Kanji help <3. - Page 2

Nagoyankee · (#11 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Gyser

(good luck)

It's probably extremely easy to tell I'm a "newbie" from these questions, but which of these does the above symbol's meaning fit best.

1) "I have really good luck." (noun, I guess?)
2) "Good luck in the test tomorrow."

I really appreciate all your help. I hope I'm not coming across as annoying just yet.

Being a newbie is no crime. Not asking is a kind of a crime.

For both of those two, we use 幸運

吉　is what you see as one of the possible 'degrees in fortune' when you draw the sacred lot at a Japanese shrine.

Gyser · (#12 (**permalink**))

Would I be incorrect if I described "吉" as simply meaning "good luck"?

Nagoyankee · (#13 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Gyser

Would I be incorrect if I described "吉" as simply meaning "good luck"?

No, not at all. All you need to know is where it's used.

Gyser · (#14 (**permalink**))

Thanks a lot Nagoyankee, you've been a big help.

blimp · (#15 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

I love your sense of humor.

Take a kanji and you remove or add something, and alter the rest, etc. Any kanji can turn into another!!

I love your new signature, too. Go Tigers!

cheers, even though it is a rip-off of urs.
sry gyser for high-jacking ur thread. and never apologise for being a newbie.

filiadragongurl · (#16 (**permalink**))

吉【きち; きつ】 (n,adj-no) good fortune; good luck

Here's the dictionary defintion. I think it depends on how you use it in the Japanese structure, but I guess it's mostly like a noun. So, I think your first example is more like how you'd use it, but I could be wrong^_^;

masaegu · (#17 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by filiadragongurl

吉【きち; きつ】 (n,adj-no) good fortune; good luck

Here's the dictionary defintion. I think it depends on how you use it in the Japanese structure, but I guess it's mostly like a noun. So, I think your first example is more like how you'd use it, but I could be wrong^_^;

Yes, you are wrong, unfortunately. We only see the word 吉 in the fortune-telling corner of a larger shrine. It's not used in normal speaking and writing.

Fisher · (#18 (**permalink**))

幸运 means good luck, and I think it's the Chinese simplified.