しょうにん (romaji shōnin)
しょうにん (romaji shōnin)
1. 商人: trader, shopkeeper, merchant
2. 小人: child, small person
3. 証人: (law) witness
4. 承認: recognition, acknowledgment, approval, consent, agreement
5. 上人: holy priest, saint
6. 陞任: advancement, promotion
7. 昇任: promotion
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93#Japanese
1. 商人: trader, shopkeeper, merchant
2. 小人: child, small person
3. 証人: (law) witness
4. 承認: recognition, acknowledgment, approval, consent, agreement
5. 上人: holy priest, saint
6. 陞任: advancement, promotion
7. 昇任: promotion
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93#Japanese
Start as a beginner (child), have a transformative experience (witness, promotion), enter a position of responsibility / power (merchant, priest) I suppose it could go the other way too, where one in a position of power bears witness to something that makes them feel again as a child / starting over.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the character for "fortune" which may also be written to mean "medicine" or "misfortune", another homophonic circle - your struggles may lead you to auspicious circumstance, while too much comfort / complacency may result in problems.
The actually told at the beginning of this that the character they have used was the one for witness
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