Yatarō, Yataro or Yatarou is a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

Written forms

Yatarō can be written using different combinations of

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

characters. Here are some examples: The characters used for "taro" (太郎) literally means "thick (big) son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the first son. The "ya" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("矢" for arrow, "野" for field, "弥" and so on). *矢太郎, "arrow, big son" *野太郎, "field, big son" *弥太郎, "more and more, big son" *彌太郎, "more and more, big son" *八太郎, "eight, big son" *夜太郎, "night, big son" Other combinations... *矢太朗, "arrow, thick, bright" *矢多朗, "arrow, many, bright" *勇汰朗, "bravery, excessive, bright" *野太朗, "field, thick, bright" *弥太朗, more and more, thick, bright" The name can also be written in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

やたろう or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

ヤタロウ.

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