Expression of the LOVE in Japanese of Recent Article

Today's theme is a proverb of love.

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/nonki-nikki/e/bdb3a1b79161d5636d792215ddd93f4d

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."

This is a word of "Mahatma Gandhi."

Next, poetry on the right side is "Poetry of love that the Japanese wrote."

This is a Japanese sentence.
But, this is the poetry composed by very difficult expression.

"I was not able to believe it.
The reason is that there was no feeling that I would understand it.
The other side where I felt it.
Is it full of love there?"

I felt this was "poetry of the regret for the love that she had lost."
This poetry is very painful poetry.
And, this character that has been written with the Japan's brush is very artistic.

 

Please see the proverb of today's theme.(These are not the translation sentences by me.)

 

1. 愛は最上なり。[ai-wa-saijou-nari]

Meaning : Love is best.

Pronunciation :
愛[ai] は[wa] 最上[saijou]なり[ nari]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:

Love is best.pdf  

 

 

 

2. 恋は盲目。[koi-wa-moumoku]

Meaning : Love is blind.

Pronunciation :
恋[Koi] は[wa] 盲目[moumoku]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:

Love is blind.pdf  

 

 

3. 愛は惜しみなく与う。
[ai-wa-oshiminaku-atau]

Meaning : Love locks no cupboards.

Pronunciation :
愛[Ai] は[wa] 惜しみなく[oshiminaku] 与う[atau]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:

Love locks no cupboards.pdf  

 

 

4. 愛の最良の証拠は信頼である。
　[ai-no-sairyou-no-shouko-wa-shinrai-dearu]

Meaning : The best proof of love is trust.

Pronunciation :
愛[Ai] の[no] 最良[sairyou] の[ no] 証拠[shouko] は[wa] 信頼[shinrai]である[ dearu]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:

The best proof of love is trust.pdf  

 

5. 愛はすべてを克服する。
　[ai-wa-subete-wo-kokufuku-suru]

Meaning : Love conquers all.

Pronunciation :
愛[ai] は[wa] すべて[subete] を[wo] 克服[kokufuku] する[suru]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:
Love conquers all.pdf

 

 

6. 愛は世の中を動かす。
　[ai-wa-yononaka-wo-ugokasu]

Meaning : Love makes the world go round.

Pronunciation :
愛[ai] は[wa] 世の中[yononaka] を[wo] 動かす[ugokasu]

The PDF file for the tattoo in Japanese:

Love makes the world go round.pdf  

 

 

By Hararie

A feeling to resistance which the Japanese to "the word Love" has.

Frankly speaking, Japanese people are races poor at expressing love in a personal scene.

For example, in the United States, the words "I love you" are used frequently between a sweetheart or husband and wife.

Moreover, it is used for "Parent and child" and "Same-sex friend".

On the other hand, many of Japanese have a sense of resistance in the daily use of the phrase "I love you".

It might be a phrase not used easily even in the married couple.

That reason may be the influence of the Christianity after Meiji Era[1868-1912].

It may be because the exaggeration and seriousness religiously idealized by the word "love" will be connoted.

Benevolence in kanji

Therefore, it will become an unnatural impression when the language of love is used by Japanese people  in an everyday individual's scene.

Simply put, "The words called the love" are not emotional display word in the daily life for Japanese people.

But it is not that a Japanese does not have feelings of the love.

Japanese language has the everyday language used instead of "The formal words for the Japanese who is called love".

It is just the word "Aijo, jo, and nasake."

 

---The character in which the white line was put is a "long sound."

Meaning :
love, benevolence, affection, sympathy, charity, pity, compassion, emotion.

Various "Feelings and passion of love" like these is included in kanji "Jo".

Japanese tattoo symbols of benevolence.pdf

That is, the word "Jo" has the meaning with which all these feeling was combined.

Pronunciation : jo; jyo.

Example :
Affection has begun to spring up in my heart.

Note:
These might be used also by small animals, such as a pet.

And the Japanese uses these without resistance routinely.

For such a reason, the "love" in Japanese is expressed with the word "Jo" in many cases.

Japanese tattoo symbols of affection.pdf

Meaning :
affection;
love;

Pronunciation : aijo, aijyo,

 

Example :
Her tender affection for her daughter permeated her letter as usual.

Note:
This kanji phrase is extremely general "words to express love".

 

Japanese tattoo symbols of mercy.pdf

 

Meaning :

Sympathy;
pity;
kindness;
charity;
mercy;
compassion;
benevolence;

Pronunciation : nasa-ke

Example :
Your benevolence proved his ruin.

Note:
This kanji idiom has the strong meaning "love of the pity to others."

Japanese tattoo symbols of Passion and emotions and pathos.pdf

 

Meaning :

Passion;
Emotions;
Pathos;

Strong feeling which is hard to suppress by reason.

Strong feelings such as "sorrow / joy / love / hatred / greed incised on a heart deeply" that nobody can control with the reason.

Feelings of love and hate not restrained easily.

Pronunciation : jo-nen

Example :
Dark emotions like hatred and the desire for revenge can distort the human personality.

 

 

If you forget what you've experienced, it means that you never experienced it.
Life will be rich if we could be able to remember all those emotions,feelings and thoughts and able to extract them whenever we want.

Hararie