Referances of the Beautiful
Japanese Words.


Universally Useful Words for
"Motto (policy)" in
Japanese Characters. (
E~H)
E pronunciation Japanese
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25 egao 笑顔 a smiling (beaming) face; a smile./(give a) smile; beam with joy, etc. (greet a person) with a smile.
26 eibin 鋭敏 quick; acute; sharp; keen; sensitive./clever; quick-witted; smart, etc. have a clear head.
27 eichi 叡知/
叡智
wisdom; intelligence, etc. -
28 eidan 英断 decision; a drastic (decisive) measure, etc. take a decisive step.
F pronunciation Japanese
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30 fugen-jikko: 不言実行 work before talk; action before words, etc. a man of deeds without words.
31 fuhen-futo: 不偏不党 impartial; disinterest, etc. fair; unbiased, etc.
32 funkotsu-saishin 粉骨砕身 exert oneself to the utmost; do everything in one's power, etc. make one's best exertions.
33 funto: 奮闘 a hard struggle; hard fighting; great efforts, etc. 奮闘努力 (funto:-doryoku); fight; struggle; make strenuous efforts; exert oneself; strive (for a victory, after an ideal, to understand)./fight to the last, etc.
G pronunciation Japanese
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34 gaman 我慢 patience; perseverance; forbearance; self- control, etc. patient; persevering./bear; endure; stand; forbear; put up with; tolerate; control oneself; keep one's temper, etc.
35 genko:-itchi 言行一致 speech and conduct./act up to what one says; suit one's action to one's word, etc. be careful in one's speech and behavior (deeds).
36 go:ken 剛健 strong and sturdy; manly; virile, etc. verile (strength, courage)./a virile mind (style), etc.
37 goraku 娯楽 amusement; (an) entertainment; (a) recreation; a pastime, etc. -
38 go:ri-sei 合理性 rational; reasonable; rationalization; rationalized, etc. rationality./ rationalism, etc.
39 gutai-teki 具体的 concrete; definite./concretely; in a concrete form, etc. take (concrete) shape; materialize; give shape (to); realize; materialize./a concrete plan (measure), etc.
40 gyo:seki 業績 achievements; results, etc. produce achievements; bring about remarkable results, etc.
G pronunciation Japanese
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H pronunciation Japanese
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41 hakken 発見 (a) discovery./discover; make a discovery; find out; chance upon; detect, etc. a discoverer.
42 handan-ryoku 判断力 (a) judgment; (a) decision; (an) interpretation, etc. pass a (fair) judgment (on)./ a man of sound (good) judgment./judge; decide; interpret; understand; foretell; read, etc.
43 hankotsu-seishin 反骨精神 unyeilding; unbending./
(a ribellious spirit); resistance to authority, etc.
an antiestablishment (artist, writer, musician, etc.)
44 hansei 反省 reflection; introspection; reconsideration./ask (a person) to reconsider, etc. reflect on (upon) (oneself, one's conduct); reconsider, etc.
45 hasso:-ryoku 発想力 conception; an idea flushed across on one's mind (like an inspiration)./happen to think of, etc. be struck with an idea; hit upon a plan./ (a power of conception, inspiration).
46 hatsumei 発明 invention; contrivance./have an inventive mind./invent; make an invention; contrive, etc. "Neccessity is the mother of invention."
47 heibon 平凡 common; ordinary; commonplace; mediocre; flat; monotonous; featureless; uneventful, etc. an everyday affair; a common event; tame scenery./an ordinary man; the man in the street./live a human life, etc.
48 henkaku 変革 (a) change; (a) reform; (a) revolution, etc. change; reform; revolutionize, etc.
49 hihan (-teki) 批判的 judgment; criticism; (a) comment./(critically)./pass (give) judgment (on); ceiticize; comment (on); form an estimate of, etc. judgment; critical faculty, etc./ "People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise."
【William Somerset Maugham/ -Of Human Bondage, 1915】
50 hirame-ki 閃き a gleam (of humor, hope); a flash (of wit, genius), etc. "An idea flashed across (on) his mind like an inspiration."
51 hisshi 必死 desperate; frantic./a critical moment, etc. make desperate efforts./desperately./for one's dear life, etc.
52 hitamuki ひたむき single-minded. earnest.
53 hitosuji 一筋 one line./in a straight line. with all one's heart; intently; blindly, etc.
54 hodo-hodo 程程 keep within bounds; do in moderation./ modarately; in moderation./one's position (social status), etc. know oneself; attempt nothing beyond one's strength, etc.
55 ho-meru 褒める praise; speak well of; commend; admire; speak very highly of, etc. words of praise; a prise; a eulogy, etc.
56 honne 本音 give oneself away. disclose (confess) one's real intention.
57 honshin 本心 one's right (true) mind; one's real intention; one's sense./unbosom oneself./at heart (bottom), etc. return to one's right mind.
58 honshitsu 本心 essence; essential qualities./ in essence as well as in outward form, etc. essential./essentially; in essence; in itself, etc.
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