初許奥伝

English translation: hereby awarded the first level certificate of ...

10:27 Jul 1, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Science (general) / esotherics
Japanese term or phrase: 初許奥伝
This is the tex on a certificate. It consists only of this one sentence, there is no more context. 奥伝means "esotherics", I think, but I'm not sure about the 初許. Does it perhaps mean something like "first level"?
あなたは本家元規定による検定に合格したので初許奥伝の免状を授与する。
Christine Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 14:58
English translation:hereby awarded the first level certificate of ...
Explanation:
初許 is the first step certificate of accomplishment. 奥伝 is a term used in traditional art school settings such as tea ceremony or flower arrangement; it means the act of giving/bestowing such certification. "You are hereby awarded the first level certificate of accomplishment..."

研究社新和英大辞典 第5版より
しょゆるし【初許し】 *(shoyurushi)
〔茶の湯・生け花で初伝を与えること〕 giving of the first certificate of accomplishment to one's *tea ceremony [flower arrangement] pupil.
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Mika Jarmusz
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初許
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hereby awarded the first level certificate of ...


Explanation:
初許 is the first step certificate of accomplishment. 奥伝 is a term used in traditional art school settings such as tea ceremony or flower arrangement; it means the act of giving/bestowing such certification. "You are hereby awarded the first level certificate of accomplishment..."

研究社新和英大辞典 第5版より
しょゆるし【初許し】 *(shoyurushi)
〔茶の湯・生け花で初伝を与えること〕 giving of the first certificate of accomplishment to one's *tea ceremony [flower arrangement] pupil.


Mika Jarmusz
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Reference: 初許

Reference information:
http://www.d-kintetsu.co.jp/bunka-salon/kashihara/kouza/slis...

In the field of ikebana, but it means "first level".

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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