Common Japanese surname
Watanabe is a common Japanese surname, among the most frequent in Japan.
It appears in English contexts when referring to people of Japanese heritage: Director Watanabe's latest film, I'm meeting Dr. Watanabe at three.
Like other Japanese surnames, it precedes the given name in Japanese but typically follows Western order in English.
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Common Japanese surname
Watanabe is a common Japanese surname, among the most frequent in Japan.
It appears in English contexts when referring to people of Japanese heritage: Director Watanabe's latest film, I'm meeting Dr. Watanabe at three.
Like other Japanese surnames, it precedes the given name in Japanese but typically follows Western order in English.
1. surname — Tanaka, Widespread Japanese family name; Suzuki (Japanese motor vehicle corporation); Yamamoto (Imperial Japanese fleet commander); Nakamura (Japanese family name); Kobayashi · Yoshida · Yamaguchi · Matsumoto · Kimura · Hashimoto
2. namesakes — Ken, Scottish masculine name; Naomi (Hebrew for pleasant); Makoto (Japanese concept of honesty); Kenji
Ken Watanabe
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Watanabe