Kanji idiom that means success in business in Japan
The meaning of this Japanese kanji is business, and the pronunciation is "商売[shoubai]".
The way to beat the small odds of success when you start a business is simply through hard work and perseverance.
Because any industry you enter is so competitive, that everyone is struggling just to survive and it's only the few who are making money.
For you to succeed in the business, and to make a lot of money, you must do many efforts.
But, you can't get your own way about everything.
The Japanese entrusts hope by yourself to the kanji idiom at such time.
Japanese kanji idiom for business prosperity frequently used in Japan
The Japanese often uses these words for the aspiration achievement prayer.
The Japanese kanji idiom for your business to thrive and succeed is here.
A business is to prosper |
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| Meaning | a business is to prosper. |
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| Hiragana | しょうばい はんじょう | |
| Kanji | 商売繁盛/商売繁昌 | |
| Pronunciation | shoubai hanjou | |
| Annotation | 商売繁盛 is used well if anything though both 商売繁盛 and 商売繁昌 are quite the same meanings. | |
| This word is often used in storekeeping in restaurants, supermarkets etc. | ||
商売[shoubai] means a business, 繁盛[hanjou] means prosperity. This kanji idiom has been used up to the present time since the samurai age of Japan.Most Japanese people visit the Shinto shrine for the "Shoubai hanjou" prayer on the New Year's Day of every year. And, we (the Japanese) dedicate money that is called "Saisen" to the god in the Shinto shrine. |
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| Japanese kite of kanji business prosperity | Ikkaku Senkin strap of Hello Kitty |
Obtaining the huge profit easily at a time |
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| Meaning | Becoming rich in an instant. |
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| Hiragana | いっかく せんきん | |
| Kanji | 一攫千金 | |
| Pronunciation | ikkaku senkin | |
| Annotation | 一攫[ikkaku] means "one catch". 千金[senkin] means literally "thousand gold", actually "a lot of money". So, "Ikkaku-senkin" means "Become rich in an instant". |
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"Ikkaku Senkin" is an ultimate moneymaking. But... <Proverb>: Easy money is easy to spend. I think that "It works and scrape" is the best. |
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| Sake named 一粒万倍[ichiryuu Manbai] | 一粒万倍[Ichiryuu manbai] written on advertising flag of lottery of Japan |
Obtaining a lot of profits by few money |
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| Meaning | Obtaining a lot of profits by few money. | ![]() |
| Hiragana | いちりゅう まんばい | |
| Kanji | 一粒万倍 | |
| Pronunciation | ichiryuu manbai | |
We(the Japanese) have lived and harmonized with nature. "一粒万倍[ichiryuu Manbai]" means one paddy grows up to the rice ear (tens of thousands of paddies). "But, the debt and the borrowing of the thing become the results of the growth of the seed of unhappiness to tens of thousands of times. |
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| Annotation | We(the Japanese) have lived and harmonized with nature. | |
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Amount of Senkyaku Banrai |
| One thousand customers visit your establishment ten thousand times | ||
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| Meaning | Many guests are coming one after another. A thousand customers coming ten thousand times to have one visitor after another, to have an interminable succession of visitors. |
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| Hiragana | せんきゃく ばんらい | |
| Kanji | 千客万来 | |
| Pronunciation | senkyaku banrai | |
| This word is often used in storekeeping in restaurants, supermarkets etc. | ||
| Annotation | "商売繁盛[shoubai hanjou]" and this kanji idiom are synonyms. And, your business will prosper. (Shoubai Hanjou) |
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Japanese cat ornament; This is an ornament of the cat that calls luck that is called "Maneki neko". This tiny Maneki Neko is portrayed beckoning happily with his left paw while holding a Japanese sea bream under his right arm. Maneki Neko figure is often put on the vicinity of the entrance of the restaurant in Japan. |
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