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February 28

Japanese name check #3/4

Is 花形怜, Rei Hanagata or Hanagata Rei, Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 18:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Is 久保玲奈, Reina Kubo or Kubo Reina, Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 18:10, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Is there anywhere I can find this out myself? (just a thought) GrahamHardy (talk) 18:10, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

With regard to your last question, you might try looking for articles about people with the same surname. For instance, the article Yurika Kubo gives the romanization of 久保 ユリカ as Kubo Yurika, which suggests that 久保玲奈 is "Kubo Reina". Deor (talk) 18:31, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Good thinking as evidence Susumu Hanagata, I am happy GrahamHardy (talk) 18:59, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

I suggest you could look up the characters on Wiktionary. Google Translate also transcribes what you put in. Just be aware that characters can have up to a dozen readings in Japanese. Some obscure ones are only used in names. But it should be clear if it's just about the name order. --2001:16B8:3166:D00:B43C:43DF:C294:48BF (talk) 01:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

OP, is your question literally what is the pronunciation of each character? Or is it more a question of, knowing the pronunciations, which is the more appropriate word order to use in English? Googling for other peopple and looking up the pronunciations in Wiktionary will not help with the latter question, as that is often a question of common usage and the person's own preference. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 15:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)