Ladybug

topic posted Fri, May 16, 2008 - 3:57 AM by  Phoenix
As I was going to my favorite hamburger shop (KUA`AINA) for lunch. A ladybug passed me on a busy street. I did not think too much on it and as I was walking back to work it came to me again.
In Japanese ladybugs are called "TENTOU-MUSHI". The original Japanese name is "TENDOU-MUSHI". "TEN" means heaven and "DOU" means way or road. "MUSHI" means insect or bug. Ladybugs climb up to the highest point of a flower and then fly away. If another bug were to follow it up from the ground they would be able to find the road or way to heaven.
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Phoenix
Japan
  • Re: Ladybug

    Fri, May 16, 2008 - 1:41 PM
    Very interesting about the Lady bug. I think we could learn a lot from each characteristic of the world around us. Thanks for posting this :-)

    So....in japan, Mushi-mushi when answering the phone means "bug-bug?" :-) Sometimes I feel like that when my phone rings :-)

    Anyway, again, sorry there aren't more folks in here. I too, am amidst work and school and its hard to keep up.

    Take care :-)
    • The "moshi moshi" myth

      Sat, May 17, 2008 - 6:37 AM
      To be exact,moshi moshi means excuse me.
      This word is kind of an ancient word.
      So, many japanese don't know true meaning. Here is something interesting I found about "moshi moshi".
      Moshi Moshi (MOH-shee moh-SHEE) (myth reference)
      exp. - Commonly used to answer the telephone in Japan, this expression has no real meaning, with the cloests translation of the term being "hello?" when receiving a phone call. The term itself stems from a Japanese myth of the shape-shifting fox. The fox is a creature of supernatural powers and mystery in Japanese tradition. They are said tosometimes change their form to that of a woman in order to seduce men for benevolent or malicious intent. The term "Moshi, moshi!" has no intrinsic meaning. It is a phrase supposedly foxes cannot pronounce. Therefore, if you say this over the phone and receive a reply the person you are talking with is not a fox in disguise.
      Good luck with work & school :)

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