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146-619: The eponymous Shinkengers existed for eighteen generations to protect the world from the Gedoushu, demonic beings from the Sanzu River. Based out of the Shiba House ( 志葉家 , Shiba Ke ) that originated from Mount Tsunobue ( 角笛の山 , Tsunobue no Yama ) , the Shinkengers use a kanji -based power called Modikara ( モヂカラ , Mojikara , Character Power) , which is passed down from one generation to

292-413: A kun -reading) ; kun -only are common for Japanese-coined kanji ( kokuji ). Some common kanji have ten or more possible readings; the most complex common example is 生 , which is read as sei , shō , nama , ki , o-u , i-kiru , i-kasu , i-keru , u-mu , u-mareru , ha-eru , and ha-yasu , totaling eight basic readings (the first two are on , while

438-569: A katana modeled after a praxinoscope that allows them to harness the power of Secret Disks and their personal elemental attacks. Using a personal Secret Disk allows a Shinkenger to perform a Spiral Sword ( 螺旋之太刀 , Rasen no Tachi ) attack depending on the element that the disk represents. Five Spiral Sword elemental attacks can be used in the Quintuple Sword ( 五重之太刀 , Gojū no Tachi ) and Five-Colored Dance ( 五色之舞 , Goshiki no Mai , In OST vol.1) attacks while four can be used in

584-536: A ⟨g⟩ element to encode any non-standard character or glyph, including gaiji. The g stands for gaiji . There is no definitive count of kanji characters, just as there is none of Chinese characters generally. The Dai Kan-Wa Jiten , which is considered to be comprehensive in Japan, contains about 50,000 characters. The Zhonghua Zihai , published in 1994 in China, contains about 85,000 characters, but

730-584: A Gedoushu and its whereabouts. The primary Shinkengers utilize the Shodo Phone ( ショドウフォン , Shodō Fon ) in Brush Mode ( 筆モード , Fude Mōdo ) to gain access to Modikara powers, either for transformation purposes or to summon other items with the proper kanji. When not in use, it assumes Cellphone Mode ( 携帯モード , Keitai Mōdo ) as a basic communication tool. Their sidearm is the Shinkenmaru ( シンケンマル ) ,

876-538: A Super Shinkenger ( スーパーシンケンジャー , Sūpā Shinkenjā ) , a white-coated form that allows them to keep up with the Gedoushu forces' increasing strength and use advanced elemental attacks. Upon transformation, the user combines the Inromaru and their Shinkenmaru to form the Super Shinkenmaru ( スーパーシンケンマル , Sūpā Shinkenmaru ) , which allows them to perform upgraded versions of their Spiral Sword techniques. By utilizing

1022-466: A child, she is portrayed by Marina Nakajima ( 中島 まりな , Nakajima Marina ) . Chiaki Tani ( 谷 千明 , Tani Chiaki ) is a lazy, irresponsible, selfish, and arrogant rebel. Initially, Chiaki had no interest in becoming Takeru's vassal and often clashed with him. The only reason he even worked with Takeru was because he thought it would be fun and he wanted to protect people. He is a great strategist despite his delinquency, and comes to respect Takeru as

1168-486: A downfall due to anger. Fire is associated with the suit of rods/wands , and as such, represents passion from inspiration. As an element, fire has mixed symbolism because it represents energy, which can be helpful when controlled, but volatile if left unchecked. Fire is one of the five elements that appear in most Wiccan traditions influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic, and Aleister Crowley 's mysticism, which

1314-500: A fight against Juzo, it is revealed that Takeru started to value his life more which, in Juzo's opinion, makes him weaker and makes Takeru doubt himself. In reality, Takeru has been acting as a kagemusha for the true 18th head of the Shiba Clan, Kaoru, who was not yet born at the time of her father's death, having been chosen for his proficiency with Modikara and his swordsmanship. When Kaoru

1460-435: A human form. However, unlike other Gedounin who die out in a few years, Fuwa endured over the centuries and thus is condemned with an insatiable urge to find an ideal opponent, a fellow samurai who strays from the teachings of bushidō, to clash blades with. As a result, Fuwa mistakes the blade's cries of sadness for an equal lust for battle, believing that the souls of his family have lost their desire to stop him after he entered

1606-737: A label for its sound), kanji are also called mana ( 真名 , literally "true name", in reference to the character being used as a label for its meaning). In modern Japanese, kanji are used to write certain words or parts of words (usually content words such as nouns , adjective stems , and verb stems ), while hiragana are used to write inflected verb and adjective endings, phonetic complements to disambiguate readings ( okurigana ), particles , and miscellaneous words which have no kanji or whose kanji are considered obscure or too difficult to read or remember. Katakana are mostly used for representing onomatopoeia , non-Japanese loanwords (except those borrowed from ancient Chinese ),

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1752-454: A long gairaigo word may be the reading (this is classed as kun'yomi —see single character gairaigo , below)—the character 糎 has the seven kana reading センチメートル senchimētoru "centimeter", though it is generally written as "cm" (with two half-width characters, so occupying one space); another common example is '%' (the percent sign), which has the five kana reading パーセント pāsento . There are many kanji compounds that use

1898-614: A mixture of on'yomi and kun'yomi , known as jūbako ( 重箱 , multi-layered food box) or yutō ( 湯桶 , hot liquid pail) words (depending on the order), which are themselves examples of this kind of compound (they are autological words ): the first character of jūbako is read using on'yomi , the second kun'yomi ( on-kun , Japanese : 重箱読み ). It is the other way around with yu-tō ( kun-on , Japanese : 湯桶読み ). Formally, these are referred to as jūbako-yomi ( 重箱読み , jūbako reading) and yutō-yomi ( 湯桶読み , yutō reading) . In both these words,

2044-430: A new kanji spelling is produced. Most often the word is a noun, which may be a simple noun (not a compound or derived from a verb), or may be a verb form or a fusional pronunciation. For example, the word 相撲 ( sumō , “ sumo ”) is originally from the verb 争う ( sumau , “to vie, to compete”), while 今日 ( kyō , “today”) is fusional (from older ke , “this” + fu , “day”). In rare cases, jukujikun

2190-520: A number of Chinese characters for their sound, rather than for their meaning. Man'yōgana written in cursive style evolved into hiragana (literally "fluttering kana " in reference to the motion of the brush during cursive writing), or onna-de , that is, "ladies' hand", a writing system that was accessible to women (who were denied higher education ). Major works of Heian-era literature by women were written in hiragana . Katakana (literally "partial kana ", in reference to

2336-595: A plan to terrorize humans in any way possible so that the river overflows to point of flooding into the mortal realm in order for them to invade in full fury. The Gedoushu can also become powerful during the time of Bon Festival . In the world of Shinkenger , the Gedoushu are the inspiration of all the yōkai in Japanese mythology. The main Gedoushu characters are modeled after the Seven Lucky Gods and sea creatures. Doukoku Chimatsuri ( 血祭 ドウコク , Chimatsuri Dōkoku )

2482-531: A problem for information interchange, as the code point used to represent an external character will not be consistent from one computer or operating system to another. Gaiji were nominally prohibited in JIS X 0208-1997 where the available number of code-points was reduced to only 940. JIS X 0213-2000 used the entire range of code-points previously allocated to gaiji , making them completely unusable. Most desktop and mobile systems have moved to Unicode negating

2628-489: A projectile weapon. His sidearm is the Sakanamaru ( サカナマル ) a tantō modeled after a fish ( 魚 , sakana ) that allows him to take out an entire platoon of Nanashi through Iaido . Additionally, Genta can assume the following forms: Genta is portrayed by Keisuke Sohma ( 相馬 圭祐 , Sōma Keisuke ) . As a child, he is portrayed by Ryota Koshiba ( 小柴 亮太 , Koshiba Ryōta ) . Kaoru Shiba ( 志葉 薫 , Shiba Kaoru )

