Sounds: "Me-i-Ha-tsu" in KATAKANA. Sounds: "Aka-Shi-Hatsu-Dou-Ki" in Kanji. AKASHI is the name of a place, so the characters means "AKASHI Motor / Engine" in Japanese. First character "Aka" has anoter sound "Mei". Yes, Mei-Hatsu is an abbreviation of the first and the third kanji characters. Sounds:"Kawa-Saki" Well-known motorcycle maker. Sounds:"Kou-Gyou" in Kanji. It means " industry" in Japanese. Sounds:"Kabu-Shiki" in Kanji. It means a "stock" in Japanese. Sounds:"Kai-Sya" in Kanji. It means a "company" in Japanese. So "Kabu-Shiki-Kai-Sya" means "Co.LTD" in Japanese. Kawasaki Industry Co.LTD made a factory of motor at Akashi in 1953, and established Kawasaki-Meihatsu Industry Co.LTD to sell the motorcycles. Akashi is the place where build all motorcycles of the Kawasaki Motor's still.
	Sounds:"po-i-n-ta-" in KATAKANA. It was translated from "Pointer -a kind of Dog" in English.
	Sounds:"SA-N-Ra-I-To" in KATAKANA. It was translated from "Sun Light" in English.
	Sounds:"Ga-Su-De-N" in KATAKANA. Sounds:"Ga-Su-Den-Ki" in kanji. First 2 characters means " gas" and last 2 characters means " electricity" in English. Sounds:"Fu-Ji-Mo-Ta-" in KATAKANA. It was translated from "Fuji Motor" in English. Sounds:"Fu-Ji-Ji-Dou-Sya" in Kanji. First 2 characters "Fuji" mean the name of place, Last 3 characters means "motor(s)" in Japanese. Fuji Motor Co.LTD did not have their original engine. So they bought the motor form "Tokyo Gas-Denki Industry Co.LTD" and mount it into the original chassis.
	Sounds:"Ta-Naka" in Kanji. "Tanaka" is one of the most popular familly name. First character "Ta" means a rice field, and "Naka" means "Center" in Japanese. So "TaNaka" means "Center of the rice field". Sounds:"Da-I-Na-Pe-Tto" in KATAKANA. It was translated from "DynaPet(d)" in English. Sorry, I don't find the meaning of "TAS". It may means "Tanaka Auto Service"?
	Sounds: "Ta-Su-Mo-Pe-Ddo" in KATANAKA. It was translated from "TAS Moped" in English.