Ulysses in Japanese

ユリシーズyurishīzu

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百合志須 ゆりしーず

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Katakana
ユリシーズ
Hiragana
ゆりしーず
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How to write Ulysses in Japanese

In Japan, Ulysses is written in katakana: ユリシーズ, pronounced “yurishīzu”. That's the spelling to use on a form, a name tag, or when you introduce yourself.

The kanji above are ateji — characters picked because they sound like the name. There's no single official version, so go with the one whose meaning you like best.

Ulysses in kanji, character by character

百合志須
百 hundred合 fit, suit志 intention, plan須 ought, by all means
由里史頭
由 wherefore, a reason里 ri, village史 history, chronicle頭 head, counter for large animals
友理詩瑞
友 friend理 logic, arrangement詩 poem, poetry瑞 congratulations
夕里紫逗
夕 evening里 ri, village紫 purple, violet逗 stop

Kanji meanings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).