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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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."

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

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

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.

Playlist 1

Here's a playlist of 20 Japanese songs.

1. Prisoner of Love - Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル)
2. Sore Ga Ai Deshou - Shimokawa Mikuni (下川みくに)
3. First Love - Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル)
4. L.O.V.E. U - Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン)
5. REAL FACE - KAT-TUN
6. Taiyou No Namida - NEWS
7. Kotoba Yori Taisetsu Na Mono - ARASHI (嵐)
8. NO MORE CRY - D-51
9. Feel Your Breeze - V6
10. Niji - Aqua Timez
11. Oasis - GACKT
12. Seishun Amigo - Shūji To Akira (修二と彰)
13. White Prayer - Alice Nine (アリス九號)
14. Fantasy - Alice Nine (アリス九號)
15. Kizuna - Kamenashi Kazuya (亀梨和也)
16. Precious - Ito Yuna (伊藤由奈)17. Endless Story - Reira starring Yuna Ito
18. Truth - Reira starring Yuna Ito
19. Daite Senorita - Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久)
20. Sakura Kiss - Kawabe Chieco (河辺千恵子)

Japanese Names 9

Boys
1. Susumu: すすむ, ススム, 進, 晋, 普
2. Gaku: がく, ガク, 岳, 学, 孚
3. Arata: あらた, アラタ, 新, 新太, 荒太
4. Hachitarou: はちたろう, ハチタロウ, 八太郎, 八太朗, 八大郎
-Hachitaro, Hachitaroh, Hachitarō
5. Hirofumi: ひろふみ, ヒロフミ, 博文, 弘文, 広文
6. Ryouji: りょうじ, リョウジ, 良治, 亮二, 亮次
-Ryoji, Ryohji, Ryōji
7. Shunjirou: しゅんじろう, シュンジロウ, 俊二郎, 俊次郎
-Shunjiro, Shunjiroh, Shunjirō
8. Tatsukichi: たつきち, タツキチ, 達吉, 辰吉, 竜吉
9. Yasuhisa: やすひさ, ヤスヒサ, 泰久, 恭久, 安久
10. Akio: あきお, アキオ, 昭雄, 昭夫, 秋男

Girls
1. Mao: まお, マオ, 真央, 麻央, 麻緒
2. Morika: もりか, モリカ, 森加, 森佳, 森香
3. Madoka: まどか, マドカ, 円, 円香, まど香
4. Kimiyo: きみよ, キミヨ, 君代, 喜美代, 紀美代
5. Runa: るな, ルナ, 瑠奈, 留奈, 留菜
6. Mikiko: みきこ, ミキコ, 美紀子, 幹子, 美喜子
7. Yuria: ゆりあ, ユリア, 友梨亜, 百合亜, 由利亜
8. Shizumi: しずみ, シズカ, 静美, 靜美, しず美
9. Wakako: わかこ, ワカコ, 和歌子, 和佳子, 若子
10. Akemi: あけみ, アケミ, 明美, 暁美, あけ美

