ジュリエット
Jurietto
ジュリエット (Jurietto) is the Japanese way to say Juliette, referring to the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
How does it change in a sentence?
The name is written in Katakana, the Japanese script used for foreign names and loanwords.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Jurietto.
Did you know?
- While the name is a foreign loanword, some Japanese translators of the play have historically experimented with using Kanji to represent the sounds of ジュリエット, attempting to give the Western name a more 'classical' literary weight.
- In Japanese pop culture, such as anime or manga, a character named ジュリエット might be used as a trope to signal a character who is destined for a tragic or forbidden romance.
- Japanese has a specific word, 悲恋 (hiren), which describes the 'tragic love' exemplified by ジュリエット, and this concept is a powerful and recurring theme in Japanese music and anime.
Examples in context
- ジュリちゃん、元気だった？Juri, how have you been?
- ジュリエットはとても美しいです。Jurietto wa totemo utsukushii desu.Juliet is very beautiful.
- ロミオとジュリエットを読みましたか？Romeo to Jurietto o yomimashita ka?Have you read Romeo and Juliet?
- ジュリエットという名前は有名ですね。Jurietto to iu namae wa yuumei desu ne.The name Juliet is famous, isn't it?
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about classic literature in a cafe.
- 結衣 Yuiロミオとジュリエットは好きですか？Romeo to Jurietto wa suki desu ka?Do you like Romeo and Juliet?
- 大翔 Hirotoはい、ジュリエットの物語は悲しいです。Hai, Jurietto no monogatari wa kanashii desu.Yes, Juliet's story is sad.
- 結衣 Yui確かに、結末はとても切ないですよね。Tashika ni, ketsumatsu wa totemo setsunai desu yo ne.True, the ending is very heartbreaking.
- 大翔 Hiroto本当にそう思います。Hontou ni sou omoimasu.I really think so.
