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一日千秋 is a Japanese and Chinese proverb about missing someone.
一日千秋 is often used to express how hard it is to wait for someone's return or to be away from someone.
Some will translate this as “one day feels like a very long time” or “waiting for someone (something) is hard.”
You might see this romanized as a single word, Ichijitsusenshuu, or as “Ichijitsu Senshuu” from Japanese.
If you break down the characters one-by-one, we get:
一 = one/a
日 = day/sun (can also represent time or date)
千 = 1000/thousand
秋 = autumn/fall
Together, 千秋 can mean “autumn comes thousand times” (or 1000 years). It can also be read as 1000 periods of time.
However, it relays the idea of heartache as you wait for someone you miss.
忍耐 is patience, the quiet hope, and trust that things will turn out right.
You wait without complaining. You are tolerant and accepting of difficulties and mistakes. You picture the end in the beginning and persevere to meet your goals.
忍耐 can also mean “to endure,” “restrain oneself,” or “forbearance,” and in some contexts, it can mean “perseverance” or “endurance.”
忍耐 is also used as a tenet of Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, and other Korean martial arts where it's titled “Endurance” and romanized as “In Neh.”
Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write the first character in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this Kanji form (yes, it’s just one stroke that is slightly different in location, crossing another stroke in the Japanese Kanji form).
See Also: Peace | Harmony | Perseverance
歲不我與 is a Chinese proverb that means is a way to express, “Time and tide wait for no man.”
The literal meaning of these Chinese characters is, “Years don't [for] oneself wait.” In more natural English, it's more like, “Years will pass by, with or without you.”
There is also an alternate version, 时不我待, which literally means “Time doesn't [for] oneself, wait.” In natural English, it's more like, “Time waits for no man.”
光陰矢の如し is a Japanese proverb that means “time flies like an arrow.” It's very similar to the English idiom, “time and tide wait for no man,” or “life is short.”
The Kanji breakdown:
光陰 = Time (the cycle of light and dark).
[and an]
矢 = Arrow
の = are
如し = Alike
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
These search terms might be related to Wait:
Never Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
Stay Strong / Indestructible / Unbreakable
Stay Strong / Iron Will
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your wait search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
侍 see styles |
shì shi4 shih hito ひと |
More info & calligraphy: Samuraiwarrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (1) warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (2) (archaism) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (given name) Hito Attend; wait on; attendant. |
平和 see styles |
píng hé ping2 he2 p`ing ho ping ho pinfu; pinhoo ピンフ; ピンホー |
More info & calligraphy: Peace / Peaceful{mahj} concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait (chi:); (f,p) Heiwa |
接待 see styles |
jiē dài jie1 dai4 chieh tai setsutai せつたい |
More info & calligraphy: Settai(noun/participle) (1) reception; welcome; serving (food term); (2) wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians; (surname) Setsutai To receive and treat, or wait upon. |
歲不我與 岁不我与 see styles |
suì bù wǒ yǔ sui4 bu4 wo3 yu3 sui pu wo yü |
More info & calligraphy: Time and Tide Wait for No Man |
光陰矢の如し see styles |
kouinyanogotoshi / koinyanogotoshi こういんやのごとし |
More info & calligraphy: Time and Tide Wait for No Man |
伺 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi うかがい |
to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy (1) call; visit; (2) inquiry; enquiry; question vicāra, 毘遮羅 Investigation, consideration, search for truth; to spy; wait on. |
佇 伫 see styles |
zhù zhu4 chu tatazumi たたずみ |
to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to; to accumulate (surname) Tatazumi |
俟 see styles |
sì si4 ssu |
(literary) to wait for |
候 see styles |
hòu hou4 hou soro; sou; sau; su / soro; so; sau; su そろ; そう; さう; す |
to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days (auxiliary) (1) (archaism) (polite language) (auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula) to be; (auxiliary) (2) (archaism) (polite language) (auxiliary used in place of ます) (See 候ふ・2) to do; (surname, given name) Kō |
