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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your ベガ search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
ベガ see styles |
bega ベガ |
More info & calligraphy: Vega |
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 |
ナベカ see styles |
nabeka ナベカ |
(kana only) Omobranchus elegans (species of combtooth blenny) |
べかこ see styles |
bekako べかこ |
(given name) Bekako |
ベガス see styles |
pekasu ペカス |
(1) (place) Las Vegas (abbreviation); (2) (work) Vega$ (TV series); (personal name) Pecas |
ヘカテ see styles |
hekate ヘカテ |
(personal name) Hecate |
ヘカベ see styles |
hekabe ヘカベ |
(personal name) Hecuba |
ベガン see styles |
began ベガン |
(surname) Beguin |
ベガ島 see styles |
begatou / begato ベガとう |
(place-name) Vega (island) |
べか船 see styles |
bekabune べかぶね |
small sailing boat used for collecting nori, etc. |
ラベガ see styles |
rabega ラベガ |
(place-name) La Vega |
りべか see styles |
ribeka リベカ |
(female given name) Ribeka |
レベカ see styles |
rebeka レベカ |
(female given name) Rebecca; Rebeca |
ペガサス see styles |
pegasasu ペガサス |
Pegasus; (personal name) Pegasus |
ベカシー see styles |
bekashii / bekashi ベカシー |
(personal name) Bekassy |
ペガスス see styles |
pegasusu ペガスス |
(personal name) Pegasus |
ペガソス see styles |
pegasosu ペガソス |
Pegasus; (personal name) Pegasus |
ヘカテー see styles |
hekatee ヘカテー |
(personal name) Hecate |
ベガルタ see styles |
begaruta ベガルタ |
(personal name) Vegalta |
マベガイ see styles |
mabegai マベガイ |
(kana only) penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin) |
食べかけ see styles |
tabekake たべかけ |
(can be adjective with の) half-eaten |
食べかす see styles |
tabekasu たべかす |
(1) leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; (2) food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food |
イペカック see styles |
ipekakku イペカック |
ipecac |
すべからず see styles |
subekarazu すべからず |
(expression) (combination of する and 可からず) (See 可からず) must not do; should not do; do not do |
トレラベガ see styles |
torerabega トレラベガ |
(place-name) Torrelavega |
ナベカケ谷 see styles |
nabekaketani ナベカケたに |
(place-name) Nabekaketani |
ベカー高原 see styles |
bekaakougen / bekakogen ベカーこうげん |
(place-name) El Beqa'a Plateau |
ペガサス湾 see styles |
pegasasuwan ペガサスわん |
(place-name) Pegasus Bay |
ペガスス座 see styles |
pegasusuza ペガススざ |
Pegasus (constellation); the Winged Horse |
ヘカテ海峡 see styles |
hekatekaikyou / hekatekaikyo ヘカテかいきょう |
(place-name) Hecate Straits |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Beca | ベカ | beka |
Vega | ベガ | bega |
Bekar | ベカール | bekaaru / bekaru |
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 |
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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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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