説明書

Long life, and the celebration of it. The character on wedding envelopes and New Year food.

輝く is to shine — but unlike 照, this light comes from the thing itself rather than falling on it. Read てる in given names.

May your own light shine.

Splendour, the showy kind. 華やか is gorgeous; 中華 is China — the splendid centre.

This is the character the katakana ン grew out of. It stands for a sound, not a word — the old form of 無, nothing.

崇拝 is worship; 崇高 is sublime — something so far above you that admiration is the only honest response.