武運長久

[Toryu2020]

asking for a friend - 

 

The inscription starts with three small kanji - 

 

併而祈

 

below that, four large kanji - 

 

武運長久

 

Bu-un Cho-kyu - Which as I understand it is a common four character "idiom" from the war years "Continued Luck in War" - the question is the three small kanji at the top - how is it read in Japanese? Shikamo Hei (wo) Inoru? or some such and what would be the best English translation for these three? Any help appreciated,

 

-tch 

[DTM72]

I have a similar thing on a flag.

 

[DTM72]

併而祈 = concurrent prayer

 

[Toryu2020]

Dan - how did we find "concurrent prayer"?

[SteveM]

Dan, the phrase on your flag is written right to left, so you'll need to put 祈武運長久 into the translator to get a better translation out. 

Inoru buun chōkyū, as Thomas mentioned.

 

As to the other bit - 併而祈 - I don't know. Awasete shikōshite inoru is my guess, but it sounds like its joining two separate phrases. 

Praying for you, and hoping for your good luck in battle? Don't know. 

 

 

[DTM72]

  On 2/11/2023 at 12:29 AM, SteveM said:

Dan, the phrase on your flag is written right to left, so you'll need to put 祈武運長久 into the translator to get a better translation out. 

Inoru buun chōkyū, as Thomas mentioned.

 

As to the other bit - 併而祈 - I don't know. Awasete shikōshite inoru is my guess, but it sounds like its joining two separate phrases. 

Praying for you, and hoping for your good luck in battle? Don't know. 

 

 

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Much appreciated!

[Van]

  On 2/10/2023 at 7:57 PM, Toryu2020 said:

asking for a friend - 

 

The inscription starts with three small kanji -

併而祈

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Any chance to see a photo?

[Toryu2020]

here goes...

[Van]

Thank you. Just wanted to make sure. Not that I doubt your reading, but still prefer to see with my eyes.

併而祈 is read awasete inoru. "also praying for...".

Attaching an example from a random book that has readings next to kanji.

On your inscription supposedly there is also some other wish before this part?

 

[Toryu2020]

Thank you Vadim!

Yes there is a dedication mei celebrating going off to war and destroying England and America!!

 

much appreciated,

 

-t

[DTM72]

  On 2/10/2023 at 8:43 PM, Toryu2020 said:

Dan - how did we find "concurrent prayer"?

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I guess concurrent prayer = also praying for. I used a kanji translator and copied and pasted into it. It helps soooo much to have a native speaker to put things into prospective.

 

BTW, this is the translator I used. http://www.romajidesu.com/translator/

[Toryu2020]

Thanks I use DeepL and got "praying together" - appreciate your help.

 

-t