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Re: Meaning of ichi (一) in Japanese names
Forgot to add that although "ichi" means the number one, it doesn't also have the meaning of "an individual." In English we can say "a strong one" to mean "a strong person," but this doesn't work in Japanese and wouldn't be a translation of Ken'ichi.
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