January 25th, 2010

How to say Hawaii in Japanese~?

Mickey asked:


I’m going on a trip to Hawaii for my mom’s and my soon-to-be step dad’s wedding. I’m going to be wearing a shirt with Kanji characters that spells Hawaii. But just in case if someone asks what does it say, I’ll need to know how to pronounce “Hawaii” in japanese

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3 Responses to “How to say Hawaii in Japanese~?”

  1. Belie Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 6:47 am

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    1. There is no kanji for Hawaii. It’s written in katakana as ハワイ.

    2. It’s pronounced the exact same way as in English. Hah wah E.

  2. Vincen† Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

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    ハワイ its actually hawaii said really fast, so its ho wan ni

  3. Irot Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 12:50 am

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    — Is a good Hawaiian food Restaurant.

    Anyway, like typed before by another person, there is no Kanji for Hawaii. Why is this? It is because Hawaii is not a Japanese word, if is a foreign word than it will be in Katakana. Hiragana and Kanji are for japanese words.

    Hawaii is pronounced the same way people in the mainland say it.