Most Favourite Gifts for Children in Guardians of Azuma
I play the English’s version of the game and despite decades of experiences with Harvest Moon and rune Factory, never learned Japanese. For my printed game guide, they wanted to send me the Japanese guide, telling me many writers simply translated and then copied the information. I said it never was my way to use information I had not collected myself and sadly was not fluent in Japanese.
Although it may be far too late for me, I joined a social media group that is for people who intend to teach themselves Japanese.
As soon as I joined, I saw a photograph that included some of the default names of the children you can have in the game. Some of them have simple universal meanings in Japanese, and are good to learn:
Sora: Sky
Umi: Sea
Riku: Shore or land
Hana: Flower
Tsuyu: Rainy season in Japan, Dew
Sayo: adding colour
When I looked up the names myself, there were many different meanings for some of them. I will do more research.
Note that by using the Orb at the Fateweaver Shrine, you can marry repeatedly and have two children with each new Fate.
You actually can marry the same partner more than once and in theory, have all six children with the same character in consecutive lives or Fates.
The first child always has your hair colour and your spouse’s eye colour. The second child will have your spouse’s hair colour and any distinguishing attributes like horns or animal ears with your eye colour.
The appearance and personality are linked. Hair style is determined by personality. Even if a boy and a girl share the same personality traits, their actual responses as well as the dishes they make and their favourites will be different.
Thus, children never are carbon copies of one another.
There are three different general personality types and for each, an option to have a boy or a girl.
You cannot have the same child (with identical personality and gender) twice in a single Fate but going to the Orb, you can move forward, saving your life to be accessed again whenever you choose, and remarry the same partner to choose two new children.
Gives you the Recipe for Cheery Castella and Split Mix at Level 6 when you Cook Together and those are highest favourites.
He likes:
Shortcake
Chocolate Cake
Castella Cake
Fruit Smoothie
Mont Blanc
The shy, intellectual girl
Loves:
Bittersweet Hot Cocoa
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cookies
The first option for a girl, charismatic with the default name of Hana when she cooks with you will make:
Sunny Castella
Hearty Healthy Drink
What is interesting is that she absolutely hates her own Hearty Healthy Drink!
This is the child with the default name of Umi and he is delightful. I rejected him initially because I was not overly fond of his hairstyle but when I finally married Kurama, not by any means my first choice of partner, I decided to try all the options I have swerved initially. Never ignore any option in this game! They all have their own unique events and generate laughter, or other emotional responses that are worth experiencing.
I have created other posts that are devoted to each of the children.
Other character name meanings:
Kai: seashell, ocean, restoration or recovery
Kurama: associated with Tengu and a specific mountain, the kanji can be ‘saddle horse’
Subaru: to unite, gather together, name of Pleiades constellation
Fubuki: blizzard, snowstorm
Cuilang: from Chinese ‘cui’ to rise and ‘lang’ gentleman
Takumi: artisan, craftsman, skilled
Ulalaka from Uraraka standard Japanese denoting sunny, bright, clear, serene
Matsuri: festival
Iroha: coloured leaf
