Your name in Japanese!

KingKannibal · 09-21-2009, 05:34 PM

I got pretty curious and wanted to know what my name would sound like in the Japanese language!

I used this website to translate my name into Japanese Kanji!
LINK!

[Note: This isn't meant to disrespect the Japanese language in any way]

Here is what I got: [Both listed are my First name first and Middle name second]
a sa

Wild Enticing

wa ru ta

Japan Flow Plenty

I actually thought that website was pretty cool!

what are your names in Japanese Kanji?

Pie-kun · 09-21-2009, 06:19 PM

This website certainly is uh...interesting. Really all it is doing is translating your name to fit into the Japanese sounds and then connecting those sounds to a Kanji with that reading.

For example, with my name, "Derrick", it fits it into Japanese by making it "deriku". Then it looks like it automatically searches for common Kanji that have those readings. For me, it chooses 出, which is a pretty common Kanji, to represent "de".

In short, the real way to translate your name into Japanese is to write it in Katakana, which is probably pretty boring compared to this website since each katakana only represents a sound, not a meaning (very much like our alphabet).

Hiryuu · 09-21-2009, 06:48 PM

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Damn, better not use this screen name.

Geschpooklichkeit · 09-21-2009, 07:49 PM

These purported name translators just form ateji with a voiced form of a Western name. It's impossible with any of my names but these things don't really mean much anyway.

Arctures · 09-21-2009, 08:15 PM

Yeah this is a really bad concept. A western name would only be written in katakana.

*Akira* · 09-21-2009, 08:49 PM

Any randomly-generated Japanese-sounding name by a fancy site always feed the weeaboos and wannabe ninjas worldwide.

Trick · 09-22-2009, 01:50 AM

As long as some chick gets linked to the site, prints her name out and gets it tattooed on the small of her back, then I'd call it a win.

kannazuki · 09-22-2009, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arctures

Yeah this is a really bad concept. A western name would only be written in katakana.

Tell that to Debito Arudou lol.

Malev · 09-22-2009, 03:20 AM

If you really want your name in japanese, look up the etymology of your name and translate it into japanese from there. Actually, that still might be off...

Btw, using my method, my name in Japanese would be 培覇者 ( Tsuchika Hasha )

*Akira* · 09-22-2009, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malev

Btw, using my method, my name in Japanese would be 健二鈴木川崎遙か彼方本田シビック (Kenji Suzuki Kawasaki Haruka Kanata Honda Civic)

5char

Trick · 09-22-2009, 04:48 AM

I hear Honda Civic is a popular surname in glorious nippon

Oni-91 · 09-22-2009, 05:49 AM

Wild Spirit Air Revered Reason Tea Work.

Eh!?

Although if I did it the long way with katakana,

Would rather stick with my simple one though.

Ashura96 · 09-22-2009, 08:12 PM

No thanks I already know my name(s) in Japanese anyways.

Maybe you should...I don't know TAKE A FUCKING JAPANESE CLASS?

Blackraven · 09-23-2009, 03:55 AM

I am definitely no expert on this subject though. Based on what I know though, this type of thing where you use adjectives or personal attributes as the basis of your Japanese name (if you are non-Japanese) is not that effective or suggested.

For Chinese names given to non-Chinese people, this thing can work though. For example, my name is John. However, my Chinese name is
唐威力
Mandarin: tang wei li
or
Cantonese: tong wai lik

Which gives relation to someone who has 'strength' and 'prestige' lolz

So in summary, this could work for Chinese names but for Japanese names, it's best to use something else.

That's just what I think about it

ranaratlusai · 09-24-2009, 08:41 PM

Mines Taka.