Les (resu) in Japanese

The name Les in Japanese Katakana is レス which in romaji is resu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Les in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is れす.

How do you write Les in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "les" is 烈 (れつ, pronounced "re-tsu"), which means "fierce" or "violent".

The western meaning of the name "Les" is derived from the French word for "the". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning would be "レー" (pronounced "reh-eh"), which means "the".

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