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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
本命 see styles |
honmei / honme ほんめい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (colloquialism) one's heart's desire; first choice |
本命年 see styles |
běn mìng nián ben3 ming4 nian2 pen ming nien |
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] |
本命星 see styles |
běn mìng xīng ben3 ming4 xing1 pen ming hsing honmyōshō |
The life-star of an individual, i. e. the particular star of the seven stars of Ursa Major which is dominant in the year of birth; 本命宿 is the constellation, or star-group, under which he is born; 本命元辰 is the year of birth, i. e. the year of his birth-star. |
本命道塲 see styles |
běn mìng dào cháng ben3 ming4 dao4 chang2 pen ming tao ch`ang pen ming tao chang honmyō dōjō |
Temple for worship of the emperor's birth-star, for the protection of the imperial family and the state. |
本命チョコ see styles |
honmeichoko / honmechoko ほんめいチョコ |
(See 義理チョコ) chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment |
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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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