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長

long

grow -

成長 (

the leader, chief, the eldest

村長

社長

長

長男

）

俺

I;

乙

the latter

witty, smart, good, quaint)

100 million

鉄:

iron

鉄人

music

situation, circumstances

feelings, emotions.

段

section

grade, step (reading: dan) . used in martial arts: karate, judo etc. Steven Seagal for instance has 7th dan in aikido, and this is the character used to express it: 七段/7段. the jpn translation seems better for FG

palace, hall, mansion

suffix

様

form, way, manner, style

suffix

参

to take part

three, going (humble), coming (humble), visiting (polite), be troubled, defeated

門

者

究

research, study

investigate, study;

or 空

sky, empty

(first character of 空手 karate); semantically sky is more appealing, but the last stroke is brushed upwards, and in the case of the 空 character that's normally considered a mistake...but one of those should be correct.

去

Leave, go

character repetition

色色 → 色々

激

violent, intense, enraged

quickly; in jpn: additional usage as a prefix meaning extremely~

世

generation, society

閣

tower

chamber

government

88 – 術 jutsu – technique (like in naruto anime: ~~no jutsu) , skill, art (both chn and jpn)

武

warrior

road

武士道

茶道

剣道

doctrine, code, principals, ethics, the right path

metal, money

正

correct, right, just

正義 -

young , so I would stick with the jpn translation

膳 –

meal,

104 – 気 gas??! that got me startled! I consulted the chn hanzi dict and yes, it seems to hold the 'gas' meaning, but in jpn for sure and I think also in chn, its most important dictionary meaning would be spirit, mind, energy ; this is the character that is known as the concept of chi/qi (jpn ki) - the life force, life energy, energy flow ; so...while 'gas' is definitely not incorrect, in this situation I would bet on the more philosophical connotation. [edit: most kanji (jpn) have the same shape as simplified hanzi or traditional hanzi (depending on a character). In this case however, there are 3 versions, with the jpn one differing from both hanzi trad and hanzi simpl, thus it sort of proves, that all the CaS characters are in fact japanese kanji, not chinese hanzi] ​

勤 –

diligence

serve

work

completion

target

腕

wrist;

arm and skill!

花 –

flower

snow

雪,

拳

a fist

舞

(

to) dance [edit: more often than not, poetic or metaphorical; used for instance in naruto anime: Kimimaro and his Bone dances, like 柳の舞 yanagi no mai (dance of the willow) or 椿の舞 tsubaki no mai (dance of the camillia) and Bleach anime: the shikai powers of Rukia's Zanpakuto: 初の舞月白 some no mai tsukishiro (first dance - white moon), 次の舞白漣 tsugi no mai hakuren (next dance - white ripples), 参の舞白刀 san no mai shirafune (third dance - white blade)]

刀

sword, katana (knife

夢

dream

玄

not detailed;

mysterious, occultness

also association with dark, black

椿

camellia ; no other character, of which the right side denotes 'spring', comes to mind

t

o play

狩

to hunt

talent, genius

red

blue and/or green.

to study, to master, which seems a better connotation for CaS

優

kindness; but also to excel, to surpass

Hi everyone, I would like to weigh in.First off, Luneth22 – terrific job. I mean, it is really difficult to discern the characters in semi-cursive style . Sometimes the character looks entirely different than its printed counterpart, and some other times stroke count and stroke order differs (thank god it's not). So again, nicely done!I gather You took the 'chinese' approach. I would like to take the 'japanese' one (after all, the game is made by the Japanese). While I have many resources when it comes to jpn, I do not know chn very well, so I will be basing my assumptions on the one hanzi dictionary I have.I also found some mistakes, added some definitions and proposed certain characters where You left ??? I'm open to discussion.(btw I still don't have about 1/3 of the characters, so I can't address all the issues. I'll update my post when I catch'em all)1 –yes;not literarly I think; although it is part ofgrowth, progress), this is not a direct character-meaning connotation; more importantly, another frequent usage isvillage chief;company boss; 番ringleader;eldest son2 –ore –in jpn it is a male informal way of addressing oneself4 – probablyotsu – it has many meanings, but the most popular usage is(also:18 – it is not a billion, it's20 –less metal - more. Like in tekken:tetsujin – iron-man and 鉄拳 tekken - iron fist26 – agreed; has an additional meaning –28 – as You said; in jpn it accompanies another meaning29 – not sure; right side looks like oozato radical to me, which would exclude 'level' as a character. But then again, this is the hard-to-discern-components-hard-to count-the-strokes weird semi-cursive shape, and I have no better candidate, so I'm gonna stick with Your proposal.30 – I guess it's; checked in the chn dict and indeed it has themeaning; in japanese however, it's33 – agreed; additional meanings may be:; also used as ato someone's name to show respect (~dono)34 – my guess would be; in that case, the meaning both in jp and chn would be, rather than look (double checked with a hanzi dict); also in jpn only – politeto someone's name (~sama)35 –in chn agreed; in jpn it is also, but there are other meanings:50 – really tough, but found it – observation post above the gate in the outer walls of a castle (I guess);gate radical +person inside51 – I'd say eitherin jpn –; in chn –59 – hmm, how about73 – looks like a symbol used in jpn to denote alike in; as far as I know it is not used in chn; IF it's that character75 –I'd say; seems that in chn also77 –agreed; additionally87 – perhaps it'sliterarly(jpn) or(chn), often used when describing89 –agreed; plus90 – yes, it is, but both literal and metaphorical; as inbushido,sado,kendo. I would translate it as a93 – agreed, plus95 – as far as I was able to check, this 'pie3' does not hold any particular meaning except for denoting one of the radicals; it's the same in jpn, only called 'no'. Here is the interesting part: 'no' not only is a name of a radical, but also is a possessive particle in jpn. particles are usually written in hiragana script, but occasionally may be written in katakana; and it just so happens that katakana character for 'no' looks like the radical: ノ. So, I would use this character as a possessive particle: 木ノ葉: leaves of trees (actual word), 正ノ光 (may be created from the CaS and would be roughly translated as a Light of Justice)97 –not sure about chn, but in jpn mostly used as; as injustice (written on the back of coats of admirals and other high-ranking officers of the Marine in One Piece anime)100 – in chn and as a secondary meaning in jpn agreed; in jpn primarily means103 – looks likenot sure; also used in daily life as a counter for chopsticks105 – looks likemeans(both chn and jpn), to(jpn), to(jpn)109 – additionally111 – in chn yes, it seems to indicate possession, belonging; in jpn however it means116 –in chn ain jpn on the other hand (pun intended^^) an; I'd go with the jpn ones118 – ok, this I don' understand at all; to me it's clearly(both chn and jpn); why do You think it's 'most', Luneth?119 – another tricky one; if It's 'high', what character exactly do You think it is? doesn't seem to be the standard character for high 高, at least in jpn. To me it sort of looks likewith slightly abridged amekanmuri radical.120 –121 –not a friend;122 –in chn)123 –124 –125 – I'd say134 – in jpn it means135 – looks like141 – cannot say; the arc stroke goes the opposite way, but resembles a bit kemonohen – a beast radical; the problem is, this radical cannot stand on its own...so maybe it's a weird-looking 才143 – in jpn it's the usual144 – actually 青 ao - meansthe other green character 緑 midori - just means green153 – 修 agreed; in jpn it also means159 –that would be my 2 centscheers!