students to pray in seperate rooms during the day while Christian and Jewish students do not. -America is the land of religious freedom but you don't give equal rights to all religions? What is that? Oxymoron.
I have no problem with Muslims coming to America and getting freedoms and resources they didn't previously have. What I have a problem with that Muslims, who are not American citizens and have no plans to become one, come to America and demand rights that the citizens don't have and they actually get them! What the heck is that? Muslims come into the USA and the UK and change laws and customs that have been for hundreds of years, making life harder and unfair to the citizens. Also for example, schools can be forced to have Islamic diets but not for Jewish or vegetarian/vegan diets. What right do foreigners have to come here and make life harder for citizens? No offense. We're not treating everyone equal and isn't that what America is all about?

Chinese Names 1

Here are some Chinese names. The accent marks are there so you can see the difference in names. For example is "梦" is mèng and "蒙" is mēng though they can both be casually transcribed as just meng. Chinese is tonal so those accent marks make all the difference in the meaning, spelling and pronunciation. The translations are based on Mandarin Chinese tones and using Simplified Chinese. If you want Traditional Chinese characters, you can copy and paste a character into the dictionary at this link: Click Here. If there is a traditional character for it, it will show up in the search. You can also look up the meaning of the characters there as well.

Boys
1. Zhèn Yǔ: 振宇
2. Péi Xìn: 培信
3. Nǎi Liàng: 乃亮
4. Bó Wén: 泊文
5. Jì Míng: 继铭
6. Qīng Fēng: 清峰
7. Yuè Míng: 粤明
8. Tóng : 彤
9. Yuǎn: 远
10. Zhì Chéng: 志诚

Girls
1. Yǐ Yǐ: 乙乙
2. Tíng Tíng: 婷婷
3. Mèng Jié: 梦婕
4. Hóng Bō: 宏波
5. Qìng Lín: 庆琳
6. Xīn: 欣
7. Jìng: 静
8. Qiǎo Qiǎo: 巧巧
9. Mèng Yáo: 梦尧
10. Hóng Jié/Hóng Jiē/Jiàng Jié/Jiàng Jiē: 虹结*

*These are all possible pronunciations for "虹结."

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Spanking In School... On TV... Is Legal... And Encouraged?

The Crime TV's show The Principal's Office shows an array of out-of-the-norm incidents that principals deal with. Pretty funny. However one principal in Arkansas is out of line. By Arkansas law, teachers can spank their students with a big hunk of wood known as a paddle. As if that isn't bad enough, you've got a sixty something year old man spanking thirteen and fourteen year on girls behind a closed door. That's just sick. If it was a woman, it wouldn't be as bad but a man doing it is just perverted. Also they basically force the students to choose the paddle as punishment because they're saying "Get spanked three times for a few seconds or have detention for a week and let it go in your records and call your parents." Also the principal doesn't have to inform parents that he spanked their children. And it obviously doesn't work because you're giving a kid about ten minutes of a pain in the butt which they forget twenty minutes later. Then future schools have no knowledge of how much they acted up. It's ridiculous and outdated. If you really want to punish a teenager, take away their Saturday and stick them in detention. They're going hurt a lot more for that than a ten second spanking.

Japanese Names 11

Boys
1. Yasuhito: やすひと, ヤスヒト, 康人, 泰人, 康仁
2. Yuuya: ゆうや, ユウヤ, 優弥, 悠也, 裕也
-Yuya, Yūya
3. Shuusaku: しゅうさく, シュウサク, 周策, 修作 周作
-Shusaku, Shūsaku
4. Junzou: じゅんぞう, ジュンゾウ, 純蔵, 淳造, 順三
-Junzo, Junzoh, Junzō
5. Nobuto: のぶと, ノブト, 信人, 伸人, 信斗
6. Raitarou: らいたろう, ライタロウ, 雷太郎, 雷大郎, 雷太朗
-Raitaro, Raitaroh, Raitarō
7. Masaharu: まさはる, マサハル, 正春, 正治, 雅晴
8. Manato: まなと, マナト, 真人, 愛人, 真斗
9. Kazuki: かずき, カズキ, 一樹, 和紀, 和喜
10. Mantarou: まんたろう, マンタロウ, 万太郎, 万大朗, 万太朗
-Mantaro, Mantaroh, Mantarō

