Japanese name pronunciations

[ice coverage]

... don't stress any syllables?

:agree: Correct.

 

[chasingpolaris]

Yes, that's right to put emphasis on Dye, but, this is something I always wanted to say, Daisuke is pronounced like Dye-ské not Dye-ski.
British ESP commentators have been calling him 'Dye-ski Takahashi' and if pronounced like that, it sounds as if they are saying 'I love Takahashi' in Japanese (Dye-ski means 'I love') Well, they loved him a lot so maybe there wasn't a problem...

It's the truth. They did love him a lot. But poor Daisuke had to keep teaching other skaters how to pronounce his name. Like in Kazakhstan for Denis's show, there was a short IG video in which you could hear Daisuke teaching Joannie Rochette how to say his name. I wouldn't mind if everyone remembered "Daisuki" instead. The love continues.

 

[yyyskate]

for Yuzuru's name, I think I have posted elsewhere, it is a really beautiful name for figure skating. as some poster explained its Japanese meaning and his father's intention of giving him that name. actually, the same with my understanding of his name.
Hanyu, means "feather born" Yuzuru means "tied bowstring"
together means "light as feather, resilient as string" to me.
bow string, like his father said, means dignity, grace, strength, also means music, and very Japanese, think about his "change" ex.

Also, Yuna's name is a very beautiful name as well, Kim means Gold, Yu means beautiful (and it is a very special character not only literal beautiful that simple, also has meaning of grace and charm)， Na means child. Yuna together is a very pretty name for a girl.:

 

[ntl]

Also, Yuna's name is a very beautiful name as well, Kim means Gold, Yu means beautiful (and it is a very special character not only literal beautiful that simple, also has meaning of grace and charm)， Na means child. Yuna together is a very pretty name for a girl.:

Small correction. It's actually supposed to be Yun A not Yu Na. Someone made a mistake when inputting her name in her passport, so that romanization kinda stuck.

 

[Perdita]

It's the truth. They did love him a lot. But poor Daisuke had to keep teaching other skaters how to pronounce his name. Like in Kazakhstan for Denis's show, there was a short IG video in which you could hear Daisuke teaching Joannie Rochette how to say his name. I wouldn't mind if everyone remembered "Daisuki" instead. The love continues.

Ah that's a lovely way to put it But that just reminded me the fact that Daisuke is really gone and we'll never hear those funny yet warmhearted comments anymore, and now Tatsuki is gone, too. Can't believe this.

 

[Globetrotter]

Small correction. It's actually supposed to be Yun A not Yu Na. Someone made a mistake when inputting her name in her passport, so that romanization kinda stuck.

You are right. My Korean friend did tell me that the her name is actually to be pronounced as Yoon A, not Yuna. The meaning is different. As yyyskate mentioned, the family name Kim (金in Hanja) does mean gold. Yoon (妍）A（兒）does translate to mean a graceful girl child.

 

[yyyskate]

kanako means "good seedling" in Chinese. watch this, isn't she looks like a beautiful seedling with life and hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK9e_bovsbs#t=155

 

[Caustica]

What does it mean?

Eh, I just asked her again and it has quite a strange meaning in Chinese. 結 usually means the end, or something related to that, depending on what other character it's matched with when forming a 'word'. It has a different meaning in Japanese, I suppose, because in Chinese it's actually quite a negative character on its own, so it's not used in names. 弦 means bowstring, as has been aforementioned. I guess I like this because I play the violin

I think his surname fares better in Chinese. 羽 means feather and 生 means life.

 

[Caustica]

Weirdly, my parents dislike his name. Not the meaning, but more of the way it sounds in Chinese.

Ah, do you speak Mandarin? I'm from Hong Kong so we speak Cantonese and it sounds fine... in terms of the actual SOUND (because there are a lot of homophones in Chinese) there are a lot of names that use the same sounds as 結弦 (his given name). But really, trying to pronounce all these Japanese names in Cantonese is like playing some tongue twister game.

