Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Tame

ため

Given-name classification varies across source records.

ためタメTame

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Reference coverage

Source reference only

This entry is preserved as a direct dictionary reference because the currently imported source footprint is small. No extra meaning, popularity or usage claims are inferred.

Distinct recorded spellings1

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows2

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelSource-only

based only on the imported source footprint

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Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Tame

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingため

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formタメ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTame

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Tame. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationた · め

2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Tame mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Tame”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings0

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ため

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

たKana characterめKana character

Kana-only spelling

タメ

Characters and loaded glosses

タKana characterメKana character

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Tame is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

ため · タメ

Kanji-based spellings0

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters2

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae2

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

ため in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms1

2 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms4

4 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 1 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
ためTame	12 source rows	female 1 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 1 · unspecified 1	44 source rows
ためTame	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Tame

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data0

— observed span

Median total strokes—

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms0

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
ため	Tame	2	2

Exact writing research map

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Exact written form

ため

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Tameため · this page

Characters in order

たKanaめKana

Exact written form

タメ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Tameため

Characters in order

タKanaメKana

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Tame

2 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ため. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

ため

ため · Tame

Katakana タメMorae 2Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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タメ

タメ · Tame

Katakana タメMorae 2Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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Spelling comparator

Compare Tame forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
ため	ため	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
タメ	タメ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling

What does Tame mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

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Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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