Girls
1. Azumi: あずみ, アズミ, あず美, アズ美, 杏美
2. Ayae: あやえ, アヤエ, 綾江, 彩恵, 彩絵
3. Maki: まき, マキ, 牧, 真紀, 真希
4. Kiko: きこ, キコ, 希子, 紀子, 記子
5. Maiha: まいは, マイハ, 舞波, 麻衣波, 真衣波
6. Michika: みちか, ミチカ, 道香, 美知佳, 美智佳
7. Noriyo: のりよ, ノリヨ, 典代, 則代, 典世
8. Katsuko: かつこ, カツコ, 加津子, 克子, 勝子
9. Mariko: まりこ, マリコ, 麻里子, まり子, 真理子
10. Mitsue: みつえ, ミツエ, 光枝, 光江, 光恵

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Japanese Names 10

Boys
1. Ryoukichi: りょうきち, リョウキチ, 良吉, 亮吉, 了吉
-Ryokichi, Ryohkichi Ryōkichi
2. Dairoku: だいろく, ダイロク, 大六, 大麓, 太六
3. Ryuutarou: りゅうたろう, リュウタロウ, 竜太郎, 龍太郎, 隆太郎
-Ryutaro, Ryutaroh, Ryūtarō
4. Hachirou: はちろう, ハチロウ, 八郎, 八朗, はち郎
-Hachiro, Hachiroh, Hachirō
5. Maresuke: まれすけ, マレスケ, 希助, 希輔, 希典
6. Kazurou: かずろう, カズロウ, 和郎, 和朗, 一郎
-Kazuro, Kazuroh, Kazurō
7. Kenzou: けんぞう, カンゾウ, 健三, 賢三, 謙三
-Kenzo, Kenzoh, Kenzō
8. Hirotoshi: ひろとし, ヒロトシ, 弘寿, 弘斗氏, 広利
9. Morio: もりお, モリオ, 森雄, 盛男, 守夫
10. Kouki: こうき, コウキ, 幸喜, 幸樹, 聖
-Koki, Kohki, Kōki

Girls
1. Eihi: えいひ, エイヒ, 栄姫, 英姫, 瑛姫
2. Misako: みさこ, ミサコ, 美沙子, みさ子, 美佐子
3. Hitomi: ひとみ, ヒトミ, 仁美, 人美, 瞳
4. Chie: ちえ, チエ, 千恵, 智恵, 知恵
5. Kyouko: きょうこ, キョウコ, 京子, 享子, 恭子
-Kyoko, Kyohko, Kyōko
6. Mimiko: みみこ, ミミコ, ミミ子, 美々子, 美美子
7. Nika: にか, ニカ, 二加, 二香, 二佳
8. Atsuko: あつこ, アツコ, 敦子, 厚子, 温子
9. Haruna: はるな, ハルナ, 春菜, 晴奈, はる奈
10. Anri: あんり, アンリ, 杏梨, 杏里, 杏利

Friday, January 9, 2009

Katakana Names 1

Twenty Katakana versions of non-Japanese names. I did not seperate female and male names because a lot names can be unisex and I'm not going to try to figure out how to divide them. I gave the most common spellings of the names but your name is spelled differently, it's probably still correct. For example: I gave Christina as the translation but if your name is Cristina or Kristina, it will still work. The names are translated using my knowledge of Japanese and also known/common ways of spelling. The Romaji is in the parenthesis.

1. Thomas (tomasu): トマス
2. John (jon): ジョン
3. William (wiriamu): ウィリアム
4. Adam (adamu): アダム
5. Jacob (jeikobu): ジェイコブ
6. Diego (diego): ディエゴ
7. Jaime (haime): ハイメ *
8. Abraham (aburahamu, eiburahamu): アブラハム, エイブラハム **
9. Daniel (danieru): ダニエル
10. Rupert (rupa-to): ルパート
11. Elizabeth (erizabesu): エリザベス
12. Sandra (sandora): サンドラ
13. Jane (je-n): ジェーン
14. Sofia (sofia): ソフィア
15. Violet (baioretto, vaioretto): バイオレット, ヴァイオレット***
16. Christina (kurisutina): クリスティナ
17. Star (suta-): スター
18. Mia (mia): ミア
19. Justina (jasutina): ジャスティナ
20. Judy (judi): ジュディ

*The pronunciation of this form is Jaime is that of the Spanish male form. Pronounced like High-May in English.
**Abraham is spelled like Aburahamu in the Japanese translations of the Bible. However a more modern translation is Eiburahamu. Both are fine to use.
***"V" in Japanese is usually subsituted with "B" such as Video becomes Bideo in Japanese. However in recent years, the characters for V have gained popularity and either will suffice.