Survivorman Versus Man Vs. Wild

I'm an avid watcher of the Discovery Channel. Not any of the educational stuff of course. The useless stuff like How It's Made (which tells me how carboard boxes and frozen pizzas are made) and occasionally MythBusters (which tells me eel skin wallets does not demagnitize credit cards and that if you feed a Christmas tree soda for 6 weeks, it dies). Oh and of course Man Vs. Wild and Suvivorman. While both concepts are also virtually useless, they're both incredibly entertaining and usually disturbing at the same time. On a personal thought, I doubt anyone will ever be stranded in the Lousiana swamps and have to hunt gator. If I were, I don't think I would hunt gator on the account of I know my limitations and the few natural instincts that I do have tell me that gator would win. However I have eaten gator before. It tastes just like something you expect something that sits around eating week old carcasses and fungus ridden fish would taste. Anyway back to the subject. Constantly watching Man Vs. Wild, I stumbled across Suvivorman. Bear vs um... whatever the survivorman's name is. If I had to be stuck in the wilds of the Savannah, would I rather have Bear, an ex-special forces member with a black belt and currently the youngest Brit to climb Mt. Everest, or Les Stroud (I had to look his name up), a Canadian who completed the Music Industry Arts program from Fanshaw College and became a wilderness guide after working for a Canadian version of MTV channel known as MuchMusic? Gee. Yeah. That's a toughie. Lemme think. I don't want that guy who spent more time learning the difference between an A and and D chord on the guitar over the guy who served in the Indian army. After watching episodes of both shows, I would have to say Bear is more entertaining and useful if I were lost in the wild. Yeah, Les really teaches me how to survive in the wild. Maybe if I was lost with about 20 grand worth of expensive camping equiptment, Les would be a great guide. Wikipedia lists the amount of equipment that Les takes into the wild for each episode as follows (and everyone prepares for an event like being lost the wilderness by the way so everyone would have this stuff within reach): his clothes, camera equiptment, a harmonica, a Leatherman multi-tool and "everyday" items. Everyday Items: that's keyword for everything that you would plan to take if you were going camping and you think you're roughing it by bringing only one of your Blackberrys. Basically the same thing as stepping onto your screened in porch and sleeping there overnight. So Survivorman versus Man Vs. Wild. I think the guy with the British accent who hunts gators with his bare hands wins.

Japanese Names 8

Boys
1. Hideaki: ひであき, ヒデアキ, 英明, 秀明, 英秋
2. Kentarou: けんたろう, ケンタロウ, 健太郎, 賢太郎, 謙太郎
-Kentaro, Kentaroh, Kentarō
3. Kousuke: こうすけ, コウスケ, 幸助, 孝介, 孝輔
-Kosuke, Kohsuke, Kōsuke
4. Kuranosuke: くらのすけ, クラノスケ, 倉之助, 蔵之助, 倉之介
5. Masaru: まさる, マサル, 勝, 優, 大
6. Michiya: みちや, ミチヤ, 道也, 美智也, 道弥
7. Youji: ようじ, ヨウジ, 洋二, 洋治, 陽二
-Yoji, Yohji, Yōji
8. Mitsuru: みつる, ミツル, 実, 充, 盈
9: Yuuichi: ゆういち, ユウイチ, 雄一, 裕一, 勇一
-Yuichi, Yūichi
10: Tatsuhiko: たつひこ, タツヒコ, 竜彦, 達彦, 辰彦

Girls
1. Misa: みさ, ミサ, 美佐, 美沙, 美砂
2. Miyoe: みよえ, ミヨエ, 美代江, 美代枝, 美代恵
3. Umeko: うめこ, ウメコ, 梅子, ウメ子, うめ子
4. Natsuka: なつか, ナツカ, 夏香, 夏加, 奈津香
5. Maiko: まいこ, マイコ, 麻衣子, 舞子, 真衣子
6. Tomoko: ともこ, トモコ, トモ子, 智子, 友子
7. Kiyoko: きよこ, キヨコ, 紀代子, 貴代子, 清子
8. Tomiko: とみこ, トミコ, 富子, 登美子, 都美子
9: Miho: みほ, ナホ, 美穂, 美帆, 美保
10: Moeko: もえこ, モエコ, 萠子, 萌子, もえ子

Green Tea Causes Insomnia

Over the past year or so, I decide to take an interest in different teas. It's healthier than sodas and not caloric and better than water. Sounds like a winner. So I tried Arizona Diet Green Tea. It has no calories and tons of vitamin C. Double win because drinking too much water makes me sick and I've never been a fan of citrus fruits. So into a month of drinking probably the biggest size every two or three days... which probably isn't that healthy at all, I noticed I was having trouble sleeping. I could literally stay up for hours at time (wake up at 5AM and still be awake at 7AM the next day). I tried sleeping pills (I'm not a big fan of pills. I don't even take Tylenol.) because I was desperate. I felt jittery and anxious. So after continuing such a rough cycle for about 7 or 8 months, I came across an article that said green tea can cause insomnia. So long story short, I stopped drinking it and now I sleep normal. Probably too much. I like my sleep. I used to literally stay awake in bed for hours just lying there in the dark waiting to fall asleep. It was awful. So coffee and caffeine fans, forget your coffee. Drink green tea. It works way better than any coffee does and it doesn't stain your teeth.

