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[Opinions] Shōbu
While I was looking through Bun'ei Tsunoda's book 'Nihon no joseimei: rekishiteki tenbo' two months back, I found this very uncommon name in the section regarding female names from the early part of the Edo period (1603-1868).
It was written as しやうぶ or 志やうぶ (shiyaubu) since, back then, しょう (shō) was written as しやう, しよう, せう or せふ, but I would assume that, in kanji, it would have been written as 菖蒲 (Japanese iris).One final note on this, this name is pronounced sho:-buu (or boo).Anyway, WDYT?My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249
My blog: https://maybeitisdaijirou.wordpress.com
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Shōbu  ·  m4yb3_daijirou  ·  1/31/2016, 10:25 AM
Re: Shōbu  ·  hiiragi  ·  2/1/2016, 12:28 AM
Re: Shōbu  ·  LMS  ·  1/31/2016, 10:56 AM