| Author | Message | ||
     Mayumi |
What is Kanji, Romaji and those other ones. I'm new to all these but I'm very interested in learning about Japan's culture. So I guess this is my beginning! Thanks for helping out! | ||
| Mayumi |
Oh one more thing. My computer doesn't support Japanese language so I won't be able to see any of those funny symbols I've been seeing with the other ones. So just explain will be fine so I can get a general knowledge. Thank you so much! | ||
| Anonymous |
Romaji is roman letters.(aka the letters we use in english) Hiragana and Katakana represent sounds.(NOTE: Katakana is used for non japanese words, like computer and internet.) Kanji represent meanings not sounds. Take a look a this site: http://www.yesjapan.com This is where i have been learning japanese and it is in my opinion the BEST place to learn japanese. Give it a look. It is worth every dollar! (which is only $19.99 a month, i think about $12.99 for standard membership) | ||
| Anonymous |
oh i forgot to say, there is a section on yesjapan.com that will help you set up japanese support on your computer. | ||
| Mayumi |
WOW... Thanks a lot! ^___^ That's really helpful! I'll check that site out for sure. Then do you know what does the name Mayumi mean? I've been trying to find out its meaning but was hopeless. If you could thanks a lot! | ||
| Anonymous |
Well heres the best i could come up with.(keep in mind i have never tried to find the meaning of a name before.) "truth reason beauty" There are other possible meanings for Mayumi(depending on the kanji used for the name), but i think it's "truth reason beauty". As i said i have never tried to find the meaning of a name, so if anyone thinks im wrong please correct me. | ||
| Anonymous |
I have posted before to explain that there are no fixed kanjis for names of people, although the previous poster gave the most popular rendering of Mayumi: 真由�ü (each character meaning truth, reason (as in cause), and beauty) There are also: 真弓、麻由�ü、まゆみ、マユミ and many others. Mayumi in romaji is only the phonetic representation of the name. In Japanese, each girl name "Mayumi" carry different meaning to her name -- most of the time. That is why the choice of characters is very important when giving a name to a newborn child. PS It appears that the kanji character for beauty does not show correctly in the forum. | ||
| Mayumi |
OOOOHHHHH k, thanx. it's embarassing not knowing the meaning of ur name!!! Sayoonara!!! Oyasuminasai!!! | ||
| Ashley Kirk |
I really need the japanese translation of the word Charity. It is for a tattoo that i am getting. | ||
| Matjlav Username: Matjlav Registered: 07-2003 |
Charity:  |