Japanese names are used in Japan and in Japanese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Japanese names.
CHŪGOKU中国(Country & Region)Japanese Japanese form of ZHONGGUO, used to refer to China. It is also the name of a region in western Japan.
CHUUGOKU中国(Country & Region)Japanese Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 中国 (see CHŪGOKU).
HOTAKA穂高(Mountain)Japanese From Japanese 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall". This is the name of a mountain in Japan.
INDO印度, インド(Country)Japanese Japanese form of INDIA. It is usually written in the katakana writing system.
KANTŌ関東(Region)Japanese Means "eastern frontier", from Japanese 関 (kan) meaning "frontier" and 東 (tō) meaning "east". This is the name of a region in central Japan, including Tokyo.
KANTOU関東(Region)Japanese Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 関東 (see KANTŌ).
KŌBE神戸(Settlement)Japanese Possibly means "shrine supporters", in reference to the families who tended the local Ikuta Shrine. This is the name of a city in Japan.
KOBE神戸(Settlement)Japanese Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 神戸 (see KŌBE).
KOUBE神戸(Settlement)Japanese Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 神戸 (see KŌBE).
MŌKO蒙古(Country, Political Subdivision & Region)Japanese Japanese form of MONGOLIA.
MOUKO蒙古(Country, Political Subdivision & Region)Japanese Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 蒙古 (see MŌKO).
NIPPON日本(Country)Japanese Means "origin of the sun, sunrise", from Sino-Japanese 日 (nichi) meaning "sun" and 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin". This is the Japanese name for Japan.
TOKYO東京(Settlement)Japanese, English, French From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of Japan.
YAMATO大和(Country)Japanese Possibly related to Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain". This was the old name for the area around the city of Nara, though it was later applied to the entire country of Japan. Chinese scribes originally wrote this name using the character 倭 meaning "short". However, this was revised to the more favourable 和 meaning "harmony" in the 8th century. The prefixed character 大 means "great".