Facebook Twitter Pinterest
FREE Shipping on orders over CDN$ 25.
Temporarily out of stock.
Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.
Quantity:1
Write Your Name in Kanji has been added to your Cart
+ CDN$ 6.49 shipping
Used: Like New | Details
Sold by bellwetherbooks_usa
Condition: Used: Like New
Comment: SHIPS FROM USA - PLEASE ALLOW 10 to 21 BUSINESS DAYS FOR DELIVERY. LIKE NEW!!! Has a small black line on edge of pages. Tracking is not available for orders shipped outside of the United States.

Have one to sell?
Sell on Amazon
Flip to back Flip to front
Listen Playing... Paused   You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more
See all 2 images

Write Your Name in Kanji Paperback – Mar 15 1996

by Nobuo Sato (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 6 customer reviews
See all 4 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions
Amazon Price
New from Used from
Paperback
"Please retry"
CDN$ 12.95
CDN$ 12.95 —
Paperback, Mar 15 1996
CDN$ 17.95
CDN$ 7.54 CDN$ 1.99
click to open popover

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel, please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Back
  1. Japanese Ink Painting: The Art of Sumi-E
    Naomi Okamoto
    4.1 out of 5 stars 8
    Hardcover
Next

No Kindle device required. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer.

  • Apple
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • Android

To get the free app, enter your e-mail address or mobile phone number.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 196 pages
  • Publisher: Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.; Revised edition (March 15 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0804833346
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804833349
  • Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 1 x 20.3 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 231 g
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 6 customer reviews
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,384,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info, give feedback on images, or tell us about a lower price?

Customers viewing this page may be interested in these sponsored links

  (What is this?)

Product Description

From the Back Cover

For a Westerner, adapting one's name to fit the language of a foreign Western country is usually easy. Michel from Paris becomes Michael in London. Frances from Pittsburgh becomes Francesca in Venice. Adapting an English-language name into Japanese, however, presents a formidable set of challenges. Write Your Name in Kanji offers a fun and simple way to write your first name using Japanese characters. Because it is possible for many different kanji to have the same sound, each name can have a variety of possible kanji combinations - all with different meanings, from the beautiful to the bizarre. In addition, an extensive appendix makes it possible to select kanji for last names, and for first names which are not covered by the book. Having selected appropriate kanji, the reader might even decide to create his or her own hanko - a name seal that Japanese use on documents in lieu of signatures - like the samples included for each name in the book. The first book that makes it possible to add a bit of the mystery of "the Orient" to English names, Write Your Name in Kanji brings East and West together in a fun, fascinating, and often hilarious way. This unique volume is perfectly suited to the bookshelf not only of the fluent reader of Japanese, but the novice Japan hand, as well.

Inside This Book

(Learn More)
First Sentence
Before getting started, we should note a few points about the Japanese language. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
5 star
4
4 star
1
3 star
0
2 star
1
1 star
0
See all 6 customer reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsVery useful
By John Smith on Jan. 31 2004
Format: Paperback
If you're studying Japanese, this is a great book to have. It helps with learning kanji. For example, if you're trying to memorize the kanji for "pearl", look at its readings (let's pick "SHU", the onyomi) and think of someone you know whose name has that syllable when pronounced the Japanese way. Let's say your friend's name is Ashley (not one of the 300 names already done for you). The Japanese pronounce it "A-shu-ri-i." So what you do is find the kanji for these syllables. (There's an index at the end.) I found "beauty-pearl-village-good". From looking at the way the kanji in other names are arranged, you can deduce that this would be read "A good, beautiful pearl of the village," because this book also shows how kanji are arraged in Japanese words and names.
However, I must warn you: The author takes a lot of liberties with mispronouncing American names. He freely lengthens vowels ("Megan" can be pronounced "Mei-gan" or "Me-ga-an" in addition to "Me-gan," which is how the Japanese pronounce the name), and he changes sounds ("Alice" can be "A-re-su", "A-rei-su", "A-a-rei-su", etc., in addition to "Arisu"). DO NOT buy this book unless you have a book with information on at least the 1,945 general-use kanji, or better yet, a kanji dictionary.
Despite its faults, however, the book is a very useful tool for learning kanji, which, as you probably know, is very important when you're learning Japanese, because if you don't, you won't be able to read anything in Japanese except children's books. Therefore, you will need all the help you can get. I recommend this book to anyone studying Japanese.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again.
Report abuse
5.0 out of 5 starsA unique, fun look at Japanese
By A Customer on June 14 2001
Format: Paperback
I'm trying to teach myself Japanese, got this book as a present, and love it. It exposes the reader to written Japanese while doing so in a non-threatening way.
I keep it aside for days when I need to practice Japanese but I can't stand to look at another kanji textbook... I'll pick it up, flip through, and have fun laughing at some of the (purposefully) sillier name-translations while still seeing Japanese characters. My name, Christina, came out to 'serene Christian beauty' for the 'serious'-meaning name, but there are lots of other less elegant ones. ;)
Overall, it's a great supplement that can make Japanese seem more fun and personal while still exposing the reader to the actual written language.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again.
Report abuse
2.0 out of 5 starsWrite your name in Kanji only if you have a common name
By Henrie Timmers on March 5 2014
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
This was a disappointment to me. I expected a book of names translated to Kanji symbols but unless your name is very common, this is a waste of money.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again.
Report abuse

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?