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  1. Dynasty

  2. One Direction

  3. Salvation

  4. Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity

  5. Era

  6. Time


 dài
 dai
 
Dynasty Scroll

代 is the word used to designate dynasties in Asia.

代 alone can mean generation; age; period; historical era; eon; world; society; reign; era. 代 comes after the name of the dynasty, for example, the Tang Dynasty is the “Tang Dai” in Chinese.

Some have suggested that the word dynasty comes from the Chinese word “dai” (as “dai” sounds like the first syllable of a dynasty). However, the word dynasty is derived from the Greek word δυναστεία (dunasteia) meaning lordship and/or domination.

Sometimes this word is used in a different context where it can mean to represent or substitute. In this case, it can mean representative of; on behalf of; acting for, e.g. to offer incense in place of another.

In ancient Japan, this could also be a “shiro” (a unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan or about 20 square miles).

One Direction

 yí shì dài
One Direction Scroll

一世代 is a way to write “One Direction” in Chinese, referring to the British-Irish boy band.

They are commonly referred to as “1D” in Japan and China (no Chinese characters for that).

This title does not exactly mean “one direction.” It's closer to “one generation,” “one era,” or “one world.”

 jiù shì
 guze
Salvation Scroll

救世 is salvation in Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji.

This can refer to the saving, rescue, or salvation of one's life, the life or lives of others, a generation, an era, or even the whole world. As you can see, this is a rather generic and broad way to say salvation.

Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity

 qǐ shèng shì kāi tài píng
Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity Scroll

啟盛世開太平 means “To bring flourishing peace and security to the world (our current era).”

It's a wish that a new door leading to peace and prosperity could be opened to mankind.

Character and word breakdown:
啟 to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken.
盛世 a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age.
開 to open; to start; to turn on.
太平 peace and security; peace and tranquility; peace; tranquility.
I don't like to do breakdowns like this, as the words altogether create their unique meaning (encompassed in the main title above).

 āi lā
Era Scroll

埃拉 is name Era in Chinese (Mandarin).

 era
Era Scroll

エラ is the name Era in Japanese Katakana.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 shí guāng
 tokimitsu
Time Scroll

時光 is a Chinese and Japanese word that means time, era, period of time, etc.

時光 is used as part of other words like “time machine” (時光機) or “happy time” (歡樂時光) (happy hour) in bars.

This can also be a surname or given name, Tokimitsu, in Japan.




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Time Heals All Wounds

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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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dài
    dai4
tai
 dai
    だい

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Dynasty
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
(n,n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (n,n-suf) (2) generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; (n,n-suf) (3) {geol} era; (n,n-suf) (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (n,n-suf) (5) (used after a phone number) (See 代表電話番号) switchboard number; (counter) (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (counter) (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (counter) (8) (abbreviation) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company; (9) (abbreviation) (used in dictionaries, etc.) (See 代名詞・1) pronoun; (surname) Daisaki
Instead of, in place of, acting for, for; e. g. 代香 to offer incense in place of another; a generation, v. 世代.

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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 hei / he
    へい

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Balance / Peace
flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
(prefix) (abbreviation) (See 平成) nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (surname) Yoshi
Even, level, tranquil; ordinary.

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míng
    ming2
ming
 mei / me
    めい

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Light / Bright
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu
vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644.

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dào
    dao4
tao
 dou / do
    どう

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.

エラ

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 era
    エラ

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Era
(1) (kana only) gills; branchia; (2) (kana only) angle of the mandible; gonial angle; (personal name) Ella

時光


时光

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shí guāng
    shi2 guang1
shih kuang
 tokimitsu
    ときみつ

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Time
time; era; period of time
(surname, given name) Tokimitsu

永久

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yǒng jiǔ
    yong3 jiu3
yung chiu
 eikyuu / ekyu
    えいきゅう

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Eternal / Long-Lasting
everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) eternity; permanence; perpetuity; (2) (hist) Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3); (female given name) Haruku

イェラ

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 era
    イェラ

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Yella
(personal name) Yella

エイラ

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 eira / era
    エイラ

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Ayra
(personal name) Eilla

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shì
    shi4
shih
 sei / se
    せい
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
(counter) (1) counter for generations; (suffix noun) (2) {geol} epoch; (personal name) Toki
yuga. An age, 1, 000th part of a kalpa.loka, the world. 世 originally meant a human generation, a period of thirty years; it is used in Buddhism both foryuga, a period of time ever flowing, andloka, the world, worldly, earthly. The world is that which is to be destroyed; it is sunk in the round of mortality, or transmigration; and conceals, or is a veil over reality.

