Ookami or Okami?

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Originally Posted by kyuven

"ohkami" implies it's "おうかみ” though :)
when it's おおかみ

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Not always.
I believe "Oh" can represent either "おお" or "おう" since it is more of a phonetic representation, versus a romanization based on the written characters.

For example, names like the ones below could all be written with the "Oh" even though they are "おお"
(I actually know people with these names who write them with "Oh" on their 名刺)

大柳 - おおやぎ
大野 - おおの
大家 - おおや

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Originally Posted by Mikita

Not always.
I believe "Oh" can represent either "おお" or "おう" since it is more of a phonetic representation, versus a romanization based on the written characters.

For example, names like the ones below could all be written with the "Oh" even though they are "おお"
(I actually know people with these names who write them with "Oh" on their 名刺)

大柳 - おおやぎ
大野 - おおの
大家 - おおや

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Yeah and it kinda annoy me when they do it >_>
Japanese transliteration is annoying as hell. I actually did a report on it.

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Originally Posted by kyuven

Yeah and it kinda annoy me when they do it >_>
Japanese transliteration is annoying as hell. I actually did a report on it.

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Honestly, I don't care for it either. ^^;

Ookami = correct
Ōkami = correct
Ohkami = correct

Okami = semi-incorrect

if you ask me, Ōkami is the best way to write it.

*Howl* There you go.

If i recall correctly ōkami (or ookami) can mean wolf but when used as part of a name aka Izanagi-no-okami this means god

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Originally Posted by DracotheDragon

If i recall correctly ōkami (or ookami) can mean wolf but when used as part of a name aka Izanagi-no-okami this means god

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Completely different Kanji.

The wolf "okami" is 狼, one word.

The "okami" in Izanagi-no-okami is 大神 which means "great" (o) and "god" (kami).

The video game "Ōkami" actually plays on the similarity in that "Ōkami" can refer to both Amaterasu's appearance as a wolf (okami 狼) and her status as a great god (okami 大神). Both can be used by themselves or grouped with other words, what differs is the context and how it's written using Kanji.