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Can anyone tell me the meaning of this?? It's in japanese
Hi !
I want to know the meaning of this. I took a picture. It's in japanese.
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/7929/20110712190730.jpg
I Practice Kendo and in my shinai (bamboo sword) I saw this.
Can anyone tell me the meaning?
Kendo partners are welcome to send me request =P
Jul 12, 2011 11:07 PM
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It means, "the dark sword". The word "gen" can also mean mysterious, profound. Genbu 玄武 from which the Japanese borrowed from the Chinese means "the dark warrior" representing the North direction. The animal associate with it is the tortise. East is seiryu (green dragon),est, Bakkyo (white tiger) and south Suzaku (red bird). Therefore it can be also translated the "sword of the north".
July 12, 2011
玄 = mysterious
釖 = sword
You can work it out from there.
July 12, 2011
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