Military cigarette case 1930s?

[phil reid]

Picked up this ( 1930s?aluminium ?) cigarette case , very plain but quite pretty ( latch broken unfortunately ) and curious about the characters on the facing .If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated

Regards

Phil

[Ask]

勇ーゆう、猛ーもう、果敢ーかかん。

Bravery,courage. Ferocious,energetic. Determined,bold.

A description of those who enter battle.

[phil reid]

Thankyou John K ,

Much obliged

Regards

Phil R

[Baka Gaijin]

Good morning all,

 

I'm just learning Hiragana, so if my following comment appears impolite, it's not meant to be.

 

I think a small tsu っ, called a sokuon, which indicates that the following consonant is doubled should be used for Ikkan.

 

Thus Ikkan is written in Hiragana as いっかん, not いかかん

 

Cheers

[Justin Grant]

Good morning all,

 

I'm just learning Hiragana, so if my following comment appears impolite, it's not meant to be.

 

I think a small tsu っ, called a sokuon, which indicates that the following consonant is doubled should be used for Ikkan.

 

Thus Ikkan is written in Hiragana as いっかん, not いかかん

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm,

 

You are correct, but you will see it expressed both ways. When you see the double, you just put a pause in the speech. I-kan vs. Ikan.

 

Justin

[Ask]

Forgive me if I'm wrong but there is no small tsu in ゆう,もう or かかん？

 

I believe it's written as kakan not kakkan which would make it a small tsu as you suggest.

 

The kanji is 果敢 which is kakan.

 

Just as a point of interest kakkan or かっかん would mean object (as opposed to subject).

[Baka Gaijin]

Thank you for explaining John,

 

All part of the learning curve for me.

 

I really appreciate the environment for learning that NMB affords.

 

Cheers

[Ask]

No problem at all Malcolm.

 

にほんご の べんきょう を がんばって。

[Baka Gaijin]

ジョンさん

 

わたしべんきょうします。

 

お世話になりました。

 

かんぱい