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in reply to a message by ClaudiaS
Thanks for your reply! Yes, that's very interesting, thanks for sharing! Sakurako is really pretty! True, they're definitely a lot less common now.
Momoko and Nanako were still really popular in the 90s and Nanako made the top 10 in 1999, so I suppose it must still have been in the top 100 until at least the 2010s and there must be quite a few younger ones around. Unfortunately, I can't access the top 100 lists from before 2023 anymore.
An i after an e in Japanese usually makes the sound longer. Same with u after o. It's not two syllables, it's one long sound. Youko and Keiko have two syllables, the first syllable is just longer. I think it used to be different many many years ago, but has changed. It was a reform almost 100 years ago, if I remember correctly.
Momoko and Nanako were still really popular in the 90s and Nanako made the top 10 in 1999, so I suppose it must still have been in the top 100 until at least the 2010s and there must be quite a few younger ones around. Unfortunately, I can't access the top 100 lists from before 2023 anymore.
An i after an e in Japanese usually makes the sound longer. Same with u after o. It's not two syllables, it's one long sound. Youko and Keiko have two syllables, the first syllable is just longer. I think it used to be different many many years ago, but has changed. It was a reform almost 100 years ago, if I remember correctly.
This message was edited 6/17/2024, 3:37 PM
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