Re: Need help with Japanese name
On 24 Aug 2004 07:57:02 -0700, Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:03:45 +0900, Declan Murphy ...
>>
>>Caspar Milquetoast wrote:
>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Damn, got the eternal
>>> problem of trying to impress the hell out of a beautiful woman
>>
>>Stop trying? Ot try something like, "Hello".
>>
>>> Her name is Asami. Can anyone help me out
>>> with a definition of this name? I know that it also depends on how its
>>> written in Kanji, but a general all-purpose definition for the name
>>> would help.
>>
>>There is no such animal as a general all-purpose definition for a name.
>>
>
>However in this specific case "beautiful marijuana" is a likely candidate.
I would have plumped for "beautiful in the morning", just to inform
幽霊子 牛乳焼食パン (see, I did his name in Kanji, amn't I kind?) that
he would have no need to bring along a paper bag on a date.
Could 浅美 be "translated" as airhead?
Ken
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