偫 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
to wait for; to lay in |
傒 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
(old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1]; to wait; servant; path |
奉 see styles |
fèng feng4 feng matsuri まつり |
to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior) (female given name) Matsuri To receive respectfully; honoured by, have the honour to, be favoured by, serve, offer. |
待 see styles |
dài dai4 tai dai |
to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do something); about to; intending to To wait, treat, behave to. |
徯 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
footpath; wait for |
湏 see styles |
huì hui4 hui ke |
to wait |
等 see styles |
děng deng3 teng ra ら |
to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (suffix) (1) (kana only) pluralizing suffix; (suffix) (2) (kana only) (See あちら,いくら・1) or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; (suffix) (3) (kana only) (after the stem of an adjective) (See 清ら) nominalizing suffix; (s,m,f) Hitoshi To pair; parallel, equal, of like order; a class, grade, rank; common; to wait; sign of plural. In Buddhist writings it is also used for 'equal everywhere', 'equally everywhere', 'universal'. |
逮 see styles |
dài dai4 tai tai |
(literary) to arrest; to seize; to overtake; until To reach, catch up, until, when, wait for. |
須 须 see styles |
xū xu1 hsü motomu もとむ |
must; to have to; to wait (given name) Motomu To expect, wait for, wait on; necessary, must; moment, small, translit. for su; cf. 蘇. |
まあ see styles |
maa / ma まあ |
(adverb) (1) just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; (2) tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; (3) well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; (interjection) (4) (feminine speech) oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens! |
且慢 see styles |
qiě màn qie3 man4 ch`ieh man chieh man |
to wait a moment; do not go too soon |
両面 see styles |
ryanmen リャンメン |
{mahj} (See 両面待ち・リャンメンまち) double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand |
久等 see styles |
jiǔ děng jiu3 deng3 chiu teng |
to wait for a long time |
乾等 干等 see styles |
gān děng gan1 deng3 kan teng |
to wait in vain; to sit around waiting |
伺う see styles |
ukagau うかがう |
(transitive verb) (1) (humble language) to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone; (transitive verb) (2) (humble language) to ask; to inquire; (transitive verb) (3) (humble language) to hear; to be told; (transitive verb) (4) to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); (v5u,vi) (5) (from 御機嫌を伺う) to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) |
伺候 see styles |
cì hou ci4 hou5 tz`u hou tzu hou shikou / shiko しこう |
to serve; to wait upon (n,vs,vi) waiting upon (someone) |
伺機 伺机 see styles |
sì jī si4 ji1 ssu chi |
to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance |
伺隙 see styles |
sì xì si4 xi4 ssu hsi |
to wait for the opportunity |
侍り see styles |
haberi; hanberi(ok) はべり; はんべり(ok) |
(vr,vi) (1) (archaism) to wait upon; to serve; (vr,vi) (2) (archaism) (polite language) (humble language) to be; (suf,vr) (3) (archaism) (polite language) (humble language) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to humbly do ... |
侍る see styles |
haberu はべる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to wait upon; to serve |
侍候 see styles |
shì hòu shi4 hou4 shih hou |
to serve; to wait upon |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
One Day Seems Like 1000 Years | 一日千秋 | ichi jitsu sen shuu ichijitsusenshuu ichi jitsu sen shu | yí rì qiān qiū yi2 ri4 qian1 qiu1 yi ri qian qiu yiriqianqiu | i jih ch`ien ch`iu ijihchienchiu i jih chien chiu |
Patience Perseverance To Endure Tolerant | 忍耐 | nin tai / nintai | rěn nài / ren3 nai4 / ren nai / rennai | jen nai / jennai |
Time and Tide Wait for No Man | 歲不我與 岁不我与 | suì bù wǒ yǔ sui4 bu4 wo3 yu3 sui bu wo yu suibuwoyu | sui pu wo yü suipuwoyü |
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Time and Tide Wait for No Man | 光陰矢の如し 光阴矢の如し | kouinya no goto shi kouinyanogotoshi koinya no goto shi | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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