Comments on: Name stamp for foreign name

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:13:07 +0000

He is lucky and he can enjoy Chinese thanks to you.

By: Dutchie

Dutchie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:55:01 +0000

My hubby loves things that r chinese, so he wanted a translation of his name in chinese kanji. With the aid of a chinese/english dictionary, he wrote several possibilities n hv it checked out by my elder brother. When we met the stamp maker (with green jade) in SG, he managed to translate the sounds back to english, so I think my hubby had the right kanji

If only we came across these ready-made ones much earlier ! He uses his stamp for internal use, to much amusement of his colleagues. For official documents, he has to sign his given name :-} !

By: sheryl

sheryl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:44:17 +0000

Kirin

thank you very much for your help

By: kirin

kirin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:09:18 +0000

We say in the way just the same as "I have a cat." "猫を飼っている"　because when we say "kau=飼う" (to keep or to have) that should be domestic animals, which means pet(s). Or you could say, "I have a pet and it's cat." "ペットがいて、猫を飼っています" Does that make sense to you?

By: sheryl

sheryl — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:11:18 +0000

Hi Kirin

question to ask you again.
How do i say ” I have a pet cat” in japanese?
Just realized there isnt a has/have in japanese.

Thank you very much

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:58:43 +0000

Cute! Not something I would buy myself (although my name translates well into Japanese – even one of my students’ mother was called Risako ^^) but it’s definitely a nice idea for a souvenir to take home for someone.

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:06:55 +0000

Hi Kirin. This is a request not related to the post but I didn't know how else to make it on your blog site.

Could you please do a post about pets in Japan? Do you own any pets? What kind of pets are popular?

When I lived in Japan I visited pet stores and saw many pets that you cannot own in Australia (chinchilla, baby wallaby etc.). Do many people own pets in Japan? I owned some hamsters in Japan and my boyfriend owned turtles but we had a large apartment with plenty of space. Now in Brisbane I have two kittens (very cute!) and I have heard of cat cafes in tokyo. Have you visited one?

If you are too busy to write a post about this then I am sorry for intruding!

I am really enjoying reading your blog!
Cheers,
Cat

By: Walter

Walter — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:28 +0000

<3 that! I'll be sure to pick one up when I land at Narita Airport ( whenever that happens ). It would be handy if I could get those at labels to sew on my towels , handkerchiefs , boots, etcetera.
And then I want one that says " Walter was here !" so I can leave it in public toilets , public buildings, telephone booths. B) Just kidding.