How to Say "Martha" in Japanese

マーサ

Māsa

マーサ (Māsa) is the Japanese way to say the female given name Martha.

マーサ is used as a female given name.

Meaning: female given name (name)

How do you pronounce it?

Māsa

When addressing someone named マーサ in a social setting, Japanese speakers would almost always add the honorific suffix さん to create マーサさん.
If you were to write マーサ using Kanji, you could create many different meanings, such as 'True Silk', by choosing characters that sound like 'ma' and 'sa'.
The name マーサ is written in katakana, a script specifically used for foreign words and names to distinguish them from native Japanese words.

彼は今にも秘密を暴露しようとしていたのだが、マーサが鋭い眼光を向けて黙らせた。
He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.
This sentence shows how a sharp look from マーサ can silence someone.
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「マーサさん、おはようございます。」
Martha, good morning.
「マーサ様、ご来場ありがとうございます。」
Martha, thank you for coming.
「マーサちゃん、元気？」「うん、元気だよ。」
Martha, are you well? / Yeah, I'm well.
「マーサ、ご飯の用意ができたよ。」
Martha, the food is ready.
マーサはとても親切な人です。
Māsa wa totemo shinsetsu na hito desu.
Martha is a very kind person.
マーサに手紙を書きました。
Māsa ni tegami o kakimashita.
I wrote a letter to Martha.

Two friends are talking about a girl they know at a party.

美咲 Misaki

あそこにいるのは、マーサですか？
Asoko ni iru no wa, Māsa desu ka?
Is that Martha over there?
陽太 Yota

はい、そうです。マーサですよ。
Hai, sō desu. Māsa desu yo.
Yes, that's right. It is Martha.
美咲 Misaki

マーサは今日、とても楽しそうですね。
Māsa wa kyō, totemo tanoshisō desu ne.
Martha looks like she's having a lot of fun today.
陽太 Yota

彼女はいつも明るい人ですから。
Kanojo wa itsumo akarui hito desu kara.
Because she is always a bright person.

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