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In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. Even surnames with the same pronunciation can have different meanings based on the kanji used. Below are the kanji variations for "Shioda," listed in order of popularity based on household usage in Japan.
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塩 means "salt."
Salt - A white crystalline substance used to season food, consisting of sodium chloride or a mixture of sodium and other chloride salts.
Chlorine - An element found in nature as a gas, and used in bleaching and disinfecting.
Pickling - The process of preserving food by soaking it in a brine solution.
To Season - To add flavor to food by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other ingredients.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
志 means "aspiration, ambition, goal."
Aspiration - To direct one's heart towards a certain goal or objective.
Resolution - A goal or objective determined in one's heart.
Record - To remember or recall.
Document - To record or document.
Writings - A record written down. A book.
Shima - An abbreviation of Shima.
尾 means "tail, end, suffix."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
汐 means "tide, ebb and flow."
Tide - The rise and fall of the ocean's water level due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
Ebb Tide - The outgoing tide, when the water level is receding.
Flood Tide - The incoming tide, when the water level is rising.
Low Tide - The lowest point of the tide, when the water level is at its lowest.
High Tide - The highest point of the tide, when the water level is at its highest.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
垣 means "fence, hedge, partition."
Fence - A barrier or wall made of wood, stone, or other material, used to enclose an area or to keep something in or out.
Wall - A continuous vertical structure of masonry, wood, or other material, used to enclose or divide an area.
Enclosure - A structure or area that is surrounded by a barrier or wall.
Divider - Something that separates two or more areas or things.
Office - A building or room used for administrative work.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
潮 means "tide, current, salt water."
Tide - The rise and fall of the ocean's water.
Flow - The movement of the ocean's water.
Moisture - Wetness, dampness, humidity.
Opportunity - A time or chance.
多 means "many, numerous, much."
四 means "four."
Four - The number four.
Four Directions - The four cardinal directions.
Ten O'Clock - An old way of referring to 10am (the hour of the snake) or 10pm (the hour of the boar).
方 means "direction, way, side."
Direction - Facing, orientation, direction, angle.
Destination - Place to go.
Region - Countryside, area, certain region.
Shape - Square, rectangle, square shape.
Righteousness - Being honest, being proper.
Arrangement - Line up, line up in a row.
Comparison - Compare, contrast.
Method - Means, technique.
Timing - Suitable time.
Squaring - Multiplying the same number, square, square root.
Honorific - Title to call someone.
Responsibility - Person in charge.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
子 means "child, offspring, young, junior, small thing."
Child - A child born from parents.
Boy - For usage with "子" for boys and "女" for girls.
Respectful Address - A respectful address for teachers, masters, and people of knowledge and status.
Thinker - A person knowledgeable in scholarship and philosophy, as well as their writings and thoughts.
Seed - A fruit or a biological egg.
Rank - The fourth rank of the five-rank peerage system (公・侯・伯・子・男).
Direction - The first of the twelve directions, representing the north.
Time - The twelfth hour of the night, and the two hours before and after it.
Rat - The first of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac.
浦 means "bay, inlet, cove."
Shoreline - The edge of a sea or river.
Beach - A shoreline of a large body of water.
Confluence - The point where a tributary and main stream of a river meet.
Estuary - The point where a river flows into the sea.
Inlet - A body of water that has been cut off from the sea by land.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place Of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
塩 means "salt."
Salt - A white crystalline substance used to season food, consisting of sodium chloride or a mixture of sodium and other chloride salts.
Chlorine - An element found in nature as a gas, and used in bleaching and disinfecting.
Pickling - The process of preserving food by soaking it in a brine solution.
To Season - To add flavor to food by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other ingredients.
多 means "many, numerous, much."
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