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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:48 am
one way you can tell if a name in japanese is a boy name or girl name is by the meaning. For example, sakura is a girl name because sakura means cherry blossom. kakashi is a boy name because kakashi means i think scarecrow or crow.
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:08 pm
Errrr... Meanings don't always give away the best way to show the gender of a person. For example, "waterfall." In Japanese, "taki" is considered feminine. However, in English, the name "Kirby" is the equivalent (and it's a boy's name).
Like stated above, meanings tend to be subjective to the cuture of that language.
A good way to know the difference between a boy and girl's name in Japanese is to pay attention to the suffix. For example, "-ko" is a common suffix to denote that the name belongs to a girl (ex. Haruko, Akiko, Yukiko, etc.).
Hope that helps. 3nodding
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xXRadioactive_CerealXx Crew
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:49 pm
そうですよね。
Also, a lot of guys' names will have -Ichi at the end, meaning first-born son. This does NOT include Michi and such, because that would be written みち, not いち. It's not the same thing.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:03 pm
sometimes
little kids are called (insert name here) chan / kun
"chan" is mostly for girls
"kun" is mostly for guys
but sometimes if the boy is young, you could call him (insert name here) chan
and same for the girls
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