That's because they were trying to emulate German names and pronuciations in Monster.
That's because they were trying to emulate German names and pronuciations in Monster.
Then what about GunXSword? There was a Michael in that too.
it is maikeru, soukou no strain has a michael too, and its pronounced maikeru
As far as names go, there is no fixed spelling as long as it "sounds" correct. That is the purpose of Kata after all, to cater for words in other languages, not just English.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
As I said, they are using the German pronuciation. If that's the case, then the romaji representing the katakana used is Mihaeru instead, and it's pronounced different than the English Michael. In the end, it's the same name but it shows what's the intended pronuciation of the name given is and the country of origin for the intended name.Originally Posted by Board of Command
As Psyke said, Katakana is used to help Japanese pronounce foreing words and names, so as long as it sounds correct it should be all good.
I'm looking at those charts, and I don't see any characters that represent "Ja", "Jo", "Ju" etc.
So how are words like Jutsu, Jounin, and Juuken written? Are they just phonetic variants of some set of characters, or do they have their own set?
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Combinations of Ji plus Ya, Yo, and Yu.
Yup. For words starting with J, it is written by using a Ji followed by a small ya, yu, or yo.
Eg: じゃ = Ja (Jya)、じゅ = Ju (Jyu) 、じょ = Jo (Jyo)
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
In case you are wondering, the Ji sounds comes from an alternative to the "shi" character. The alternatives goes as follows.
Starts with Turns into
K G
... i'll just scan a page or two from my Jap txt to show u. it'll be easier
This'll show you how words are formed using hiragana and katana. If you want to make a word from another language, you use katakana.
And um, i don't think "its all good as long as it sounds right" works. I mean, they teach this stuff to kids in Japan and im sure the teachers woudln't want to see 10 variances of the same word. Not only that, but my teacher wouldn't have corrected the katakana on our in-class dialogue project if there wasn't a correct spelling of the word.
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