Bruce (buruusu) in Japanese

The name Bruce in Japanese Katakana is ブルウス which in romaji is buruusu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Bruce in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ぶるうす.

How do you write Bruce in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "bruce" (romaji: "buruusu") is 武留素 (ぶるーす), pronounced bu-ru-u-su. The kanji mean "military" (武) "retain/hold" (留) and "element/simple" (素).

The western meaning of the name Bruce is "from the brushwood thicket". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 植松 (Uematsu), which is pronounced Ue-ma-tsu. The kanji characters mean "plant" and "pine tree".

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