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pokefreak13388 — Leonardo R. Tsukiakari
Published: 2014-02-10 23:24:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1195; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 5
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My second RWBY OC and Inari's older brother, Leonardo R. Tsukiakari. It was done by theRogueSpider~Related content
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As I was scouting through your gallery for references on your commission, I noticed the funny last name. By all means, you can keep it. But just to point out a few things about the language...
Tsukiakari = 月明かり = moonlight. I'm pretty sure you just plugged in "moonlight" to Google translate. However, tsukiakari written as it is (a mix of kanji and hiragana) would never, ever be a last name. Remember, last names / 苗字 (myouji) are of huge importance in Japanese culture, and I find it highly unlikely that any lineage would just take a commonplace noun and use that as the last name--especially since there are still plain kana in it (the かり part).
There are alternatives that use only kanji, and I think some of them might even sound better than "Tsukiakari". My personal choice would be 月明 read as "Getsumei". Still means moonlight, of course.
But like I said, you can keep "Tsukiakari" if you want. I just wanted to drop a bit of cultural context on the name. I'll get off my soap box now.
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Thanks for the information since I had no idea that the japanese language had that kind of rule to be honest. I didn't really look into the rules as I created the characters' last names and its a good thing to know for the future. But I think ill stick with Tsukiakari as the last name but maybe.... I may use Getsumei in her family history. XD
Though thanks for the input.
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