2774-430: A reputation for obscure philosophical principles and for speaking in riddles. He described how fire gave rise to the other elements as the: "upward-downward path", ( ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω ), a "hidden harmony"  or series of transformations he called the "turnings of fire", ( πυρὸς τροπαὶ ), first into sea , and half that sea into earth , and half that earth into rarefied air . This is a concept that anticipates both

2920-420: A rival when he realizes the limits of his own abilities, pledging to pass Takeru in skill someday. Chiaki was without his mother from an early age and was raised solely by his father, who planted in him the seed of his interest in martial arts. Despite not being formally trained, he is an excellent strategist and adept with surprise attacks, thanks to his imagination and free-spiritedness. When Genta arrives, Chiaki

3066-490: A single word will have many such kanji spellings. An extreme example is hototogisu ( lesser cuckoo ) , which may be spelt in many ways, including 杜鵑 , 時鳥 , 子規 , 不如帰 , 霍公鳥 , 蜀魂 , 沓手鳥 , 杜宇 , 田鵑 , 沓直鳥 , and 郭公 —many of these variant spellings are particular to haiku poems. Fire (classical element) Fire is one of the four classical elements along with earth , water and air in ancient Greek philosophy and science. Fire

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3212-790: A support Origami through the Samurai Armaments ( 侍武装 , Samurai Busō ) . Hikoma Kusakabe ( 日下部 彦馬 , Kusakabe Hikoma ) is Takeru's retainer and guardian. He also serves as the Shinkengers' mentor; it is he who gathered the four vassals when the Gedoushu revived. The Shinkengers affectionately call him "Jii" ( ジイ , translated as "old man" or "samurai") . Every year, he gets one day off, which he uses to visit his wife's grave and visit his daughter and granddaughter. His relationship with Takeru and his vassals runs deep; he takes great care to ensure that they are safe and that they are ready to fight, and he supplies them with information and weaponry. Though Genta frequently annoys him, Hikoma acknowledges

3358-450: A surname). This phenomenon is observed in animal names that are shortened and used as suffixes for zoological compound names, for example when 黄金虫 , normally read as koganemushi , is shortened to kogane in 黒黄金虫 kurokogane , although zoological names are commonly spelled with katakana rather than with kanji. Outside zoology, this type of shortening only occurs on a handful of words, for example 大元帥 daigen(sui) , or

3504-494: A sword. He meets Akumaro who provides him with the Uramasa ( 裏正 , Injustice ) katana , seemingly unaware that the blade was forged from the souls of his family who tried to free him from his blood lust. When he contracts a fatal illness, Fuwa enters the Sanzu River to cheat death, completely discarding the goodness in his heart to become a Gedounin ( 外道人 , Gedōnin ) , a half-Gedoushu that can freely exist in both realms and assume

3650-617: A total of 2,528 characters, showing the standard for kanji used by ministries and agencies and in general society. In 1946, after World War II and under the Allied Occupation of Japan , the Japanese government, guided by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers , instituted a series of orthographic reforms, to help children learn and to simplify kanji use in literature and periodicals. The number of characters in circulation

3796-427: Is jukujikun for tonakai , from Ainu, but the on'yomi reading of junroku is also used. In some cases, Japanese coinages have subsequently been borrowed back into Chinese , such as 鮟鱇 ( ankō , “ monkfish ”). The underlying word for jukujikun is a native Japanese word or foreign borrowing, which either does not have an existing kanji spelling (either kun'yomi or ateji ) or for which

3942-404: Is Doukoku's Benzaiten / sea slug / Futakuchi-onna -themed right hand and the only one he is kind to, provided she knows her place as his obedient, unquestioning servant. Doukoku takes her in after her rebirth as a Gedoushu, giving her the name she now goes by and telling her that she has nowhere else to go but to him. But her unique origins set her apart from normal Gedoshu as she can move freely in

4088-452: Is a Hindu and Vedic deity . The word agni is Sanskrit for fire (noun), cognate with Latin ignis (the root of English ignite ), Russian огонь (fire), pronounced agon . Agni has three forms: fire, lightning and the sun. Agni is one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He is the god of fire and the accepter of sacrifices. The sacrifices made to Agni go to the deities because Agni

4234-415: Is a horrible cook (none of the boys can stomach her cooking), Mako tries her best in order to achieve her dream of becoming a good wife and mother. Eventually, Mako is reunited with her parents and learns that her mother had become paralyzed from the waist down as a result of her tenure as the previous Shinken Pink. After the reunion and reconciliation with her mother, Mako gains a newfound conviction to defeat

4380-523: Is a messenger from and to the other gods. He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day, yet he is also immortal. In Indian tradition fire is also linked to Surya or the Sun and Mangala or Mars , and with the south-east direction. Teukāya ekendriya is a name used in Jain tradition which refers to Jīvas said to be reincarnated as fire. Fire and the other Greek classical elements were incorporated into

4526-450: Is a reading based on the pronunciation of a native Japanese word, or yamato kotoba , that closely approximated the meaning of the Chinese character when it was introduced. As with on'yomi , there can be multiple kun'yomi for the same kanji, and some kanji have no kun'yomi at all. Ateji ( 当て字 ) are characters used only for their sounds. In this case, pronunciation

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4672-432: Is a strong-willed girl who fights for her ideals. She loves children and worked at a kindergarten prior to becoming a Shinkenger. When she was a little girl, her childhood was pushed aside when her parents moved to Hawaii without a word and left her in the care of her grandmother, who schooled her in the ways of bushidō. Chiaki and Kotoha both regard her as an older sister figure; Chiaki even addresses her as such. Though she

4818-534: Is also applied to inflectional words (verbs and adjectives), in which case there is frequently a corresponding Chinese word. The most common example of an inflectional jukujikun is the adjective 可愛い ( kawai-i , “cute”), originally kawafayu-i ; the word ( 可愛 ) is used in Chinese , but the corresponding on'yomi is not used in Japanese. By contrast, "appropriate" can be either 相応しい ( fusawa-shii , as jukujikun ) or 相応 ( sōō , as on'yomi ). Which reading to use can be discerned by

4964-533: Is as hyperactive and expressive as much as Takeru is reserved and stoic. When Kaoru reveals herself, Genta immediately disapproves of her because of his relationship with Takeru, but later accepts her when he sees that she is very kind. After the final battle, Genta leaves to open a restaurant with DaiGoyou in Paris in hopes of fulfilling his lifelong dream of receiving a three-star rating by the Michelin Guide . Unlike

5110-533: Is considered to be active; it is represented by the symbol for Leo and it is referred to the lower right point of the pentacle in the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentacle. Many of these associations have since spread throughout the occult community. Fire in tarot symbolizes conversion or passion. Many references to fire in tarot are related to the usage of fire in the practice of alchemy , in which

5256-424: Is considered to be both hot and dry and, according to Plato , is associated with the tetrahedron . Fire is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was commonly associated with the qualities of energy, assertiveness, and passion. In one Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the gods to protect the otherwise helpless humans, but was punished for this charity. Fire

5402-448: Is deeply respectful of Takeru and wants to help him in any way she can. She has rather low self-esteem; she genuinely believes that she is stupid (she claims that the only things that she is proficient at are her swordsmanship and her flute playing) and, despite her teammates' affection for her, often feels that she is a bother to them. She idolizes Mako and strives to become more like her. Kotoha often suggests that if Mitsuba never fell ill,

5548-567: Is determined by contextual cues (such as whether the character represents part of a compound word versus an independent word), the exact intended meaning of the word, and its position within the sentence. For example, 今日 is mostly read kyō , meaning "today", but in formal writing it is instead read konnichi , meaning "nowadays", which is understood from context. Furigana is used to specify ambiguous readings, such as rare, literary, or otherwise non-standard readings. This ambiguity may arise due to more than one reading becoming activated in

