Can anyone read Japanese?

drdavid · 4th January 2009, 01:03 AM

I think the 4th and 5th radicals are Ki meaning tree/wood and Itsu/Otsu meaning second or latter. These are radicals 75 and 5 using the New Nelson Japanese/English character dictionary.

If you just take the initial 3 radicals 天下一 , this would also translate as the best on earth, then you have the ki radical 木 for wood or tree, I cannot figure where this fits into the scheme of things and then 乙村 which could translate as Otomura which is a town in Nara province, unfortunately nowhere near Inaba that I can see. I suspect a native japanese speaker could enlighten us pretty quickly
cheers
David

stekemest · 4th January 2009, 01:33 AM

Yes, I thought 4 and 5 should be one character, but probably you really have to read them seperately. I just can't figure out the meaning then. Otomura could also be a name, but what about the moku/boku/ki...?

Peter

Atlantia · 4th January 2009, 06:43 PM

Welcome David,

A couple of areas are a little indistinct, perhaps a larger picture would be clearer? It reallly hard to photograph clearly unfortunately.
Thanks for helping us
Gene

4th January 2009, 01:03 AM	#1
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	I think the 4th and 5th radicals are Ki meaning tree/wood and Itsu/Otsu meaning second or latter. These are radicals 75 and 5 using the New Nelson Japanese/English character dictionary. If you just take the initial 3 radicals 天下一 , this would also translate as the best on earth, then you have the ki radical 木 for wood or tree, I cannot figure where this fits into the scheme of things and then 乙村 which could translate as Otomura which is a town in Nara province, unfortunately nowhere near Inaba that I can see. I suspect a native japanese speaker could enlighten us pretty quickly cheers David

4th January 2009, 01:33 AM	#2
stekemest Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 183	Yes, I thought 4 and 5 should be one character, but probably you really have to read them seperately. I just can't figure out the meaning then. Otomura could also be a name, but what about the moku/boku/ki...? Peter

4th January 2009, 06:43 PM	#3
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Welcome David, A couple of areas are a little indistinct, perhaps a larger picture would be clearer? It reallly hard to photograph clearly unfortunately. Thanks for helping us Gene