Japanese Names 7

Boys
1. Shizuo: しずお, シズオ, 静雄, 静夫, 静男
2. Shinnosuke: しんのすけ, シンノスケ, 新之助, 信之助, 真之輔
3. Shirou: しろう, シロウ, 四郎, 史郎, 志郎
-Shiro, Shiroh, Shirō
4. Tatsuo: たつお, タツオ, 辰夫, 辰雄, 達雄
5. Tatsuichirou: たついちろう, タツイチロウ, 竜一郎, 辰一郎, 龍一郎
-Tatsuichiro, Tatsuichiroh, Tatsuichirō
6. Tsunehito: つねひと, ツネヒト, 恒人, 恒仁, 常人
7. Toshisuke: としすけ, トシスケ, 俊介, 利助, 敏介
8. Tsubasa: つばさ, ツバサ, 翼, 翔, 翠
9. Keishirou: けいしろう, ケイシロウ, 圭四郎, 慶四郎, 恵四郎
-Keishiro, Keishiroh, Keishirō
10. Haruya: はるや, ハルヤ, 春也, 春哉, 晴也

Girls
1. Kaho: かほ, カホ, 嘉穂, 佳保, 花歩
2. Kimie: きみえ, キミエ, 君江, 喜美恵, きみ江
3. Megumi: めぐみ, メグミ, めぐ美, 徳, 恵
4. Mayumi: まゆみ, マユミ, 真由美, 真弓, 麻由美
5. Miriko: みりこ, ミリコ, 美利子, みり子, 美里子
6. Riyoko: りよこ, リヨコ, 里代子, 理代子, 利代子
7. Kanami: かなみ, カナミ, 香奈美, かな美, 佳奈美
8. Nakako: なかこ, ナカコ, 仲子, 中子, 奈加子
9. Utako: うたこ, ウタコ, 歌子, 詩子, ウタ子
10. Shimiko: しみこ, シミコ, 四美子, しみ子, 志美子

Racial Discrimination Groups Will Fight Any Racial Discrimination You Face... If You're The "Right" Race Of Course

I'm all for racial equality. However a lot of discrimination groups are pretty useless. The NAACP being the biggest one in my opinion. I believe the NAACP has done its job. It needs to step aside and disappear. Now, it just causes more problems for people. All the NAACP does now is say "If you need help for racial discrimination and you're black, come on in. If you're not, screw you." While a million people say "The NAACP is for all kinds of discrimination. Not just black." Well I doubt that if any of the white children in the USA called the NAACP and told them that the black students and teachers used racial slurs, that the NAACP is going to run to their aid." We have thousands of groups in the USA for racial discrimination. However if you aren't a certain race, you can't get help. Isn't that an oxymoron for the record books? "We're here to help you if you're discriminated against. Oh you're [insert race here]? Sorry, we can't help you. You're not the right race." If we took all the resources the NAACP and other rights groups have and combined to help EVERYONE, we'd have a lot more for the greater good. Another thing that ticks me off is that white people have absolutely ZERO resources for discrimination and ZERO sympathy. If a white person is told "You're fired because you're white," there is absolutely nothing they can do about it. Sure, you can report it. Will it do any good? Probably not. If a black person is told "You're fired because you're black." the NAACP would be in there the same day and the CEO would be firing people left and right who may have done anything remotely racist. People think that because white people are the majority that they have no problems. They do. They're the only race the government can legally turn down for things like school applications and jobs thanks to "quotas." That means you could be a white person with a 4.0 GPA but if a school has to abide by a quota, a black person with a 2.3 GPA will get in over you. How is that fair? It's not just white people that get turned down too. Blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians and so on all get turned down because of this. Also I would like to know who they make their quotas. If you're half black and half Chinese, do you go into the Asian quota or the black quota? Or do you get your own little box in the "mixed race" pile? The best deserve to excell. Why work so hard to get told you can't do something not because you're no qualified, but because of something that has nothing to do with anything? I know there has been a ton of discrimination in the past in the USA but it's not the same anymore. It's not even the same as it was five and ten years ago. People can say I'm Irish-Chinese-Nubian-Egyptian-English and no on cares. It doesn't matter. The government wants to solve racial discrimination by discriminating based on race? Yeah. Whoever came up with that idea surely deserves the Nobel Prize.