5694-685: Is extremely enthusiastic and takes his role as Takeru's vassal seriously. Ryunosuke is also the engineer behind many of the Samurai Combinations, having figured out how to combine the Origami into Tenku ShinkenOh and later into SamuraiHaOh. He is initially unreceptive towards Genta, who he once called a "wannabe" samurai. As such, Ryunosuke is typically the one to lead the other vassals in Takeru's absence. When Kaoru reveals herself, Ryunosuke becomes confused about whom to follow, because he had pledged his life to

5840-508: Is injured while attempting to use the Sealing Character on Doukoku, she formally adopts Takeru, making him the 19th head of the Shiba House. After defeating Doukoku in the final battle, Takeru says goodbye to Kaoru and his vassals and stays in the Shiba House with Hikoma, resuming his days now as a true samurai. As the "Samurai of Fire " ( 火の侍 , Hi no Samurai ) , Shinken Red ( シンケンレッド , Shinken Reddo ) , Takeru's personal weapon

5986-579: Is normally in the splintered form of his Secret Disk shooting Paper Lantern Mode ( 提灯モード , Chōchin Mōdo ) , which forms the majority of his robot mode, and Jitte Mode ( 十手モード , Jitte Mōdo ) , which Shinken Gold uses as a weapon to perform the DaiGoyou Jitte Strike ( ダイゴヨウ十手打ち , Daigoyō Jitte Uchi ) attack; this part forms DaiGoyou's arms. DaiGoyou also has the ability to fly in his paper lantern mode. Genta originally designed DaiGoyou after

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6132-404: Is revealed, Doukoku's followers attempt to speed up his awakening by increasing the amount of suffering until Dayu uses Shinza's anguish to bring Doukoku back to the mortal realm. After absorbing Dayu's energy to heal his body, Doukoku gains immunity to the Sealing Character and can now endure being in the mortal realm without drying up. As a result, Doukoku overpowers the Shinkengers before bringing

6278-562: Is slain upon taking its Second Life, or if it is able to let go of the upādāna that damned it in the first place. The Gedoushu under Doukoku reside on the Rokumon Junk ( 六門船 , Rokumonsen , " Six realms ship") that sails along the Sanzu River. Others spend their time within the River itself until Doukoku or some other powerful being calls them. Using their ability to enter the living world through cracks and narrow gaps, Doukoku's minions set up

6424-953: Is still based on a standard reading, or used only for meaning (broadly a form of ateji , narrowly jukujikun ). Therefore, only the full compound—not the individual character—has a reading. There are also special cases where the reading is completely different, often based on a historical or traditional reading. The analogous phenomenon occurs to a much lesser degree in Chinese varieties , where there are literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters —borrowed readings and native readings. In Chinese these borrowed readings and native readings are etymologically related, since they are between Chinese varieties (which are related), not from Chinese to Japanese (which are not related). They thus form doublets and are generally similar, analogous to different on'yomi , reflecting different stages of Chinese borrowings into Japanese. Longer readings exist for non- Jōyō characters and non-kanji symbols, where

6570-497: Is the Bishamonten / spiny lobster -themed leader of the Gedoushu. He is in a constant state of rage, originally endless until he heard the sound of Usuyuki's shamisen, becoming obsessed with her as he later takes her upon her rebirth into Dayu to soothe his rage along with sake . He targeted the Shiba House's previous Shinkengers, making it his goal to eliminate the Shiba House so no one would be able to stop him. However, while fighting

6716-550: Is the Rekka Daizantou ( 烈火大斬刀 , Rekka Daizantō , Raging Fire Great Slicing Sword) , which allows him to perform the Many Fires Profusion ( 百火繚乱 , Hyakka Ryōran ) attack in its zanbatō -like Daizantou Mode ( 大斬刀モード , Daizantō Mōdo ) . By inserting an alternate disk, the Rekka Daizantou can assume its gun-like Ōzutsu Mode ( 大筒モード , Ōzutsu Mōdo ) that can hold the team's personal Secret Disks to perform

6862-596: Is the first to accept him into the team. Chiaki is very protective of Kotoha and seems to be uncomfortable when Genta's friend shows an interest in her. Even though he often butts heads with Ryunosuke, Chiaki respects him immensely for his skill; in fact, they work together so well that they become able to execute tasks in sync with one another. During time off from his duties, or when he is troubled, he often plays Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion . He prefers American surf wear and skate wear brands like Vans and especially Gotcha, whose vintage shirts he wears in most episodes. After

7008-591: Is the true 18th head of the Shiba House, a position that Takeru was holding in her place. She is referred to by her vassals and servants as Princess ( 姫 , Hime ) . As the head of the Shiba House, Kaoru is the one who possesses the knowledge of the Sealing Character ( 封印の文字 , Fūin no Moji ) also known as the Gedou Seal ( 外道封印 , Gedō Fūin ) , a Modikara passed along the Shiba bloodline. Because of this, she stayed in hiding while Takeru acted as her kagemusha to draw

7154-476: Is to ensure that Takeru and his vassals remain safe and will always have someplace to which they can return. When Kaoru makes her appearance, Hikoma remains loyal to Takeru, but bears no ill will towards Kaoru; he respects her for both her title and for the kind and diligent young woman that she is. After the final battle, he stays with Takeru even when he insists that he go visit his family and encourages Takeru to join him to experience other lifestyles other than just

7300-485: Is voiced by Chō ( チョー ) . Juzo Fuwa ( 腑破 十臓 , Fuwa Jūzō ) is a mysterious Shōjō / Jurōjin / skeleton -themed Gedoushu, regarded by the others as a lone wolf, yet he seems to know more than Doukoku about the Sanzu River's true potential. 200 years ago, Fuwa was a samurai in life who made a living as an assassin, disenchanted with the ways of bushidō and thriving more on the pleasure of killing his opponents in battle until he can no longer be physically able to wield

7446-542: Is voiced by Romi Park ( 朴 璐美 , Paku Romi ) , who also portrayed Usuyuki in her lone appearance on-screen. Shitari of the Bones ( 骨のシタリ , Hone no Shitari ) is the Fukurokuju / squid -themed Gedoushu's strategist, a squid-headed demon armed with a shakujō who awaited for Doukoku's revival. Shitari sees humans as mere specimens for his research, uncovering means to overflow the Sanzu River. He also possessed texts from

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7592-516: The Nihon Shoki and Kojiki , a semi-legendary scholar called Wani was dispatched to Japan by the (Korean) Kingdom of Baekje during the reign of Emperor Ōjin in the early fifth century, bringing with him knowledge of Confucianism and Chinese characters. The earliest Japanese documents were probably written by bilingual Chinese or Korean officials employed at the Yamato court. For example,

7738-406: The kyōiku kanji, plus 1,110 additional kanji taught in junior high and high school. In publishing, characters outside this category are often given furigana . The jōyō kanji were introduced in 1981, replacing an older list of 1,850 characters known as the tōyō kanji ( 当用漢字 , general-use kanji) , introduced in 1946. Originally numbering 1,945 characters, the jōyō kanji list

7884-474: The on'yomi has a long vowel; long vowels in Japanese generally are derived from sound changes common to loans from Chinese, hence distinctive of on'yomi . These are the Japanese form of hybrid words . Other examples include basho ( 場所 , "place", kun-on , 湯桶読み ) , kin'iro ( 金色 , "golden", on-kun , 重箱読み ) and aikidō ( 合気道 , the martial art Aikido ", kun-on-on , 湯桶読み ) . Ateji often use mixed readings. For instance,

8030-513: The Engines , the Origami can perform the Modikara Cannonball ( モヂカラキャノンボール , Mojikara Kyanonbōru ) attack. The Samurai Giants ( 侍巨人 , Samurai Kyojin ) are giant robots formed from the Origami, either through Samurai Combination ( 侍合体 , Samurai Gattai ) or Samurai Transformation ( 侍変形 , Samurai Henkei ) . In certain occasion, a Samurai Giant can also arm themselves with

