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Copyright 2004 by Takanori Tomita

All rights reserved. No part of this book content
may be used or reproduced
in any manner whatsoever without written
permission from the author, except individuals for
their own, noncommercial purposes.

Published 2004
Printed by CafePress.com in the United States of
America

ISBN 0-646-43956-1


This publication is designed to give you an idea of
artistic Japanese symbols and provide created images for
your design needs. The idea of these symbols included in this
book is coming from the re-creation of Japanese history of
SAMURAI.
The author has taken reasonable precautions in the
preparation of this book and believes the facts presented in
the book are accurate. However, neither the author nor the
publisher assumes any responsibility for any errors or
omissions. The author and publisher specifically disclaim
any liability resulting from the use of the information and
images contained in this book.



Acknowledgements


This book is dedicated to my wonderful mother, Hiromi
Tomita and my girlfriend, Chie Omote. Thank you for your
understanding as this book was written.
I would like to thank Cafepress.com for allowing me
the opportunity to do the self-publishing.
And thanks to all my clients. Assisting you to
translate and create images for your special design need is a
satisfying activity for me.

Table of Contents

12 Introduction

13 1 Script Kanji Symbols
Samurai 14 Courage 15
Loyalty 16 Justice 17
Pride 18 loving 19
Sword 20 Sincerity 21
Gratitude 22 Still 23
Soul 24 Sword 25


26 2 Script Kanji Symbols
Shogunate 27 Brave 28
Compassion 29 Duty 30
Faith 31 Honor 32
Honesty 33 Katsumoto 34
Sword Play 35 Loyalty 36
Justice 37 Musashi 38
Ninja 39 Manner 40
Polite Courtesy 41
Master-less Samurai 42
Samurai Warrior 43

44 3 Scripts Kanji symbols
Bushido 45
Introduction

First of all, I would like to thank you for being interested in
Japanese language, and also like to tell you why I have
published this book.

The reason is simple. Since I have started to live in
Australia, many of my Australian friends have asked me
how to write their name, a particular word or historical
phrase in Japanese symbols especially after the movie, The
LAST SAMURAI was released.
Then, I realized that there should be more and more people
over the world want or looking for a help to create Japanese
symbols for their particular design need.
So, here it is the book for you and those who are interested
in or started to learn the Japanese symbols, language or
culture. You can use a symbol found in this book for your
whatever design need is without any my permission as long
as it is personal use.

Let me also explain about the Japanese symbols as well.
In Japanese, there are basically 3 different scripts KANJI,
HIRAGANA and KATAKANA. The use of them are really
depends on a situation. In The LAST SAMURAI, the scripts
you might have noticed was KANJI, which has been the
most popular script for Westerners, and quite often used for
tattoo, logo, jewelry and many other designs.
Have you ever wondered the difference between Chinese
kanji and Japanese kanji? Although KANJI are historically
coming from the Chinese ideograms, they are different in
writing style, pronunciation and sometimes the meaning too.

In this book, I have included over 30 Japanese KANJI
symbols with 4 different fonts for each word, and selected
KANJI symbols are mainly coming from The Last
Samurai and as well as those are popular on my website at,
http://www.dsfy.com.

I hope this book will help you!

Takanori Tomita








1 Scrii"
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Sanurai"









THE MEAING:
Samurai existed in Japan until
the age of Meiji. Before that
time, Samurai came to power of
political and military, and
assumed control of Japan. Oda
Nobunaga, Toyotomi
Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa
Ieyasu were most especially
known samurai in the Japanese
history.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Sa Mu Ra I
Couragc"




THE MEANING:
This symbols means Courage,
bravery, valor and nerve.
Although the symbol is right
format, courage should
grammatically be written by
using 2 kanji symbols, and there
are 3 or 4 ways to write.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Yu
I sa ma shi
Loyaliy"



THE MENAING:
This symbol means loyalty,
devotion, faithfulness and
fidelity.
On the page 36, there are also
Japanese symbols for the
meaning of loyalty but the
number of symbols used is
different. It is suggested to use
the page 36 symbols for the
grammar of sentence.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Chu

Jusiicc"





THE MENAING:
The literal meaning of this
Japanese symbol is:
Knowing what is right and not
doing it is a want of courage
So, it can be justice, morality,
or even loyalty as well.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Gi
Pridc"






THE MENAING:
This symbol means pride, boast,
proud, and boast.
Grammatically, it is more
appropriate to use the hiragana
script to write the Ri
character in Japanese
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Ho Ko Ri

Loving"





THE MENAING:
This is the old way to represent
the meaning of loving and it is
made of 2 parts of character.
The left hand side character
represents human being and the
right hand site character, which
looks like 2 lines with short and
long is the meaning of two.
So, the general concept of this
symbol is 2 people love each
other
HOW TO PRONONCE:
Jin


Sword"





THE MEANING:
The meaning of this symbol is
generally sword.
However, it is more appropriate
to indicate the specific meaning,
which is Japanese sword.
There is another Japanese
symbol, which represent the
general meaning of sword.
(On page 25)
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Katana
Sinccriiy"





THE MEAING:
This symbol means sincerity,
truth and faith in our mind.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Ma ko to
Craiiiudc"







THE MEAING:
The meaning of this symbol is
bow, thank, gratitude,
acknowledge and reward.
It is really representing what the
Japanese culture is all about.
In any situation, politeness and
courtesy is important in Japan
especially when you are doing
business with Japanese
companies.
HOW TO PRONOUCE:
Rei
Siill"







THE MEANING:
This symbol means quite, silent,
still, noiseless, calm, quite,
gentle, smooth, soft, tranquil,
pacific or restful.
You can use this symbol as an
attitude of human being or to
describe an atmosphere.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Shi Zu Ka
.

