Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:07 pm

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I was reading what the names in AA meant until I wondered:

Do the names in Ghost Trick mean anything?
I noticed Temsik is kesmit backwards which means "fate or destiny".

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:32 am

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Most of the names are related to death & life. I haven't played the English version, so not sure about some of the English names...

Sissel <- Shiseru (to die)
Lynne <- Rinne (reincarnation)
Kuneri (the lamp) <- Kunekune (meander, twist)
Kanon (the girl) <- Kannon (as in the Bodhisattva)
Cabanela <- Kabanera <- Shikabane (Corpse)
Sith <- Shisu (to die)
Jiigo <- Jigoku (Hell)
Tengo <- Tengoku (Heaven)

Etc, etc.

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:10 am

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:o I never would've picked up on most of those...

But I always thought Kanon's was Cannon & Missile xP (I suppose that could be why he recycled the name Missile, rather than why he chose the name Kanon.)

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:36 am

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Kabanela's name hardly makes sense though, he's far from dead, one of the most animated members of the cast.

Though Jiigo and Tengu just got cooler knowing their meaning.

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:07 pm

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Ash wrote:

Most of the names are related to death & life. I haven't played the English version, so not sure about some of the English names...

Sissel <- Shiseru (to die)
Lynne <- Rinne (reincarnation)
Kuneri (the lamp) <- Kunekune (meander, twist)
Kanon (the girl) <- Kannon (as in the Bodhisattva)
Cabanela <- Kabanera <- Shikabane (Corpse)
Sith <- Shisu (to die)
Jiigo <- Jigoku (Hell)
Tengo <- Tengoku (Heaven)

Etc, etc.

If anyone wants to know what the English names are:

Spoiler: For spoilers

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:18 am

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:38 am

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サンドラ wrote:

"Alma" (Jowd's wife) means "soul" in Portuguese. :keiko:

Alma is also a spanish word as well

Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:56 am

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Inspector Cabanela wrote:

サンドラ wrote:

"Alma" (Jowd's wife) means "soul" in Portuguese. :keiko:

Alma is also a spanish word as well

Meaning what?

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:32 pm

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beterbomen wrote:

Inspector Cabanela wrote:

サンドラ wrote:

"Alma" (Jowd's wife) means "soul" in Portuguese. :keiko:

Alma is also a spanish word as well

Meaning what?

It means Soul

Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:55 am

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Yomiel's Japanese name actually references Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Yomiel = Yomieru
Yomieru = Yomigaeru

And the Japanese name for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney? Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten.

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:29 pm

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GyakutenFanatic wrote:

Yomiel's Japanese name actually references Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Yomiel = Yomieru
Yomieru = Yomigaeru

And the Japanese name for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney? Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten.

More like a reference to Rise from the Ashes.

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Fri Jan 23, 2015 3:47 am

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cesar26100 wrote:

GyakutenFanatic wrote:

Yomiel's Japanese name actually references Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Yomiel = Yomieru
Yomieru = Yomigaeru

And the Japanese name for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney? Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten.

More like a reference to Rise from the Ashes.

The name being a reference to case 5 would make a ton of sense.
It's clever.

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Re: Name meanings in Ghost Trick

Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:49 pm

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Regarding "Temsik", it's "kismet" spelled backwards. Also, "destiny" in my mother tongue, Hindi, is "kismat". Spelled backwards? "Tamsik" -> "Temsik".

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