References of The beautiful
Japanese Words.
"Generally Desirable Words" in
Japanese Characters. (A~B)
| A | Pronunciation | Japanese Characters | Translation | comment / quotation / others |
| 1 | ai | 愛 | love; affection; attachment./ divine love. / conjugal love, etc. | "Oh, 'tis love. 'tis love that makes the world go round !"【Lewis Carrol Dogson / Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, 1865】 |
| 2 | aijo: | 愛情 | love; affection; attachment; tenderness. / loving; affectionate; warmhearted; tender, etc. | have an affection (for). /give all one's love (to), etc. |
| 3 | aikoku-shin | 愛国心 | patriotism; patrotic sentiment; chauvinism, etc. | arouse patriotism, etc. |
| 4 | aikyo: | 愛嬌 | charm; attractiveness; amiability; courtesy, etc. | 愛嬌者 (aikyo:-mono); a jolly fellow; a cute little animal, etc. |
| 5 | aikyo:-shin | 愛郷心 | love of one's home province; local patriotism, etc. | - |
| 6 | aisatsu | 挨拶 | a greeting; recognition; a salutation; compliments; a notice; an anaswer; an address; congratulation, etc. | "When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather." 【Samuel Johnson / The Idler, No.11,24 Jun.1758】 |
| 7 | akushu | 握手 | handsshaking; a handshake; a reconcilation. / shake hands (with), etc. | make peace (with); join hands (with), etc. |
| 8 | ando | 安堵 | relief. / heave a sigh of relief. / feel relieved; breath again, etc. | - |
| 9 | annei | 安寧 | public peace. /(maintain)public peace, etc. | 安寧秩序 (annei-chitsujo); peace law and order. |
| 10 | anshin | 安心 | peace of mind; freedom from care./ relief; security; safety./ confidence; trust, etc. | feel easy; take it easy; feel no anxiety; feel safe; feel relieved. / free from care; without anxiety; with confidence, etc. |
| 11 | antai | 安泰 | peace; security, etc. | "Now her position has been made secure." |
| 12 | anzen | 安全 | safety; security. / safe; secure; free from danger. / safety; in safety; securely, etc. | secure; make safe (against). |
| 13 | arigato: | ありがとう 有難う |
be thankful (grateful); appriciate; thank you; thank Heaven. / kind; gracious; welcome; blessed, etc. | " Thank you for your kindness." |
| 14 | ashita/asu |  |
tomorrow | "After all, tomorrow is another day." 【Margaret Mitchell /from- Gone With the Wind, 1936】 |
| B | pronunciation | Japanese Characters | translation | comment / quotation / others |
| 15 | banzai | 万歳 | cheers; auspicious; congratulations; God for you!; felicitious; happy; joyous; luckey, etc. | "Long live for you ! banzai !" |
| 16 | bengaku / benkyo: |
勉学 勉強 |
study; lessons; diligence; industry; assiduity, etc. | "Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your school are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children."【Albert Einstein】 |
| 17 | bi | 美 | beauty; the beautiful; grace, etc. | "A Thing of beauty is a joy for ever."【John Keats/-Endymion, 1818】/ "All Changed, changed utterly.-A terrible beauty is born."【William Buller Yeats / -Easter, 1916, (1921)】 |
| 18 | bitoku | 美徳 | a virtue; a grace. / (a man) of virtue./ cultivate virturous habits, etc. | "There are so few who can grow old with a good grace."【Richard Steele (1672-1729)/-The spectator.263】 / "Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."【Evelyn Waugh/-Diaries,26 Mar. 1962】 |
| 19 | bo:ken | 冒険 | an adventure; a risk; a hazard./ run a risk (the hazard); venture (on); take chances, etc. | "I learned that it is possible for us to create light and sound and
order within us, no matter what calamity may be fall us in the world."【Helen Keller (27 Jun, 1880-1 Jun. 1968) /-On Thinking】/ "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." 【Helen Keller /-The Open Door】 |
| 20 | byo:do: | 平等 | equality./ equal; even; impartial./ equally; evenly; impartially./ equalize; make equal; level, etc. | "Some men break your heart in two, Some men frown and flatter, Some
men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter." 【Dorothy Parker /-Enough Rope, "Experience." , 1926】 |
| B | pronunciation | Japanese Characters | translation | comment / quotation / others |
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