Jose (hose) in Japanese

The name Jose in Japanese Katakana is ホセ which in romaji is hose. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jose in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ほせ.

How do you write Jose in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jose" is 帆世 (Hōse). It is pronounced as "Hō-se". The kanji 帆 means "sail", and 世 means "world". So, the combined meaning of 帆世 is "sailing world".

The western meaning of the name "Jose" is "God will increase". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 増助, pronounced "zo-sho". This Kanji name means "to increase, to augment, to supplement".

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