Talk:List of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You characters

Name meanings
I moved these here as it seems like these are pure WP:OR...


 * Hakari Hanazono: Her family name means flower garden (花園) and references the phrase "Atama ga Ohanabatake" (頭がお花畑), meaning a person full of delusions and fantasies.


 * Karane Inda: Her name sounds similar to "Janain dakara ne" (じゃないんだからね), meaning "it's not like/because", a common ending phrase of tsunderes.


 * Shizuka: Her name is a portrayal of her personality; quiet and likes books. Her given name contains the kanji “quiet,” and her last name contains the kanjis for “like” and “book.”


 * Nano: Her family name is a play on the word A.I.


 * Kusuri: Her given name contains the Kanji for “medicine” and her given name is a pun on the word "medicine".


 * Hahari: Part of her given name is a play on her role as a mother as “haha, 母” is Japanese for “mother.”


 * Kurumi: Her name is a pun on the sentence “I’m hungry! (腹がくる, hara ga kuru)”


 * Mei: “Meido” is the katakana form for “maid (メイド, meido)” therefore her name is a portmanteau for “Mei the Maid.”


 * Iku: Her name plays on the english word "stoic".


 * Mimimi: Her name contains the kanji for beauty (美, Utsukushi/Mi) three times.


 * Meme: Her given name "Kakure" is a pun on the word "hidden/concealed" (隠れ, Kakure).


 * Chiyo Īn: Her name is a pun on the word for a president like a class president "Īnchiyo" (委員長).


 * Nadeshiko: Her name ironically refers to Yamato Nadeshiko, an idiom meant to personify the idealized Japanese woman.


 * Yamame: Yasashiki is a pun on "Sashiki" (挿し木), meaning to cut and plant while Yamame contains the kanji for "Mountain Woman", an allusion to her height.


 * Momiji: "Momimomi" (揉み揉み) is the Japanese onomatopoeia for massaging or rubbing.


 * Yaku: Like her granddaughter, she has the kanji for medicine (薬) in her family name, an allusion to her medic history. Yaku in Goroawase can be written as 8 (Ya) and 9 (Ku), a reference to her true age.


 * Kishika: Kishi (騎士) means knight while "Torotoro" (とろとろ) is an onomatopoeia sound for something becoming viscous and syrupy.


 * Āshī: "Āshi" (あーし) is a slang version of "atashi" (あたし), a common self-pronoun of gyarus. "Kedarui" is a pun on Kedarui" (気だるい), meaning sluggish or listless.


 * Uto: Nakaji are the alternative readings for the first two kanjis of Chūnibyō (中二病).


 * Mai: Despite having the same last name phonetically and being proud of it, Mai and Mei are not blood-related, and the kanji of their family names are different.


 * Momoha: Bon'nō are the term for worldly desires in Buddhism. Momoha, using the kanji for 100 and 8, refer to the 108 total temptations. Her birthdate (October 8) and introductory chapter of 108 refer to this number as well.


 * Rin: Her name is a double pun, sounding similar to the english words "Violin" and "Violence".


 * Sū: Her given name sounds similar to "two".


 * Tama: Nekonari (猫成) literally means "to become a cat".


 * Himeka: Her stage name "Kiki" utilizes the last kanji of her given name and the first kanji of her family name, which means "strange princess" (奇姫).


 * Shīna: Usami is a Japanese shorthand for "Usami no Mimi" (ウサギの耳) meaning "rabbit ears". Her full name sounds similar to the phrase "Usamishiina" (うう淋しいな) meaning "I'm feeling lonely".


 * Meru: Zetsubou (絶望) is the Japanese word for despair.

- Knowledgekid87 (talk) 15:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)