You Need To Know The Word “Crisis” In Japanese
Its meaning might change how you see such situations
Words that use Chinese characters in Japanese have the characters’ meanings embedded into them. And the word for “crisis” turns out to be very positive in Japanese!
危機 (“Kiki”) is how it’s said. But taking each character apart shows a whole other picture. The first character (危) means “dangerous” while the second (機) means “opportunity”.
That is what a crisis is after all. It is dangerous, scary and many other things but it also represents an opportunity, a chance for a change.
There is no turning back in a crisis. What happened, well, happened. Now you have to move on, to find a way out, to create a better future.
The environmental crisis, we are all facing right now is scary. The wildfires in Australia nowadays show us how dangerous this crisis is.
But a crisis also means you can salvage the situation. Yes, the environment may never be the same. Yes, life is becoming more and more dangerous. But as long as it doesn’t become a catastrophe, there is a possibility to improve the future.
The wildfires happening are a catastrophe. There is no opportunity to find in there. These spaces are to salvage as well as possible and we…
