Message: "Japanese exchange students"

Japanese exchange students

by Flute (meganmichele)

7/14/2011, 12:27 AM

Our family is hosting another student from Japan - this will be the third time we've done this. We always get a list of all the students that are coming, and I think they're interesting, so I like to post them. :) (Plus, Japanese names don't get talked about very often here!)

The students are from an all-boys school, so naturally all the names I'm posting are male:

Akira
Arata
Haruya
Hideto
Hiroaki
Junpei
Junya
Kazuki
Keisei
Koichiro
Makoto
Masahiro x 2
Masaki
Masashi
Naoaki
Nariaki
Rintaro
Ryo
Shinpei
Shu
Shun
Shunpei
Soh
Taichi
Takahiro
Takumi
Takuya
Tasuku
Tomoaki
Tomoki
Tomonari
Yamato
Yohei
Yosuke
Yuichiro
Yuki x 2

#Japanese

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- abbasdaughter

7/15/2011, 2:29 AM

The reason Jpns. names haven't been talked about much here lately is because I was away from the board for a few months... may start posting some more soon. Akira, Kazuki and Makoto are my faves from the ones on your list.

- ninjato

7/14/2011, 11:04 AM

Most of the names have more than one meaning depending on the kanji. This list is very pleasant for me.

- Dracotorix

7/14/2011, 9:51 AM

Yay! I like:

Akira
Arata
Haruya
Hiroaki
Kazuki
Keisei
Koichiro
Masahiro
Masaki
Naoaki
Rintaro (one of my classmates had a host brother named this)
Ryo
Taichi (my teacher's son is named Taishi-- probably with the same kanji)
Takahiro
Yamato
Yuichiro
Yuki (when I was in Japan we met a Yuuki, and it took forever for my classmates to realize it wasn't Yuki)

I tend not to like the names that end in "-iaki", because it sounds too much like "-iyaki" and makes me think of food. :P

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