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All are too faded to read except the white kanji:
出我妻
I'm not certain how to read this because it looks like a combination of two surnames.
出 can be a family name:
出 (いざき) Izaki [surname]
出 (いずさき) Izusaki[surname]
出 (いずざき) Izuzaki[surname]
出 (いずる) Izuru[female given name, surname]
出 (いたる) Itaru[-]
出 (いづる) Idzuru[female given name]
出 (いでさき) Idesaki[surname]
出 (いでざき) Idezaki[surname]
出 (さきで) Sakide[surname]
出 (すぐる) Suguru[given name]
出 (たかで) Takade[surname]
出 (で)De
And 我妻 can also be a family name
我妻(あがつま)Agatsuma[surname]
我妻(あがづま)Agadzuma[surname]
我妻(あざま)Azama[surname]
我妻(あずま)Azuma[surname]
我妻(あつま)Atsuma[-]
我妻(あづま)Adzuma[surname]
我妻(がさい)Gasai[surname]
我妻(がつま)Gatsuma[surname]
我妻(がづま)Gadzuma[surname]
我妻(わかつま)Wakatsuma[-]
我妻(わかづま)Wakadzuma[surname]
我妻(わがつま)Wagatsuma[surname]
我妻(わがづま)Wagadzuma[surname]
我妻(わずま)Wazuma[surname]
我妻(わづま)Wadzuma[surname]
我妻(われつま)Waretsuma[surname]
我妻(われづま)Waredzuma[surname]
--Guy
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Originally posted by Nick Komiya View PostGuy, well done! 我妻 literally means "My Wife", but as a family name, it is proof that you never can be certain how to read a Japanese name unless you ask that person.
--Guy
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Originally posted by Nick Komiya View PostYour wife must mean something like 御手洗, read as Mitarai, but meaning Toilet in Japanese....
For other readers, 御手洗 [Mitarai] can be pronounced "O-Te Arai," honorable hand wash [room] ... which is lavatory in English (>Late Latin lavātōrium, > Latin lavāre to wash). So the soap "LAVA" is really a play on words; the soap includes volcanic pumice and has a depiction of a volcano on the wrapper, but "lava" also means wash. [NEVER, EVER use lava soap as a substitute for regular soap while in the shower ..... do NOT ask me how I know].
Originally posted by Nick Komiya View PostI'm glad I'm only a Little Shrine, though Omiya would have matched my size better.
Komiya ..... Ōmiya
--Guy
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