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06-08-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by minminRW View Post
but most Japanese look at 川平慈英 and read "Kabira Jei" because they already have memorized the reading of his name.
Yeah, but don't you think that's because he's a celebrity?

I don't think any Japanese would be able to read 治恵護輔 at all. He will have to put the furigana to it, which the kanji lovers outside of Japan would hate to do anyway. That's a lot of writing just for the first name!
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