I want to know some Japanese surnames

Three dragons and three clouds. Its intention is to ascend to heaven. He is truly an idealist through and through.

There is a family in Shizuoka Prefecture whose surname is "One shakuhachi". The original meaning of the surname is to take the length of the sickle handle, one shakuhachi. Because someone from the same hometown first adopted "Sickle" as the surname, the latter adopted the surname with indirect meaning.

In Hayakawa Town, Minamijuma County, Yamanashi Prefecture, there are many surnamed "Medicine Bags". Fu said that in history, a famous doctor came and made wine from grapes. After drinking the wine, the people in the village became disease-free and lived longer. From then on, no one in the village used medicine bags anymore, so he took this surname.

There are five three-character surnames in Nara Prefecture: Gokisuke, Gokirou, Gokido, Gokisheng, and Gokizu. "Five Ghosts" has the same pronunciation as "Royal Instrument" in Japanese. "Imperial vessel" is an offering vessel for gods and has a sense of sacredness, while the word "ghost" has a strong spiritual meaning. These five families are all employees of the shrine, so they all use this surname.

There are two families in Shiga Prefecture named "Shirasui". However, the two families are from different clans, and the original meaning of one family's surname is the interpretation of the word "spring". The original meaning of another family is the white smoke on the water, that is, fog. Take its natural phenomenon as the surname.

There is a small tribe in Sanchong County that was not registered after the "Gengwu Year Registration" decree was issued in 670 AD. It was not until the eighth year of the Meiji period, that is, 1875 AD, that the government issued the "Order on the Mandatory Surnames" before people were given surnames. Therefore, the surnames are: Yu Hu, Yu Yu, Yu Wu, Yu Wu, Yu Xia, etc. They all start with the word "yu".

There is a road in Kyoto called "Kanakaiyukoji", and the family living at the intersection is named "Kanakaiyukoji". It has become one of Japan's five-letter surnames.

There are also surnames that are similar to sex and related parts: vulva, sex, female, floating world, breasts, breasts, glans, sex, yindi, female house, naked field, suimen (suimen) The hieroglyphic writing of the characters resembles female genitals), Kojiri, Hanako, Owari, etc. These surnames may be the surnames of people in some entertainment places.

There are also surnames that use dates as their surnames. For example, "the first day of the first lunar month" means the Spring Festival of the lunar calendar, when everything is renewed and auspicious. The original meaning of "April 1st" and "April New Year" is the first day of April in the lunar calendar, when the weather begins to return to spring and warmth, so it is no longer necessary to wear cotton-padded jackets. The surname "August 1st" means the autumn harvest season, when activities to worship gods and some festive activities also begin. And the officials in charge of grain began to exercise power distribution. "December 1st", Japan calls December "Shizou Moon". It means that after a year's work is completed, you will feel relaxed. Therefore, people with the surname of Master and Craftsman are more common.

If we extrapolate from this, then "pig butt, beef intestine, duck head, chicken tail, horsetail, spider's hand, mosquito claw, chiller, beehive, dog feed, cow dung, feather bird, Kurokawa, white water , Nakahara, Nagabashi, Murayama, Muranaka, Mochizuki, Iidabashi, Village Girl, Sanhua, Miyake, Four Households, Five Households, Sixty Miles, Twelve Villages, Nakasone" and other surnames, they should be Yamafuno Lao , the surname of the village girl Yefang.

"Dongshan, Xishan, Leshan, Xiangshan, Xiashan, Sanshan, lion, tiger, bear, eagle, deer, eye, and Nengdengu." are the surnames of Orion.

Surnames such as "Chao Lai, net, net dry, raw fish, eel, crab, snail, fishing rod, Kaibu, Ebina, thick sea, long rope, east wind, north wind" may belong to fishermen and boatmen.

"Bodhisattva wood" may be the surnames of monks and Taoists.

Surnames such as "Bunwu, Japanese, Mongolian, One-stroke, Kochi, Writer, Knowledge, University, Entrance, Ministry of Education, Jumonji" must belong to the category of educated people.

"Three bottles, soy sauce, soy house, copper worker, blacksmith, iron master, baker, sound head, coal sun, oil field, repair, sumo wrestling, official document, execution, escort department, administration department Surnames such as Bag, Five Hundreds, Dazang, Gold, Silver, and Shanna may be related to occupation.

"Going north, hometown, thick view, parents, thousand years of life, ten thousand blessings, flower house, new wife, companion, my wife's mirror, good wife, female music, five tastes, contentment, black beard, white hair, all generations, happiness" etc. Doesn’t the surname encompass the family happiness in the world?

In addition to the surnames associated with generals, prime ministers, soldiers, fishermen, woodcutter and farmers, there are countless strange and difficult surnames: "Yi, Qian, Huan, Li, Heng, Qian, Shizuku, Wei, Nagi" . "Mangu, Ten Thousand Miles of Path, Words and Words, Zaemon Saburo, Sakyamuni Buddha" and so on, how can these surnames be "matched"? It is really unimaginable.

In addition to the variety and variety of Japanese surnames, some surnames also have multiple pronunciations or special pronunciations. Not to mention that foreigners can't pronounce it correctly, even Japanese people have a headache. Therefore, whenever you meet someone with a different surname in a social situation, you must first ask the other person how to pronounce it to avoid making mistakes in the title.

The most commonly pronounced surname is "Haibu", with 14 ways of reading it. The surname with the fewest strokes is "一", but it can be read in 4 ways. For surnames with the word "Fu" in the head such as "Fushan" and "Futian", the word "Fu" is written as "娨" without a dot on it, because there is a crater on the top of Fuji and there is no majestic peak. Therefore, the dot is removed in the writing, but the "と" is emphasized in pronunciation (TU ) (like the Chinese character "tuo") sound. Because the Japanese character "と" is the symbol of a majestic mountain. to make up for the shortcomings in reality.

The surname "Japan" is pronounced "YAMATU" (like the Chinese character "axato"). Do not pronounce JAPAN to avoid confusion with the name of the country.

There are 10 surnames that use the number "twelve", but the pronunciation of "twelve" is different: (the transliteration is in brackets) "twelve" (just Wuqi), "Twelve Ding" (just Unijiuwu), "Twelve Buddhas" (Oh Mingpo Luo Yi), "Twelve Battles" (Tony Yuegu), "Twelve Months" (Sirgas), "Twelve "February 1st" (Bizimei), "December Dark Sun" (Binaxi), "Twelve Gods" (Oh Chicken Fu Luo Yi), "Twelve God Island" (Oh Female Po Luo Yi), " Twelve miles" (Toqili).

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