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davmandy · 25 Nov 2007

Speaking of Japanese for non-Japanese names, when I first arrived in the country, my Japanese friends and I tried out all sort of fancy kanji for "Petersen". When I eventually got hired by a Japanese company however and needed to get an official seal made, the director said that as far as he was concerned, using katakana was the only appropriate solution for business purposes.

Just his opinion, but I bet a lot of business people agree.

David Petersen
"Absolute Beginner's Guide to Hiragana" from Lulu Press

Kama · 30 Nov 2007

What does it mean: 禁帯出?

undrentide · 30 Nov 2007

Kama said:
What does it mean: 禁帯出?

禁 forbid(den)
帯出 to bring/take out (with oneself)

禁帯出 kin taishutsu is often found on certain books at a library, meaning you cannot bring it out of the establishment, certain reference materials such as dictionary or very much valuable books, for example.

Kama · 30 Nov 2007

Thank you, undrentide ^^

sigmentofb · 5 Dec 2007

Can anybody translate this name for me? Thanks!

JimmySeal · 5 Dec 2007

One doesn't generally translate names, but here goes:
鈴川 Suzukawa - bell river

pugtm · 6 Dec 2007

well looks like i posted in the wrong subforum so il redo it here. does anyone know these two?

JimmySeal · 6 Dec 2007

Could these be the ones you're looking for?

平挨

pugtm · 7 Dec 2007

the first one looks right the second may or may not be...
what do they mean?

Niedy · 7 Dec 2007

猴 <-- maybe the second one is this?

平 - flat, even, plain

挨 - push open

but usually those are found in compounds like 平和 (peace) or 挨拶 (greeting)

pugtm · 8 Dec 2007

Niedy said:
猴 <-- maybe the second one is this?

i think actually that that is it can you tell me what it means?

Niedy · 14 Dec 2007

sorry for not getting back to you earlier... the kanji means "monkey"

sigmentofb · 17 Dec 2007

Hello,

Can anybody read these two names for me?

Thanks!

Krulizz · 28 Dec 2007

Hello, can anybody translate what is written on my pendant? :
I can't add link of pic, if anybody can translate please pm me :

Edit: I don't need anymore :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

lewis1986 · 30 Dec 2007

Hi everyone, i need some help ive been searching the net looking how to write my birthday in kanji and have had no luck. I had a go last night but wasnt sure if it was correct. (my birthday is; 21st september 1986)

this is how i did it (in symbol order)

2, 10 and 1 = 21
9 = september
1000, 9, 100, 8, 10 and 6 = 1986

The reason i need to get this as accurate as possible is because i want it as a tattoo and dont want to get it wrong.

ninjinsamax3 · 31 Dec 2007

一千八十六年九月二十一日
This is how you write it.

From your order:
二十一日
九月
一千八十六

Though it is often written in this, simplied (though not showing), way now a days; and, as a note, when writing "horizontally", initially formal numbers are used and not the kanji.

I hoped I have helped you.

lewis1986 · 31 Dec 2007

Thanks ninjinsamax3!

Just a couple of questions:

There looks like there is no '9' in 1986, it looks like 1086 is this how it should look like?

What is the symbol at the end, the one that looks like 2 boxes.

and my last question, would it be written the same if i wanted it vertically?

Sorry to be such a pain

lewis

ninjinsamax3 · 31 Dec 2007

I apologize for that I was typing it fast.

一千九百八十六年

I think it would be very long if written vertically, and yes it would be written the same.

It always starts with year, month, and then day.

undrentide · 31 Dec 2007

lewis1986 said:
Hi everyone, I need some help I've been searching the net looking how to write my birthday in kanji and have had no luck. I had a go last night but wasn't sure if it was correct. (my birthday is 21st September 1986)

This is how I did it (in symbol order)

2, 10 and 1 = 21
9 = September
1000, 9, 100, 8, 10 and 6 = 1986

The reason i need to get this as accurate as possible is because i want it as a tattoo and don't want to get it wrong.

21st September 1986
If it is written horizontally, normally we use Arabic numbers i.e.
１９８６年９月２１日
When written vertically, it is more common to use kanji like this.
一
九
八
六
年
九
月
二
十
一
日
(You don't usually write 千、百、十 for "year" in 4 digits. )

orochi · 31 Dec 2007

Looks like a barcode.

ninjinsamax3 · 31 Dec 2007

undrentide said:
21st September 1986
If it is written horizontally, normally we use Arabic numbers i.e.
１９８６年９月２１日
When written vertically, it is more common to use kanji like this.
一
九
八
六
年
九
月
二
十
一
日
(You don't usually write 千、百、十 for "year" in 4 digits. )

That is true, that is the other way that I did not put.

lewis1986 · 1 Jan 2008

Thanks very much!! All your help is much appreciated!

Chompy18 · 2 Jan 2008

Hey, found this forum looks good
Was wondering if anyone could tell me the kanji for
Remember. as if its telling you to remember the name.
and the name, Charlotte.
Its for somone close thats leaving soon.
Many thanks if anyone can.
Would mean alot
-Russell

Mikawa Ossan · 3 Jan 2008

If you want to say "Remember Charlotte", as in a memorial or something similar, in Japanese the direct translation would be better to be "don't forget".

I'm not sure what the best to say it would be, but if I were to write this, I would do it as the following:

シャーロットを忘れない

where

シャーロット is Charlotte and the rest is "won't forget".

checho · 22 Jan 2008

hello everyone
i need help
i need to know what this means
the problem is i dont know if it is a kanji or no, but there's is no way to understand...
if it is not a kanji i am sorry
and sorry for the ugly picture

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