Miyoko

Miyoko (みよ子) is a classmate of Anna Sasaki in When Marnie Was There.

Appearance
Miyoko has chin length hair.

She wears a red sweater as Anna Sasaki and wear she a blue skirt and White shirt with red school uniforms.

History
When Anna is taken home due to an asthma attack, Miyoko and two other girls bring Anna's school bag over to her apartment. Yoriko thanks them and asks how Anna is doing at school and Miyoko replies that she Anna is nice albeit very quiet.

Etymology

 * The name Miyoko is written in kanji/hiragana (みよ子), which has no special meaning except the kanji "子" means "child". However, when part of the name Miyo is written in kanji (美代, 美世, 実代, 未代, 三代, 美与, 美與 or 三四), it could possibly mean:
 * 美代 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
 * 美世 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "world" (世) (yo).
 * 実代 - "fruit, good result, truth" (実) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
 * 未代 - "un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac" (未) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
 * 三代 - "three" (三) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
 * 美与/美與 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "bestow, participate in, give/giving, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" (与/與) (yo).
 * 三四 - ""thirty-four.

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