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Our Second Son is Number One: Numbers in Recent Japanese Given Names

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Barešová I.

Investigationes Linguisticae

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2019

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issue 43

1-14

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Japanese given names reflect through their kanji selection particular perceived or anticipated aspects concerning their bearers, providing an insight into the changing values of Japanese society. In the past, numbers were used in names mainly to refer to the order of birth, the time of birth, or, in the case of large numbers, to express a wish for longevity. Within the larger historical context, this paper focuses on the use of kanji representing numbers in the names of children born in the last ten years (2008–2017), exploring the recent reasons for their choice and what values and priorities of recent Japanese parents they reflect.

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Przekład z języka japońskiego – wielopłaszczyznowa semiotyka poezji japońskiej

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Zakrzewska J.

Między Oryginałem a Przekładem

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2015

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vol. 28

139-160

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The translation of the Japanese poetry is an extraordinary challenge for a translator. The specificity of this language comes not only from the diversity of morphological, inflexive or word formation differences. First of all, it is a language embedded in a completely different culture. The important element is a writing system based on the three sub‑characters: kanji ideograms and two kana syllabaries. For this reason the poetry comprises two layers: the verbal and the graphic layer. The translator maintaining concised utterances, essential feature of Japanese poetry, must express in the translation all the wealth of meanings, contained in both, verbal and graphic layers of the original. In Japanese poetry, besides those two mentioned earlier layers, there are also many rhetorical figures, which develop in a reader’s eyes many images‑associations overlaping the content of a poem by adding them “between the lines”.

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From evergreens to blossoms : the changing plant motifs in Japanese female names

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Barešová I.

Acta onomastica

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2018

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vol. 59

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issue 1

7-17

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In the last few decades, flowery female names have surged in popularity in Japan, along with other nature motifs, reflecting desired qualities and aspirations. Although plant motifs have always been found among female names, the popularity of particular plants has been changing, and some once common names have fallen into disuse, lacking any appeal to the modern Japanese. This paper examines plant motifs and their symbolism in recent female names compared to names bestowed a century ago, and discusses how these changes in plant selection reflect the changes in the values and priorities of Japanese society.

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V posledních několika desetiletích jsou v Japonsku obzvlášť populární ženská jména s přírodními, především rostlinnými motivy, jež prostřednictvím nejrůznějších asociací a symboliky vyjadřují představy a přání rodičů vůči jejich dcerám. Ačkoli rostlinné motivy nalezneme v ženských jménech každé generace, popularita jednotlivých rostlin se s dobou mění a některé, dříve ve jménech zcela běžné motivy ze současných jmen téměř vymizely. Tento článek se zabývá rostlinnými motivy v současných ženských jménech ve srovnání se jmény volenými zhruba před sto lety a na základě toho si všímá, jak se mění hodnoty a priority japonské společnosti.

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Our Second Son is Number One: Numbers in Recent Japanese Given Names

Przekład z języka japońskiego – wielopłaszczyznowa semiotyka poezji japońskiej

From evergreens to blossoms : the changing plant motifs in Japanese female names