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Intense / Serious
真剣 is a Japanese word that means intense, serious, or earnest. It describes a person who is deep, serious, and a true thinker or dreamer.
Literally, this means “true sword,” as compared to a sharpened wooden practice sword blank. It's real, true, and serious.
Shinken Shobu
Death Match
In modern Japanese, 真剣勝負 means to take something very seriously.
The literal and historical meaning is “real sword battle.” In old times, a Samurai apprentice would practice with a wooden practice sword. Once trained and qualified, they would wield a real steel sword made for battle and killing. They were ready for a “death match” or Shinken Shobu.
真剣 is an adjective that has come to mean serious/earnest. The literal translation is “real sword.”
勝負 in the simplest terms, means match, contest, game, or bout. Depending on the context, it could also mean victory or defeat, winning and losing, or the outcome of a battle.
There is a suggestion in Shinken Shobu that you train with serious and real intent, as we should train with the same fervor and dedication as if the battle was real. “Train as we fight.”
See Also: The More We Sweat in Training the Less We Bleed in Battle | Cry in the Dojo - Laugh on the Battlefield
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
真剣 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
More info & calligraphy: Intense / Serious |
信軒 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
(given name) Shinken |
心劍 心剑 see styles |
xīn jiàn xin1 jian4 hsin chien shinken |
sword of the mind |
新券 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
new banknote |
真険 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
(irregular kanji usage) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) seriousness; earnestness; (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) |
神剣 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures) |
神権 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
divine right (e.g. of kings) |
親権 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
parental authority; parental rights; custody |
親眷 亲眷 see styles |
qīn juàn qin1 juan4 ch`in chüan chin chüan shinken |
relatives relatives |
身見 身见 see styles |
shēn jiàn shen1 jian4 shen chien shinken |
satkāyadṛṣṭi; the illusion that the body, or self, is real and not simply a compound of the five skandhas; one of the five wrong views 五見. |
進見 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
(given name) Shinken |
離身見 离身见 see styles |
lí shēn jiàn li2 shen1 jian4 li shen chien ri shinken |
free from the view of a self |
和田信賢 see styles |
wadashinken わだしんけん |
(person) Wada Shinken (1912.6.19-1952.8.14) |
深見過失 深见过失 see styles |
shēn jiàn guò shī shen1 jian4 guo4 shi1 shen chien kuo shih shinken kashitsu |
to deeply perceive faults and errors |
深見過患 深见过患 see styles |
shēn jiàn guò huàn shen1 jian4 guo4 huan4 shen chien kuo huan shinken kakan |
deeply perceiving faults and distress |
身見邊見 身见边见 see styles |
shēn jiàn biān jiàn shen1 jian4 bian1 jian4 shen chien pien chien shinken henken |
view of body-as-real and extreme views |
深見過失意樂 深见过失意乐 see styles |
shēn jiàn guò shī yì yào shen1 jian4 guo4 shi1 yi4 yao4 shen chien kuo shih i yao shinken kashitsu igyō |
the aspiration to deeply perceive faults and errors |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
| Intense Serious | 真剣 | shin ken / shinken |
| Shinken Shobu | 真剣勝負 | shinken shoubu shinkenshoubu shinken shobu |
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