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吐く息一つにも生命が宿り means “life in every breath” in Japanese.
This phrase is more like “every single breath as you live and dwell.”
The characters breakdown this way:
吐く息 (hakuiki) to breathe; exhaled air; one's breath; breathing.
一つ (hitotsu) one; only; just.
にも (nimo) also; too; as well; even.
生命 (seimei) life; existence; living.
が (ga) particle.
宿り (yadori) to lodge; to dwell; lodging; abode; shelter.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hitotsu search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
個 个 see styles |
gè ge4 ko tsu つ ji ぢ chi ち ko こ ka か |
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi |
箇 个 see styles |
gè ge4 ko ko つ |
variant of 個|个[ge4] (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi Each, every. |
一つ see styles |
hitotsu ひとつ |
(numeric) (1) one; (2) for one thing; (3) only; (4) (not) even; (adverbial noun) (5) just (e.g. "just try it") |
ヒトツ see styles |
hitotsu ヒトツ |
(place-name) Hitotsu |
Variations: |
tsu; chi(ok); ji(ok); ji(箇)(ok) つ; ち(ok); ぢ(ok); じ(箇)(ok) |
(counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.) |
世界に一つだけの花 see styles |
sekainihitotsudakenohana せかいにひとつだけのはな |
(work) Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (2003 song by SMAP); (wk) Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (2003 song by SMAP) |
Variations: |
gake がけ |
(suf,adj-no) (1) (after an article of clothing) -clad; (suf,adj-no) (2) (kana only) (after a -masu stem) in the midst of; (suf,adj-no) (3) (after a number in the ichi, ni counting system) tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); (suf,adj-no) (4) (after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system) times (i.e. multiplied by); (suf,adj-no) (5) (after a number of people) able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) |
Variations: |
hitotsu ひとつ |
(numeric) (1) one; (2) (often used in itemized lists) for one thing; (3) (after a noun) only; (4) (with a verb in negative form) (not) even; (n,adv) (5) just (e.g. "just try it"); (can be adjective with の) (6) some kind of; one type of |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Life in Every Breath | 吐く息一つにも生命が宿り | hakuiki hitotsu nimo seimei ga yadori |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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