ugo-ku, ugo-kasu, ugo-ki, dō (dou), dō-jiru (dou-jiru) You can find basic information about this character here. Let me add something different. The verb “dōjiru (doujiru)” means to be upset. With a negative auxiliary verb “nai”, it becomes “dōjinai (doujinai)” meaning “not to be upset”. Do you sometimes want to say to yourself, “Don’t be [...]

odo-ru, yaku You can find basic information about this character here. There isn’t much information I can add here but I forgot to mention a well-known word. Katsuyaku is a great job which is regarded as a great contribution to a group of people. Putting dai before katsuyaku, you can emphasize the great contribution. So [...]

yo, se, sei You can find basic information about this character here. Here is a list of words that, I think, we have not mentioned yet. Chūsei = the Middle Age Zense = a former life, a previous incarnation Kōsei = future generations Today’s character is written in gyōsho. Gyō sho is a cursive style [...]

shita, moto, sa-geru, sa-garu, kuda-ru, kuda-su, kuda-saru, o-riru, o-rosu, ka, ge, shimo The basic information of this character is posted here. Let me add that Shimokitazawa in Tokyo is worth visiting. The name of the town begins with today’s character. I’ve once read it is like Paris in someone’s blog, which I could not find [...]

ue, uwa, kami, a-geru, a-garu, nobo-ru, nobo-seru, nobo-su, jō You can find basic information about this character here. This character is written in gyōsho. Gyō sho is a cursive style of writing. <<< This is the kaisho style. Compared to the kaisho style, the starting point and the end of each stroke don’t look sharp [...]

megumi, megu-mu, kei, e Yesterday’s character was “blessing” in kaisho style. Today, we are showing “blessing” in gyōsho style. Kaisho is a basic style in calligraphy. Gyō sho is a cursive style of writing. Compared to the kaisho style, the starting point and the end of each stroke don’t look sharp but strokes should not [...]

hito-shii, tō, dō This style is called gyōsho, a cursive style of writing. The basic technique of gyōsho is mentioned here. When we posted the kaisho style of this character here, I listed some of its meanings. Today, I would like to add something. Tō is used at the end of a list to indicate [...]

na-i, na-kusu, mu, bu This style is called gyō sho, a cursive style of writing. We posted the kaisho style of this character here before. Compared to the kaisho style, the starting point and the end of each stroke don’t look sharp but strokes should not appear weak. Referring to the kaisho style, which is [...]