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現世 is a very short way to write “live in the moment” or “live in the now” in Japanese.
This short word is open to interpretation. It's used in Japanese Buddhism to mean “the current epoch” or “the current age” (the current age is but a brief moment in the greater scope of existence). In that context, this is pronounced “utsushiyo” or “ustusiyo” in Japanese. Otherwise, it's pronounced “gensei” in Japanese.
Other translation possibilities include:
Note: This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. While the meaning is more or less the same, this is not recommended for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese or Korean. This selection is best if your audience is Japanese.
Taidō (The Way of the Body) is a style of Karate practiced in Japan and popular worldwide.
Taidō or 躰道 traces a lineage from Genseiryū (玄制流), which came from Shuri-te (首里手), one of the original martial arts schools of ancient Okinawa.
The first character 躰 is a variant of the original Chinese character 體. In modern Japan, they tend to use 体, a more simple character form. 体 is also the modern Simplified Chinese form of 體.
The 躰 character is correct for this 躰道 martial arts title. But it can be confusing with so many variants out there, not to mention other homophonic Japanese words that also romanize as Taidō or Taidou.
To have a bit more fun with this 躰 character, it has a 身 radical on the left, which sets it apart. The meaning doubles up on the “body” as 身 (shin) is a character that also means body in Japanese and Chinese. On the right is 本, which often means root, stem, origin, source, or fundamental (but can also mean “book” in some contexts). This has deviated from the original 體 which was 骨 (bone) + 豊 (vessel). Hence, the body was your “bone vessel” in ancient Asia.
The meaning of 躰, as well as 體 and 体, is usually translated as the body. When related to the physical body, it can also refer to the torso, trunk, build, physique, or the constitution of a person. As an extension of this, it can also refer to someone's health (good body = good health).
However, depending on the context, it can encompass other meanings such as form, style, system, experience, aspect, corpus, corporeal, substance, or essentials.
The second character, 道, is recognized and well-known as the “Way” and is the same “do” as in Karate-do or Aikido.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your gensei search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
現世 现世 see styles |
xiàn shì xian4 shi4 hsien shih gense; gensei; genze / gense; gense; genze げんせ; げんせい; げんぜ |
More info & calligraphy: Live In The Moment / Live In The Now(1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) this world; this life; (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch); (female given name) Ariyo The present world. |
元姓 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
former surname; original surname |
元誠 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(given name) Gensei |
原生 see styles |
yuán shēng yuan2 sheng1 yüan sheng gensei / gense げんせい |
original; primary; native; indigenous; proto-; stock (firmware) (adj-no,n) primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine; (surname) Harao |
厳正 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(noun or adjectival noun) strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial; (personal name) Itsumasa |
源清 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(given name) Gensei |
源生 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(given name) Gensei |
源盛 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(personal name) Gensei |
玄生 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(surname) Gensei |
現勢 现势 see styles |
xiàn shì xian4 shi4 hsien shih gensei / gense げんせい |
current situation current state; present or actual strength |
現姓 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(See 旧姓・きゅうせい) one's current family name; woman's family name after she married |
現成 现成 see styles |
xiàn chéng xian4 cheng2 hsien ch`eng hsien cheng gensei |
ready-made; readily available Manifest, existing, evident, ready-made, self-evident or self-existing. |
現生 现生 see styles |
xiàn shēng xian4 sheng1 hsien sheng gensei / gense げんせい |
(noun/participle) living in the present The present life. |
絃声 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
sound of the strings; (given name) Gensei |
芫菁 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(1) (rare) (See 土斑猫) blister beetle; (2) (See カンタリス) cantharides |
言成 see styles |
gensei / gense げんせい |
(personal name) Gensei |
Variations: |
gensei(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok) / gense(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok) げんせい(現世); げんせ(現世); げんぜ(現世)(ok); うつしよ(ok) |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) present world; present age; transient world; life; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Genseiryu Gensei-Ryu | 玄制流 | |||
Live In The Moment Live In The Now | 現世 现世 | gen sei / gensei | xiàn shì / xian4 shi4 / xian shi / xianshi | hsien shih / hsienshih |
Taido | 躰道 | tai dou / taidou / tai do | ||
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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