ジョーンズ
Jōnzu
The English surname Jones is written in Japanese as ジョーンズ (Jōnzu).
ジョーンズ is the Katakana transliteration of the name Jones.
How do you pronounce it?
Jōnzu
Did you know?
- If a Japanese speaker wants to be very formal, they will add the honorific suffix さん (san) to the end, making it ジョーンズさん. It is considered impolite to refer to someone as just ジョーンズ.
- Because Japanese is a mora-timed language, each part of ジョーンズ is given equal rhythmic weight, making the name sound more 'staccato' than in English.
- In Japanese pop culture, foreign surnames like ジョーンズ are often used in manga or anime to immediately signal that a character is an outsider or comes from a Western background.
Examples in context
- 彼はジョーンズさんです。He is Mr Jones.Tatoeba #113523 by bunbuku, translation #290150 by CH
- ジョーンズさんは事務所にいますか。Is Mr Jones in the office?Tatoeba #215594 by small_snow, translation #52896 by mamat
- ジョーンズさんという方がお見えになりました。A Mr Jones has come to see you.Tatoeba #215602 by tommy__san, translation #52904 by sundown
- こんにちは、ジョーンズさんHello, Mr./Ms. Jones.
- ジョーンズさん、お元気ですか？Mr./Ms. Jones, how are you?
- おい、ジョーンズ！遊びに行こうよHey, Jones! Let's go have fun.
- 11 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Yui and Yota are looking for a new colleague in the office.
- 結衣 Yuiジョーンズさんはどこにいますか。jōnzu-san wa doko ni imasu ka.Where is Mr. Jones?
- 陽太 Yotaあそこに座っている人ですよ。asoko ni suwatte iru hito desu yo.He is the person sitting over there.
- 結衣 Yuiあの方はジョーンズさんですね。ano kata wa jōnzu-san desu ne.That person is Mr. Jones, right?
- 陽太 Yotaはい、そうです。hai, sō desu.Yes, that's right.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
