Mario (mario) in Japanese

The name Mario in Japanese Katakana is マリオ which in romaji is mario. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Mario in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is まりお.

How do you write Mario in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "mario" is 麻里夫 (pronounced ma-ri-o). The kanji characters mean "hemp" (麻), "village" (里), and "man" (夫).

The western meaning of the name Mario is "warrior". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 戦士 (senshi), pronounced "sen-shi". The kanji 戦 means "war" and 士 means "soldier".

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