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One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.
云 means "to say." Also associated with here.
To say - To speak; to quote others.
Here - A particle for adjusting rhythm.
To revolve - To circulate.
Prosperous - Abundant and thriving.
Cloud - Same as the cloud character.
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Surnames
云(いんのしょう)
云(うん)
云(しおがみ)
云(しおぬま)
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
say
say, speak; clouds
(classical) to say
cloud; to say, to speak
Same meaning as 曰 (to say). Such as 人云亦云, meaning echoing what others say. | A modal particle. Like saying "it is so." When narrating something, withholding judgment, often used as a sentence-final particle.
She wanted him to say that he loved her.
スリッパ、よこせえ!コラ!よこせと云うに!
Give me the slippers! Hey! Give them to me!
He had almost no formal education.
英国と云えばサッカー、フィッシュアンドチップス、そして女王です。
England is synonymous with football, fish & chips, and the Queen.
私は、玩具をもった記憶がない、と云ったが、殆ど、間食をした記憶もなかった。
I said that I don't remember having had any toys, and I also don't remember having had any snacks.
時々大家の婆さんが見にきて 「泣かない子ね」 と云ったが、私の子守は天才的に上手であった。
Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.
何故生きてゆくのは苦しいか、何故、苦しくとも、生きて行かなければならないか。勿論、李は一度もそう云う問題を考えて見た事がない。
Why is it painful to live? And why must we continue to live despite the pain? Of course, Lee had never considered such a question before.
翌朝、彼女は私の耳もとに口をよせて 「あたしたち、今晩パリへ帰りますの。あたしをこんな淋しい処へ一人で置いて置くわけに行かないつて云ふんですのよ。それやさうね」
The following morning she said close to my ears: "We're going back to Paris tonight. He says that there's no way that he'll leave me alone in such a sad place. That's how it is."
私と、同僚とが、山の崖っぷちに立っている小屋に等しい二間の家ーー二間と云っても、上り口と、その次と、六畳に二畳の家に住んでいた。食べるものは、芋、干魚、豆腐、寒い山の上なので、冬になると芋が凍っている。
Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.
序に、日本でシユウ・クリイムと呼んでゐる菓子は、英国へ行つても仏蘭西へ行つてもその名前では通用しない。英吉利でシユウ・クリイムを持つて来いと云つたら、靴墨を持つて来たといふおとしばなしもできてゐるくらゐだ。
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生の気にする財産|云々の掛念はその時の私には全くなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
坊さんがその点でKを満足させたかどうかは疑問ですが、彼は寺の境内を出ると、しきりに私に向って日蓮の事を云々し出しました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
何故かと云うと、この二三年、京都には、地震とか辻風とか火事とか饑饉とか云う災がつづいて起った。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
旧記によると、仏像や仏具を打砕いて、その丹がついたり、金銀の箔がついたりした木を、路ばたにつみ重ねて、薪の料に売っていたと云う事である。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
とうとうしまいには、引取り手のない死人を、この門へ持って来て、棄てて行くと云う習慣さえ出来た。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
しかし、下人は雨がやんでも、格別どうしようと云う当てはない。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
だから「下人が雨やみを待っていた」と云うよりも「雨にふりこめられた下人が、行き所がなくて、途方にくれていた」と云う方が、適当である。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
そこで、下人は、何をおいても差当り明日の暮しをどうにかしようとして――云わばどうにもならない事を、どうにかしようとして、とりとめもない考えをたどりながら、さっきから朱雀大路にふる雨の音を、聞くともなく聞いていたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
雨は、羅生門をつつんで、遠くから、ざあっと云う音をあつめて来る。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
下人は、手段を選ばないという事を肯定しながらも、この「すれば」のかたをつけるために、当然、その後に来る可き「盗人になるよりほかに仕方がない」と云う事を、積極的に肯定するだけの、勇気が出ずにいたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
そうして、その死骸は皆、それが、かつて、生きていた人間だと云う事実さえ疑われるほど、土を捏ねて造った人形のように、口を開いたり手を延ばしたりして、ごろごろ床の上にころがっていた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
――いや、この老婆に対すると云っては、語弊があるかも知れない。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
この時、誰かがこの下人に、さっき門の下でこの男が考えていた、饑死をするか盗人になるかと云う問題を、改めて持出したら、恐らく下人は、何の未練もなく、饑死を選んだ事であろう。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
しかし下人にとっては、この雨の夜に、この羅生門の上で、死人の髪の毛を抜くと云う事が、それだけで既に許すべからざる悪であった。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
云え。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
云わぬと、これだぞよ。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
これを見ると、下人は始めて明白にこの老婆の生死が、全然、自分の意志に支配されていると云う事を意識した。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
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