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Yes. It can be used as a name for both boys and girls.

karate: karate (literally: empty hand)
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do: path or way; as in karate do (way of karate, karate study) or sado (way of tea, tea ceremony)
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ginko: bank
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tetsudau: help
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benri: convenient
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fuben: inconvenient
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tenten: a little mark that looks a lot like quotation marks (") used to change the sounds of letters in hiragana and katakana (the Japanese alphabets).
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-ji: suffix for o'clock
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toki: time
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tokei: clock, watch
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hajimemashi-te: nice to meet you

jikoshoukai: introductory speech

shigoto: work, job
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omedetou: congratulations
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domo: thank you (can be used alone for informal speech or used in the phrase "domo arigatou gozaimasu" for a very polite thank you)
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kaji: chores
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