[Opinions] Re: Japanese names
I like a lot of Japanese names too, it's a shame that when they're transcribed you miss the visual elements of the ideograms. I don't master the language, but the official transcription system that's generally used is the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanizationOf the names you list I like/would possibly use:
Sakura
Masami
Sayuri
Hana
Haruko
Kasumi
Izumi
MayuriI also like Akira for a boy, and Murasaki, which I don't think is used much in modern Japan.

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Japanese names  ·  Aileen  ·  2/18/2008, 2:40 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Murasaki  ·  2/20/2008, 12:19 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Karcoolka  ·  2/19/2008, 12:02 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Integrity  ·  2/19/2008, 1:35 AM
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Re: Japanese names  ·  Phoenix-san  ·  2/18/2008, 5:35 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Array  ·  2/18/2008, 4:45 PM
Hasia is not a japnese name either ...  ·  minikui  ·  2/18/2008, 3:53 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  GasolineAllie  ·  2/18/2008, 3:23 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Mareasi  ·  2/18/2008, 3:13 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  2/18/2008, 3:08 PM
I don't think Osono is a japanese first name ...  ·  minikui  ·  2/18/2008, 3:50 PM
Re: I don't think Osono is a japanese first name ...  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  2/18/2008, 4:09 PM
Re: I don't think Osono is a japanese first name ...  ·  minikui  ·  2/19/2008, 1:33 AM
Re: I don't think Osono is a japanese first name ...  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  2/19/2008, 10:35 AM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Jeana Bradbury  ·  2/18/2008, 3:02 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Zephyrine  ·  2/18/2008, 2:58 PM
Re: Japanese names  ·  Rachel Shay  ·  2/18/2008, 2:45 PM