Kingdom Hearts Kairi Doesn't Mean Water - Had My Sources

okay it's true

Kairi is short of Kairimasu in japanese means - to return - hah makes sense

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

Kai is also a describing word for an ocean

so it sort of means water - but not quite

my techer told me so im not wrong

hehehe

 

xD Yeah I know, I saw that it means "sea" on wikipedia. Tetsuya himself said so. :D

 

Just like Namine comes from that same kanji... Nami, Kairi, and Umi ALL mean Sea lol

 

Yeah,besides if kairi didn't mean water(ocean or whatever) there wouldn't be bbs.At least the connections between the characters,to be precise.^^

 

Nomura himself said Kairi's name meant 'sea' or an affiliation with 'water'. Riku's name means 'earth' but more 'shore line' or something by the sea etc. Their names mean a bit more than told but in the end it equates in simplicity to Kairi = water/sea, Riku = earth/shore, Sora = Wind/Air. Their suffixes do mean a couple other things too but Nomura seemed to intend these ones as he has said so in interviews. Also, 'ri' is just added on to make it more feminine. The 'Kai' part was what was used mainly for her name.

 

i looked up somewhar and it said kairi's name means BEAVER!

 

True, but online translaters hate kanji lol

 

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Wow.....

 

If they had wanted to call her 'water', they would've probably named her Mizu...

 

exactly - that means water - yeah well kairimasu / to return makes sense dont you think

 

Yeah, and so does another meaning of Kairi... Separate lol

 

Ooooo interesting thing "to return" huh?

 

I'm guessing Kairi is a name Nomura made up? Or is it derived from an existing name?

I'm just happy cuz Kairi is my favorite character and my name means sea in Welsh. ^_^

 

Actually, it's spelled kaerimasu. It does mean "to return," but that's the conjugated form. The root word is "kaeru," which doesn't sound anything like "Kairi," now does it?

 

Well, as I said earlier... one meaning of Kairi is 'separate'... ironic, ne?

 

separate ? lol
i actually dont want to discus about meanings of names

 

This is interesting

 

Um, it's kaerimasu. Not kairimasu. And in my opinion, the general term "to return" is better represented by the verb, 'modorimasu'

Kaerimasu is more commonly used when a person is returning home, or back to a place of situational/personal significance.

 

Actually, the "separation" kairi is more like the feeling of separation.
So it does tie in with the whole storyline of KH.