sacrifice

Japanese translation: 犠牲

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English term or phrase:sacrifice
Japanese translation:犠牲
Entered by: Philip Ronan

03:47 Mar 2, 2005
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: sacrifice
i am looking for the japanese and or chinese characters of the words sacrifice and honor please help with either pictures of each or a site where i could find them thank you very very much for any help that u can give me
Mike
犠牲
Explanation:
It depends a bit on the context. For example, these words are verbs as well as nouns. But I suggest the following translations:

犠牲 (gisei) = sacrifice
名誉 (meiyo) = honor

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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2005-03-02 13:09:45 GMT)
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Check these links for pictures of the characters:
http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji4_gisei.htm
http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji_meiyo.htm
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犠牲


Explanation:
It depends a bit on the context. For example, these words are verbs as well as nouns. But I suggest the following translations:

犠牲 (gisei) = sacrifice
名誉 (meiyo) = honor

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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2005-03-02 13:09:45 GMT)
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Check these links for pictures of the characters:
http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji4_gisei.htm
http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji_meiyo.htm

Philip Ronan
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:37
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