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Obama means "little beach" in Japanese.
Not to be confused and used in other ways: "come 'ear you little beach".
Hope this helps!
Not to be confused and used in other ways: "come 'ear you little beach".
Hope this helps!
voted helpful: demanda
Voted as best: lesliec, folkrockfan
That's actually correct, from a standpoint of a literal translation. 叔母 (oba) is 'aunt' and 真 (maa) could mean 'genuine' (although it could also mean 'to take seriously' (真 ma), 'space; interval (間 ma)' or 'devil ; evil spirit (魔 ma).'
So just throwing together kanji for fun, you could construct 叔母真 (aunt genuine), 叔母真 (serious aunt?), 叔母間 (aunt's room?), or 叔母魔 (aunt devil). From a standpoint of phonetics and and well as language requirements, 叔母魔 (aunt devil) actually makes the most sense. Of course you can't just throw together any kanji and end up with a real Japanese word....
Still, points for effort, and for linking to a Japanese translation site.
So just throwing together kanji for fun, you could construct 叔母真 (aunt genuine), 叔母真 (serious aunt?), 叔母間 (aunt's room?), or 叔母魔 (aunt devil). From a standpoint of phonetics and and well as language requirements, 叔母魔 (aunt devil) actually makes the most sense. Of course you can't just throw together any kanji and end up with a real Japanese word....
Still, points for effort, and for linking to a Japanese translation site.
Obama translates in Japanese means " Little Beach"
Below is a good Sorce I found!
Below is a good Sorce I found!
voted helpful: demanda
Voted as best: dcanswerer
http://news.mylocoworld.com/obama-in-japanese-meaning/
This page claims that it means
"Obama in Japanese means Little Beach. Obama is also the name of a small city in Japan as well. "
Hope that helps!
This page claims that it means
"Obama in Japanese means Little Beach. Obama is also the name of a small city in Japan as well. "
Hope that helps!
voted helpful: demanda
Going from this picture of the Obama Japan Railway marquee,
http://blogs.nypost.com/travel/archives/2008/11/
The word 小浜 (Obama) is a combination of two kanji:
小 (pronounced 'chi' or 'o'); meaning small / little
浜 (one pronunciation is 'hama'); meaning beach / shore
So 小浜 （おばま) is obama, where the 'ha' sound turns into 'ba' in this case.
My source for this is the Canon Wordtank G55, but the WSJ, MSNBC, and Reuters seem to back this up.
http://blogs.nypost.com/travel/archives/2008/11/
The word 小浜 (Obama) is a combination of two kanji:
小 (pronounced 'chi' or 'o'); meaning small / little
浜 (one pronunciation is 'hama'); meaning beach / shore
So 小浜 （おばま) is obama, where the 'ha' sound turns into 'ba' in this case.
My source for this is the Canon Wordtank G55, but the WSJ, MSNBC, and Reuters seem to back this up.
source(s):
The kanji dictionary in this guy: http://store.aikotradingstore.com/necawog55.html
Others refs above.
The kanji dictionary in this guy: http://store.aikotradingstore.com/necawog55.html
Others refs above.
Voted as best: jellylala
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