How to make a Japanese name that is authentic and cool to brag?

How to make a Japanese name that is authentic and cool to brag?

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The photo is taken by Gerry Lauzon(Written by: Munemori, Proofread by: Hiroki Fujimitsu) From a young age, you grew up reading Japanese manga and playing Japanese video games. Vagabond and Rurouni Kenshin happens to be your favorite manga. You’ve spent hours playing Sengoku BASARA and Nobunaga’s Ambition. You would like to dive deeper into Japanese Culture, and for you to do so, you want to have an authentic Japanese name. An original Japanese name of your own is essential to proving your love to Japan. However, how do you actually make an authentic and cool Japanese name that would even enthrall native Japanese speakers. This article will show you how.    … Continued

How to make a Japanese name that is authentic and cool to brag?

How to make a Japanese name that is authentic and cool to brag?

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The photo is taken by Sage Ross(Written by: Munemori, Proofread by: Hiroki Fujimitsu) From a young age, you grew up reading Japanese manga and playing Japanese video games. Vagabond and Rurouni Kenshin happens to be your favorite manga. You’ve spent hours playing Sengoku BASARA and Nobunaga’s Ambition. You would like to dive deeper into Japanese Culture, and for you to do so, you want to have an authentic Japanese name. An original Japanese name of your own is essential to proving your love to Japan. However, how do you actually make an authentic and cool Japanese name that would even enthrall native Japanese speakers. This article will show you how.    … Continued

My New Year’s holiday

My New Year’s holiday

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I will be closed for the New Year’s holiday from December 27 , through January 7.Thank you for all your kind support of this year and continuous help for new year. A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Kanbe Usaburo Munemori 神戸 卯三郎 宗盛

if Tom Cruise had his own Japanese name

if Tom Cruise had his own Japanese name

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What if Tom Cruise got a real Samurai name. The name must be as follows.   Myōji 名字, family name n                    馬    乗 reading         ma, norimeaning : horse, ride You take a stoic stance  by appearing in a movie without being replaced by a stuntman, so you work very hard,  training to perform stunts on a motorcycle and on a car. These are expressed by a kanji 乗, meaning “ride”, 馬, meaning “horse” and 車 meaning “car”. Among Samurai society, it was one of the essential skills to ride a horse. So the combination of 馬 … Continued

The image of Ninja Hattori, Hattori Hanzo, his name and history

The image of Ninja Hattori, Hattori Hanzo, his name and history

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Hattori Hanzo 服部 半蔵 was a famous samurai of the Sengoku period, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康 and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Today, he is often a subject of varied portrayal in modern popular culture.There are two types of his name, Hattori Hanzo Masanari 服部 半蔵 正成 and Hattori Iwaminokami Masanari 服部 石見守 正成. Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank.       1.　服部 半蔵 正成 HanzoWhat Hattori in English means? Hattori 服部 is thought a corrupted word of Hataoribe … Continued

Samurai name meaning: Oda Nobunaga

Samurai name meaning: Oda Nobunaga

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  As one of the most famous samurai along with Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 and Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康, Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長 was a distinguished Daimyo, the great destroyer of the old society and the powerful creator of the new world. He was killed by his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide 明智 光秀.   Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank. The transition of his famous names is as follows.   吉法師→織田三郎藤原信長→織田上総介藤原信長→織田弾正忠平信長→織田右大臣兼右近衛大将平朝臣信長             1.　吉法師   Yōmyō 幼名, childhood namemmmmm吉   法   師reading: ki, ppō +shimeaning: lucky, bonze     He … Continued

Samurai name meaning: Tokugawa Ieyasu

Samurai name meaning: Tokugawa Ieyasu

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    As one of the most famous samurai along with Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 and Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長, Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康 was the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate and put an end to Sengoku period. The transition of his famous names is as follows.   竹千代→松平次郎三郎元信→松平蔵人佐源元康→徳川三河守藤原家康→徳川大納言源朝臣家康   Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank.         1.　竹千代　   Yōmyō 幼名, childhood namemmmmm竹     千代reading: take, chiyomeaning: bumboo, thousand years     Takechiyo 竹千代 was the childhood name which was given to the heir of the Anjyō-Matsudaira family 安城松平氏.  Ieyasu was … Continued

Samurai name meaning: Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Samurai name meaning: Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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  Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank.   As one of the most famous samurai along with Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長 and Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康, Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 had changed his names at least 6 times. The transition of his names is as follows.   木下 藤吉郎→木下 藤吉郎 秀吉→羽柴 藤吉郎 平 秀吉→羽柴 筑前守 平 秀吉→羽柴 内大臣 藤原 朝臣 秀吉→羽柴 太政大臣 豊臣 朝臣 秀吉       ⒈　木下 藤吉郎       He was born of no traceable samurai lineage, being the son of a peasant-ashigaru (foot soldier). Because of this, … Continued