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人生で一番大事な日は二日ある。生まれた日と、なぜ生まれたかを分かった日 is Mark Twain's quote, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why” in Japanese.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 一番 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
一番 see styles |
yī fān yi1 fan1 i fan ichiban いちばん |
More info & calligraphy: Best / Number Onefirst |
一番丁 see styles |
ichibanchou / ichibancho いちばんちょう |
(place-name) Ichibanchō |
一番上 see styles |
ichibanue いちばんうえ |
(adj-no,n) highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest |
一番割 see styles |
ichibanwari いちばんわり |
(place-name) Ichibanwari |
一番地 see styles |
ichibanchi いちばんち |
(place-name) Ichibanchi |
一番堰 see styles |
ichibanzeki いちばんぜき |
(place-name) Ichibanzeki |
一番屋 see styles |
ichibanya いちばんや |
(surname) Ichiban'ya |
一番川 see styles |
ichibangawa いちばんがわ |
(personal name) Ichibangawa |
一番手 see styles |
ichibante いちばんて |
first player; first worker |
一番方 see styles |
ichibankata いちばんかた |
(place-name) Ichibankata |
一番星 see styles |
ichibanboshi いちばんぼし |
the first star to appear in the evening |
一番池 see styles |
ichibanike いちばんいけ |
(place-name) Ichiban'ike |
一番瀬 see styles |
ichibangase いちばんがせ |
(surname) Ichibangase |
一番町 see styles |
ichibanmachi いちばんまち |
(place-name) Ichibanmachi |
一番目 see styles |
ichibanme いちばんめ |
the first |
一番組 see styles |
ichibangumi いちばんぐみ |
(place-name) Ichibangumi |
一番線 see styles |
ichibansen いちばんせん |
track no. 1 |
一番茶 see styles |
ichibancha いちばんちゃ |
first-grade tea (first picking) |
一番谷 see styles |
ichibantani いちばんたに |
(place-name) Ichibantani |
一番鶏 see styles |
ichibandori いちばんどり |
first cockcrowing |
十一番 see styles |
juuichiban / juichiban じゅういちばん |
(place-name) Jūichiban |
南一番 see styles |
minamiichiban / minamichiban みなみいちばん |
(place-name) Minamiichiban |
大一番 see styles |
ooichiban おおいちばん |
decisive game; important bout; crucial match |
春一番 see styles |
haruichiban はるいちばん |
first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring; (person) Haruichiban (1966.8.13-) |
朝一番 see styles |
asaichiban あさいちばん |
first thing in the morning |
東一番 see styles |
higashiichiban / higashichiban ひがしいちばん |
(place-name) Higashiichiban |
柱一番 see styles |
hashiraichiban はしらいちばん |
(place-name) Hashiraichiban |
横一番 see styles |
yokoichiban よこいちばん |
(place-name) Yokoichiban |
翻一番 see styles |
fān yī fān fan1 yi1 fan1 fan i fan |
to increase by 100%; to double |
西一番 see styles |
nishiichiban / nishichiban にしいちばん |
(place-name) Nishiichiban |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Best Number One | 一番 | ichi ban / ichiban |
The two most important days in your life... | 人生で一番大事な日は二日ある生まれた日となぜ生まれたかを分かった日 | Jinsei de ichiban daijina hi wa futsuka aru. Umaretahi to, naze umareta ka o wakatta hi |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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