8176-692: The Five Rings Bullet ( 五輪弾 , Gorindan ) finisher, or the Six Rings Bullet ( 六輪弾 , Rokurindan ) by adding Shinken Gold's Ika Disk to the ammunition. Using a Secret Disk with the Modikara of "Twin" ( 双 , Sō ) created by Tanba, it can be split into two swords. During the Shinkengers' team up with Kamen Rider Decade , Shinken Red uses the Blade Blade ( ブレイドブレード , Bureido Burēdo ) broadsword in place of his Rekka Daizantou that he loaned to

8322-583: The Golden Dawn system. Philosophus (4=7) is the elemental grade attributed to fire; this grade is also attributed to the Qabalistic Sephirah Netzach and the planet Venus . The elemental weapon of fire is the Wand. Each of the elements has several associated spiritual beings. The archangel of fire is Michael , the angel is Aral, the ruler is Seraph, the king is Djin, and the fire elementals (following Paracelsus ) are called salamanders . Fire

8468-651: The Latin alphabet , Cyrillic script , Greek alphabet , Arabic numerals , etc. for use in information processing. They have had numerous revisions. The current standards are: Gaiji ( 外字 , literally "external characters") are kanji that are not represented in existing Japanese encoding systems . These include variant forms of common kanji that need to be represented alongside the more conventional glyph in reference works and can include non-kanji symbols as well. Gaiji can be either user-defined characters, system-specific characters or third-party add-on products. Both are

8614-470: The Sushi Changer ( スシチェンジャー , Sushi Chenjā ) cellphone to type the kanji needed . The other Shinkengers are initially suspicious of Genta until he makes his formal introduction as Shinken Gold. Though Takeru is reluctant at first, he eventually allows Genta to fulfill his promise and join the team. Genta considers himself Takeru's best friend, despite their personalities being complete opposites; Genta

8760-572: The 1,026 first kanji characters that Japanese children learn in elementary school, from first grade to sixth grade. The grade-level breakdown is known as the gakunen-betsu kanji haitōhyō ( 学年別漢字配当表 ) , or the gakushū kanji ( 学習漢字 ) . This list of kanji is maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education and prescribes which kanji characters and which kanji readings students should learn for each grade. The jōyō kanji ( 常用漢字 , regular-use kanji) are 2,136 characters consisting of all

8906-493: The 5th century AD and has since had a profound influence in shaping Japanese culture, language, literature, history, and records. Inkstone artifacts at archaeological sites dating back to the earlier Yayoi period were also found to contain Chinese characters. Although some characters, as used in Japanese and Chinese, have similar meanings and pronunciations, others have meanings or pronunciations that are unique to one language or

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9052-481: The 7th century, a record of trading for cloth and salt. The Japanese language had no written form at the time Chinese characters were introduced, and texts were written and read only in Chinese. Later, during the Heian period (794–1185), a system known as kanbun emerged, which involved using Chinese text with diacritical marks to allow Japanese speakers to read Chinese sentences and restructure them into Japanese on

9198-498: The All Out Earth Power ( 奮闘土力 , Funtō Doryoku ) attack. She can also borrow the Inromaru to become Super Shinken Yellow ( スーパーシンケンイエロー , Sūpā Shinken Ierō ) . Kotoha is portrayed by Suzuka Morita ( 森田 涼花 , Morita Suzuka ) . As a child, she is portrayed by Ayu Matsuura ( 松浦 愛弓 , Matsuura Ayu ) . Genta Umemori ( 梅盛 源太 , Umemori Genta ) is the son of a sushi chef who mysteriously disappeared prior to

9344-610: The Chinese pronunciation but was not the Chinese pronunciation or reading itself, similar to the English pronunciation of Latin loanwords. There also exist kanji created by the Japanese and given an on'yomi reading despite not being a Chinese-derived or a Chinese-originating character. Some kanji were introduced from different parts of China at different times, and so have multiple on'yomi , and often multiple meanings. Kanji invented in Japan ( kokuji ) would not normally be expected to have on'yomi , but there are exceptions, such as

9490-586: The Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After the Meiji Restoration , Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai , by a process similar to China 's simplification efforts , with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct

9636-592: The Clear and Serene ( 明鏡止水 , Meikyō Shisui ) attack, as well as the Samurai Flash Wave ( 侍閃光波 , Samurai Senkōha ) with Shinken Pink, Green, Yellow and Gold. He can also borrow the Inromaru to become Super Shinken Blue ( スーパーシンケンブルー , Sūpā Shinken Burū ) . Ryunosuke is portrayed by Hiroki Aiba ( 相葉 弘樹 , Aiba Hiroki ) . As a child, he is portrayed by Takumi Horikiri ( 堀切 拓海 , Horikiri Takumi ) . Mako Shiraishi ( 白石 茉子 , Shiraishi Mako )

9782-627: The DaiGoyou Big Lighting ( ダイゴヨウ大点灯 , Daigoyō Daitentō ) and the DaiGoyou Big Spin ( ダイゴヨウ大回転 , Daigoyō Daikaiten ) , and he can retract his head and compress his torso to dodge enemy attacks. His finisher is the Secret Disks Turbulence Shot ( 秘伝ディスク乱れ撃ち , Hiden Disuku Midareuchi ) , which fires disks from his body. While combined, he requires occasional Secret Disk jam-clearing, which simply requires slapping

9928-544: The Dinosaur Disk to transform into a red-coated Hyper Shinkenger ( ハイパーシンケンジャー , Haipā Shinkenjā ) form, the user's sidearm transforms into the Kyoryumaru ( キョウリュウマル , Kyōryūmaru ) , a variant of the Shinkenmaru that can extend its blade over long distances. Takeru Shiba ( 志葉 丈瑠 , Shiba Takeru ) is the main protagonist of the series, a young man referred by his vassals and servants as Lord ( 殿 , Tono ) . He

10074-632: The Four Continual Slash ( 四連斬り , Yonren Giri ) and Quadruple Sword ( 四重之太刀 , Yonjū no Tachi ) attacks. With Shinken Gold, they can perform the Six Continual Slash ( 六連斬り , Rokuren Giri ) attack. After retrieving the Inromaru ( インロウマル , Inrōmaru ) from the Tengen Temple and Genta completing the device, any one of the primary Shinkengers can use it to transform into

10220-645: The Gedoushu away from her. When she grows tired of living in hiding, she masters the Sealing Character to defeat the Gedoushu and assumes her birthright. Even though she is kind and easy to work with, she underestimates the vassals' dedication to Takeru, and when she is injured in attempting to use the Sealing Character, she adopts Takeru and gives up her birthright to allow Takeru to lead the Shinkengers in defeating Doukoku. She makes another appearance in Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku , combining her Modikara with Alata 's Gosei Power to create

10366-547: The Gedoushu, Tayu has the most trouble getting along with the Ayakashi because of her previous life as a human, which she makes attempts to reclaim. One failed attempt results with her being saved by Juzo, developing feelings for the Gedounin as she begins to defy Doukoku's orders with her shamisen damaged as a result. Though her feelings for Shinza had long died, Tayu refuses to give him up as it would end her existence and desires to know

10512-495: The Gedoushu. Because of her gentle nature, she can read other people well, especially Takeru, and readily gives her opinion regarding the situation in question. After the final battle, Mako goes to Hawaii to live with her parents. As the "Samurai of Sky " ( 天の侍 , Ten no Samurai ) , Shinken Pink ( シンケンピンク , Shinken Pinku ) , Mako's personal weapon is the Heaven Fan ( ヘブンファン , Hebun Fan ) , which allows her to perform

