Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A Tale for the Time Being is a metafictional novel by Ruth Ozeki narrated by two characters, a sixteen-year-old Japanese American girl living in Tokyo who keeps a diary, and a Japanese American writer living on an island off the coast of British Columbia who finds the diary of the young woman washed ashore some time after the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan.
Ruth (given name) The Biblical Naomi entreating her daughters-in-law Ruth and Orpah in this image by William Blake based on the Book of Ruth. Ruth ( Hebrew: רות rut, IPA: [ʁut]) is a common female given name, noted from Ruth, the eponymous heroine of the eighth book of the Old Testament .
Esther ( Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר) is a female given name known from the Jewish queen Esther, eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther . According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name הֲדַסָּה Hadassah ("Myrtle"). Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity upon becoming queen of Persia.
Naomi (nah-o-mi) ( נָעֳמִי ) is a feminine name of Hebrew origin. In Hebrew, it means "pleasantness" and was originally pronounced with the stress on the i (the o is a hataf qamatz, marked with a shva to indicate that it is very short). In the Book of Ruth, Naomi is Ruth 's mother-in-law, making the name Naomi a Biblical name.
Look up 晃, 晶, or 輝 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Akira (あきら, アキラ) is a given name present in a few languages. It is a unisex Japanese given name that is predominantly used for males. There are several kanji for Akira.
Mara as a female first name is pronounced MAHR-ah most of the time, but can be pronounced as rhyming with Sarah in Jewish -American and Southern United States culture. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Mara is "bitter," which carries the implication "strength." The biblical Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth, claimed the name Mara (מרא ...
Rei (given name) Rei is both a Japanese given name and a Hebrew given name. In Japanese it could have different meanings depending on the used kanji and can be used for (or by) either gender. In Hebrew, the name Rei (רעי Re`eeY) originates in biblical texts which mean "my shepherd; my companion; my friend".
In Russian, Kira ( Ки́ра) is the feminine form of the masculine name Kir, meaning "mistress, ruler", but can be translated to "leader of the people", "one the people look to" or "beloved". [ 3] Kira could also have arrived into Russian from the Persian-Greek name Kyra. Kira can also be the diminutive of the old and rare masculine given ...