THE BASIC GUIDE TO JAPANESE NAMES, JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION

By Miss-Nina

The TOP TEN Most Common Japanese Family Names

● Sato

● Suki

● Takahashi

● Tanaka

● Watanabe

● Ito

● Nakamura

● Yamamoto

● Kobayashi

● Kobayashi

● Saito

Basic Phrases in Japanese

Good morning— Ohayo gozaimasu

Good evening— Konbanwa

How are you? — O genki desu ka?

Thank you— Domo arigato gozaimasu

Excuse me (seeking attention)— Sumi masen

Japanese Boy Names With Meanings:

-Akira (intelligent)

-Akiyama (mountain or autumn)

-Amida (name of the Buddha)

-Botan (peony)

-Chiko (arrow)

-Danno (field, gathering)

-Goro (5th son)

-Ichiro (1st son)

-Jiro (2nd son)

-Jomei (spreading light)

-Kaemon (joyful)

-Kamlyn (“lord”)

-Kazuo (man of peace)

-Kaori (a man’s strength)

-Makoto (good)

-Mieko (bright)

-Nikko (daylight)

-Rinji (peaceful forest)

-Saburo (3rd son)

-Seiji (lawful)

-Shiro (fourth son)

-Torio (bird’s tail)

-Toshiro (talented)

-Yuki (respected)

-Yoshi (lucky)