EJapan, amagama achaza ngendlela emangalisayo. ITokyo, ngaphambi kowe-1868, yayisaziwa njenge-Edo, oko kukuthi, ichweba. Xa yaba likomkhulu lobukumkani eJapan, igama latshintsha: iTokyo ithetha inkunzi esempuma. IHiroshima, ebekwe kuthotho lweziqithi ezikumlomo webheyi, kuthetha isiQithi seBanzi.
Xa kubhaliwe, INtaba iFuji ’Igama lithetha, ngokoqobo, ubutyebi, ubuninzi, kunye nendoda enesikhundla esithile, kodwa igama elithethwayo laphambi kweentsingiselo zalo ezibhaliweyo. Intsingiselo yentsusa yeFuji ayicacanga ncam: inokuthetha ukungafi, ngaphandle kokulingana, okanye okungapheliyo. Ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-18 nasekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 umphengululi uHirata Atsutane wathi u-Fuji wayethetha intaba eme kakuhle njengendlebe yesityalo serayisi.
Igama elipheleleyo lomntu, ngesiJapan, liquka usapho kunye negama elinikiweyo-ngolandelelwano olo. Isikripthi saseJapan sinikezelwa kwi-kanji, abalinganiswa bemvelaphi yaseTshayina kuqala iziswe eJapan ziimonki zamaBhuda ngenkulungwane yesine. Njengeelwimi ezininzi, imiba yomxholo. Uninzi lweKanji lusabelana ngendlela efanayo yokubiza amagama (iihomofoni). Ngokufanayo, i-kanji enye inokuchazwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ngenxa yoku, ukubiza amagama akunakwenziwa kugqitywe ngopelo, kwaye upelo alunakugqitywa ngokubiza amagama.
Amagama aQhelekileyo amaJapan
Ngokwesiko, amagama amakhwenkwe aseJapan ahlala ebizwa ngamagama ngokokuzalwa kwabo. UIchirou, umzekelo, uthetha unyana wokuqala; UJirou, unyana wesibini. Amagama amantombazana aseJapan ahlala ene-kanji ko (okanye 子) eyongezwe njengesimamva, oko kukuthi umntwana. I-Aiko, yeziganeko, iyayidibanisa ne kanji yothando (ai, okanye 愛).
Ngoku ka Amaxesha eJapan, I-Aoi, ethetha ukuthi 'hollyhock,' yayiyeyona ntombazana ithandwayo eJapan ngo-2016. Olu luhlu, olwalumiselwe nguMeiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co, lwajonga amagama amanye ali-17,456 amagama abantwana abazelwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Igama lenkwenkwe elaziwa kakhulu yayinguHiroto, elenziwe ngokudibanisa abalinganiswa be kanji ababini abantetho enkulu 'enkulu' kunye 'nokubhabha.' Zombini iAoi kunye neHiroto zirhintyele amabala ayi-1 kwiminyaka emibini ilandelelana.
Amaxesha eJapan uqaphele ukuba uninzi lweeOlimpiki zaseJapan zikhuthaze amagama eJapan. Igama likaKei linyuse amabala angama-818 aya ku-Nombolo 60 emva kokuba umdlali wentenetya uKei Nishikori ethathe ubhedu kwi-Olimpiki yaseRio. U Gymnast Kohei Uchimura, owafumana iimbasa ezimbini zegolide, waqhuba igama lakhe alinika u-Nombolo 41 kuluhlu lwamagama amakhwenkwe.