My wife and her cousin both have the name Hiroko, but the kanji is different so they’re different names. It’s like Lewis and Louis, or Stuart and Stewart. Anglophones seem to have a hard time grasping that, despite it being quite common in English
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randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 months agoA not-so-fun fact: The Tetsuya in his name is actually 徹也. Just a coincidence that it sounds the same as “staying up all night”. Fun coincidence though.
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Good to know, I’m still learning Japanese
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 months ago
Me too! I’m also a beginner Japanese learner.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 4 months ago
We’ll get there, がんばれ！！
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 months ago
うん、がんばる！