Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and all its characters are properties of Takaya Natsuki-sensei
and Hana to Yume comics. Everything else in this fanfic are figments of my imagination.
Any similarities to name, places, yada yada yada are simply examples of the world's
many coincidental mysteries.
March 22nd 2002 (updated: October 2, 2002)
Jyuunishi no Enkei Monogatari: List of Names, Meanings, and Equivalents
by Ina-chan
This is what I love about Kanji. The clever punning that you can bring up! ^_^. But since
its also basically impossible for me to write my fic in kanji (yeah, Ina-chan, dream on!
^_^.), here is brief list of explanations. This list will contain spoilers, so I strongly advise
that you read this list after you read the chapter. AND, in turn, I will only add stuff to the
list after I introduced the name of the character.
October 2, 2002
1. Setsuta – Ahhh… the kanji I used for this is pretty lame and obvious. It means
"eager snake" ^_^.
2. Kouyou – is word which means "fall colours", another pronunciation for the kanji
for "momiji" which means "maple" or "autumn foliage"
3. Kaisen – "Kai" means flowing water, "sen" is another word for "river". The
name sorta evolved from Kisa's name which means "ethereal/delicate river".
Originally, I was trying to find a nice sounding kanji combination that meant
"unstoppable river" or "unstoppable force", since that's what the Tiger zodiac's
personality is supposed to be. But this one sounded fine… ^_^.
April 23rd , 2002
2nd Zodiac: Ushi
Only one word this chapter… ^_^.
Nagusami – "comfort" which is synonym for the first kanji of Kagura's name.
March 22nd 2002
Prologue
1. Jyuunishi no Enkei Monogatari – "Tale of the Jyuunishi Cirle" is the basic
translation
2. Iwaku – the name of the Souma historian literally translates as "story",
1st Zodiac: Nezumi
1. Yukino – unlike FB's Yuki's name, the kanji I chose for Yukino's name is
"Snow". So you can figure out easily why I nickname her "ice princess". yukino
onna = "YUKI ONNA" = which is the Japanese name for "The Snow Queen"
of another fairytale. ^_^. That and there's also the coincidental pun (I swear, this
was totally a coincidence!!!) that "Yuki no onna" can also take another significant
meaning. ^_^.
2. Kaji – means "fire". Yes… quite contrasting, don't you think? ^_^.
3. Izumi – is another word for "spring" = Haru… so that's really a spoiler on who
Izumi represents
4. Tetsu – is another way of pronouncing the kanji for "ryuu" (dragon)
5. Kenju – means "a highbrow scholar", but the kanji combination… "ken" is
actually an alternate pronunciation for the kanji "inu" (dog).
Well then, comments, criticisms, bricks… you know where to send them!
[email protected]
and Hana to Yume comics. Everything else in this fanfic are figments of my imagination.
Any similarities to name, places, yada yada yada are simply examples of the world's
many coincidental mysteries.
March 22nd 2002 (updated: October 2, 2002)
Jyuunishi no Enkei Monogatari: List of Names, Meanings, and Equivalents
by Ina-chan
This is what I love about Kanji. The clever punning that you can bring up! ^_^. But since
its also basically impossible for me to write my fic in kanji (yeah, Ina-chan, dream on!
^_^.), here is brief list of explanations. This list will contain spoilers, so I strongly advise
that you read this list after you read the chapter. AND, in turn, I will only add stuff to the
list after I introduced the name of the character.
October 2, 2002
1. Setsuta – Ahhh… the kanji I used for this is pretty lame and obvious. It means
"eager snake" ^_^.
2. Kouyou – is word which means "fall colours", another pronunciation for the kanji
for "momiji" which means "maple" or "autumn foliage"
3. Kaisen – "Kai" means flowing water, "sen" is another word for "river". The
name sorta evolved from Kisa's name which means "ethereal/delicate river".
Originally, I was trying to find a nice sounding kanji combination that meant
"unstoppable river" or "unstoppable force", since that's what the Tiger zodiac's
personality is supposed to be. But this one sounded fine… ^_^.
April 23rd , 2002
2nd Zodiac: Ushi
Only one word this chapter… ^_^.
Nagusami – "comfort" which is synonym for the first kanji of Kagura's name.
March 22nd 2002
Prologue
1. Jyuunishi no Enkei Monogatari – "Tale of the Jyuunishi Cirle" is the basic
translation
2. Iwaku – the name of the Souma historian literally translates as "story",
1st Zodiac: Nezumi
1. Yukino – unlike FB's Yuki's name, the kanji I chose for Yukino's name is
"Snow". So you can figure out easily why I nickname her "ice princess". yukino
onna = "YUKI ONNA" = which is the Japanese name for "The Snow Queen"
of another fairytale. ^_^. That and there's also the coincidental pun (I swear, this
was totally a coincidence!!!) that "Yuki no onna" can also take another significant
meaning. ^_^.
2. Kaji – means "fire". Yes… quite contrasting, don't you think? ^_^.
3. Izumi – is another word for "spring" = Haru… so that's really a spoiler on who
Izumi represents
4. Tetsu – is another way of pronouncing the kanji for "ryuu" (dragon)
5. Kenju – means "a highbrow scholar", but the kanji combination… "ken" is
actually an alternate pronunciation for the kanji "inu" (dog).
Well then, comments, criticisms, bricks… you know where to send them!
[email protected]