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妖怪 is a Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja word that can be defined as a devil, ghost, apparition, phantom, specter/spectre, demon, monster, or goblin.
鏡花水月 is an old Asian proverb that means “flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake” or “flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface.”
Literally, 鏡花水月 reads “Mirror Flower, Water Moon.”
Figuratively this can be used to represent a lot of different ideas. It can be used to express an unrealistic rosy view or viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles. So you can use it to relay an idea about something that is visible but has no substance,
something that can be seen but not touched, or something beautiful but unattainable such as dreams or a mirage.
This expression is used to describe things like the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words.
鏡 = Mirror (or lens)
花 = Flower(s)
水 = Water
月 = Moon
Can also be written 水月鏡花 (just a slight change in word/character order).
These search terms might be related to Phantom:
Advance Bravely / Indomitable Spirit
Beautiful Heart / Beautiful Spirit
Beautiful Spirit
Body Mind Spirit
Courageous Spirit
Demon / Ghost / Apparition
Divine Spirit
Dragon Spirit
Esprit De Corps / Team Spirit
Fighting Spirit
Free Spirit
Fruit of the Spirit
Ghost / Apparition / Phantom
Ghost / Soul / Spirit
Ghost Demon
Ghost Warrior
Goddess of Beauty / Beautiful Spirit
Heart / Mind / Spirit
Heroic Spirit
Heroic Spirit / Great Ambition
Heroic Spirit / Heroism
Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost
Independent Spirit
Independent Spirit / Independent Heart
Indomitable Spirit
Indomitable Spirit / Indomitable Attitude
Inner Beauty / Beauty of Spirit
Inugami / Dog Spirit
Mind Body Spirit
Old, but More Vigorous in Spirit
Purified Spirit / Enlightened Attitude
Soul / Spirit
Spirit
Spirit / Soul
Spirit / Spiritual Essence
Spirit of Taekwondo
Spirit of the Dragon Martial Arts
Spiritual Strength / Strength of Spirit
Taekwondo Tenets / Spirit of Taekwon-Do
The Spirit of Dragon and Tiger
The Spirit of the Dragon Horse
The Spirit of the Dragon Horse and Power of a Tiger
Warrior Essence / Warrior Spirit / Martial
Warrior Soul / Heroic Spirit
Warrior Soul / Spirit of a Fighter
Wolf Spirit / Soul of a Wolf
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your phantom search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
妖怪 see styles |
yāo guài yao1 guai4 yao kuai youkai / yokai ようかい |
More info & calligraphy: Ghost / Apparition / Phantomghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin; yōkai |
幻像 see styles |
genzou / genzo げんぞう |
More info & calligraphy: Illusion |
妖 see styles |
yāo yao1 yao you / yo よう |
goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon (female given name) Yō An imp; to bewitch; magical. |
幻 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan maboroshi まぼろし |
fantasy (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) phantom; vision; illusion; apparition; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) something fleeting; short-lived dream; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) fabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing; (surname) Maboroshi māyā. Illusion, hallucination, a conjurer's trick, jugglery, i. e. one of the ten illustrations of unreality. |
化物 see styles |
huà wù hua4 wu4 hua wu kemotsu ばけもん |
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter to convert beings |
妖鬼 see styles |
youki / yoki ようき |
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin |
幻影 see styles |
huàn yǐng huan4 ying3 huan ying genei / gene げんえい |
phantom; mirage (noun - becomes adjective with の) phantom; vision; illusion illusion and shadows |
幻肢 see styles |
huàn zhī huan4 zhi1 huan chih genshi げんし |
(medicine) phantom limb phantom limb |
幽霊 see styles |
yuurei / yure ゆうれい |
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom |
怪異 怪异 see styles |
guài yì guai4 yi4 kuai i kaii / kai かいい |
monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon (noun or adjectival noun) (1) mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity; (2) ghost; monster; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin |
怪盗 see styles |
kaitou / kaito かいとう |
mysterious thief; phantom thief |
曲物 see styles |
wagemono わげもの magemono まげもの kusemono くせもの |
circular box; (1) circular box; (2) article for pawning; (1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
曲者 see styles |
kusemono くせもの |
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
癖者 see styles |
kusemono くせもの |
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
鬼怪 see styles |
guǐ guài gui3 guai4 kuei kuai |
hobgoblin; bogey; phantom |
魅影 see styles |
mèi yǐng mei4 ying3 mei ying mikage みかげ |
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy) (female given name) Mikage |
魍魎 魍魉 see styles |
wǎng liǎng wang3 liang3 wang liang mouryou / moryo もうりょう |
sprites and goblins; monsters and demons all kinds of spirits and goblins shadowy phantom |
くせ者 see styles |
kusemono くせもの |
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
偽妊娠 see styles |
gininshin ぎにんしん |
(adjectival noun) false pregnancy; phantom pregnancy; pseudopregnancy |
化け物 see styles |
bakemono ばけもん |
(ik) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
幻影肢 see styles |
geneishi / geneshi げんえいし |
(rare) (See 幻肢) phantom limb |
幻歯痛 see styles |
genshitsuu / genshitsu げんしつう |
phantom tooth pain |
幻肢痛 see styles |
genshitsuu / genshitsu げんしつう |
phantom pain |
幽霊船 see styles |
yuureisen / yuresen ゆうれいせん |
ghost ship; phantom ship |
バケモン see styles |
bakemon バケモン |
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter |
出没自在 see styles |
shutsubotsujizai しゅつぼつじざい |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) appearing and disappearing at will; elusive; phantom-like |
変幻出没 see styles |
hengenshutsubotsu へんげんしゅつぼつ |
(noun/participle) being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom |
幽霊文字 see styles |
yuureimoji / yuremoji ゆうれいもじ |
(妛, 彁, etc.) ghost character (apocryphal JIS kanji); phantom character |
幽霊社員 see styles |
yuureishain / yureshain ゆうれいしゃいん |
bogus (phantom) employee |
待機電力 see styles |
taikidenryoku たいきでんりょく |
standby electricity consumption; power use by devices on standby; phantom load |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ghost Apparition Phantom | 妖怪 | you kai / youkai / yo kai | yāo guài / yao1 guai4 / yao guai / yaoguai | yao kuai / yaokuai |
Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water | 鏡花水月 镜花水月 | kyou ka sui getsu kyoukasuigetsu kyo ka sui getsu | jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 jing hua shui yue jinghuashuiyue | ching hua shui yüeh chinghuashuiyüeh |
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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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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