10658-419: The Japanese court. In ancient times, paper was so rare that people wrote kanji onto thin, rectangular strips of wood, called mokkan ( 木簡 ). These wooden boards were used for communication between government offices, tags for goods transported between various countries, and the practice of writing. The oldest written kanji in Japan discovered so far were written in ink on wood as a wooden strip dated to

10804-585: The Kaentornado card, which is used to free Takeru from his Gedou Shinken Red form, and allow all the Shinkengers to utilize the Super Shinkenger form. Like Takeru, Kaoru is the "Samurai of Fire" and has the ability to become Shinken Red, referred to as Princess Shinken Red ( 姫シンケンレッド , Hime Shinken Reddo ) to differentiate with Takeru's Shinken Red, and use the Inromaru to transform into Super Shinken Red. Her secret training allows her to easily adopt all of

10950-496: The Rider in finishing off Chinomanako Diend. Additionally, Takeru can assume the following forms: Takeru is portrayed by Tori Matsuzaka ( 松坂 桃李 , Matsuzaka Tōri ) . As a child, he is portrayed by Masaki Takaiwa ( 髙岩 雅輝 , Takaiwa Masaki ) . Ryunosuke Ikenami ( 池波 流ノ介 , Ikenami Ryūnosuke ) is a young man who gave up becoming a kabuki actor to answer the call of serving the Shiba House. Due to his parents' upbringing, he

11096-485: The Rokumon Junk into the mortal realm when the Sanzu River floods the city. Thinking he had broken the Shinkengers' spirits when they attempt to defeat him, Doukoku is immobilized before Shinken Blue delivers the final blow. Assuming his second life, Doukoku overpowers SamuraiHaOh, blasting it and throwing off its components until only ShinkenOh remains, then impales it on his sword. However, the Shinkengers take advantage of

11242-526: The Rokumon Junk to assist in Doukoku's reawakening. To that end, after finally having the answers to her questions, Tayu deliberately has Shinken Pink destroy her shamisen to not only discard her past life, but to also use Shinza's anguished soul to revive Doukoku. She later uses the last of her powers to restore Doukoku's body, giving him immunity to the Sealing Character and independence from the Sanzu River. With only her kimono remaining, Doukoku later throws it into

11388-539: The Sanzu River and refusing to go along with it. But during the climactic battle, gathering an army of followers to kill Buredoran and reclaim the Sanzu River, Shitari ends up facing the Gokaigers when they traveled from the near future and they mistakenly believe him to be a hindrance in their own affairs. With his army ultimately devastated, Shitari is destroyed by Gokai Red using the Go-On Red Ranger Key . Shitari

11534-491: The Sanzu River as a final respect to her. Tayu's shamisen is forcefully bounded to Shinza's soul, creating the eerie and unsettling songs that serve to soothe Doukoku's rage. The shamisen's headstock also doubles as the hilt of a shortsword Tayu uses in battle. While her shamisen is under "repair" by Akumaro, Tayu uses the Sange Hankontō ( 散華斑痕刀 , Glorious Death Spotted-Scars Sword) dagger as her alternative weapon. Tayu

11680-508: The Sanzu River. Kanji Kanji ( 漢字 , Japanese pronunciation: [kaɲdʑi] ) are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese . They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of hiragana and katakana . The characters have Japanese pronunciations ; most have two, with one based on

11826-488: The Shiba House which he used to learn about the seal placed on Doukoku. Though he warns Doukoku not to trouble himself with the Shiba House's sealing character so not to attract attention from certain Ayakashi, Shitari recruits Isagitsune in an attempt to slake his curiosity on what the sealing character is. He later recruits Oinogare in an attempt to re-open a well the Gedoushu used in the past as their base of operations by sacrificing nine maidens, formally introducing himself to

11972-423: The Shinkengers as a result. While Doukoku is in a vulnerable state struggling with his surging power, the rogue Ayakashi Gozunagumo bullies Shitari into extorting the sealing character from Shinken Red. Despite poisoning Takeru, Shitari fails to get him to reveal the sealing character due to the combined interference of Shinken Gold and Juzo. When Doukoku revives and punishes Gozunagumo, Shitari freely confesses that

12118-532: The Shinkengers as a whole would probably be much stronger. However, her spirits are raised after she receives a letter from Mitsuba, in which Mitsuba says that Kotoha is the true Shinken Yellow. After the final battle, Kotoha returns home to Mitsuba. As the "Samurai of Earth " ( 土の侍 , Tsuchi no Samurai ) , Shinken Yellow ( シンケンイエロー , Shinken Ierō ) , Kotoha's personal weapon is the Land Slicer ( ランドスライサー , Rando Suraisā ) , which allows her to perform

12264-571: The Whole Sky Impact ( 迫力満天 , Hakuryoku Manten ) attack. She can also borrow the Inromaru to become Super Shinken Pink ( スーパーシンケンピンク , Sūpā Shinken Pinku ) . In Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku , she performs the Pink Double Attack ( ピンクダブルアタック , Pinku Daburu Atakku ) with Gosei Pink. Mako is portrayed by Rin Takanashi ( 高梨 臨 , Takanashi Rin ) . As

12410-545: The application of fire is a prime method of conversion, and everything that touches fire is changed, often beyond recognition. The symbol of fire was a cue pointing towards transformation, the chemical variant being the symbol delta, which is also the classical symbol for fire. Conversion symbolized can be good, for example, refining raw crudities to gold, as seen in The Devil . Conversion can also be bad, as in The Tower , symbolizing

12556-554: The beginning of the series, and a childhood friend of Takeru's. As a child, Genta often meddled in Takeru's training, which annoyed Hikoma greatly. Genta promised to help Takeru become a samurai, and in return, Takeru entrusted him with the Ika Disk. Years later, he is shown to have inherited the Gold Zushi ( ゴールド寿司 , Gōrudo Zushi ) sushi cart and to have developed his own Electronic Modikara ( 電子のモヂカラ , Denshi no Mojikara ) , using

12702-484: The bottom of the lantern's handle. Daigoyou is voiced by Hironori Miyata ( 宮田 浩徳 , Miyata Hironori ) . The previous heads of the Shiba House (Kaoru and Takeru's predecessors) are: The Gedoushu ( 外道衆 , Gedōshū , "Heretic Party") are malevolent spirits who arise as the result of sin-tainted souls that enter into the Sanzu River within the land of the dead. The Gedoshu maintain their wretched existence with

12848-417: The brain. Kanji readings are categorized as either on'yomi ( 音読み , literally "sound reading" ) , from Chinese, or kun'yomi ( 訓読み , literally "meaning reading" ) , native Japanese, and most characters have at least two readings—at least one of each. However, some characters have only a single reading, such as kiku ( 菊 , "chrysanthemum", an on -reading) or iwashi ( 鰯 , "sardine",

12994-687: The broader sense "nowadays" or "current", such as 今日的 ("present-day"), although in the phrase konnichi wa ("good day"), konnichi is typically spelled wholly with hiragana rather than with the kanji 今日 . Jukujikun are primarily used for some native Japanese words, such as Yamato ( 大和 or 倭 , the name of the dominant ethnic group of Japan, a former Japanese province as well as ancient name for Japan), and for some old borrowings, such as 柳葉魚 ( shishamo , literally "willow leaf fish") from Ainu, 煙草 ( tabako , literally “smoke grass”) from Portuguese, or 麦酒 ( bīru , literally “wheat alcohol”) from Dutch, especially if

13140-544: The burden, he allowed their involvement after giving them the choice to turn back or become Shinkengers out of want rather than need, as long as they are willing to finish their mission to the last detail. By the time Genta arrives, Takeru's facade is revealed as he now questions himself of how it makes him strong along with learning he shares similar attributes with Juzo before defeating him. While at times it may not appear so, Takeru does cares greatly for his vassals and when Genta arrives, he becomes more open with them. However, in

