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Subject: Re: Meaning for "Kobayashi"
Author: Antares   (guest, 200.63.134.150)
Date: May 27, 2003 at 7:11:07 AM
Reply to: Meaning for "Kobayashi" by Chris
Well, Japanese can be quite bothersome when it comes to kanji (ideograms). I searched about it on google, looking for some examples to read from and confirmed my theories: "Ko" means "small" and "bayashi" is a derivated form of "hayashi", meaning "forest" (the "2 trees" kanji).
If there are any other kanji variations for the name Kobayashi, I don“t know... heck, there probably are.
Good Luck!

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