RockLee said:Can you draw the 3rd and 7th again magnified? can't see it clearly
I'm trying to figure out how to read them, but they aren't drawn well, so it's impossible ^^' , the rest I have foundlightdragonlee said:Alright, ill do that. Thank you.
Why didn't you do it? ^_^
RockLee said:I'm trying to figure out how to read them, but they aren't drawn well, so it's impossible ^^' , the rest I have found
hehe, try to make it accuratelightdragonlee said:Oh,I thought you only needed it magnified.
Here it is, if its still not clear, ill redo it.
If you could figure it out, you would be the hero of the day. =D
RockLee said:hehe, try to make it accuratealways more helpful ^^
RockLee said:I'm going to bed soon, can you hurry up ?
RockLee said:一血(can't find this one)の勇と武じーと
一= ichi : 1,one
血= chi : blood
の=no : of
勇=yuu : bravery,courage
と=to : and
武=bu,mu : warrior
武勇= together this buyuu : is bravery
じ= ji
ー= prolonging the ji
と=to:and
Are you sure this is the right order ? I'm going to bed now, I'll look up more tomorrow
I think you got all of it except the evasive third character, which I assume is a corruption of 気 making the whole phrase a parallel structure;RockLee said:一= ichi : 1,one
血= chi : blood
の=no : of
勇=yuu : bravery,courage
と=to : and
武=bu,mu : warrior
武勇= together this buyuu : is bravery
じ= ji
ー= prolonging the ji
と=to:and
Are you sure this is the right order ?
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一血(can't find this one)の勇と武じーと
yes, that's it ! Thanks for clearing that 3rd kanji up Lex !lexico said:I think you got all of it except the evasive third character, which I assume is a corruption of 気 making the whole phrase a parallel structure;
一血気の勇と, 武じーと Ichi kekki no yuu to, bujii(sic.) to
"(With) both the audacity of bloody valour and the skills of battle"
This rendering would require that 武じー bujii be a mistake of 武事 (ぶーじ) buuji; the long-vowel mark was not necessary, but the sword smith might have wanted to express the long vowel, only in the wrong position. Again your suspicion seems to be spot on, RockLee !
血氣之勇 from the Ming dynasty fiction, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
epigene said:Looks like things are taking on an interesting turn, thanks to lexico and RockLee! (Hi, lex! Long time no write!)
From what has been discovered, I think lexico's right about 血気の勇
It means "a show of courage in rashness/spur of the moment", and lexico has the source right. Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) is a favorite among the Japanese and has been made into manga/animation series. My son read the entire manga series when he was in elementary school.
Regarding 武じーと, I'm sure no native-speaking Japanese in his/her right mind will write that--unless lightdragonlee had copied it incorrectly.
I think the first bar is not kanji for the numeral one but just ornamental. The second bar after 武じ may be the same, but that puts と out of place...
Also, there is something I found on the Web that should be of interest to lightdragonlee... They are the five princples of Bushido (written in Japanese). Look at No. 5. Does it look like what is written on the sword?
The Spirit of Bushido
Hope it helps some!
lightdragonlee said:Wow! Yes! It does! Its missing the "one" character at the start though.
The ending characters look a bit different too.
I dont know much about reading japanese or anything, but it looks really really close!
What does it say?
epigene said:Honestly speaking, if you had copied the script without error, as written on the sheath, I'd say it wasn't written by a Japanese--sorry... :sorry:
If you want what No. 5 in the 5 principles of Bushido (Way of the Warrior) means, it means "you must refrain from act of courage that had been spurred by excitement and without careful thought (because that is not real courage)."
Hope it helps!
Why didn't you post an image of the picture you took by cam...would've saved you the trouble !!!lightdragonlee said:No, it wasint me who copied the script, it was my friend who did it, looking at my katana through a webcam.
He sayed he had a bit of trouble, so I kinda figured it would be sloppy, or have errors.
And yes, it does help. Arigatou.