采

Meaning

采 centers on the act of picking or gathering something, which extends naturally to taking, selecting, or the resulting form and appearance. The dice and coloring senses are specific applications: dice as objects gathered and thrown, and coloring as the gathered hues that give form.

• 喝采かっさい

  cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

• 采配さいはい

  baton (of command)

• 采さい

  baton (of command)

• 風采ふうさい

  appearance; air; mien; getup

• 納采のうさい

  betrothal gift

• 喝采を送るかっさいをおくる

  to applaud; to cheer (for)

• 拍手喝采はくしゅかっさい

  clapping and cheering; applause

• 神采しんさい

  surpassing looks; exceptional appearance

• 采女うねめ

  maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)

• 采女佑うねめのしょう

  high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

• 采女司うねめのつかさ

  Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

• 采女正うねめのかみ

  director of the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

• 采振木ざいふりぼく

  Asian serviceberry (Amelanchier asiatica); shadberry; juneberry; shadbush; shadblow

• 采配を振るさいはいをふる

  to lead; to direct; to take command

• 采配を振るうさいはいをふるう

  to wield a baton; to swing a baton

• 采配蘭さいはいらん

  Cremastra appendiculata (species of orchid)

• 風采が上がらないふうさいがあがらない

  of poor appearance; unimpressive-looking; undistinguished-looking; unattractive

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