ジャスティン
Jasutin
ジャスティン (Jasutin) is the Japanese way to say the male given name Justin.
This is a male given name. It is written in Katakana because it is a foreign loanword name.
Meaning: male given name (name)
How do you pronounce it?
Jasutin
Did you know?
- In Japanese pop culture, names written in Katakana like ジャスティン often signal that a character is an outsider, a foreigner, or even a non-human entity.
- If you were to write the name using Kanji, you would have to choose characters based on their sounds rather than their meaning, a process called 'ateji'.
- The small 'ィ' in ティン is a linguistic 'glue' used to create sounds that do not exist in the standard Japanese phonetic alphabet.
Examples in context
- ジャスティンは女っぽい。Justin is feminine.Tatoeba #1594438 by Bah_Dure, translation #1598080 by Chelsea
- ジャスティン班長、亜空間レーダーに反応出ました！Squad Leader Justin, a blip's appeared on the hyperspace radar!Tatoeba #393790 by blay_paul, translation #393791 by blay_paul
- ジャスティンはとても親切な人です。Jasutin wa totemo shinsetsu na hito desu.Justin is a very kind person.
Example conversation
Misaki and Kenta are talking about their new coworker.
- 美咲 Misakiジャスティンさんは今日から来ますか？Jasutin-san wa kyou kara kimasu ka?Is Justin coming starting today?
- 健太 Kentaはい、ジャスティンさんは午前中に到着します。Hai, Jasutin-san wa gozen chuu ni touchaku shimasu.Yes, Justin will arrive in the morning.
- 美咲 Misaki健太さんは彼と知り合いですか？Kenta-san wa kare to shiriai desu ka?Kenta, do you know him?
- 健太 Kentaはい、以前一緒に仕事をしました。Hai, izen issho ni shigoto o shimashita.Yes, we worked together before.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “justin” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
