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frederick213 · 19 Apr 2008

Wow Tokapi, seriously? That's such a coincidence.... because I play this game called silkroad online and i named my guild there EtaNaru which i hope means eternal (I look it up xD). and I looked at a bunch of emblems for my guild and found that one, and what do you know =D. thanks for the translation ^_^

Tsurugi · 20 Apr 2008

Nitram said:
Yo please help me with these kanji
巡査 (policeman?)
婦人警官
釵の達人
鎌の達人
ヌンチャクの達人
Thanks!

It is-

1.Policeman
2.Policewoman
3.Master of the Sai(weapon)
4.Master of the sickle
5.Master of the Nunchaku.

Nitram · 20 Apr 2008

Thanks Tsurugi

Thank you very much Tsurugi
That was fast

pellgarlic · 21 Apr 2008

japanese t-shirt translation?...

hi all,

i'm just back from a 10-day trip to tokyo - what an amazing place! i really didn't want to leave... i came back with about 700-odd photos, and a t-shirt i bought hastily at tokyo tower 'cos it was colder than i expected i just picked it cos it was fairly cheap, and had japanese writing on it, but i have been trying to find out what it says on it, and not having much luck... if anyone can help out, it'd be most appreciated. (i have a suspicion that it says something cheesy, as a couple of elderly japanese men were chuckling at it on the plane on the way home...) i've got as far as finding out that the first symbol in the longer bit of text means "big", but that's as far as i've got.

domo arigato!

Ilpalazzo · 21 Apr 2008

Chidoriashi said:
Well, i am no expert and just going off my vocab knowledge... but I think 信 is more like trust or confidence in someone or something.. and 真 is more absolute or pure truth.

All right, I think I'm going for 信 because trust is the value I want to express.

Tsurugi · 22 Apr 2008

pellgarlic said:
hi all,
i'm just back from a 10-day trip to tokyo - what an amazing place! i really didn't want to leave... i came back with about 700-odd photos, and a t-shirt i bought hastily at tokyo tower 'cos it was colder than i expected i just picked it cos it was fairly cheap, and had japanese writing on it, but i have been trying to find out what it says on it, and not having much luck... if anyone can help out, it'd be most appreciated. (i have a suspicion that it says something cheesy, as a couple of elderly japanese men were chuckling at it on the plane on the way home...) i've got as far as finding out that the first symbol in the longer bit of text means "big", but that's as far as i've got.
domo arigato!

Ok,so it is-

1."Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun."

This means "The Navy of the Big Empire of Japan".

And the other should be-

2.The cherry with 10.000 branches. or "Manda no Sakura."

pellgarlic · 22 Apr 2008

@Tsurugi - thanks a million for that : it makes sense now... especially with the image of the naval ensign on the t-shirt. that would have taken me ages to figure out myself - I really appreciate it : I feel much happier now knowing what it actually says. I definitely have to improve my knowledge of Japanese for the next time I visit - I learned some for that trip (the basics) but would love to learn more... thanks again.

Chidoriashi · 23 Apr 2008

I would not go anywhere else in Asia wearing that shirt. Unless you wanna get beat up.

pellgarlic · 23 Apr 2008

Chidoriashi said:
i would not go anywhere else in Asia wearing that shirt. Unless you wanna get beat up.

:emoji_thinking: How come??? Am I being really dense here?...

JimmySeal · 23 Apr 2008

pellgarlic said:
:emoji_thinking: How come??? Am I being really dense here?...

The Imperial Navy was part of the Japanese military that stormed through Asia 50 years ago, raping and pillaging along the way.

The backdrop is the flag they were flying.

pellgarlic · 23 Apr 2008

JimmySeal said:
The Imperial Navy was part of the Japanese military that stormed through Asia 50 years ago, raping and pillaging along the way.
The backdrop is the flag they were flying.

ahh... i'm exposing my ignorance of world history there... point well taken Chidoriashi, and thanks for the idiot's guide JimmySeal. I understand now. That's what I get for buying something with writing on it in a language i don't understand. although i guess the image itself would be enough to cause offence...

i don't suppose it could possibly be taken as "ironic"?... like the way that anti-vietnam war protestors wore army clothes...

