{"id":3490,"date":"2021-10-13T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2021-10-12T18:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T09:06:26","slug":"japanese-compositions008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/japanese-compositions008\/","title":{"rendered":"Same Kanji, Different Meanings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In this section, we&#8217;ll share our students&#8217; compositions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u540c\u3058\u6f22\u5b57\u3068\u9055\u3046\u610f\u5473*English follows Japanese.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #2e2e2e;\">\u30b4\u3000\u30b7\u30e5\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\uff08\u4e2d\u56fd\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>\u3000\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306b\u306f\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u6f22\u5b57\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3002\u305d\u306e\u4e2d\u306e\u591a\u304f\u306e\u6f22\u5b57\u306e\u610f\u5473\u306f\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u3068\u540c\u3058\u3060\u3002\u8a00\u8449\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u306f\u6f22\u5b57\u306e\u8868\u8a18\uff08\u3072\u3087\u3046\u304d\uff09\u306f\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u3068\u540c\u3058\u3060\u304c\u3001\u610f\u5473\u306f\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u3068\u9055\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u4f8b\u3048\u3070\u3001\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3068\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u306e\u66f8\u304d\u65b9\u306f\u540c\u3058\u3060\u304c\u3001\u610f\u5473\u304c\u5168\u7136\u9055\u3046\u8a00\u8449\u306e\u4e00\u3064\u3060\u3002<\/p>\r\n<p>\u3053\u306e\u9055\u3044\u306b\u6c17\u304c\u3064\u3044\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u5e73\u65e5\uff08\u3078\u3044\u3058\u3064\uff09\u306b\u5b85\u914d\u4fbf\u304c\u6765\u305f\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u5bb6\u306b\u3044\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002\u5b85\u914d\u4fbf\u306f\u5c4a\u3044\u3066\u306a\u304f\u3066\u3001\u90f5\u4fbf\u5c40\u304b\u3089\u9023\u7d61\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u304c\u6765\u305f\u3002\u9023\u7d61\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u306b\u306f\u300c\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u3066\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3088\u3046\u306a\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a00\u8449\u304c\u3088\u304f\u51fa\u3066\u304f\u308b\u3002\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a00\u8449\u306f\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u6587\u8108\u3068\u5168\u304f\u95a2\u4fc2\u304c\u306a\u3044\u3068\u611f\u3058\u305f\u3002\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a00\u8449\u306e\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u610f\u5473\u3092\u8abf\u3079\u3066\u307f\u305f\u3089\u3001\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a00\u8449\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3068\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u3067\u306f\u540c\u3058\u66f8\u304d\u65b9\u3060\u304c\u3001\u610f\u5473\u304c\u5168\u7136\u9055\u3046\u3053\u3068\u304c\u308f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\r\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3067\u306f\u3001\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u306f\u4ed6\u4eba\u306e\u6b63\u5e38\u306a\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3084\u751f\u6d3b\u306b\u5f71\u97ff\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3001\u4ed6\u4eba\u306b\u7169\uff08\u308f\u305a\u3089\uff09\u308f\u3057\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u4ed8\u3051\u52a0\u3048\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u610f\u5473\u3060\u3002\u4e2d\u56fd\u8a9e\u3067\u306f\u3001\u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d\u306f\u7269\u4e8b\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u56f0\u60d1\u3092\u8868\u3059\u610f\u5473\u3060\u3002\u66f8\u304d\u65b9\u306f\u540c\u3058\u3060\u304c\u3001\u610f\u5473\u306f\u5168\u7136\u9055\u3046\u3002<\/p>\r\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3092\u5b66\u3076\u3068\u304d\u3001\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u719f\u77e5\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u6f22\u5b57\u3092\u898b\u3066\u3001\u5148\u5165\u89b3\u3092\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3089\u3001\u6b63\u3057\u304f\u7406\u89e3\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3002\u6f22\u5b57\u306e\u672c\u5f53\u306e\u610f\u5473\u3092\u7406\u89e3\u3057\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #2e2e2e;\">\u3000<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #2e2e2e;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Same Kanji, Different Meanings<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #2e2e2e;\">\u30b4\u3000\u30b7\u30e5\u30f3\u30bf\u30af (China)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The Japanese language uses many characters. Among the number of characters, a lot of kanji have the same meaning in Chinese and Japanese. Depending on the word, sometimes the writing is the same, but the meaning differs so much. One big example could be the word \u300c\u8ff7\u60d1, meiwaku\u300d.<\/p>\r\n<p>I noticed this difference when one day the home delivery service arrived at a time when I wasn&#8217;t at home. I couldn&#8217;t receive the parcel, so I got contacted by email from the post office. As it often happens in these cases, the email contained a sentence that said \u300c\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u3066\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u300d* with inside the word \u300c\u8ff7\u60d1, meiwaku\u300d. I felt that the word \u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d was totally out of context. So I checked the meaning of the word in Japanese, and discovered that it had a different meaning to the Chinese word.<\/p>\r\n<p>In Japanese, \u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d refers to something that cause annoyance affecting the normal work and life of other people. In Chinese, \u300c\u8ff7\u60d1\u300d mostly means \u201cconfusion\u201d, being confused about things. The writing is the same, but the meaning is completely different.<\/p>\r\n<p>When you look at kanji that you are familiar with and try to understand them with intuition and preconceived notions, you will not be able to understand them correctly. <br \/>I have to understand the true meaning of the characters.<\/p>\r\n<p>*\u300c\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u3066\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093, gomeiwaku wo okakeshite moushiwakearimasen\u300dit is a Japanese expression that means \u201cWe are sorry for the inconvenience\u201d. The word meiwaku itself means \u201cnuisance\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bd41a4cd035269cbe8211d162a59eca3-e1634029520637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3491\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this section, we&#8217;ll share our students&#8217; compositions. \u540c\u3058\u6f22\u5b57\u3068\u9055\u3046\u610f\u5473*English follows Japanese. \u30b4\u3000\u30b7\u30e5\u30f3&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compositions-by-students","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2677489_s.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}