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改善 means betterment, improvement, to make better, or to improve - specifically incremental and continuous improvement.
改善 became very important in post-war Japan when Edwards Deming came to Japan to teach concepts of incremental and continuous improvement (for which the big 3 auto-makers did not want to hear about at the time - even kicking Deming out of their offices). The Japanese workforce absorbed this concept when their culture was in flux and primed for change.
This kaizen term is closely associated with the western title “Total Quality Management.” Perhaps dear to my heart since I spent years studying this at university before I moved to China where TQM did not seem to exist. Slowly, this concept has entered China as well (I've actually given lectures on the subject in Beijing).
If you are trying to improve processes at your business or need to remind yourself of your continuous TQM goals, this would be a great wall scroll to hang behind your desk or in your workplace.
These are the precepts of Reiki that are attributed to Usui Mikao.
Here is a breakdown of the characters and a rough translation:
招福の秘法, 萬病の霊薬。
Invite blessings of [the] secret method, 10,000 illnesses of spiritual medicine.
今日丈けは: 怒るな, 心配すな, 感謝して, 業をはげめ, 人に親切に。
At least for today: Do not be angry, do not worry, be grateful, work with diligence, and be kind to people.
朝夕合掌して, 心に念じ, 口に唱へよ, 心身改善。
Morning [and] evening perform gassho (join hands), [with your] heart/mind in silent prayer, [with your] mouth chant, [thusly] mind [and] body [will] reform/improve.
臼井靈氣療法! -肇祖, 臼井甕男。
Usui Reiki Ryōhō! -Founder, Usui Mikao.
The middle portion of this is often titled, “The Five Principles of Reiki” and makes a nice calligraphy selection by itself. The Japanese text presented here can be considered the more verbose version.
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 改善 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
改善 see styles |
gǎi shàn gai3 shan4 kai shan kaizen かいぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Kai Zen / Kaizen(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) betterment; improvement; (2) (kana only) (oft. written カイゼン) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) |
改善点 see styles |
kaizenten かいぜんてん |
(1) points of improvement; improved areas; (2) points needing improvement; problem areas |
改善策 see styles |
kaizensaku かいぜんさく |
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures |
体質改善 see styles |
taishitsukaizen たいしつかいぜん |
(yoji) improvement of one's constitution; reformation |
待遇改善 see styles |
taiguukaizen / taigukaizen たいぐうかいぜん |
improvement of labor conditions (labour) |
改善命令 see styles |
kaizenmeirei / kaizenmere かいぜんめいれい |
{law} orders for improvement (from an authority to a business operator in its jurisdiction) |
改善通訊 改善通讯 see styles |
gǎi shàn tōng xùn gai3 shan4 tong1 xun4 kai shan t`ung hsün kai shan tung hsün |
to improve communications |
改善關係 改善关系 see styles |
gǎi shàn guān xi gai3 shan4 guan1 xi5 kai shan kuan hsi |
to improve relations |
関係改善 see styles |
kankeikaizen / kankekaizen かんけいかいぜん |
improvement of relations; rapprochement |
景気改善策 see styles |
keikikaizensaku / kekikaizensaku けいきかいぜんさく |
economy recovery plan |
実務改善協会 see styles |
jitsumukaizenkyoukai / jitsumukaizenkyokai じつむかいぜんきょうかい |
(o) Better Business Practice |
業務改善命令 see styles |
gyoumukaizenmeirei / gyomukaizenmere ぎょうむかいぜんめいれい |
business improvement order |
国際経営改善財団 see styles |
kokusaikeieikaizenzaidan / kokusaikeekaizenzaidan こくさいけいえいかいぜんざいだん |
(o) Foundation for International Progress in Management |
日本栄養改善学会 see styles |
nipponeiyoukaizengakkai / nipponeyokaizengakkai にっぽんえいようかいぜんがっかい |
(org) Japan Dietetics Society; (o) Japan Dietetics Society |
緑化推進環境改善協会 see styles |
ryokukasuishinkankyoukaizenkyoukai / ryokukasuishinkankyokaizenkyokai りょくかすいしんかんきょうかいぜんきょうかい |
(org) Society for the Development of Greenspaces; sdg; (o) Society for the Development of Greenspaces; sdg |
繊維工業構造改善事業協会 see styles |
senikougyoukouzoukaizenjigyoukyoukai / senikogyokozokaizenjigyokyokai せんいこうぎょうこうぞうかいぜんじぎょうきょうかい |
(org) Textile Industry Restructuring Agency; (o) Textile Industry Restructuring Agency |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Kai Zen Kaizen | 改善 | kai zen / kaizen | gǎi shàn / gai3 shan4 / gai shan / gaishan | kai shan / kaishan |
Reiki Precepts by Usui Mikao | 招福の秘法萬病の霊薬今日丈けは怒るな心配すな感謝して業をはげめ人に親切に朝夕合掌して心に念じ口に唱へよ心身改善臼井靈氣療法肇祖臼井甕男 | shou fuku no hihou man byou no rei yaku kyou da ke wa oko ru na shin pai su na kan sha shi te gyou wo ha ke me hito ni shin setsu ni asayuu gasshou shite kokoro ni nenji kuchi ni tonae yo shin shin kaizen usui rei ki ryou hou cho so usu i mika o sho fuku no hiho man byo no rei yaku kyo da ke wa oko ru na shin pai su na kan sha shi te gyo wo ha ke me hito ni shin setsu ni asayu gasho shite kokoro ni nenji kuchi ni tonae yo shin shin kaizen usui rei ki ryo ho cho so usu i mika o |
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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.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
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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