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Jeremiah

04:38 Nov 28, 2021
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Names (personal, company) / Finding an English name's equivalent in Japanese
English term or phrase: Jeremiah
My name comes from the bible and most closely translates from the original Hebrew into "chosen/blessed by God." I was curious as to if there was a Japanese equivalent. Also, Jeremiah was known in the bible as the "weeping prophet," so would there be a name based on this too? I'm not looking for a pronunciation, but a name that means the same thing.
Jeremiah


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4エレミヤ
David Gibney
5 -1ジェレミア、ジェレマイヤ、エレミア、エレミヤ、
allearz


  

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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
エレミヤ


Explanation:
Jeremiah is transliteread into Japanese as エレミヤ (EReMiYa)


    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A4
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah
David Gibney
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  allearz: Knowledge or thorough research of the history of Japan and Christianity in Japan would have brought you to a different answer.
87 days
  -> You posted the same answer, so it makes no sense for you to disagree.
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
90 days
  -> Thank you!
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82 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
ジェレミア、ジェレマイヤ、エレミア、エレミヤ、


Explanation:
1.
エレミア(èrəmɪə) or エレミヤ(èrəmɪyə) are specific spelling of the name Jeremiah found in the Bible. Japanese people today express it as an individual name would be either ジェレミア(dʒèrəmάɪə) or ジェレマイヤ(dʒèrəmάɪyə).


Many other Bible names are also pronunced differently now and then in Japan. For example,
English: John
Bible name in Japanese: ヨハネ (yohanè)
Modern Japanese pronunciation: ジョン(dʒyon)


2.
Japanese translation for the other name of Jeremiah, "the weeping prophet", is expressed as "涙の預言者"（namidano yogensha).



    https://ja.ichacha.net/english/jeremiah.html
    https://www.urayasuicc.com/single-post/%E3%80%8C%E6%B6%99%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%88%E8%A8%80%E8%80%85%E3%80%8D%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A4%E
allearz
Japan
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: 自分でエレミヤと回答しておきながら、David-sanの入れた全く同じ回答にDisagreeを入れているのは矛盾していませんか。また、正式名称はエレミヤのみで、他のエレミア、ジェレマイヤ、ジェレミヤで検索してもキリスト教に関するヒットは0です。
9 days
  -> Refer to the original question from the asker.
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