Toki Setsu Jou Setsu

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[David Yap]

Hi everyone,

I received a hand-written scroll which reads 時切場切 - translate literally as “time cut place cut”.

Can someone here explain the meaning of this phrase?

Thank you.

David Y

[Nat McCully]

"Jigiri Bagiri" is another way of pronouncing that phrase.

I hear it means "Live every moment to the fullest".

[Josh Reyer]

"Jigiri Bagiri" is the only way I've come across of reading that phrase, but if it was pronounced in the Chinese style it'd be "Jisetsu Josetsu", not "toki".

[David Yap]

"Jigiri Bagiri" is the only way I've come across of reading that phrase, but if it was pronounced in the Chinese style it'd be "Jisetsu Josetsu", not "toki".

Thanks, Josh & Nat, for the corrections.

Toki setsu jo setsu was what I got from the J-E dictionary. I believe the phrase "Living every moment to the fullest" applies to being on the mat too.

FYI, the scroll was a gift from Inoue Kyoichi hanshi. After drinks, I lost the translation.

Regards

David Y

[David Yap]

Hi again, Nat & Josh,

Can it be read as bagiri-jigiri, that is, acting according to the circumstances, at that moment, in that place?

David Y