There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
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Keiten Aijin of calligraphy by Takamori-Saigo |
Meaning :
Respect;
Love and friendly;
A feeling of love with respect and friendly feeling.
Pronunciation : son-sho-shin-ai
| Japanese tattoo symbols of Sonsho-Shinai.pdf |
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Note :
This is the kanji idiom as which "A feeling of love with respect and friendly feeling" was expressed.
When feelings such as "Respect, thanks, affection, and friendship" are conveyed in the attitude and the word for the other person, this kanji idiom is used.
Example :
My benefactor had visited me the other day.
He aided money financially to me when I was very poor.
I was very glad, and thought and I welcomed him with a heart of Sonsho-Sinai.
Meaning :
The kanji phrase which expresses the state that a man and woman loves each other.
The kanji phrase which expresses the relations of a very close man and woman.
Pronunciation : sou-shi-sou-ai
| Japanese tattoo symbols of Soushi-Souai.pdf |
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Note :
This kanji idiom is generally used for "Relation of the man and woman".
But, this kanji idiom has another usage.
As an example,
-Then let's suppose that you are a professional baseball player.
You have various dissatisfaction in your team.
You would like to move to New York Yankees.
It isn't yet announced, but, in fact, Yankees wants you.
This state is just "Soushi-Souai".
Media will surely report the feeling of you and the Yankees in this way.
"He and Yankees are relations of Soushi-Souai !!"
Meaning :
The state that a parent dotes on children.
Pronunciation : shi-toku-no-ai
Note :
This is a kanji idiom expressing "parents' overprotection to an own child."
| Japanese tattoo symbols of Shitoku-no-Ai.pdf |
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By the way, "Shitoku" is the word as which "The state that the cow is licking and loving the calf" is expressed.
Though this seems to be "the words to expressing parents' deep love" apparently, in fact, it is expression used to "When blind love and overprotection are criticized."
Therefore, I think that this is word unsuitable for a tattoo.
But, if it is completely understood, the use of this kanji idiom is an individual liberty.
Meaning :
Heaven loveth all men alike；so we must love others with the love with which we love ourselves.
Let's respect heavens and love people.
Pronunciation : kei-ten-ai-jin
| Japanese tattoo symbols of Keiten-Aijin.pdf |
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Note :
This "Keiten-Aijin" is a word of "西郷隆盛[Takamori Saigo] (1828-1877)" who is the samurai in Japan.
"Keiten" is the kanji symbols of the meaning of respecting heavens.
And, "Ten" is God [great existence which is not in sight].
And, "Ten" is parents and an ancestor.
And, "Ten" is a senior, the younger generation, a wife, and a child.
moreover, "Aijin" of this kanji idiom means loving to all people.
This is a wonderful word with the meaning "love God and all the people."
天は人も我も同一に愛し給ふが故に、我を愛する心を以て人を愛するなり。
[ "Heaven loveth all men alike；so we must love others with the love with which we love ourselves."]
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Takamori Saigo |
He was "The Last Samurai" of Japan definitely.
He was noble-minded and a person of character.
When things do not accomplish, man makes it others' cause in many cases.
But, in such a case, he didn't make it others' cause.
He was a person who considers it "is because its sincerity is insufficient."
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| Keiten-Aijin of Kanji symbols by hararie |
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| Keiten-Aijin of Kanji symbols by hararie |
There were quite a lot of samurais who yearned for "Saigo with such a character".
Saigo always performed politics for the public and it always tried to live a simple life disinterestedly also himself.
Though he was the person who always collected people's popularity and reliance, for the Japanese government in those days, he was a very obstructive existence.
It is because of having become a mainspring that he accomplishes one large revolution "明治維新[Meiji-Ishin];Meiji Restoration".
After all, his army was driven into the government troops and chose death with the samurai of the subordinate who adores him.
All the persons of the side which subjugated Saigo mourned over his death.
It is because not soldiers but "the bureaucrats of the Japanese government" of the government troops hated Saigou.
His body was buried with many tears.
And many people are visiting his grave still.
Probably Takamori Saigo was the most honest sincere person in Japanese history, and was a hero.
Hararie
Tokyo Time
