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Watanabe means cross or near. http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/japan/kanji_familyname.htm
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one of the ten most common surnames, especially in eastern Japan. The original meaning was occupational: Wataribe ‘ferrymen’s guild’. Some bearers descend from Minamoto no Toru (822–895), a son of Emperor Saga. A common alternate reading is Watabe.
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