What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

[steven_h1991_498565]

どうもありがとうございます。

That really helped out a lot, thank you. Now I won't think I'm making a mistake if I introduce myself in Japanese.
Also, I just wanted to say how much love JapanesePod101. This site and all of the lessons and tolls have helped incredibly with my Japanese. Keep up the good work, everyone!

[community.japanese]

steven_h1991san,
どういたしまして。
がんばってください。
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[maricela.dubon_499590]

konnichiwa!! My name is Maricela Dubon. I was wondering how I would write and say my name in Japanese? Arigato gozaimas!!!

[thegooseking]

Maricela-san,

If I'm right about how to pronounce your first name, it's fairly straightforward.
Marisera
マリセラ

Your last name is just Dubon as is, but you have to take care when writing it in katakana.
デゥボン - DE - small U - BO - N.

When you type 'du', you get the character ヅ, but this is actually pronounced 'zu', (you get it by typing 'du' to distinguish it from ズ, the other character that's pronounced 'zu' - the former is a voiced 'tsu' and the latter is a voiced 'su'). That's why you need to combine two characters ('de' and a small 'u') to get the 'du' sound.

If you're using a Microsoft IME, you get small characters by typing an 'x' before them. I don't know how it is with other methods, though.

小狼

[maricela.dubon_499590]

Thank you so much for all your help!! I truly appreciate it !!
-Maricela

[community.japanese]

Maricela-san,
That’s good you know how to write your name in Japanese now.

小狼さん、
どうもありがとうございました。

Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[jonathanhuang6835]

How do you say 黃 (Huang) in Japanese?

[community.japanese]

jonathanhuang6835 san,

Is the kanji 黄？
It looks like different from 黄.
That might be a Chinese character and not a Japanese kanji...

Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[jonathanhuang6835]

The Kanji 黄 and Chinese letter 黃 are the same.

So I call myself "ki" in Japanese? Or is there a way to spell my last name with Katakana?

[thegooseking]

Yuki-sensei, jonathanhuang-san,

They are almost the same character. In Chinese, the character Jonathan posted is the 'traditional' variant, while the character Yuki posted is the 'simplified' variant. Japanese Kanji, Mainland China and Singapore tend to use simplified variants since the post-war era, while Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Korean Hanzi still use traditional variants.

The traditional variant is considered hyōgai (uncommon) kanji in Japanese (since it was used in Japan before the war), but it has the same reading as the jōyō (common) simplified kanji.

All that said, I don't know whether you would take the reading of the character in this case. None of them really sound anything like Huang. I think on'yomi readings are usually derived from Cantonese, while Huang is a Mandarin name. What I would suggest is to use the character, but then give it some phonetic furigana: something like 黃(ウァン）.

小狼

[jesseweller9486]

would my name be Jieshi for jesse

[community.japanese]

jonathanhuang-san,
You can use “ki” .

小狼さん、
Yes, I know traditional and simplified kanji. I would like to make sure that.
Anyway thank you for sharing the information.

jesseweller9486 san,
It would be ジェシー.

Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[MicahT]

僕の英語の名前は "Micah" (日本語は "ミカ"、でも 発音は "マイカ") 。中国語の名前は "旭天" (旭日昇天 から)。じゃあ、日本語の名前は?！"旭"…かな? それ名前は かなり人気かな?

My English name is Micah (In Japanese it is "Mika", but it's pronounced "Maika". My Chinese Name is "旭天" (From 旭日昇天). So, what is my Japanese Name?! Akira... I think? That name is quite popular I think?

[community.japanese]

MicahTさん、
旭（あさひ）はかっこいいと思います。いい名前ですね。
I think the name Asahi is cool. That’s a good name.
Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[laur81]

こんにちは。
I have a question.
I am a man and my name is spelt アナトリ
But I heard that in Japanese リ is usually the ending of a female name.
So what do I do? Would it sound stupid if I introduce myself like that? Or is there some sort of name transformation?