13286-463: The center of the Earth and form the terrestrial or sublunary spheres . In ancient Greek medicine , each of the four humours became associated with an element. Yellow bile was the humor identified with fire, since both were hot and dry. Other things associated with fire and yellow bile in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of summer, since it increased the qualities of heat and aridity;

13432-400: The character 働 "to work", which has the kun'yomi " hatara(ku) " and the on'yomi " dō ", and 腺 "gland", which has only the on'yomi " sen "—in both cases these come from the on'yomi of the phonetic component, respectively 動 " dō " and 泉 " sen ". The kun'yomi ( 訓読み , [kɯɰ̃jomi] , lit. "meaning reading") , the native reading,

13578-431: The characters' individual on'yomi or kun'yomi . From the point of view of the character, rather than the word, this is known as a nankun ( 難訓 , "difficult reading") , and these are listed in kanji dictionaries under the entry for the character. Gikun are other readings assigned to a character instead of its standard readings. An example is reading 寒 (meaning "cold") as fuyu ("winter") rather than

13724-514: The characters, and only infrequently as konchō , the on'yomi of the characters. The most common reading is kesa , a native bisyllabic Japanese word that may be seen as a single morpheme , or as a compound of ke (“this”, as in kefu , the older reading for 今日 , “today”), and asa , “morning”. Likewise, 今日 ("today") is also jukujikun , usually read with the native reading kyō ; its on'yomi , konnichi , does occur in certain words and expressions, especially in

13870-422: The choleric temperament (of a person dominated by the yellow bile humour); the masculine ; and the eastern point of the compass. In alchemy the chemical element of sulfur was often associated with fire and its alchemical symbol and its symbol was an upward-pointing triangle. In alchemic tradition, metals are incubated by fire in the womb of the Earth and alchemists only accelerate their development. Agni

14016-450: The city of Sapporo ( サッポロ ), whose name derives from the Ainu language and has no meaning in Japanese, is written with the on-kun compound [札幌] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |4= ( help ) (which includes sokuon as if it were a purely on compound). Gikun ( 義訓 ) and jukujikun ( 熟字訓 ) are readings of kanji combinations that have no direct correspondence to

14162-402: The command Origami Big Transformation ( 折神大変化 , Origami Daihenge ) , the Origami can be enlarged into giants with the Shinkengers using their Shinkenmaru as control sticks. The three support Origami, two of which were reclaimed after being lost in the last great battle with the Gedoushu, are summoned using each Secret Disk and require twice the amount of Modikara than the regular Origami. With

14308-484: The diplomatic correspondence from King Bu of Wa to Emperor Shun of Liu Song in 478 AD has been praised for its skillful use of allusion . Later, groups of people called fuhito were organized under the monarch to read and write Classical Chinese . During the reign of Empress Suiko (593–628), the Yamato court began sending full-scale diplomatic missions to China, which resulted in a large increase in Chinese literacy at

14454-618: The education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3,000 kanji used in Japanese names and in common communication . The term kanji in Japanese literally means " Han characters". It is written in Japanese by using the same characters as in traditional Chinese , and both refer to the character writing system known in Chinese as hanzi ( traditional Chinese : 漢字 ; simplified Chinese : 汉字 ; pinyin : hànzì ; lit. ' Han characters'). The significant use of Chinese characters in Japan first began to take hold around

14600-574: The entire word—rather than each part of the word being centered over its corresponding character, as is often done for the usual phono-semantic readings. Broadly speaking, jukujikun can be considered a form of ateji , though in narrow usage, " ateji " refers specifically to using characters for sound and not meaning (sound-spelling), whereas " jukujikun " refers to using characters for their meaning and not sound (meaning-spelling). Many jukujikun (established meaning-spellings) began as gikun (improvised meaning-spellings). Occasionally,

14746-619: The events and mortally wound him before he explodes. He attempts to take the Shinkengers down with him, but this fails as they survive the explosion. Doukoku's personal weapons are the Shōryū Bakuzantō ( 昇竜抜山刀 , Rising Dragon Mountain-Removing Sword) and the Kōryū Gaiseitō ( 降竜蓋世刀 , Descending Dragon World-Covering Sword) . He also possessed the power to seal his fellow Gedoushu. Doukoku is voiced by Rintarō Nishi ( 西 凛太朗 , Nishi Rintarō ) . Tayu Usukawa ( 薄皮 太夫 , Usukawa Dayū )

14892-559: The final battle, Chiaki plans to take his college entrance exams. As the "Samurai of Wood " ( 木の侍 , Ki no Samurai ) , Shinken Green ( シンケングリーン , Shinken Gurīn ) , Chiaki's personal weapon is the Wood Spear ( ウッドスピア , Uddo Supia ) , which allows him to perform the Large Treed Late Bloomer ( 大木晩成 , Taiki Bansei ) and Foliage Concealment ( 木の葉隠し , Konoha Kakushi ) attacks. Additionally, he can assume

15038-462: The fly, by changing word order and adding particles and verb endings, in accordance with the rules of Japanese grammar . This was essentially a kind of codified sight translation . Chinese characters also came to be used to write texts in the vernacular Japanese language , resulting in the modern kana syllabaries. Around 650 AD, a writing system called man'yōgana (used in the ancient poetry anthology Man'yōshū ) evolved that used

15184-497: The following forms: Chiaki is portrayed by Shogo Suzuki ( 鈴木 勝吾 , Suzuki Shōgo ) . Kotoha Hanaori ( 花織 ことは , Hanaori Kotoha ) is a clumsy and gentle 16-year-old girl who worked in a bamboo shop and speaks with a Kyoto accent ( 京都弁 , Kyōtoben ) . Very much a crybaby as a child, she is close to her older sister, Mitsuba, who had been training to be Shinken Yellow. When Mitsuba became ill and unable to serve as Takeru's vassal, Kotoha stepped up to take her place. Kotoha

15330-414: The four classical elements of Empedocles and Aristotle 's transmutation of the four elements into one another. This world, which is the same for all, no one of gods or men has made. But it always was and will be: an ever-living fire, with measures of it kindling, and measures going out. Heraclitus regarded the soul as being a mixture of fire and water, with fire being the more noble part and water

15476-511: The head of the Shiba family. After he receives some advice that clears his mind, he pledges his life to Takeru Shiba. After the final battle, Ryunosuke gives Takeru a kabuki-styled farewell dance and goes back to work as a kabuki actor. As the "Samurai of Water " ( 水の侍 , Mizu no Samurai ) , Shinken Blue ( シンケンブルー , Shinken Burū ) , Ryunosuke's personal weapon is the Water Arrow ( ウォーターアロー , Wōtā Arō ) , which allows him to perform

15622-437: The heat of fire, which he felt is sharp and stabbing, (like one of the points of a tetrahedron). Plato's student Aristotle (384– 322 BCE) did not maintain his former teacher's geometric view of the elements, but rather preferred a somewhat more naturalistic explanation for the elements based on their traditional qualities. Fire the hot and dry element, like the other elements, was an abstract principle and not identical with

15768-433: The historical male name suffix 右衛門 -emon , which was shortened from the word uemon . The kanji compound for jukujikun is often idiosyncratic and created for the word, and there is no corresponding Chinese word with that spelling. In other cases, a kanji compound for an existing Chinese word is reused, where the Chinese word and on'yomi may or may not be used in Japanese. For example, 馴鹿 (“reindeer”)

15914-445: The ignoble aspect. He believed the goal of the soul is to be rid of water and become pure fire: the dry soul is the best and it is worldly pleasures that make the soul "moist". He was known as the "weeping philosopher" and died of hydropsy , a swelling due to abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin. However, Empedocles of Akragas (c. 495 – c. 435 BCE) , is best known for having selected all elements as his archai and by

