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 ana ta ga hitsu you
I Need You Scroll

Some people like to say, “I love you” but others might want to say “I need you.” 貴方が必要 is “I need you” in Japanese.

The first two characters mean “You.”

The middle character is a connecting particle. In this case, it more or less means “are.”

The last two characters mean necessary, needed, essential, indispensable, or necessity.

The “I” in the title is implied. Effectively this means “I need you.”

 wǒ xū yào nǐ
I Need You Scroll

Some people like to say, “I love you” but others might want to say “I need you.” That is what this 我需要你 phrase is all about.

The first character means “I.” The second and third create a compound word that means “need” and “want” at the same time. The last character means “you.”


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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dài
    dai4
tai
 dai
to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do something); about to; intending to
To wait, treat, behave to.

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dei
    dei3
tei
 toku
    とく
to have to; must; ought to; to need to
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (also written as 徳) profit; advantage; benefit; gain; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana; (surname) Toku
prāp; prāpta. To get, obtain, attain to; got, obtained, etc.

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zhāi
    zhai1
chai
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need

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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 masao
    まさお
to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
(personal name) Masao
Melt, disperse, expend, digest, dispose of.

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yòng
    yong4
yung
 you / yo
    よう
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
(1) business; task; errand; engagement; (2) use; purpose; (suffix noun) (3) for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; (4) (See 用を足す・2) call of nature; excretion; (place-name) Yō
To use, to employ; use, function.

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fèng
    feng4
feng
(dialect) need not; please don't (contracted form of 勿用[wu4 yong4])

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yào
    yao4
yao
 yoshi
    よし
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
(1) main point; essential point; important thing; (n,adj-f) (2) necessity; need; requirement; (surname) Yoshi
Important, essential, necessary, strategic; want, need; about to; intercept; coerce; agree, etc.


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pín
    pin2
p`in
    pin
 hanawa
    はなわ
poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
(1) poverty; penury; want; need; (2) (archaism) insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; (personal name) Hanawa
Poor, in poverty.; The two kinds of poverty: of goods, and of the religion.

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    xu1
hsü
 motome
    もとめ
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
(given name) Motome

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

不必

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bù bì
    bu4 bi4
pu pi
 fuhitsu
need not; does not have to; not necessarily
unnecessary

不消

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bù xiāo
    bu4 xiao1
pu hsiao
to not need; needless (to say)

不用

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bù yòng
    bu4 yong4
pu yung
 fuyou / fuyo
    ふよう
need not
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) (See 不要) disused; unused; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) useless; wasteful; of no use
not using

不著


不着

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bù zháo
    bu4 zhao2
pu chao
 fujaku
no need; need not
to doe not stick

五生

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wǔ shēng
    wu3 sheng1
wu sheng
 takai
    たかい
(female given name) Takai
Five rebirths, i. e. five states, or conditions of a bodhisattva's rebirth: (1) to stay calamities, e. g. by sacrificing himself; (2) in any class that may need him; (3) in superior condition, handsome, wealthy, or noble; (4) in various grades of kingship; (5) final rebirth before Buddhahood; v. 瑜伽論 4.

五轉


五转

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wǔ zhuǎn
    wu3 zhuan3
wu chuan
 goten
The five evolutions, or developments; (1) resolve on Buddhahood; (2) observance of the rules; (3) attainment of enlightenment; (4) of nirvana; (5) of power to aid others according to need.

亟待

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jí dài
    ji2 dai4
chi tai
to need urgently; to need doing without delay

亟需

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jí xū
    ji2 xu1
chi hsü
to urgently need; urgent need

伐柯

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fá kē
    fa2 ke1
fa k`o
    fa ko
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker

何必

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hé bì
    he2 bi4
ho pi
 kahitsu
there is no need; why should
why?

何須


何须

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hé xū
    he2 xu1
ho hsü
 kashu
there is no need; why should
why is it necessary...

便急

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biàn jí
    bian4 ji2
pien chi
to need the toilet; urinary or defecatory urgency

俟つ

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 matsu
    まつ
(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (2) to depend on; to need

入用

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 nyuuyou / nyuyo
    にゅうよう
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) need; want; necessity; requirement; (2) expenses; cost

內急


内急

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nèi jí
    nei4 ji2
nei chi
to need to answer the call of nature

務必


务必

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wù bì
    wu4 bi4
wu pi
must; to need to; to be sure to

只消

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zhǐ xiāo
    zhi3 xiao1
chih hsiao
to only need; it only takes

只管

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zhǐ guǎn
    zhi3 guan3
chih kuan
 koreuchi
    これうち
solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for something)
(adj-na,adv) (kana only) nothing but; earnest; intent; determined; set on (something); (personal name) Koreuchi

合用

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hé yòng
    he2 yong4
ho yung
 gōyō
to share; to use in common; suitable; fit for purpose; useable
In accordance with need; suitable.

四馬


四马

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sì mǎ
    si4 ma3
ssu ma
 shime
Four kinds of horses, likened to four classes of monks: those that respond to the shadow of the whip, its lightest touch, its mild application, and those who need the spur to bite the bone.

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
I Need You貴方が必要ana ta ga hitsu you
anatagahitsuyou
ana ta ga hitsu yo
I Need You我需要你wǒ xū yào nǐ
wo3 xu1 yao4 ni3
wo xu yao ni
woxuyaoni
wo hsü yao ni
wohsüyaoni


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