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What are the pronunciation and meaning rules of Japanese names?

There are thousands of Japanese names. Pronunciation cannot be introduced one by one.

Japanese Surnames

Most surnames in Japan are compound surnames. Commonly used words come from all aspects of living environment (mountains, lakes, natural animals and plants).

then combine with quantifiers or adjectives and locative words.

For example: Dalin, Kobayashi, Ergong, Kitajima, Hayakawa, Yamashita, Wantian, Otomiya, Kojima, ...

Japanese Names

Japanese people have the custom of naming names in order of birth. Traditional Japanese women's names are mostly "~ Zi", while men are mostly called "~ Lang". For example: Xing Zi, Naoko; Taro, Jiro, Shiro, Goro ...

Nowadays, the traditional names "~ Zi" and "~ Lang" are not used by the Japanese. With the changes of the times, the common names of Japanese men and women are constantly changing.

The common names of Japanese women are Meng, Cai, Cai, Liang, Ai, Nai, Mei, Jiang, Li, Hui, You ...

The common names of Japanese men are Shu, Zhi, Guang, Bo, Zhi, Da, Hui, Yong, Hong, Deng, You. ....