Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese, Popular Culture
Scripts 主水之介, 主水之助(Japanese Kanji) もんどのすけ(Japanese Hiragana) モンドノスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name combines 主水 (mondo) (see Mondo) and 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" with 介 (kai, suke) meaning "concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, help, care" or 助 (jo, suke, tasu.keru) meaning "assist, help, save, rescue."One fictional bearer of this name is Mondonosuke Saotome (早乙女 主水之介), the main character in the popular jidaigeki movie series, Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko (旗本退屈男) or, in English, The Bored Hatamoto.