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 10 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 10 months ago
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Good to know, I’m still learning Japanese
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 months ago
Me too! I’m also a beginner Japanese learner.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 months ago
We’ll get there, がんばれ！！
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 10 months ago
うん、がんばる！