Lilac (rairakku) in Japanese

The name Lilac in Japanese Katakana is ライラック which in romaji is rairakku. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Lilac in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is らいらっく.

How do you write Lilac in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "lilac" (romaji: "rairakku") is 蘭色 (ran-shoku), which means "orchid color".

The western meaning of the name "Lilac" is a type of flower. The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 李蘭 (Riran), which is pronounced as "Ri-ran". The Kanji characters mean "Plum" (李) and "Orchid" (蘭).

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