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Boys be Ambitious
Quote from William S. Clark in Japan
shou nen yo tai shi o ida ke
少年よ大志を抱け was a sort of motto or proverb invoked by William Clark after being hired by the Emperor of Japan in 1876 to establish a university in Hokkaido, Japan.
This phrase has been famous across all generations of Japan since that time.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
純愛 纯爱 see styles |
chún ài chun2 ai4 ch`un ai chun ai pyua ぴゅあ |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Lovepure love; (female given name) Pyua |
少年よ大志を抱け see styles |
shounenyotaishioidake / shonenyotaishioidake しょうねんよたいしをいだけ |
More info & calligraphy: Boys be Ambitious |
幟 帜 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih noboru のぼる |
flag (1) (kana only) nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top; (2) (kana only) Boys' Day nobori; carp streamer; (given name) Noboru |
ＢＬ see styles |
bii eru; biieru(sk) / bi eru; bieru(sk) ビー・エル; ビーエル(sk) |
(1) (abbreviation) (from the 和製英語 boys love) (See ボーイズラブ) male homosexuality; (2) (See 船荷証券) bill of lading; BL |
児女 see styles |
jijo じじょ |
boys and girls |
哥兒 哥儿 see styles |
gē r ge1 r5 ko r |
brothers; boys |
学蘭 see styles |
gakuran がくらん |
(colloquialism) school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers |
揚巻 see styles |
agemaki あげまき |
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
束髮 束发 see styles |
shù fà shu4 fa4 shu fa |
to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) |
男校 see styles |
nán xiào nan2 xiao4 nan hsiao |
all-boys school |
童便 see styles |
tóng biàn tong2 bian4 t`ung pien tung pien |
urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM) |
耽美 see styles |
dān měi dan1 mei3 tan mei tanbi たんび |
(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things; (personal name) Tanbi |
茶房 see styles |
chá fáng cha2 fang2 ch`a fang cha fang abe あべ |
waiter; steward; porter; teahouse teahouse; coffee shop; (surname) Abe boys in the temple |
褌祝 see styles |
hekoiwai へこいわい fundoshiiwai / fundoshiwai ふんどしいわい tafusagiiwai / tafusagiwai たふさぎいわい |
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt |
逆援 see styles |
gyakuen ぎゃくえん |
(abbreviation) (from 逆 and 援交) women paying boys for sex |
ホイス see styles |
boisu ボイス |
voice; (personal name) Boys |
五月幟 see styles |
gogatsunobori; satsukinobori ごがつのぼり; さつきのぼり |
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers |
兵児祝 see styles |
hekoiwai へこいわい |
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt |
学らん see styles |
gakuran がくらん |
(colloquialism) school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers |
少年愛 see styles |
shounenai / shonenai しょうねんあい |
(1) pederasty; boy love; (2) (manga slang) (See ボーイズラブ) shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love |
揚げ巻 see styles |
agemaki あげまき |
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
正太控 see styles |
zhèng tài kòng zheng4 tai4 kong4 cheng t`ai k`ung cheng tai kung |
shotacon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner |
男バス see styles |
danbasu だんバス |
(abbreviation) (short for 男子バスケットボール) men's basketball; boys' basketball |
男バレ see styles |
danbare だんバレ |
(abbreviation) (short for 男子バレーボール) men's volleyball; boys' volleyball |
男子校 see styles |
danshikou / danshiko だんしこう |
boys' school |
男子高 see styles |
danshikou / danshiko だんしこう |
boys' high school |
童子尿 see styles |
tóng zǐ niào tong2 zi3 niao4 t`ung tzu niao tung tzu niao |
urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM) |
褌祝い see styles |
hekoiwai へこいわい fundoshiiwai / fundoshiwai ふんどしいわい tafusagiiwai / tafusagiwai たふさぎいわい |
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt |
五月人形 see styles |
gogatsuningyou / gogatsuningyo ごがつにんぎょう |
Boys' May Festival dolls |
少年少女 see styles |
shounenshoujo / shonenshojo しょうねんしょうじょ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) boys and girls |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
| Boys be Ambitious | 少年よ大志を抱け | shou nen yo tai shi o ida ke shounenyotaishioidake sho nen yo tai shi o ida ke |
| 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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