Japanese Names 6

Boys
1. Gakuto: がくと, ガクト, 学人, 岳人, 孚人
2. Haruichi: はるいち, ハルイチ, 春一, 治一, 晴一
3. Hajime: はじめ, ハジメ, 元, 甫, 一
4. Manabu: まなぶ, マナブ, 学, 覚, 學
5. Keizou: けいぞう, ケイゾウ, 敬三, 恵三, 恵造
-Keizo, Keizoh, Keizō
6. Shinji: しんじ, シンジ, 真司, 真治, 信二
7. Hironosuke: ひろのすけ, ヒロノスケ, 宏之助, 弘之助, 博之輔
8. Kazuo: かずお, カズオ, 和夫, 和男, 一男
9. Kinya: きんや, キンヤ, 欣也, 欽也, 金也
-Kin'ya
10. Kiichirou: きいちろう, キイチロウ, 喜一郎, 紀一郎, 貴一郎
-Kiichiro, Kiichiroh, Kiichirō

Girls
1. Akane: あかね, アカネ, 茜, 朱音, 亜佳音
2. Eiyo: えいよ, エイヨ, 栄世, 栄代, 瑛代
3. Fukumi: ふくみ, フクミ, 福美, ふく美, 福実
4. Fujiko: ふじこ, フジコ, 富士子, 藤子, ふじ子
5. Hanako: はなこ, ハナコ, 花子, ハナ子, 華子
6. Haruhi: はるひ, ハルヒ, 春日, 晴日, はる日
7. Mami: まみ, マミ, 真美, 真実, 麻美
8. Nana: なな, ナナ, 奈々, 七, 奈奈
9. Hitoko: ひとこ, ヒトコ, 仁子, 人子, ひと子
10. Manami: まなみ, マナミ, 真奈美, 麻奈美, 愛美

Japanese Words 1

20 Japanese words. They're accurate in their meaning so feel free to use them without fear that they're wrong. It goes Kanji (Hiragana) English (Romaji). Mostly this is just to keep track of my vocabulary.

1. 蛍 (ほたる) Firefly (hotaru)
2. 雨 (あめ) Rain (ame)
3. 花 (はな) Flower (hana)
4. 絆 (きずな) Bond (kizuna)
5. 夢 (ゆめ) Dream (yume)
6. 月 (つき) Moon (tsuki)
7. 希望 (きぼう) Hope (kibou)
8. 永遠 (えいえん) Eternity (eien)
9. 虹 (にじ) Rainbow (niji)
10. 星空 (ほしぞら) Starry Sky (hoshizora)
11. 真実 (しんじつ) Truth (shinjitsu)
12. 愛 (あい) Love (ai)
13. 涙 (なみだ) Tear (namida)
14. 歌 (うた) Song (uta)
15. 未来 (みらい) Future (mirai)
16. 嵐 (あらし) Storm (arashi)
17. 奇跡 (きせき) Miracle (kiseki)
18. 約束 (やくそく) Promise (yakusoku)
19. 霧 (きり) Mist (kiri)
20. 世界 (せかい) World (sekai)

Japanese Names 5

Twenty Japanese Unisex Names. It took me forever to find them. It's quite possible these are the all the unisex names in the Japanese language.

