January 23, 2012
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What to call baby? | The Japan Times Online
It would be nice to see a top 10 for each of these years; I wonder if it’s mangaka picking trendy names for their characters, or if the influence goes the other way around? I mean, I’d never have imagined that “Ren” with that particular kanji would be popular.
Apparently there are a lot of 14-year-old girls named “Moe” out there right now…
“A panel of experts under the Justice Ministry periodically reviews the kanji list, and has in the past taken such characters as 糞 (feces), 屍 (corpse), 癌 (cancer) and 痔(hemorrhoid) off the list. You might wonder who in the world would even toy with the idea of using such characters in names, but from time to time some parents do beggar belief.” ← Oh god dying.
(Source: charmian)
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greenapple2004 reblogged this from minimoonstar and added:
Interesting stuff! Having a top-10 list per year...extra interesting, too, so you...
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fricatives reblogged this from minimoonstar and added:
Justice Ministry periodically reviews...list, and has in the past taken such characters as...
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minimoonstar reblogged this from charmian and added:
It would be nice to see a top 10 for each of these years; I wonder if it’s mangaka picking trendy names for their...
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