Jump

The readings and meanings of this character is posted here -> http://www.japanesecalligrapher.com/bjc/2010/10/to-jump/

We read this either tobu (I jump) or tobe (Jump!) by adding “bu” or “be” in hiragana. There is another reading “chō,” which does not make sense when we hear it alone.

We recommend that you read this character “Jump”.

A Jump and a Leap

chōyaku

chō -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/to-jump/

yaku -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/to-leap/

Chōyaku is an act of jumping and leaping.

The Beauty Under the Moon

gekkabijin

getsu (gek) -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/moon/

ka -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/under/

bi -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/beauty/

jin -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/human/

This plant has flowers which bloom during the night.

Gekka means under the moon. Bijin is a beautiful woman.

The world

sekai

se -> http://www.japanesecalligrapher.com/bjc/2009/08/world/

kai -> http://www.japanesecalligrapher.com/bjc/2010/09/a-boundary/

by Nao

nami

nami -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/wave/

Nao tried something new with a brush-tip pen, sending out her original wave.

by Nao

gyōji

gyō -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/to-go/

ji -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/event-or-thing/

Gyōji is events that people attend.

This is a follow-up post to this post in Japanese Basic Characters. We could not set a link to the other characters when we mentioned this word there.

by Nao

dekigoto

de -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/out/

ki -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/to-come/

goto -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/event-or-thing/

Dekigoto is a general event.

This is a follow-up post to this post in Japanese Basic Characters. We could not set a link to the other characters when we mentioned this word there.

"Success" by Nao

seikō

sei -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/complete-2/

kō -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/a-good-job/

Success is seikō in Japanese. A great success is daiseikō. One of the most suitable verbs that get along with this word is osameru, meaning “to achieve.” Scoring success is expressed as “seikō wo osameru.”

Wish you a great success! (seikō wo inoru.)

"Haiku" by Nao

haiku

hai -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/comical-and-playful/

ku -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/phrase/

Haiku is a style of Japanese poem. Today’s title of the post may not look like haiku’s English translation. In some English dictionaries such as Longman, haiku is a headword. If you want to read my brief explanation about haiku, visit this page.

"Japan" by Nao

nihon

ni -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/day/

hon -> http://calligraphernao.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/book/

Japan is nihon or nippon. You can read it in either way.