Tsurugi · 23 Apr 2008

Don't worry man, just don't dress this shirt when you are in Asia.

pellgarlic · 23 Apr 2008

yeah, sounds like a good idea... i guess i should probably not wear it work either, as i currently sit opposite a developer who is visiting from korea for a while... thanks all - i have been enlightened

nwarkguy · 6 May 2008

I found a series of symbols on a website that are supposed to read "Success through determination and perseverance." The Japanese pronunciation is said to be "Ga Shin Shou Tan." I would like to verify that the symbols are correct, before I have them tattooed on my arm. I recognize one of the symbols as being determination, but I don't recognize the rest.

Mikawa Ossan · 6 May 2008

Well, the meaning isn't at all wrong, but there is some more history to that particular phrase than you might think.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/臥薪嘗胆

Yeah, I know it's all in Japanese....

Toritoribe · 7 May 2008

nwarkguy said:
I found a series of symbols on a website that are supposed to read "Success through determination and perseverance." The Japanese pronunciation is said to be "Ga Shin Shou Tan." I would like to verify that the symbols are correct, before I have them tattooed on my arm. I recognize one of the symbols as being determination, but I don't recognize the rest.

As explained in that site, each character means

臥(ga/fu-su): to sleep/to lie down
薪(shin/maki): firewood
嘗(shou/na-meru): to lick
胆(tan/kimo): liver

The idiom 臥薪嘗胆(gashinshoutan) means "determination and perseverance for success/revenge". So it does not always indicate "success".

dazrs · 11 May 2008

Hello

I'm thinking on getting a Kanji tattoo
I want the kanji symbol for 'Rose' and have looked on many different website but each website seems to have a different symbol for 'Rose'

Could someone give me the correct symbol for Rose?

many thanks
x

dazrs · 11 May 2008

If it helps I've found this :- 玫瑰
But I'm more than sure this is just Chinese?
I don't know too much about kanji and if there is Japanese kanji and Chinese kanji.

Mikawa Ossan · 11 May 2008

I can not speak for the Chinese languages, but in Japanese the kanji for "rose" are:
薔薇
However, it is almost always written in katakana as a practical matter.

st8lee1 · 11 May 2008

I hope someone can help me. I saw this tattoo that I thought was pretty cool, and I was curious about the meaning. So far I've figured out that it says "big (or great)" and "defend (or protect)" (I think) but I can't find the last character so I can't figure out what it is supposed to mean exactly. Could someone help me out with the translation/pronunciation for this?
Thanks
Scott

tokapi · 11 May 2008

dazrs said:
If it helps I've found this :- 玫瑰

But I'm more than sure this is just Chinese ? I don't know too much about kanji and if there is Japanese kanji and Chinese kanji.

玫瑰 ( or 玫瑰花 ) & 薔薇 are accurate Kanji for " rose '.玫瑰 has common usage in daily Chinese language whereas 薔薇 is limited to botanical subject & literature (novelists use it on rare occasion).

Word dictionary - rose - MDBG English to Chinese dictionary

I think younger Japanese often use KATAKANA for rose.

Scarface500 · 16 Jun 2008

Can someone please tell me what this means? :]
Copy and paste the link under my post.

Thank you.

undrentide · 16 Jun 2008

Scarface500 said:
can someone please tell me what this means? :]
Copy and paste the link under my post.

息 (iki, soku) means breath.
根 (ne, kon) means root.

But in Japanese there's no such a compound, i.e. 息根 does not make any sense.
There's a word 息の根 (iki-no-ne) which means breath or life.
e.g.
息の根を止める stop (someone's) breath = to kill someone

Scarface500 · 16 Jun 2008

undrentide;579988 said:
息 (iki, soku) means breath.
根 (ne, kon) means root.

But in Japanese there's no such a compound, i.e. 息根 does not make any sense.
There's a word 息の根 (iki-no-ne) which means breath or life.
e.g.
息の根を止める stop (someone's) breath = to kill someone

Thank you very much. Do you know of a good website that gives you good kanji translations?

undrentide · 16 Jun 2008

Scarface500 said:
Do you know of a good website that gives you good kanji translations?

How about Jim Breen's WWWJDIC?
WWWJDIC: Word Search

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