16060-687: The lanterns carried by the Jitte-wielding okappiki ( 岡っ引き ) guardsmen from old samurai films. Ryunosuke points out that these were mere guardsmen and not samurai, so the kanji for Samurai on DaiGoyou's lantern is actually a misrepresentation, much to Genta and DaiGoyou's chagrin. Once enlarged by the "big" ( 大 , dai ) Modikara, Daigoyou can form into a Samurai Giant through the DaiGoyou Big Transformation ( ダイゴヨウ大変化 , Daigoyō Daihenge ) by fusing its default Paper Lantern body and its Jitte forming its arms. His techniques include

16206-412: The limitation of kanji. After the Meiji Restoration and as Japan entered an era of active exchange with foreign countries, the need for script reform in Japan began to be called for. Some scholars argued for the abolition of kanji and the writing of Japanese using only kana or Latin characters. However, these views were not so widespread. However, the need to limit the number of kanji characters

16352-705: The majority of them are not in common use in any country, and many are obscure variants or archaic forms. A list of 2,136 jōyō kanji is regarded as necessary for functional literacy in Japanese. Approximately a thousand more characters are commonly used and readily understood by the majority in Japan and a few thousand more find occasional use, particularly in specialized fields of study but those may be obscure to most out of context. A total of 13,108 characters can be encoded in various Japanese Industrial Standards for kanji . Individual kanji may be used to write one or more different words or morphemes , leading to different pronunciations or "readings." The correct reading

16498-466: The mortal realm. In life, she was Usuyuki ( 薄雪 ) a shamisen player who obsessed over a man named Shinza. Scorned that he loved another woman instead of her, Usuyuki set fire to the building holding his wedding ceremony, killing him, his bride, and the entirety of their wedding party, in a suicidal crime of passion . Seeing that her love would remain unrequited to the bitter end, Usuyuki's emotions corrupt her soul and caused her rebirth into Tayu. Of all

16644-482: The names of plants and animals (with exceptions), and for emphasis on certain words. Since ancient times, there has been a strong opinion in Japan that kanji is the orthodox form of writing, but there were also people who argued against it. Kamo no Mabuchi , a scholar of the Edo period , criticized the large number of characters in kanji. He also appreciated the small number of characters in kana characters and argued for

16790-463: The nearby town to the best of their ability, when the Shinkengers are not in battle. Kaoru has her own group of Kuroko, who wear slightly different robes bearing the Shiba family crest. DaiGoyou ( ダイゴヨウ , Daigoyō ) is a support robot created by Genta during his temporary fear of sushi, infusing his Electronic Modikara with a lantern in his sushi cart to be able to fight for him when needed, referring to his creator as "Boss" ( 親分 , oyabun ) . He

16936-407: The need for gaiji for most users. Nevertheless, they persist today in Japan's three major mobile phone information portals, where they are used for emoji (pictorial characters). Unicode allows for optional encoding of gaiji in private use areas , while Adobe's SING (Smart INdependent Glyphlets) technology allows the creation of customized gaiji. The Text Encoding Initiative uses

17082-410: The next (currently on the 18th Generation). Once becoming a Shinkenger, they must renounce their past lives in order to keep their friends and family safe in case a member of the Gedoushu targets them. The Shiba House's manor is protected by a barrier of the Modikara "protect" ( 守 , mamoru ) , keeping the Shinkengers safe. They use a Gap Sensor ( 隙間センサー , Sukima Sensā ) to detect the presence of

17228-450: The normal solids, liquids and combustion phenomena we experience: What we commonly call fire. It is not really fire, for fire is an excess of heat and a sort of ebullition; but in reality, of what we call air, the part surrounding the earth is moist and warm, because it contains both vapour and a dry exhalation from the earth. According to Aristotle, the four elements rise or fall toward their natural place in concentric layers surrounding

17374-436: The one thing he values above Doukoku is his own life and gains forgiveness from his leader out of amusement with his honesty. When Akumaro arrives, Shitari expresses a great deal of distrust over the mysterious Gedoushu and not as much shocked when his impression of him was accurate yet was powerless to do anything against him as he realized Akumaro's intentions. After Dayu returns, Shitari decides to kill off Takeru, only to learn

17520-604: The original list published in 1952, but new additions have been made frequently. Sometimes the term jinmeiyō kanji refers to all 2,999 kanji from both the jōyō and jinmeiyō lists combined. Hyōgai kanji ( 表外漢字 , "unlisted characters") are any kanji not contained in the jōyō kanji and jinmeiyō kanji lists. These are generally written using traditional characters, but extended shinjitai forms exist. The Japanese Industrial Standards for kanji and kana define character code-points for each kanji and kana , as well as other forms of writing such as

17666-474: The other. For example, 誠 means 'honest' in both languages but is pronounced makoto or sei in Japanese, and chéng in Standard Mandarin Chinese . Individual kanji characters and multi-kanji words invented in Japan from Chinese morphemes have been borrowed into Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese in recent times. These are known as Wasei-kango , or Japanese-made Chinese words. For example,

17812-407: The practice of using a part of a kanji character) emerged via a parallel path: monastery students simplified man'yōgana to a single constituent element. Thus the two other writing systems, hiragana and katakana , referred to collectively as kana , are descended from kanji. In contrast with kana ( 仮名 , literally "borrowed name", in reference to the character being "borrowed" as

17958-594: The presence or absence of the -shii ending ( okurigana ). A common example of a verb with jukujikun is 流行る ( haya-ru , “to spread, to be in vogue”), corresponding to on'yomi 流行 ( ryūkō ). A sample jukujikun deverbal (noun derived from a verb form) is 強請 ( yusuri , “extortion”), from 強請る ( yusu-ru , “to extort”), spelling from 強請 ( kyōsei , “extortion”). Note that there are also compound verbs and, less commonly, compound adjectives, and while these may have multiple kanji without intervening characters, they are read using

18104-688: The primary Shinkengers, Genta utilizes his personal Sushi Disk in conjunction with the Sushi Changer to access the latter's nigirizushi -like Sushi Mode ( スシモード , Sushi Mōdo ) and transform into the "Samurai of Light " ( 光の侍 , Hikari no Samurai ) , Shinken Gold ( シンケンゴールド , Shinken Gōrudo ) . In its default Shari Mode ( シャリモード , Shari Mōdo ) , Genta can harness the Electronic Modikara to compensate for his lack of calligraphy training. In combat, Shinken Gold uses sushi-themed accouterments, like exploding chopsticks that he uses as

18250-442: The purpose behind it. Leaving Doukoku, Tayu wanders aimlessly until she is found by Akumaro who recruits her to his group in return for her instrument's restoration. Upon learning that Akamaro never intended to repair her instrument, she attempts to reclaim her shamisen until Dokouku comes to her aid, using a piece of his body to restore the shamisen and reminding her of her place by his side. Soon after Akumaro's demise, Tayu returns to

18396-402: The readings contradict the kanji), or clarification if the referent may not be obvious. Jukujikun are when the standard kanji for a word are related to the meaning, but not the sound. The word is pronounced as a whole, not corresponding to sounds of individual kanji. For example, 今朝 ("this morning") is jukujikun . This word is not read as *ima'asa , the expected kun'yomi of

18542-483: The rejuvenating qualities of its waters much faster than any other member of the Gedoushu and takes longer to soak the river's waters back into his body. Learning of the seal placed on him, Doukoku briefly changes his plans to target Takeru as the death of the Shiba House would ensure that he would never be sealed again. But when that plan failed, Doukoku has his force carry on the original plan without giving wind of this knowledge to any Ayakashi with his own agenda. During

18688-475: The rest are kun ), or 12 if related verbs are counted as distinct. The on'yomi ( 音読み , [oɰ̃jomi] , lit. "sound(-based) reading") , the Sino-Japanese reading, is the modern descendant of the Japanese approximation of the base Chinese pronunciation of the character at the time it was introduced. It was often previously referred to as translation reading , as it was recreated readings of

