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Potential / Momentum
勢 is a word that means potential or momentum in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Depending on the context, this can also be translated as an influence, tendency, military strength (potential), or power.
Bright and Promising Future
akarui mirai
明るい未来 is a Japanese proverb that means “Bright Future.”
It suggests a lot of possibilities and potential awaits in your future. A great gift for a graduate.
The first part of this proverb literally means bright or light. The second part means the future but can also be translated as “the world to come.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Light / Bright and Promising Future
光明 is a nice way to say “light” in Chinese and old Korean Hanja.
This is because the word also suggests a bright future or refers to someone who is very promising (great future potential).
The first character means light or bright.
The second character means bright and clear (in this context).
This word appears in most Japanese dictionaries, but it is not the most common Japanese Kanji word for light (more commonly used for the name Mitsuharu).
In old Korean Hanja, this can also mean brightness or brilliance.
In the context of Buddhism, this means “Light emanating from a Buddha or Bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion.”
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Always Be Prepared
Be Happy
Be Like Water
Be Master of Mind, Not Mastered by Mind
Be Myself
Be Not Afraid
Be True to Yourself
Be Yourself
Better to Be Happy Than Rich
Born to Be Wild
Boys Be Ambitious
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Eat Drink and Be Merry
Eat Drink and Be Merry, for Tomorrow We Die
Energy / Capability
Even an Iron Bar Can Be Ground to a Needle
God Bless You / God Be With You
I’d Rather Be With You
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Keep Calm, Be Not Impatient
Leadership / Ability to Lead
Let It Be
Let It Be / Be Relieved
Listen to Both Sides and Be Enlightened, Listen to One Side and Be in the Dark
Promise
So Be It / Amen
Strength / Ability
To a Willing Heart, All Things Are Possible
To Be Free / Freedom
To Thine Own Self Be True
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
勢 势 see styles |
shì shi4 shih seiji / seji せいじ |
More info & calligraphy: Potential / Momentum(suffix noun) group (of people, players, companies, etc.); camp; team; (personal name) Seiji bala, sthāman. Power, influence, authority; aspect, circumstances. |
れる see styles |
reru れる |
(aux-v,v1) (1) indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive"); (2) indicates the potential form; (3) indicates spontaneous occurrence; (4) (honorific or respectful language) used as an honorific for others' actions |
太極 太极 see styles |
tài jí tai4 ji2 t`ai chi tai chi taikyoku たいきょく |
More info & calligraphy: Tai Chi / Tai Jitaiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space); (personal name) Taikyoku |
位 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei tadashi ただし |
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential (1) (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat") throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; (2) (See 位階) government position; court rank; (3) social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; (4) grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; (5) (See 桁・2) position of a figure (e.g. tens, thousands); digit; (decimal) place; (personal name) Tadashi Position, seat, throne. |
三覺 三觉 see styles |
sān jué san1 jue2 san chüeh sankaku |
The three kinds of enlightenment: (1) (a) 自覺 Enlightenment for self; (b) 覺他 for others; (c) 覺行圓 (or 窮) 滿 perfect enlightenment and accomplishment; the first is an arhat's, the first and second a bodhisattva's, all three a Buddha's. (2) From the Awakening of Faith 起信論 (a) 本覺 inherent, potential enlightenment or intelligence of every being; (b) 始覺 , initial, or early stages of such enlightenment, brought about through the external perfuming or influence of teaching, working on the internal perfuming of subconscious intelligence; (c) 究竟覺 completion of enlightenment, the subjective mind in perfect accord with the subconscious (or superconscious) mind, or the inherent intelligence. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanmi さんみ |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
五覺 五觉 see styles |
wǔ jué wu3 jue2 wu chüeh gokaku |