Unisex
1. Juri: じゅり, ジュリ, 珠里, 樹理, 朱里
2. Jun: じゅん, ジュン, 潤, 順, 純
3. Rei: れい, レイ, 令, 礼, 霊
4. Kaoru: かおる, カオル, 馨, 薫, 香
5: Ryou: りょう, リョウ, 亮, 良, 量
-Ryo, Ryoh, Ryō
6. Nagisa: なぎさ, ナギサ, 渚, 汀, 夙
7. Shin: しん, シン, 真, 新, 心
8. Minami: みなみ, ミナミ, 南, 美波, みな美
9. Kyou: きょう, キョウ, 今日, 京, 恭
-Kyo, Kyoh, Kyō
10. Kei: けい, ケイ, 圭, 啓, 慧
11. Hikaru: ひかる, ヒカル, 光, 晄, 照
12. Yuuri: ゆうり, ユウリ, 優里, 悠里, 有理
-Yuri, Yūri
13. Mizuho: みずほ, ミズホ, 瑞穂, 瑞穗, 水穂
14. Ataru: あたる, アタル, 充, 中, 当
15. Akira: あきら, アキラ, 彰, 章, 晃
16. Makoto: まこと, マコト, 真琴, 誠, 真
17. Yuu: ゆう, ユウ, 祐, 悠, 優
-Yu, Yū
18. Yuuki: ゆうき, ユウキ, 祐樹, 優紀, 悠希
-Yuki, Yūki
19. Chiaki: ちあき, チアキ, 千秋, 千晶, 智明
20. Shinobu: しのぶ, シノブ, 忍, 偲, 認

Japanese Names 4

Japanese Names

Boys
1. Fumiya: ふみや, フミヤ, 文也, 文弥, 富也
2. Nobuhiko: のぶひこ, ノブヒコ, 信彦, 伸彦, 宣彦
3. Jin: じん, ジン, 仁, 甚, 人
4. Natsunosuke: なつのすけ, ナツノスケ, 夏之助, 夏之輔, 夏之介
5. Rinjirou: りんじろう, リンジロウ, 林次郎, 林二郎, 倫二郎
-Rinjiro, Rinjiroh, Rinjirō
6. Momosuke: ももすけ, モモスケ, 桃介, 百介, 百輔
7. Fukutoshi: ふくとし, フクトシ, 福寿, 福利, 福敏
8. Bunji: ぶんじ, ブンジ, 文二, 文治, 文次
9. Naoki: なおき, ナオキ, 尚樹, 直樹, 直喜
10. Akinosuke: あきのすけ, アキノスケ, 昭之助, 秋之助, 明之助

Girls
1. Aimi: あいみ, アイミ, 藍美, 愛美, 亜衣美
2. Nobuko: のぶこ, ノブコ, 信子, 暢子, 伸子
3. Natsumi: なつみ, ナツミ, 夏見, 夏美, 夏実
4. Midori: みどり, ミドリ, 緑, 美登里, 翠
5. Naho: なほ, ナホ, 奈穂, 菜穂, 奈保
6. Sumie: すみえ, スミエ, 澄江, すみ江, 澄恵
7. Taeko: たえこ, タエコ, 妙子, 多恵子, 多絵子
8. Tsukiko: つきこ, ツキコ, 月子, 津喜子, ツキ子
9. Yoshiko: よしこ, ヨシコ, 良子, 嘉子, よし子
10: Yukari: ゆかり, ユカリ, 由香里, 由加里, 由佳利

Light Skinned Blacks Vs Dark Skinned Blacks

Mocha, Milk Chocolate, Honey, Dark Chocolate and Caramel. Sounds like ingredients for a candy bar but not in this case. It's some of the many terms that black people use to describe their skin tone. I see so many things about this that it sickens me. Posts that say white people treat light skinned blacks better and even that black people treat light skinned blacks better. What's the deal?! When white person looks at a black person, they're going to think "Oh. A black person." They're not going think "Oh. A caramel skinned black person." or "Oh. A milk chocolate skinned black person." When white people look at other white people, they don't think "Oh. An ivory skinned white person." or "Oh. A beige skinned white person." They think "Oh. A white person." White people divide white people into two colors: Tanned and Pale/Untanned. I don't get how black people want to divide themselves based on something like skin tone after what so many people went through to stop discrimination based on skin tone. Also so many people have tried to stop the idea that your skin tone makes you superior and you see soooo many black people (especially women) act like they are the gift to the world simply because they're a maybe one or two shades paler. There's nothing wrong with being any skin tone. There's nothing wrong with changing your skin tone by tanning or skin lightening or thinking your skin tone is beautiful. Just don't think it makes you above everyone else.

