In my Japanese class we are having some exchange Japanese students that came to my country to learn the language and are visiting our class.
My teacher said that it would be a good idea to design your own めいし but I am wondering how should I write my name.
Should I do:
First name • Last Name
Or
Last Name • First Name
I think I remember my teacher saying that if we want to be called by our last name to do option 2, but I am not sure. I don’t want to be called by my last name, hence the question.
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Whatever order is used in your native language is fine
If you are a westerner Japanese people will expect your name to be presented in western order
Whichever order you choose, you can write your last name in all caps– that’s a pretty common indicator and helps avoid confusion– if you’re doing both English and Japanese on the card
I work for a Japanese company and my めいし has my first name first, as it is in my native language. People at work call me by my first name as well.
in my native language we write the names in the same order as the japanese do. double confusion. I write my name in the English order on my name card. By the way calling you by your last name is a much more natural way in most cases for them, but the Japanese also know that westerners like to be called on their first names.