Japanese name
Japanese names (日本人の氏名, Nihonjin no Shimei) in modern times usually consist of a family name (surname), followed by a given name. Middle names are not generally used. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters usually Chinese in origin but Japanese in pronunciation. The kanji for a name may have a variety of possible Japanese pronunciations, but parents might use hiragana or katakana when giving a birth name to their newborn child. Names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic renderings, and so lack the visual meaning of names expressed in the logographic kanji.
Japanese family names are extremely varied: according to estimates, there are over 100,000 different surnames in use today in Japan. The three most common family names in Japan are Satō (佐藤), Suzuki (鈴木), and Takahashi (高橋). This diversity is in stark contrast to the situation in other nations of the East Asian cultural sphere, which reflects a different history: while Chinese surnames have been in use for millennia and were often reflective of an entire clan or adopted from nobles (with or without any genetic relationship) – and were thence transferred to Korea and Vietnam via noble names, the vast majority of modern Japanese family names date only to the 19th century, following the Meiji restoration, and were chosen at will. The recent introduction of surnames has two additional effects: Japanese names became widespread when the country had a very large population (over 30 million during the early Meiji era – see Demographics of Imperial Japan) instead of dating to ancient times (estimated population at 1 CE is 300,000, for instance – see Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration), and since little time has passed, Japanese names have not experienced as significant a surname extinction as has occurred in the much longer history in China.
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by: Omen[?] relate to my reunion
High school barely knew my name
Now they are [?] when that limousine
Pulled up and everything seemed cooler
[?] so long can't measure with a ruler
[?] money and balloons with the wind tips
Everybody looking at me they haven't see a thing yet
I was [?] dreaming at the prom queen but those tight jeans
Had me [?] than the concrete but she only had time for the cool guys
IQ probably low than the shoe size boyfriend was the [?]
Every day I said I fight [?] now gonna show them
She probably got fat she probably got broke
I saw a picture of a couple and their kids
And prom queens family that died in a car crash
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Every time I thought I had it all figured out
Life makes me sing wow wow
Every time I thought I had it all figured out
Life makes me sing wow wow
I met a girl named [?] she is so gorgeous
[?] take her to my fortress ride her like a horse
Let me to tease her she loves it when she torture
Open her ribs at a top speed screaming out don't stop please
Now she is walking [?] years past I ain't called her told her from the front [?]
I am a true [?] already wonder on to the next one
[?] my sister brought all of her friends and I am intruding
And my momma started [?] telling me [?] come and meet your cousins
This is your aunties [?] and you are all at first her name is [?]
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Every time I thought I had it all figured out
Life makes me sing wow wow
Every time I thought I had it all figured out
Life makes me sing wow wow
Ain't nothing [?] to promise that I can take you honest
[?] I got that supersize shit. if you like.
Tell your friends I could fill a [?] like a Bluetooth
[?] bring you home to momma [?] you are gonna feel it in the morning
If you let me I can stretch you like [?]
Like she wanna carry my child [?] I got to stay polite
[?] I got to play it right [?] she said the cob is already outside waiting for you
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Every time I thought I had it all figured out
Life makes me sing wow wow
Every time I thought I had it all figured out