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    ya4
ya
 a
    あ
Japanese variant of 亞|亚
(prefix) (1) sub-; second-rate; inferior; (prefix) (2) {chem} -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; (3) (abbreviation) (See 亜細亜・アジア) Asia; (4) (abbreviation) (See 亜爾然丁・アルゼンチン) Argentina; (5) (abbreviation) (See 亜剌比亜・アラビア) Arabia; (6) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (used in Meiji era, now replaced by 米) (See 亜米利加・アメリカ・1,米・べい) America; American person; (given name) Mitsuru

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lìng
    ling4
ling
 rei / re
    れい
to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make something happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
(n,n-suf) (1) command; order; dictation; (prefix) (2) (See 令和) nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); (personal name) Reiji
cause

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 yuan
    ユアン
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
(kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu
Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty).

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    wu2
wu
 go
    ご
Japanese variant of 吳|吴[Wu2]
(1) Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); (2) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; (3) (hist) (See 三国・2) Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; (4) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE); (surname) Gou
Wu

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dà zhèng
    da4 zheng4
ta cheng
 taishou / taisho
    たいしょう
Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
(hist) Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era; (personal name) Hiromasa

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píng chéng
    ping2 cheng2
p`ing ch`eng
    ping cheng
 heisei / hese
    へいせい
Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[Ming2 ren2]
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (place-name) Heisei

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nián
    nian2
nien
 nen
    ねん
year; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) (See 年に一度) year; (counter) (2) counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); (3) (abbreviation) (See 年季・1) period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); (given name) Minoru
A year, years.

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míng zhì
    ming2 zhi4
ming chih
 meiji / meji
    めいじ
Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
(hist) Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (p,s,g) Meiji

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zhāo
    zhao1
chao
 shou / sho
    しょう
bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
(prefix) (abbreviation) (See 昭和・1) nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (personal name) Masaharu
Bright, illustrious.

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zhāo hé
    zhao1 he2
chao ho
 shouwa / showa
    しょうわ
Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
(1) (hist) Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school; (given name) Terukazu


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    ji4
chi
 ki
    き
order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
(n,n-suf) (1) {geol} period; (2) (abbreviation) (See 日本書紀) Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan; (3) (abbreviation) (hist) Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures); (personal name) Motoi
To record; regulate; a year, a period (of twelve years).

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shǔ
    shu3
shu
 shoku
    しょく
short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
(1) (See 四川) Sichuan (province in China); (2) (hist) (See 三国・2,蜀漢) Shu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu Han; (3) (hist) Shu (kingdom in ancient China; ??-316 BCE)


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sāi
    sai1
sai
 era
    えら
    ago
    あご
variant of 腮[sai1]
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) gills; branchia; (2) (kana only) angle of the mandible; gonial angle; (out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) chin; jaw


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sāi
    sai1
sai
 era
    えら
    agito
    あぎと
gills of fish
(1) (kana only) gills; branchia; (2) (kana only) angle of the mandible; gonial angle; (1) (archaism) chin; jaw; (2) (archaism) gills; branchia

一世

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yī shì
    yi1 shi4
i shih
 issei / isse
    いっせい
generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
(1) generation; lifetime; (2) the age; the day; (n,n-suf) (3) the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); (4) issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); (female given name) Hitoyo
one life

一生

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yī shēng
    yi1 sheng1
i sheng
 isshou / issho
    いっしょう
all one's life; throughout one's life
(n,adj-no,adv) (1) whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era; (can be adjective with の) (2) (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life; (given name) Motonaru
All one's life, a whole life time.

万寿

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 manju
    まんじゅ
(hist) Manju era (1024.7.13-1028.7.25); (given name) Mansu

万延

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 manen
    まんえん
(hist) Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)

万治

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 manji
    まんじ
(hist) Manji era (1658.7.23-1661.4.25); (given name) Reiji

与力

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 yoriki
    よりき
(noun/participle) feudal era police rank; (place-name) Yoriki

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Dynastydaidài / dai4 / daitai
One Direction一世代yí shì dài
yi1 shi4 dai4
yi shi dai
yishidai
i shih tai
ishihtai
Salvation救世guzejiù shì / jiu4 shi4 / jiu shi / jiushichiu shih / chiushih
Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity啟盛世開太平
启盛世开太平
qǐ shèng shì kāi tài píng
qi3 sheng4 shi4 kai1 tai4 ping2
qi sheng shi kai tai ping
qishengshikaitaiping
ch`i sheng shih k`ai t`ai p`ing
chishengshihkaitaiping
chi sheng shih kai tai ping
Era埃拉āi lā / ai1 la1 / ai la / aila
Eraエラera
Time時光
时光
tokimitsushí guāng
shi2 guang1
shi guang
shiguang
shih kuang
shihkuang
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
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