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Originally Posted by godwine
Not sure what you meant by western obsession, but I do agree that they don't think about the meaning, but more of how it sound. My cousin's wife came from a fairly traditional family, and they believe in bad omens, karma and stuff like that (superstitious??). Anyways, her name is Miyuki, but they only write it in Hiragana - みゆい, and never the Kanji - 美雪, because snow melts, and thats a bad sign indicating short life.
I mean, its not a new discovery, people knew all along that snow will melt, and if they think it carries a bad fortune, then why name her Miyuki? Better yet, why not 美幸
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yeah why not just pretty snow lol
I meant a wester obsession as most Japanese people I know who also know many foreigners say that it's a very very common question for foreigners to ask "what's the meaning of your name's kanji" whereas most Japanese people are more likely to ask about blood type or even hobbies before that lol