Japanese Names 3

Boys
1. Issei: いっせい, イッセイ, 一誠, 一成, 一生
2. Masamichi: まさみち, マサミチ, 正道, 政道, 正通
3. Kuninosuke: くにのすけ, クニノスケ, 邦之助, 国之助, 邦之介
4. Junya: じゅんや, ジュンヤ, 純也, 淳也, 潤也
-Jun'ya
5. Gorou: ごろう, ゴロウ, 五郎, 吾郎, 悟郎
-Goro, Goroh, Gorō
6. Ryuuhei: りゅうへい, リュウヘイ, 龍平, 隆平, 竜平
-Ryuhei, Ryūhei
7. Eitarou: えいたろう, エイタロウ, 栄太郎, 英太郎, 永太郎
-Eitaro, Eitaroh, Eitarō
8. Mitsukazu: みつかず, ミツカズ, 光和, 光一, 三和
9. Shunichirou: しゅんいちろう, シュンイチロウ, 俊一郎, 旬一郎, 峻一郎
-Shunichiro, Shun'ichiro, Shunichiroh, Shun'ichiroh, Shunichirō, Shun'ichirō
10. Chousuke: ちょうすけ, チョウスケ, 長助, 長輔, 兆助
-Chosuke, Chohsuke, Chōsuke

Girls
1. Ai: あい, アイ, 愛, 藍, 亜依
2. Kimiko: きみこ, キミコ, 紀美子, 君子, 貴美子
3. Saeko: さえこ, サエコ, 紗江子, さえ子, 冴子
4. Rie: りえ, リエ, 理恵, 利恵, 理江
5. Rumi: るみ, ルミ, 留美, 瑠美, 留実
6. Tatsuko: たつこ, タツコ, 達子, たつ子, 竜子
7. Ruriko: るりこ, ルリコ, ルリ子, 留理子, 留利子
8. Sachie: さちえ, サチエ, 幸江, 幸恵, さち江
9. Maaya: まあや, マアヤ, 真綾, 真彩, 真絢
10. Satoko: さとこ, サトコ, 聡子, 里子, 智子

Japanese Names 2

Boys
1. Eijirou: えいじろう, エイジロウ, 栄次郎, 英二郎, 永治朗
-Eijiro, Eijiroh, Eijirō
2. Ryouta: りょうた, リョウタ, 良太, 亮太, 良大
-Ryota, Ryohta, Ryōta
3. Keita: けいた, ケイタ 啓太, 慶太, 圭太
4. Akihiko: あきひこ, アキヒコ, 明彦, 昭彦, 秋彦
5. Michihito: みちひと, ミチヒト, 道人, 道仁, 理人
6. Osamu: おさむ, オサム, 修, 治, 収
7. Norisuke: のりすけ, ノリスケ, 徳助, 計助, 憲介
8. Shunnosuke: しゅんのすけ, スンノスケ, 俊之助, 俊之介 旬之助
9. Tsunehiko: つねひこ, ツネヒコ, 恒彦, 常彦, 亘彦
10: Toshiya: としや, トシヤ, 俊哉, 俊也, 利也

Girls
1. Nozomi: のぞみ, ノゾミ, 望, 希, 望美
2. Shouko: しょうこ, ショウコ, 祥子, 晶子, 翔子
-Shoko, Shohko, Shōko
3. Shizuka: しずか, シズカ, 静香, 静, 静夏
4. Youko: ようこ, ヨウコ, 洋子, 陽子, よう子
-Yoko, Yohko, Yōko
5. Sayuri: さゆり, サユリ, 沙由里, 小百合, 沙友理
6: Mitsuko: みつこ, ミツコ, 美津子, 光子, みつ子
7: Momoko: ももこ, モモコ, 百子, 桃子, モモ子
8: Moriko: もりこ, モリコ, 森子, 守子, もり子
9: Namie: なみえ, ナミエ, 奈美恵, なみ江, 菜美絵
10: Kikue: きくえ, キクエ, 菊江, 喜久恵, きく江

Happy New Year 2009

I don't really feel like arguing today so I list what I desire to accomplish.

1. Collect 10,000 Japanese given names for my book.
2. Finish one of my stories.
3. Get something published.