On 31-Jan-16, Olaf Dabrunz wrote:
> On 31-Jan-16, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> > (When writing to Japanese posters, I never know which is the given
> > name and which is the family name: I know that the Japanese custom is
> > to put the family name first, but some Japanese people reverse their
> > names when writing to "Western" people and some not, and I never know
> > which is which. Please pardon me if I erred.)
>
> Japanese given names can often be distinguished from surnames by their
> endings. Some basics are here:
>
> http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/names-for-people.html
>
> When the name ends in -hiko, -hito, -suke, -hei, -pei, -o, -shi, -rò„,
> -ichi or -kazu, it is typically a male given name.
>
> When the name ends in -e, -yo, -mi, -ko, -na or -ka, it is typically a
> female given name.
Just to clarify: all of these endings follow a vowel in the name, or an
'n'.
(Because Japanese words are made up of syllables that consist of a
consonant + a vowel, or a single vowel, or 'n'. A 'sh', 'ch' or
'ts' counts as a consonant.)
Hiro-hito
Ken-ichi
Fumi-o
Aki-ko
Fumi-e
Haru-ka
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