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[Facts] MASHIRO
Hey everyone it's me again. i was hoping someone could tell me the meaning of the Japanese name ''Mashiro'' I heard it means Broad-Minded in Baby name sites but other sites says it means pure WhiteJoe:)
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Hi Joe! "Shiro" indeed means white in Japanese. After doing some research, I discovered that "ma" can mean "pure" if using certain kanji. "Shi" can also mean "baby," but I couldn't find anything for "ma" and "ro."As it is a Japanese name, there are plenty of kanji combinations that could give you this name, not just "pure white."
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As the previous poster mentioned, there are many possible meanings for Mashiro. Remember that Japanese parents are free to pronounce the characters of a name any way they want, even if it doesn't "make sense" according to the normal pronunciations. These are the kanji spellings I found for Mashiro: 愛白 "love, white"
純白 "pure, white"
真志路 "truth, intention, road"
真詩呂 "truth, poem, spine [used phonetically]"
真城 "truth, castle"
真代 "truth, generation"
真白 "truth, white"
雪 "snow"
雪白 "snow, white"
白 "white"
舞白 "dance, white"
磨白"polish, white"
麻汐 "flax, tide"
麻白 "flax, white"
万城 "10,000 castle"
万白 "10,000 white"
優白 "elegant, white"
麗白 "beauty, white"
茉城 "jasmine, castle"
茉代 "jasmine, generation"
茉白 "jasmine, white"There are none that remotely mean "broad-minded" so I think that is probably an erroneous interpretation
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