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 joudou / jodo
Jodo Scroll

杖道 (jōdō) is a form of martial art using a cane staff.

The short staff used in this Japanese style is called a jō.
Jōdō is similar to and often compared with bōjutsu.

Note: 杖道 can also be written 杖術 (a slight variation on the first character).

Bojutsu / Bojitsu

The art of using a stick as a weapon

 bàng shù
 bou jutsu
Bojutsu / Bojitsu Scroll

棒術 is the title Bōjutsu (though some use the romanization Bojitsu).

棒術 is a martial art centered around using a “bō” or staff as a weapon.

This title is a combination of the Japanese word “bō” (which means staff, stick, club, rod, pole, or cudgel) with the Japanese word “jutsu” (which means art or technique).

While this word can be pronounced in Chinese (bang shu), it's not a common term in China. Please consider this title to be “Japanese only.”

Xin Xin Ming / Shinjinmei

 xìn xīn míng
 shin jin mei
Xin Xin Ming / Shinjinmei Scroll

This is the title of a Buddhist poem known as Xin Xin Ming, Xinxinming, or Hsin Hsin Ming in Chinese and Shinjinmei in Japanese.

This title is typically translated as “Faith in Mind.” The poem itself is quite long and steeped with meaning.

Download this document for more info: http://www.ln.edu.hk/econ/staff/Xin Xin Ming.doc

Shinto Muso-Ryu

 shin tou mu sou ryuu
Shinto Muso-Ryu Scroll

神道夢想流 is Shintō Musō-ryū, or Shindō Musō-ryū.

This is usually used in the context of jōdō, a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu (the art of wielding the short staff).

A Traditional Warm Welcome

 huān yíng guāng lín
A Traditional Warm Welcome Scroll

歡迎光臨 would be the ultimate Chinese “welcome mat.” Except it will be on your wall, and people will not step on it.

In a somewhat literal translation, you could say it means “I feel happy as I welcome you, as you have brought a shining light to this place with your arrival,” or more simply, “I am happy you've come as your presents brightens up the place.”

It has become common for this greeting to be announced by the staff upon the arrival of any customer into a fancy store in China. You will also see these characters on the “welcome mats” in front of 4 and 5-star hotels in China.

Having this on a wall scroll is an extra nice touch. I have seen a few horizontal scrolls with this phrase on the wall behind the reception desk of better hotels or near the front door of fine shops. At the fanciest department stores and restaurants in China, several greeters (almost always young women) will stand by the front door, all wearing sashes with this phrase embroidered. As you walk in, they will bow and say “huan ying guang lin” to welcome you to the establishment.

Note: The first two and last two characters do make words in Korean Hanja but are seldom used as a sentence like this in Korean.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

杖道

see styles
 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう

More info & calligraphy:

Jodo
(See 杖術) jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff

責任


责任

see styles
zé rèn
    ze2 ren4
tse jen
 sekinin
    せきにん

More info & calligraphy:

Responsibility
responsibility; blame; duty; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); (2) liability; onus

see styles
zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 tsue
    つえ
a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand; (surname) Tsuesaki
staff


see styles
guǎi
    guai3
kuai
cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff

see styles
bàng
    bang4
pang
 bou / bo
    ぼう
stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
(1) pole; rod; stick; baton; (2) line; dash; (expression) (3) (net-sl) (See 棒読み・1) spoken monotonously; (surname) Bou
A stick, cudgel.

竿

see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
 kan
    かん
pole
(suf,ctr) counter for poles, rods, etc.; (surname) Saosaki
staff

see styles
qióng
    qiong2
ch`iung
    chiung
(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

see styles
cái
    cai2
ts`ai
    tsai
 sai
    さい
to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
(suffix noun) judge; (surname) Tachi


see styles

    xi1
hsi
 suzu(p); suzu
    すず(P); スズ
tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
(kana only) tin (Sn); (given name) Tamau
Pewter, tin; to bestow; a monk's staff.

