Presentation: My name

Hello. My name is Chihiro Yamashita. Now, I'll talk about my name.

First, about Family name. My family name is Yamashita(山下). "山"(yama) means "mountain" and "下" means "under" in English, so "山下" means "under the mountain".

Next slide shows my given name. It is Chihiro(千裕). "千"(chi) means "thousand" and "裕"(hiro) means "wealth" in English.

Actually, my mother wanted to name me Mei, Shiori or Satsuki. However, my grandmother was opposed to my mother's idea. After all, my mother named me Chihiro. Why my mother named me Chihiro? She named me Chihiro with a hope that she wanted me to be a person who lives a long life about 1000 years, has wealth knowledge and obtains great wealth. There are parents named their boys "Chihiro". I am sometimes called "Chihiro kun(Mr. Yamashita)" at a hospital.

Look at this! My grandfather's name is Hiroshi, mother's name is Hiroko, sister's is Hiromi and an uncle's is Hiroyuki. Do you find a common point? It is “hiro”. In my family, there are 5 members who has name which has "hiro". “hiro” is taken over.

There are some nicknames for me. They are chippy, chi-chan, chii, yamachii, pi-chan and yamachan. Most of my friends call me Chi-chan. Colleagues at axes femme, which is the shop I worked before, call me pi-chan. Do you know the reason why they call me "pi-chan"? Do you know Tomohisa Yamashita? He is a singer and his nickname is "Yamapii". At first, they called me "yamapii". However, now, "yamapii" is abbreviated as "pi-chan" and they call me pi-chan. In my circle, there are 3 members whose names are Chihiro, Chihiro Kawakami, Chihiro Arima and me. Chihiro Kawakami is Kawachii. Chihiro Arima is Arichii. My nickname is Yamachii. In my circle, I’m called Yamachii.

Next slide, here are big names who has same name. Have you heard "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi"? This is a movie by Hayao Miyazaki. I like it and have a DVD. Recently, this movie was broadcasted on TV, so I watched it. If you haven't watched it yet, please try to watch. This is a book written by Chihiro Iwasaki. She is a painter and a picture book artist. Her works are heart-warming. There is a Chihiro art museum in Tokyo. I would like to go there. The last person is Tomohisa Yamashita. As I said, he is a famous singer. Their names has same name.

Thank you for listening.

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