 

[Caustica]

Oh dear. Because Murakami (村上) means something like upper village and kanako (佳菜子) in chinese translates roughly to being good mini vegetables? I thought the meaning actually does mean pretty good from a cultural sense considering the agrarian background of old Chinese and Japanese society.

Yeah, a lot of Japanese names, and surnames as well, are related to the environment. For example, a lot of surnames specify the ancient 'address' of a family, e.g. Takahashi has the character 'bridge' in his surname and Machida and Asada both have the character 'farm'. And given names are often related to plants, like Tatsuki (tree) and Sota (grass [something]) and Wakaba (new leaf).

 

[cruzceleste]

Eh, I just asked her again and it has quite a strange meaning in Chinese. 結 usually means the end, or something related to that, depending on what other character it's matched with when forming a 'word'. It has a different meaning in Japanese, I suppose, because in Chinese it's actually quite a negative character on its own, so it's not used in names. 弦 means bowstring, as has been aforementioned. I guess I like this because I play the violin

I think his surname fares better in Chinese. 羽 means feather and 生 means life.

Thank you for the explination

kanako means "good seedling" in Chinese. watch this, isn't she looks like a beautiful seedling with life and hope.

Yes Kana is beatiful, specially when she smile

 

[yyyskate]

結 means tied together,united, knot, the end, it is a process of multiple stream/string/force/form/energy come together. think about the formation of a crystal.
it also has the meaning of undertaken and boundary (kinda similar to its Japanese meaning).

 

[Caustica]

結 means tied together,united, knot, the end, it is a process of multiple stream/string/force/form/energy come together. think about the formation of a crystal.
it also has the meaning of undertaken and boundary (kinda similar to its Japanese meaning).

Yeah, it actually has such a meaning in Chinese as well, but it's not the first one the most prominent one for the character on its own.

 

[Violet Bliss]

I think probably the worst name is Mura = No Good. As for Criminal, it is not really a bad person but a judicial term, more like a court or department. Takahashi means Tall Bridge, but various Daisukes mean Big something different for different skaters. I don't know how that works.

 

[Krunchii]

I like Yuzuru's name the most in Mandarin, I think it sounds more masculine haha

since I haven't seen Mao's done, her Japanese name in Kanji is 浅田 真央, Asada Mao, Asada the two characters mean Shallow Field (literal translation) and her name Mao translates to something like Very Centred (centre as in middle) or True Centre, the first character 真 can translated as really/very or as true/real. I like her name in Mandarin too, sounds really dignified to me, her first name especially, I'd consider that for a kid one day

 

[burntBREAD]

結 can be "the end", like "jie shu", but it can also be (like yyyskate said) a sort of "beginning/formation, like "jie hun" is wedding! Same character.

 

[pandaatlarge]

OMG this thread is so funny, so funny that I want to play a game here, which is called guess who he/she is.

For example, can anyone guess whose name means "Ring Tree Bright Kid"? How about "Palace Field Wisdom/Knowledge Kid"?

And I just thought of a really funny one (at least I think so). Can any non-Chinese speaker guess who " Old Great Group" is?

 

[yyyskate]

Akiko, satoko,...

 

[CarneAsada]

since I haven't seen Mao's done, her Japanese name in Kanji is 浅田 真央, Asada Mao, Asada the two characters mean Shallow Field (literal translation) and her name Mao translates to something like Very Centred (centre as in middle) or True Centre, the first character 真 can translated as really/very or as true/real. I like her name in Mandarin too, sounds really dignified to me, her first name especially, I'd consider that for a kid one day

I always liked the sound of her name in Mandarin! Dignified is what I'd use to describe it too. Also it sounds well in my parents' native Hakka, not always the case for some Korean/Japanese names.

 

[Iron Lotus]

How about "Palace Field Wisdom/Knowledge Kid"?

Miyahara Satoko. Can anyone explain how we are supposed to know not to pronounce her given name as Tomoko?