Soul"





THE MEANING:
This symbol means soul or
spirit. By combining the
Samurai symbol and this
symbol, it will become
Samurai Tamashi which is
Samurai Spirit in English.
HOW TO PRONOUCE:
ta ma shi
Da ma Shii
.

Sword"





THE MEANING:
Not like the one mentioned on
the page 21, this symbol means
sword in a broad term.
If Japanese people see this
symbol, they will instinctively
think Greek or western type of
sword rather than Japanese
sword.
It is sometimes expressed as a
type of sword skill, and is said:
Ken No Ta Tsu Jin
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Ken
.




2 Scrii"
Kanji Synlols


Did you know that there are 3 different Japanese scripts?
Find out more about this information!

For those who are interested in Japanese symbols, I would like to
provide you Japanese Characters Secret Tips as a bonus with
additional insights.
As a thank-you to you for reading this book, you may go to the
Web site http://www.dsfy.com and subscribe my FREE newsletter
called, Takanori Tomitas Japanese Language Tips.
FREE NEWSLETTER DOWNLOAD
SIogunaic"






THE MEANING:
Shogunate is similar to politic in the samurai era.
Shounate is the combination of the word, Shogun and ate.
Shogun is general or great soldier.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Bakufu
Dravc"







THE MEANING:
The meaning of this symbol is the same as the one on the page 15.
As it is stated, this is the one of ways to write the grammatical
symbols.
HOW TO RPONOUNCE:
Yu u kan
Conassion"






THE MEANING:
The first symbol, Ji, means Love as in charity, and the second
symbol, Hi, means gloomy and pessimistic. Combined symbols
mean mercy, humanity, clemency and leniency.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Ji Hi
Duiy"




THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means duty, obligation, liability, oblige,
bind, obligatory and compulsory.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Gi Mu
FaiiI"







THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means Trust, Reliance, Confidence,
Faith, Belief, Credit, Reliability, Dependence, Reliable,
Trustworthy, Credible, Certain, Faithful, and Responsible.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Shin Rai
Honor"







THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol is really popular and used quite often in the
LAST SAMURAI. The meaning is Honor and Credit
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Me I Yo
Honcsiy"







THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means honesty, truthfulness, fairness,
integrity, rectitude, and truth.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Sho U Ji Ki
Kaisunoio"






THE MEANING:
This is the name for Katumoto who played a general of samurai
warrior in the LAST SAMURAI movie.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Ka Tsu Mo To
Sword Play"






THE MEANING:
The meaning of this Japanese symbol is fencing and swordplay.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Ken Jyu Tu
Loyaliy"







THE MEANING:
This is another way to write loyalty in Japanese. The meaning is the
same as the one on page 16, but the pronunciation is different.
You can use both of them for your tattoo design purpose.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Chu Sei
Jusiicc"







THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means Justice, right and rightness.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Se I Gi
MusasIi"






THE MEANING:
This is the famous samurai warriors name in the Japanese history.
Sometimes, this type of name is used for Japanese restaurants, name
of Saki (Japanese rice wine) or name of sumo wrestler.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Mu Sa Shi
Ninja"






THE MEANIG:
In the samurai age, there were people in black costumes and acted as
a spy. They have superhuman skills and abilities to move and jump
very speedily. In this age, they are like FBI or Secret service.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Nin Jya
Manncr"







THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means manner, fashion, way, style, and
mode.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Ryu Gi
Poliic Couricsy"






THE MEANING:
This Japanese symbol means Polite Courtesy, propriety and
decorum. This character is quite often used for Japanese saying.
HOW TO PRONOUNCE:
Rei Se Tsu
Masicr-lcss Sanurai"





THE MENAING:
In Japanese, there are basically 2 meanings of this symbol. It is either
Master-less samurai or a high school graduate who is preparing to
enter a university.
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Rou nin
Sanurai Warrior"





THE MEANING:
This symbol means Samurai Warrior or Samurai Soldier but
dont include the Samurai kanji mentioned before.
HOW TO RPOUNCE:
Mu Sha



3 Scrii"
Kanji Synlols

Did you know that there are 3 different Japanese scripts?
Find out more about this information!

For those who are interested in Japanese symbols, I would like to
provide you Japanese Characters Secret Tips as a bonus with
additional insights.
As a thank-you to you for reading this book, you may go to the
Web site http://www.dsfy.com and subscribe my FREE newsletter
called, Takanori Tomitas Japanese Language Tips.
FREE NEWSLETTER DOWNLOAD
DusIido"










THE MEANING:
Bushido means the way to be a samurai.
Bu Shi (the fist 2 characters) = Warrior or Samurai
Do (the last character) = Way, Avenue or Track
HOW TO PROUNCE:
Bu Shi Do