According to the Japanese government.
I'm inclined to agree with them...
蜘蛛人？？？
蜘蛛男？？？
どれが正確ですか？ 知りないよ。。。(>_<)
Sometimes I wish there were laws here that would prevent parents from naming their kids stuff like Dweezle and Moon Unit...(coughfrankzappacough)
You see, in Japan, in order for a baby's birth to be registered, the Kanji chosen must be approved by the Justice Ministry. Parents have 1,945 regular use Kanji to choose from, as well as a list of "name Kanji" (人名用漢字), or they can write the name in kana.
Apparently, some of the Kanji that are NOT allowed to be used while naming your child are kanji pertaining to things like, say, feces, corpse, lewdness, cancer, curse, hemmroid, butts, crotches of any sort, various body parts, pus, things pertaining to violent death, problem animals (bees, foxes, tanuki, frog), etc.
It sounds like naming children in Japan is a complicated process, but it makes sense. With the use of Kanji, I can understand the governments need to feel obligated to prevent children from being named things like "Gloomy Flower" or "Pussy Armpit".
Posted by Zoso at November 12, 2004 08:18 PM