Moreover, it was not just anybody who could take a Japanese name-- only civil servants, teachers, village mayors, or local notables were eligible even to apply, and the application had to be reviewed and approved--so that, in a way, the Japanese turned the unpalatable change in surnames into a kind of honor comparable to the traditional imperial surname.
而且，還不是所有的人都可以改成日本姓名，只有公務員、教員、村長或有地位的人家可以申請，再審核是否通過。換一個角度來看，日本是把改姓提昇到賜姓的層次了。