The five bodhi, or states of enlightenment, as described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith; see also 五菩提 for a different group. (1) 本覺 Absolute eternal wisdom, or bodhi; (2) 始覺 bodhi in its initial stages, or in action, arising from right observances; (3) 相似覺 bodhisattva. attainment of bodhi in action, in the 十信; (4) 隨分覺 further bodhisattva-enlightenment according to capacity, i. e. the stages 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (5) 究竟覺 final or complete enlightenment, i. e. the stage of 妙覺, which is one with the first, i. e. 本覺. The 本覺 is bodhi in the potential, 始覺 is bodhi in the active state, hence (2), (3), (4), and (5) are all the latter, but the fifth has reached the perfect quiescent stage of original bodhi. |
仮想 see styles |
kasou / kaso かそう |
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy) |
佛性 see styles |
fó xìng fo2 xing4 fo hsing butsushou / butsusho ぶつしょう |
Buddha nature (surname) Butsushou buddhatā. The Buddha-nature, i.e. gnosis, enlightenment; potential bodhi remains in every gati, i.e. all have the capacity for enlightenment; for the Buddha-nature remains in all as wheat-nature remains in all wheat. This nature takes two forms: 理 noumenal, in the absolute sense, unproduced and immortal, and 行 phenomenal, in action. While every one possesses the Buddha-nature, it requires to be cultivated in order to produce its ripe fruit. |
內推 内推 see styles |
nèi tuī nei4 tui1 nei t`ui nei tui |
(math.) interpolation; (human resources) internal referral; employee referral (recommendation of a potential new employee by an existing employee or client) |
勢能 势能 see styles |
shì néng shi4 neng2 shih neng senou / seno せのう |
potential energy (surname) Senou |
勢阱 势阱 see styles |
shì jǐng shi4 jing3 shih ching |
potential well (physics) |
勢降 势降 see styles |
shì jiàng shi4 jiang4 shih chiang |
potential drop (elec.) |
可能 see styles |
kě néng ke3 neng2 k`o neng ko neng kanou / kano かのう |
might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4] (noun or adjectival noun) possible; potential; practicable; feasible; (surname) Kanou able |
壽行 寿行 see styles |
shòu xíng shou4 xing2 shou hsing jugyō |
potential for maintaining a long life span |
戦力 see styles |
senryoku せんりょく |
(1) war potential; military strength; fighting power; (2) ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset |
本明 see styles |
běn míng ben3 ming2 pen ming motoaki もとあき |
(surname) Motoaki The original light, or potential enlightenment, that is in all beings; also 元明; cf. 本覺. |
本覺 本觉 see styles |
běn jué ben3 jue2 pen chüeh hongaku |
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being. |
材料 see styles |
cái liào cai2 liao4 ts`ai liao tsai liao zairyou / zairyo ざいりょう |
(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job (1) materials; ingredients; (2) material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; (3) grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data; (4) {finc} (market) factor |
核勢 核势 see styles |
hé shì he2 shi4 ho shih |
nuclear potential |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hotsushin ほつしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
潛力 潜力 see styles |
qián lì qian2 li4 ch`ien li chien li |
potential; latent capacity |
潛在 潜在 see styles |
qián zài qian2 zai4 ch`ien tsai chien tsai |
hidden; potential; latent See: 潜在 |
潛能 潜能 see styles |
qián néng qian2 neng2 ch`ien neng chien neng |
potential; hidden capability |
潛質 潜质 see styles |
qián zhì qian2 zhi4 ch`ien chih chien chih |
potential |
理事 see styles |
lǐ shì li3 shi4 li shih riji りじ |
member of council; (literary) to take care of matters director; trustee Noumena and phenomena, principle and practice, absolute and relative, real and empirical, cause and effect, fundamental essence and external activity, potential and actual; e.g. store and distribution, ocean and wave, static and kinetic. |
盡展 尽展 see styles |
jìn zhǎn jin4 zhan3 chin chan |
to display (one's potential, one's talents etc) |
踩線 踩线 see styles |
cǎi xiàn cai3 xian4 ts`ai hsien tsai hsien |
to scout for a tour operator; to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary; (tennis) to commit a foot fault |
軍勢 军势 see styles |
jun shì jun1 shi4 chün shih gunzei / gunze ぐんぜい |
army strength; military prowess or potential military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers |
追客 see styles |
zhuī kè zhui1 ke4 chui k`o chui ko tsuikyaku ついきゃく |
avid fan who anxiously awaits new content (noun/participle) pursuing a potential customer (esp. in real estate) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Potential Momentum | 勢 势 | zei | shì / shi4 / shi | shih |
| Bright and Promising Future | 明るい未来 | akarui mirai akaruimirai | ||
| Light Bright and Promising Future | 光明 | kou mei / mitsu haru koumei / mitsuharu ko mei / mitsu haru | guāng míng guang1 ming2 guang ming guangming | kuang ming kuangming |
| 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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