Why do Japanese say "san" after your name?
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San (さん, San?) is the most common honorific title, used when addressing most social outsiders, for example, non-family members. San is used unless the addressee's status warrants one of the other terms mentioned below.\n\nSan is often translated as "Mr.", "Ms.", "Mrs.", and the like. San may also be used in combination with things other than the name of the person being addressed. For example, a bookseller might be addressed as honya-san "Mr. Bookseller", and a butcher as nikuya-san "Ms. Butcher".\n\nRead the rest of the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_titles#San
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man, the answers here are too stupid for hteir own.\n\nYou are creating a DVD on Western Platform. I take it, you are using an OS that is in English?\n\nIn order to "view" japanese as part of your filenames, you need your operating system to accept Japanese coding (characters).\n\nIf you are using Windows, then you will need ot isntall the Japanese character Set for your operating system\n\nIf you are using MacOS . i have no idea.
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You could get a Japanese character that mean protection. I have no idea what that is but many people get tattos of them.
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Japanese is full of great onomatopoeia.  My favorite is "icha-icha" which means to make out, kiss, etc.  I also like "hokka-hokka", the sound of steam coming off hot food!
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It could easily be someone's name, and it IS the name of various Japanese people, but the meaning would depend on the kanji.\n'Wa' alone could be peace 和 - loop 環 (or 輪) \n'Shi' alone could be four 四 - order/sequence 次 - teacher 師-  calling card 刺 - extravagance 侈 - poem 詩 - death 死  - city 市 \n'Da' alone could be exorcism 儺 - arrest 拿 - exchange 兌\n'Washi' could be Eagle 鷲 or a type of Japanese paper 和紙\n'Shida' could be fern 歯朶 (or 羊歯)\n\nOf course, if you spelled it wrong it could be watashi = me/I.\nOr waseda = waseda university.\n\nWhen my Japanese husband gets back from work I'll ask him to see if he has any other suggestions! But it would help if you could tell us all WHERE you found the word, and if possible paste the original onto your question!?!
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it's not the bad spelling. it's just that it doesn't make any sense. try to listen to it again. maybe by the second one you hear "kiries kai kirioi" which means " ladies and gentlemen" . sounds close enough
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Actually true. Back in 4500 BC, before the english language was in use, the name "JAPAN" meant Shang-yo-ching-chi-yang. When translated to modern english, 6500 years later, it does actually mean JUMPING AND PUMPING AT NIGHT!
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the name is mixed up?\nMatt,kind of western abbreviation,\nazimi,is an eastern family name,\nmay that's why,he is not up to your expectations.
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What language is your name in? Sorry if I'm wrong, but if it's Chinese then write it out in Chinese characters. Then take it to a Japanese person and ask how they pronounce it. The Japanese use 'kanji' or Chinese characters extensively, including many of the same symbols in their names, just with a Japanese pronunciation.
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in the 1st picture in the 2nd row 2nd before the last in japanese the kanji is "mi" you can add ru,mas(masu), or te its a verb for watch or look.
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It means that they chose that name as their ID.
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The first year is called ichinensei (first grader)\nThen ninensei (second grader)\nThen sannensei (third grader) \n\nThe Japanese don't use the expressions freshman, etc.
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While "shisha" means messenger - it is about as nice as naming your child "messenger" in English. Definitely NOT a pretty name (or even an accepted one at that.)\nIn Japanese, "messenger" doesn`t really have a special meaning - it`s sort of similar to "servant", which is definitely not something you`d want to name a child.
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I don't have an answer but I'd like to share with you my experience of this.I recently worked at a local building society and a co worker of mine was Chinese.He told me he was called Ben but that it wasn't his real name,He'd changed his name to sound more 'westernized '.out of 'feminine curiosity' I asked him his real name,expecting something UN pronounceable............"LEE", was his reply !!!!!
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Japan. It pretty much means - Hello?
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its pretty much slang for "female" they also use "heina" meaning girlfriend, and "sancho" , or "sancha" meaning a boyfriend or girlfriend on the side.
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only a few knows the right word for bitch in japanese its called..."JYORO" so when u use it as in "son of a bitch" its JYORO NO KO in japanese KO means a child