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偶然の発見 is a way to express serendipity in Japanese. This title is more about discovery by chance like the melting candy bar in a Bell radar/communications laboratory that led to the invention of the microwave oven.
The first two Kanji mean incidentally, by chance, randomly, unexpectedly, suddenly, accident, fortuity, or by coincidence.
In the middle is a possessive article that connects these words/ideas together.
The last two Kanji mean discovery, detection, or finding.
少林寺 is the full title of the Shaolin Temple.
This refers to the Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks.
少林寺 is also known in Japanese where they use the same characters but romanize it as Shourinji or Shōrinji.
Some believe this monastery and temple represent the place where Bodhidharma sat with his face to a wall for nine years leading to his discovery of enlightenment and establishment of Buddhism.
動物王國 is literally what it says.
There is even a TV show in China that is similar to Wild Kingdom or what you would currently see on the Discovery Channel that has this same title.
For your information: In the Chinese way of thinking, the Tiger is the king of the animal kingdom (lions are not native to China, so the tiger took the role that we have given to the lion in our western way of thinking).
The Japanese version has a slight variation on the last character. Let me know if your audience is Japanese, and we will have it written in that form for you.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Serendipity Chance Discovery | 偶然の発見 | guuzen no hakken guuzennohakken guzen no haken guzennohaken | ||
Shaolin Temple | 少林寺 | shou rin ji shourinji sho rin ji shorinji | shào lín sì shao4 lin2 si4 shao lin si shaolinsi | shao lin ssu shaolinssu |
Animal Kingdom | 動物王國 动物王国 | doubutsu oukoku doubutsuoukoku dobutsu okoku dobutsuokoku | dòng wù wáng guó dong4 wu4 wang2 guo2 dong wu wang guo dongwuwangguo | tung wu wang kuo tungwuwangkuo |
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. |
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your discovery search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
穿 see styles |
chuān / chuan1 ch`uan / chuan sen / はく |
to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread (female given name) Haku To bore, pierce; to thread; to don, put on. To bore a well and gradually discover water, likened to the gradual discovery of the Buddha-nature; to bore |
創薬 see styles |
souyaku / soyaku / そうやく | drug discovery; drug design; development of new drugs |
創製 创制 see styles |
chuàng zhì / chuang4 zhi4 ch`uang chih / chuang chih sousei / sose / そうせい |
to create; to inaugurate; to contrive; to build (a mechanism) (noun/participle) invention; origination; discovery |
尋伺 寻伺 see styles |
xún sì / xun2 si4 hsün ssu jinshi |
vitarka and vicāra, two conditions in dhyāna discovery and analysis of principles; vitarka 毘擔迦 a dharma which tends to increase, and vicāra 毘遮羅one which tends to diminish, definiteness and clearness in the stream of consciousness; cf. 中間定; discursive thought and investigation |
発掘 see styles |
hakkutsu / はっくつ | (noun/participle) (1) excavation; exhumation; (noun/participle) (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) |
発見 see styles |
hakken / はっけん | (noun/participle) discovery; detection; finding |
発覚 see styles |
hakkaku / はっかく | (noun/participle) detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered |
露見 see styles |
romi / ろみ | (noun/participle) discovery; detection; exposure; (personal name) Romi |
露顕 see styles |
roken / ろけん | (noun/participle) discovery; detection; exposure |
顕露 see styles |
kenro / けんろ | (noun/participle) discovery; detection; exposure |
創見性 创见性 see styles |
chuàng jiàn xìng / chuang4 jian4 xing4 ch`uang chien hsing / chuang chien hsing |
original (idea, discovery etc) |
大発見 see styles |
daihakken / だいはっけん | breakthrough; great discovery |
新発明 see styles |
shinhatsumei / shinhatsume / しんはつめい | new invention (discovery) |
新発見 see styles |
shinhakken / しんはっけん | new discovery; new invention |
新開発 see styles |
shinkaihatsu / しんかいはつ | new development; new discovery; (place-name) Shinkaihotsu |
發現號 发现号 see styles |
fā xiàn hào / fa1 xian4 hao4 fa hsien hao |
Space Shuttle Discovery |
七滅諍法 七灭诤法 see styles |
qī miè zhēng fǎ / qi1 mie4 zheng1 fa3 ch`i mieh cheng fa / chi mieh cheng fa shichi metsujō hō |
saptādhikaraṇa-śamatha. Seven rules given in the Vinaya for settling disputes among the monks. Disputes arise from causes : from arguments; from discovery of misconduct; judgment and punishment of such; the correctness or otherwise of a religious observance. The seven rules are : 現前毘尼 saṃmukha-vinaya, face to face evidence, or appeal to the law; 憶念毘尼 smṛti-vinaya, witness or proof; 不痴毘尼 amūḍha-vinaya, irresponsibility, e.g. lunacy; 自言毘尼 tatsvabhavaiṣīya-vinaya, voluntary confession; 多語毘尼 pratijñākāraka-vinaya, decision by majority vote; 罪處所毘尼 yadbhūyasikīya-vinaya, condemnation of unconfessed sin by the 白四 or jñapticaturthin method, i.e. to make a statement and ask thrice for judgment; 草覆地毘尼 tṛṇastāraka-vinaya. , i.e. covering the mud with straw, i.e. in protracted disputes the appointment by each side of an elder to spread the straw of the law over the mud of the dispute; seven rules for settling disputes |
前人未到 see styles |
zenjinmitou / zenjinmito / ぜんじんみとう | (noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.) |
前人未踏 see styles |
zenjinmitou / zenjinmito / ぜんじんみとう | (noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.) |
情報開示 see styles |
jouhoukaiji / johokaiji / じょうほうかいじ | information discovery; disclosure of information |
洗い出し see styles |
araidashi / あらいだし | (1) exposure by washing away; washing out; washout; (2) exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; (3) revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; (4) finding out (after an extensive search or investigation); discovery; seeking out; bringing to light |
発見時代 see styles |
hakkenjidai / はっけんじだい | (obscure) (See 大航海時代) Age of Discovery |
自分探し see styles |
jibunsagashi / じぶんさがし | finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self |
ゲノム創薬 see styles |
genomusouyaku / genomusoyaku / ゲノムそうやく | genomic drug discovery |
大航海時代 see styles |
daikoukaijidai / daikokaijidai / だいこうかいじだい | Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration |
科学的発見 see styles |
kagakutekihakken / かがくてきはっけん | scientific discovery |
ディスカバリー see styles |
disukabarii / disukabari / ディスカバリー | discovery; (place-name) Discovery |
ピルトダウン事件 see styles |
pirutodaunjiken / ピルトダウンじけん | (obscure) (See ピルトダウン人) Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) |
ディスカバリー海山 see styles |
disukabariikaisan / disukabarikaisan / ディスカバリーかいさん | (place-name) Discovery Tablemount |
前人未到;前人未踏 see styles |
zenjinmitou / zenjinmito / ぜんじんみとう | (adj-no,n) (yoji) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.) |
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