18834-563: The samurai life. Hikoma is portrayed by Goro Ibuki ( 伊吹 吾郎 , Ibuki Gorō ) . The kuroko ( 黒子 ) are the Shiba House's servants who, like their namesakes, "set up" the scene during the Shinkengers' transformation. As they do not possess Modikara proficiency, they are not able to fight against the Gedoushu physically and as such, they are not directly involved in combat, although they do help evacuate civilians away from danger. They are skilled in many comparatively mundane things and are tasked with doing household chores, and help citizens in

18980-420: The seventeenth head of the Shiba House, he was sealed away as the previous Shinken Red died. This seal was incomplete, and Doukoku was able to revive by the time of the next generation. To reach his goal again, Doukoku sends out Ayakashi to terrorize humans so the Sanzu River can overflow its banks into the mortal realm and enable him to unleash his full fury. This method of attack was later revealed to how he loses

19126-575: The standard readings samu or kan , and instead of the usual spelling for fuyu of 冬 . Another example is using 煙草 (lit. "smoke grass") with the reading tabako ("tobacco") rather than the otherwise-expected readings of *kemuri-gusa or *ensō . Some of these, such as for tabako , have become lexicalized , but in many cases this kind of use is typically non-standard and employed in specific contexts by individual writers. Aided with furigana , gikun could be used to convey complex literary or poetic effect (especially if

19272-415: The summer while in a comatose state that leaves him open to his enemies, Doukoku manages to suppress his magnified power. Later, after learning of Akamaro's true colors, Doukoku risks his life to enter the mortal realm to repair Dayu's shamisen after driving off Akumaro and defeating Shinken Red. As a result, he has to be submerged in the Sanzu River to rehydrate. But after the Shiba Clan true's eighteenth head

19418-520: The time of Plato (427– 347 BCE) , the four Empedoclian elements were well established. In the Timaeus , Plato's major cosmological dialogue, the Platonic solid he associated with fire was the tetrahedron which is formed from four triangles and contains the least volume with the greatest surface area. This also makes fire the element with the smallest number of sides, and Plato regarded it as appropriate for

19564-573: The truth behind him and the Shiba House's true leader and giving up one half of his life, in an attempt to speed up Doukoku's reawakening at the cost of having no second life should he be killed. He remains on the Rokumon Junk during Doukoku's final battle with the Shinkengers, going down with the ship as it sinks in response to its master's death while proclaiming that he will survive regardless of what happens. Shitari later returns in Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku , becoming Brajira's right hand servant until learning his plan to drain

19710-411: The usual kun'yomi . Examples include 面白い ( omo-shiro-i , “interesting”, literally “face + white”) and 狡賢い ( zuru-gashiko-i , “sly”, lit. “cunning, crafty + clever, smart”). Typographically, the furigana for jukujikun are often written so they are centered across the entire word, or for inflectional words over the entire root—corresponding to the reading being related to

19856-474: The water of the Sanzu, and in order to maintain the river's levels, they constantly enter into the human world with the intent of running amok in order to feed the river with negative emotions of humans. If a Gedoshu spends too long in the human world, it eventually dries out, and petrifies if it can not return to the Sanzu. Cursed to be in a state between life and death, a Gedoushu can only be free of its existence if it

20002-706: The weaponry the others had used before her appearance. Kaoru is portrayed by Runa Natsui ( 夏居 瑠奈 , Natsui Runa ) . The Secret Disks ( 秘伝ディスク , Hiden Disuku ) are a series of items that the Shinkengers use in conjunction with their respective weapons. When not in use, they are normally stored at the buckle of their suits. The Shinkengers control sentient mecha called Origami ( 折神 , Folding Spirits) . The five main Origami are normally in Emblem Mode ( エンブレムモード , Enburemu Mōdo ) until they assume Animal Mode ( アニマルモード , Animaru Mōdo ) to support their masters. But with Modikara of "big" ( 大 , dai ) and

20148-605: The word for telephone , 電話 denwa in Japanese, was derived from the Chinese words for "electric" and "conversation." It was then calqued as diànhuà in Mandarin Chinese, điện thoại in Vietnamese and 전화 jeonhwa in Korean. Chinese characters first came to Japan on official seals, letters, swords, coins, mirrors, and other decorative items imported from China . The earliest known instance of such an import

20294-721: The word was borrowed before the Meiji period . Words whose kanji are jukujikun are often usually written as hiragana (if native), or katakana (if borrowed); some old borrowed words are also written as hiragana , especially Portuguese loanwords such as かるた ( karuta ) from Portuguese " carta " (English “card”) or てんぷら ( tempura ) from Portuguese " tempora " (English “times, season”), as well as たばこ ( tabako ). Sometimes, jukujikun can even have more kanji than there are syllables, examples being kera ( 啄木鳥 , “woodpecker”), gumi ( 胡頽子 , “silver berry, oleaster”), and Hozumi ( 八月朔日 ,

20440-540: The younger man's skill with Modikara and eventually does accept and connect with him. Like Mako, he is adept at reading people and often helps the vassals with their personal problems. When he goes to a hospital to be treated for a hip injury, he happens upon the Hikari Studio and gives invaluable advice to Tsukasa Kadoya during the meeting of the worlds of Kamen Rider Decade and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger . While Hikoma does not typically take up arms himself, his "battle"

20586-475: Was expanded to 2,136 in 2010. Some of the new characters were previously jinmeiyō kanji; some are used to write prefecture names: 阪 , 熊 , 奈 , 岡 , 鹿 , 梨 , 阜 , 埼 , 茨 , 栃 and 媛 . As of September 25, 2017, the jinmeiyō kanji ( 人名用漢字 , kanji for use in personal names) consists of 863 characters. Kanji on this list are mostly used in people's names and some are traditional variants of jōyō kanji. There were only 92 kanji in

20732-424: Was one of many archai proposed by the pre-Socratics , most of whom sought to reduce the cosmos , or its creation, to a single substance. Heraclitus (c. 535 BCE – c. 475 BCE) considered fire to be the most fundamental of all elements. He believed fire gave rise to the other three elements: "All things are an interchange for fire, and fire for all things, just like goods for gold and gold for goods." He had

20878-472: Was raised since childhood by Hikoma Kusakabe to act the role of the 18th head of the Shiba House after his father gave him the Shishi Origami. His upbringing made him create a facade to look very arrogant and proud to others, claiming none can match his strength and greatness, while keeping his cool in any situation. Though he was reluctant to have the vassals fight by his side, as he wanted no one else to bear

21024-526: Was reduced, and formal lists of characters to be learned during each grade of school were established. Some characters were given simplified glyphs , called shinjitai ( 新字体 ) . Many variant forms of characters and obscure alternatives for common characters were officially discouraged. These are simply guidelines, so many characters outside these standards are still widely known and commonly used; these are known as hyōgaiji ( 表外字 ) . The kyōiku kanji ( 教育漢字 , lit. "education kanji") are

21170-542: Was the King of Na gold seal given by Emperor Guangwu of Han to a Wa emissary in 57 AD. Chinese coins as well as inkstones from the first century AD have also been found in Yayoi period archaeological sites. However, the Japanese people of that era probably had little to no comprehension of the script, and they would remain relatively illiterate until the fifth century AD, when writing in Japan became more widespread. According to

21316-618: Was understood, and in May 1923, the Japanese government announced 1,962 kanji characters for regular use. In 1940, the Japanese Army decided on the "Table of Restricted Kanji for Weapons Names" ( 兵器名称用制限漢字表 , heiki meishō yō seigen kanji hyō ) which limited the number of kanji that could be used for weapons names to 1,235. In 1942, the National Language Council announced the "Standard Kanji Table" ( 標準漢字表 , hyōjun kanji-hyō ) with

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