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Hiya, sorry if this is the wrong sub, but my partner is writing a story and she wants to name the protagonist “Yasu 靖”, which apparently means “peaceful”. Could a Japanese boy have this name, or not? Thanks!
Ive read on a novel a character who was looked down by others being called with a -jima sufix, which seems pejorative. I had never seen that before, and a google search didnt help much (mostly results about Iwo Jima island).
What does it mean?
hi! if I wanted to say I met with my friend zahra would I say “Zahra さんのともだちがいます” i’m in my second semester of japanese at university
So, a particular person is a craftsman, named Akira.
they wish to open a shop using their name and Japanese terms in a proper way, to stand out.
What exactly does アキラクラフト mean?
should an alternate method be used? any suggestions on how better to do this?
So I was reading this old Japanese romaji textbook and I noticed the brackets and hyphens represent the number of syllables, but I can’t figure out what the apostrophes represent. Any ideas what this could be?
What are your favorite swear words/insults/expressions/idioms in the language?
Looking for some funny and/or interesting stuff 🙂 Make me laugh.