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One of the current issues concerning Japanese given names that has been widely discussed in the media and increasingly in academic literature are the so-called kirakira nēmu („shiny, sparkly names“), characterized by unusual and interesting sound and graphic forms. A typical feature of most of these names, written in Chinese characters, is a discordant sound- -character relationship, which makes them...