English translation: でん

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Japanese term or phrase:
English translation:でん
Entered by: Tae Kim

00:16 Jul 31, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Japanese term or phrase:
Can anyone tell me how this word is pronounced in Japanese? I know it means field, but I just don't know how to say it in Japanese. It's a Japanese surname too. Thank you.
Tae Kim
United States
Local time: 10:40
でん
Explanation:
If it's a surname, it's pronounced でん
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fumipi829
Local time: 10:40
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Thank you very much.
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4 +2でん
fumipi829
3でん (den)
Miho Ohashi


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
でん


Explanation:
If it's a surname, it's pronounced でん

fumipi829
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasu Hosomatsu
3 mins

agree  Miho Ohashi: 回答がかぶりました。賛成です。
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
でん (den)


Explanation:
田 reads as た (ta) or でん (den).

It it is a family name, it most probably reads as でん (den). 

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mutugoro/e/87f37f3a076023b48684fd708a5...

http://www.geocities.jp/shipka6150/9.htm

Miho Ohashi
Japan
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Asker: Thank you very much.

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