ご幣

see styles
 gohei / gohe
    ごへい
(Shinto) (honorific or respectful language) staff with plaited paper streamers

七僧

see styles
qī sēng
    qi1 seng1
ch`i seng
    chi seng
 shichisō
A monastery is supposed to possess the following seven monks: 咒願師 invoker; 導師 leader; 唄師 intoner, or leader of the chanting; 散花師 flower-scatterer; 梵音師 master of sacred words, or Sanskrit; 錫杖師 shaker of the rings on the metal staff, or crozier; 堂達 distributor of missals, etc. Another division is 講師 expounder; 讀師 reader; 咒願師; 三禮師 director of the three ceremonies; 唄師; 散花師; and 堂達.

下棒

see styles
xià bàng
    xia4 bang4
hsia pang
 abō
To lay on the cudgel, beat; syn. for the 德山 Te Shan monastery, whose Chan sect abbot instilled intelligence with his staff.

主任

see styles
zhǔ rèn
    zhu3 ren4
chu jen
 shunin
    しゅにん
director; head; CL:個|个[ge4]
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head; (personal name) Shunin

五線

see styles
 gosen
    ごせん
{music} staff; stave; (given name) Gosen

人員


人员

see styles
rén yuán
    ren2 yuan2
jen yüan
 jinin
    じんいん
staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
number of persons; personnel

人手

see styles
rén shǒu
    ren2 shou3
jen shou
 hitode
    ひとで
manpower; staff; human hand
(1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act
a person's hand

人馬


人马

see styles
rén mǎ
    ren2 ma3
jen ma
 jinba
    じんば
men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur
(1) (See 人馬一体・じんばいったい) man and horse; rider and horse; (2) (See ケンタウロス) centaur

但荼

see styles
dàn tú
    dan4 tu2
tan t`u
    tan tu
 danda
單拏 daṇḍa, a staff, club.

全員


全员

see styles
quán yuán
    quan2 yuan2
ch`üan yüan
    chüan yüan
 zenin(p); zeiin(ik) / zenin(p); zen(ik)
    ぜんいん(P); ぜいいん(ik)
all personnel; the whole staff
(n,adv) all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

冗員


冗员

see styles
rǒng yuán
    rong3 yuan2
jung yüan
 jouin / join
    じょういん
excess personnel; superfluous staff
(1) supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel; (2) useless staff

分流

see styles
fēn liú
    fen1 liu2
fen liu
 bunryuu / bunryu
    ぶんりゅう
to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc); to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)
(noun/participle) distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

削る

see styles
 kezuru
    けずる
(transitive verb) (1) to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode; (transitive verb) (2) to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce; (transitive verb) (3) to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

剰員

see styles
 jouin / join
    じょういん
(1) supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel; (2) useless staff

医員

see styles
 iin / in
    いいん
medical staff; doctor

半旗

see styles
bàn qí
    ban4 qi2
pan ch`i
    pan chi
 hanki
    はんき
half-mast; half-staff
flag at half-mast

参謀

see styles
 sanbou / sanbo
    さんぼう
(1) staff officer; military staff; (2) adviser; counselor; counsellor

參謀


参谋

see styles
cān móu
    can1 mou2
ts`an mou
    tsan mou
staff officer; to give advice

員工


员工

see styles
yuán gōng
    yuan2 gong1
yüan kung
staff; personnel; employee

在編


在编

see styles
zài biān
    zai4 bian1
tsai pien
to be on the regular payroll; to be on the permanent staff

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

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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
Jodo杖道joudou / jodo
jodo / jodo
Bojutsu
Bojitsu
棒術
棒术
bou jutsu / boujutsu / bo jutsubàng shù / bang4 shu4 / bang shu / bangshupang shu / pangshu
Xin Xin Ming
Shinjinmei
信心銘
信心铭
shin jin mei
shinjinmei
xìn xīn míng
xin4 xin1 ming2
xin xin ming
xinxinming
hsin hsin ming
hsinhsinming
Shinto Muso-Ryu神道夢想流shin tou mu sou ryuu
shintoumusouryuu
shin to mu so ryu
A Traditional Warm Welcome歡迎光臨
欢迎光临
huān yíng guāng lín
huan1 ying2 guang1 lin2
huan ying guang lin
huanyingguanglin
huan ying kuang lin
huanyingkuanglin
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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