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Never Lose Your Beginner's Spirit
初心忘るべからず is an old Japanese proverb that suggests you try to never forget the enthusiasm you had as a child when you try new things (or even face the day-to-day). Basically, avoid having the mundane attitude that many people get with age.
You'll find this Japanese proverb translated in a few different ways. Here are some of them:
Don't forget your first resolution.
Never forget your childlike enthusiasm.
Forget not the beginner's mind.
Try never to lose your initial enthusiasm (freshness of attitude).
Note: This is sometimes written as 初心忘る可からず. The one shown above is used about 10x more often. There’s only one character difference between the two versions.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず is the longer/full Japanese version of this proverb. This means “Know your enemy, know yourself, and you will not fear a hundred battles.”
Others will translate this as “Know thy enemy, know thyself, yields victory in one hundred battles.”
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 カラス search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
カラス see styles |
garasu ガラス |
More info & calligraphy: Karas |
アルカラス see styles |
arukarasu アルカラス |
More info & calligraphy: Alcaraz |
初心忘るべからず see styles |
shoshinwasurubekarazu しょしんわするべからず |
More info & calligraphy: Never Forget Your First Resolution |
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず see styles |
tekioshirionooshirebahyakusenayaukarazu てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからず |
More info & calligraphy: Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles |
カラスコ see styles |
karasuko カラスコ |
(personal name) Carrasco; Carrassco |
ガラス体 see styles |
garasutai ガラスたい |
(anat) vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous |
ガラス化 see styles |
garasuka ガラスか |
(noun/participle) vitrification |
ガラス器 see styles |
garasuki ガラスき |
glass bowl; glassware |
ガラス壺 see styles |
garasutsubo ガラスつぼ |
glass jar |
カラス島 see styles |
karasushima カラスしま |
(place-name) Karasushima |
からす座 see styles |
karasuza からすざ |
(astron) Corvus (constellation); the Crow; the Raven |
ガラス戸 see styles |
garasudo ガラスど |
glass door |
ガラス扉 see styles |
garasutobira ガラスとびら |
(See ガラス戸) glass door |
カラス族 see styles |
karasuzoku カラスぞく |
(1) (colloquialism) hostess bar recruiters, etc. dressed in black suits; (2) (colloquialism) (See ねぶた) young delinquents wearing black at Aomori's Nebuta festival |
ガラス片 see styles |
garasuhen ガラスへん |
splinters of glass; glass shards |
ガラス玉 see styles |
garasudama ガラスだま |
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble |
ガラス球 see styles |
garasudama ガラスだま |
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble |
カラス科 see styles |
karasuka カラスか |
Corvidae (family of passerine birds) |
ガラス窓 see styles |
garasumado ガラスまど |
glass window |
ガラス管 see styles |
garasukan ガラスかん |
glass tube |
ガラス絵 see styles |
garasue ガラスえ |
picture painted on glass; stained glass |
ガラス綿 see styles |
garasumen ガラスめん |
glass wool |
カラス谷 see styles |
karasudani カラスだに |
(place-name) Karasudani |
からす貝 see styles |
karasugai からすがい |
(kana only) cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata) |
ガラス質 see styles |
garasushitsu ガラスしつ |
(adj-no,n) glassy; vitreous |
からす麦 see styles |
karasumugi からすむぎ |
(1) (kana only) wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; (2) oat (Avena sativa); oats |
コガラス see styles |
kogarasu コガラス |
(place-name) Kogarasu |
可からず see styles |
bekarazu べからず |
(expression) (kana only) must not; should not; do not |
尠からず see styles |
sukunakarazu すくなからず |
(adverb) considerably; not a little; in no small numbers |
憎からず see styles |
nikukarazu にくからず |
(exp,adv) affectionately; tenderly; lovingly |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
| Kallas | カラス | karasu |
| Karas | カラス | karasu |
| Alcaraz | アルカラス | arukarasu |
| Never Forget Your First Resolution | 初心忘るべからず / 初心忘る可からず 初心忘るべからず | sho shin wasu ru be ka ra zu shoshinwasurubekarazu |
| Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles | 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず | teki o shi ri o no o shi re ba hya ku sen aya u ka ra zu |
| 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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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.
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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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