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Inspired
感奮 is a Chinese and Japanese word that means, moved and inspired, fired with enthusiasm, stirred up, moved to action, or state of being inspired.
Inspiration
靈感 is the Chinese word closest to hitting the mark for the English word inspiration.
In a more extended context, I have even seen this translated as “brain wave.”
The first character means alert, departed soul, efficacious, quick, effective, or intelligent.
The second character means to feel, to move, to touch, or to affect.
The combined meaning of these two characters changes a bit, but I think it's nice to know the individual meanings to give you a better understanding of where a word comes from.
You could describe this word as “the thought that pops into your head just before you patent the greatest widget ever invented that everyone in the world will want.”
At least, that's the idea.
This term can also mean “intelligent thought” if you translate it directly from each character. If you are looking for inspiration or need to be inspired, this is the word for you.
When the first character was absorbed into Japanese from Chinese, an alternate form became the standard in Japan. The Kanji shown to the right is the form currently used in Japan. This is still considered an alternate form in China to this day.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
感奮 感奋 see styles |
gǎn fèn gan3 fen4 kan fen kanpun かんぷん |
More info & calligraphy: Inspired(n,vs,vi) stirred up; inspired; moved to action |
欲愛 欲爱 see styles |
yù ài yu4 ai4 yü ai yokuai |
Passion-love; love inspired by desire, through any of the five senses; love in the passion realm as contrasted to 法愛 the love inspired by the dharma. |
天来 see styles |
tenrai てんらい |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Sent |
響 响 see styles |
xiǎng xiang3 hsiang rizumu りずむ |
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises (irregular okurigana usage) (1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (female given name) Rizumu pratiśrut. Echo, resonance. |
反閇 see styles |
henbai へんばい |
(1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) dance steps inspired by this ceremony |
反陪 see styles |
henbai へんばい |
(1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) dance steps inspired by this ceremony |
唐子 see styles |
karako からこ |
(1) boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; (2) (hist) hairstyle inspired by a karako doll (esp. for girls; Edo period); (given name) Toushi |
新劇 see styles |
shingeki しんげき |
(See 旧劇・1) shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater |
発奮 see styles |
happun はっぷん |
(noun/participle) inspired; stimulated; roused |
発憤 see styles |
happun はっぷん |
(noun/participle) inspired; stimulated; roused |
神品 see styles |
shinpin しんぴん |
inspired work; masterpiece; (surname) Kōjina |
葦手 see styles |
ashide あしで |
(1) (hist) ashide; painting of a waterside using characters of a poem to represent reeds, rocks, birds, etc. (Heian period); (2) handwriting style inspired by ashide paintings |
蘭画 see styles |
ranga らんが |
(archaism) (See 秋田蘭画・あきたらんが) Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting |
返閉 see styles |
henbai へんばい |
(1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) dance steps inspired by this ceremony |
響き see styles |
hibiki ひびき doyomeki どよめき |
(1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (kana only) commotion; stir |
民主牆 民主墙 see styles |
mín zhǔ qiáng min2 zhu3 qiang2 min chu ch`iang min chu chiang |
Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities |
縛斯仙 缚斯仙 see styles |
fú sī xiān fu2 si1 xian1 fu ssu hsien Bakushisen |
Vasiṣṭha, 'a very celebrated Vedic ṛishi or inspired sage,' owner of the cow of plenty and able therefore to grant all desires. M.W. One of the six fire-devas in the maṇḍala. |
みゆき族 see styles |
miyukizoku みゆきぞく |
(hist) Miyuki-zoku; Miyuki tribe; young people dressed in an Ivy League-inspired style who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964 |
奮起一番 see styles |
funkiichiban / funkichiban ふんきいちばん |
(yoji) bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto |
突發奇想 突发奇想 see styles |
tū fā qí xiǎng tu1 fa1 qi2 xiang3 t`u fa ch`i hsiang tu fa chi hsiang |
suddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something |
見獵心喜 见猎心喜 see styles |
jiàn liè xīn xǐ jian4 lie4 xin1 xi3 chien lieh hsin hsi |
lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom); fig. seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again |
元気がでる see styles |
genkigaderu げんきがでる |
(exp,v1) to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized |
元気が出る see styles |
genkigaderu げんきがでる |
(exp,v1) to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized |
切っ掛けに see styles |
kikkakeni きっかけに |
(expression) (kana only) with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by |
Variations: |
happun はっぷん |
(n,vs,vi) being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on |
Variations: |
henbai へんばい |
(1) (See 禹歩・1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) dance steps inspired by this ceremony |
Variations: |
genkigaderu げんきがでる |
(exp,v1) (See 元気を出す・げんきをだす) to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized |
Variations: |
hibiki ひびき |
(1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read |
Variations: |
karaagyangu; karaa gyangu / karagyangu; kara gyangu カラーギャング; カラー・ギャング |
group of hoodlums whose members all wear clothes in the same color (inspired by US street gangs; esp. associated with Ikebukuro in the late 1990s) (wasei: color gang) |
感激 see styles |
gǎn jī gan3 ji1 kan chi kangeki かんげき |
More info & calligraphy: Thankfulness(n,vs,vi) deep emotion; impression; inspiration |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Inspired | 感奮 感奋 | kanpun | gǎn fèn / gan3 fen4 / gan fen / ganfen | kan fen / kanfen |
| Inspiration | 靈感 灵感 | reikan | líng gǎn / ling2 gan3 / ling gan / linggan | ling kan / lingkan |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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