This is such a good insight. As much as we (and for clarify I mean non-Japanese males here) ~may~ come from a culture which encourages us to continue the family legacy by having kids with the same name, etc. realistically, we're not the ones who have to live with the impact of it. I know some folks who specifically won't indoctrinate their children into a religion their parents pushed on them for the reason to not continue a legacy they don't agree with. By pushing the name thing, are we not doing the same thing, but on a different level?Established wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:59 am However, I will ultimately suggest that we are not the ones to answer this question. It should ideally be a Japanese woman who has lived under a foreign last name or someone who grew up ハーフ with a foreign last name.
[Full disclosure, my Japanese wife took my name, it wasn't really an issue, luckily it's short and easy on the katakana, with no dodgey/forced sounds like ヴィ or ティ that can make Japanese folks roll their eyes and give up trying to pronounce it...]