Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 久保田, 窪田(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KOO-BOH-TAH [key] Meaning & History From the Japanese 久 (ku or hisa) "long time," 保 (bo or ho) "protect," "guaratee," "keep" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy." The first two characters can also be written as 窪 (kubo) "hollow."
Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 久保田(Japanese Kanji) くぼた(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kɯᵝ.bo̞.tä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".