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There are 15 total results for your bright future search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

光明

see styles
guāng míng
    guang1 ming2
kuang ming
 koumyou(p); koumei / komyo(p); kome
    こうみょう(P); こうめい

More info & calligraphy:

Light / Bright and Promising Future
light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea)
v. last entry.

前景可期

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qián jǐng kě qī
    qian2 jing3 ke3 qi1
ch`ien ching k`o ch`i
    chien ching ko chi
to have a promising future; to have bright prospects

前程万里

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 zenteibanri / zentebanri
    ぜんていばんり
(yoji) a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one

前途多望

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 zentotabou / zentotabo
    ぜんとたぼう
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects

耀かしい

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 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

赫かしい

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 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

輝かしい

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 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

錦繡前程


锦绣前程

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jǐn xiù qián chéng
    jin3 xiu4 qian2 cheng2
chin hsiu ch`ien ch`eng
    chin hsiu chien cheng
bright future; bright prospects

陽關大道


阳关大道

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yáng guān dà dào
    yang2 guan1 da4 dao4
yang kuan ta tao
(lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1]; (fig.) wide open road; bright future

輝やかしい

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 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(irregular okurigana usage) (adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

Variations:
明るい(P)
明い(io)

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 akarui
    あかるい
(adjective) (1) light; well-lit; well-lighted; (adjective) (2) bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored; (adjective) (3) cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition); (adjective) (4) encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects; (adjective) (5) (as 〜に明るい) familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in); (adjective) (6) fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

Variations:
明るい(P)
明い(sK)

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 akarui
    あかるい
(adjective) (1) light; well-lit; well-lighted; (adjective) (2) bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored; (adjective) (3) cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition); (adjective) (4) encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects; (adjective) (5) (as 〜に明るい) familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in); (adjective) (6) fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial

Variations:
バラ色(P)
薔薇色(P)
ばら色

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 barairo(bara色)(p); barairo(薔薇色, bara色)(p)
    バラいろ(バラ色)(P); ばらいろ(薔薇色, ばら色)(P)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) rose-colour; rose-color; (can be adjective with の) (2) bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

Variations:
輝かしい(P)
耀かしい
赫かしい
輝やかしい(io)

see styles
 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

Variations:
輝かしい(P)
耀かしい(rK)
赫かしい(rK)
輝やかしい(sK)

see styles
 kagayakashii / kagayakashi
    かがやかしい
(adjective) brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 15 results for "bright future" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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