WTF of the Japanese Language

Continued from MythBusters #3
OK, it even puzzled me, a native Japanese speaker. See the examples below. They are not consistent.

おおたぎり　大田切　OTAGIRI
The characters are 大 and O

太田切橋南
The character is 太

おおたぎりがわ　OOTAGIRIGAWA
The characters are OO

豊田 can be called Toyoda, or Toyota
山崎 can be called Yamazaki, or Yamasaki
菅野 can be called Kanno, or Sugano
菅 can be called Kan, or Suga
河野 can be called Kawano, or Kono
渡部 can be called Watabe, or Watanabe
新田 can be called Nitta, or Arata
木暮 can be called Kogure, or Kigure
東 can be called Higashi, or Azuma

There is a place name 東あずま (Higashi Azuma) in Sumida-ku, Tokyo. It’s written 東東 in the Chinese language. It’s crazy, as in Adam Lambert said, ”The weather here in Australia is just crazy” in 2020 at the Fire Fight Australia concert. I am not making it up.

Last but not least, 東東 (East East) in the Chinese language means “thingamabob“. 東西 (East West) in the Chinese language also has the same meaning and is more commonly used than 東東. In Tokyo, there is a metro line called 東西線 (Tozai Line). The Tozai Line has a station called 西葛西 (Nishi Kasai). If you look into the characters of 西葛西, they are “West Kudzu West”. I am getting dizzy. I will stop here.

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