Forum:Translation of Haki

Hi, i saw many translations with Haki translated to 'ambition'. Well, to me, ambition is something with a negative connotation and is usually used by the word 野望（やぼう）or 野心（やしん）, which are, i think, more accurate to describe ambition. I"m chinese and in chinese the concept of 'ki' is in chinese as well (it's read 'chi' in chinese). To me it means the something like the energy, the invisible energy one brings out unknowingly that influence the people around them. For example, a queen probably has the 'haki' when she walks out and she can influence the air around her and make people, not to say afraid, but, maybe to feel unapproachable and want to respect her. Or someone might has the 'chi' to make the people around him/her feel happy. It's really vague but that's my interpretation of 'chi'.

In the case of 'haki', 'ha' means something like the conquerer, the ruler, the king, with a connotation of 'forceful' and unchallengeable. 'Haki' then is the energy to make people feel fearsome and hold people in awe - that kind of feeling.

Well, all i want to say is that, i think translating haki into ambition is a really off, but i don't have any good replacement of the word because i don't think there's a equivalent concept of 'chi' in the western culture.

Okay, that's all i want to say. Just thought to share with you guys all. Maybe it's not that important after all. And it's my first time publishing a topic in this forum so i'm not sure about the formatting and stuff, sorry if i did anything wrong ;p Viviup (talk) 05:12, August 4, 2013 (UTC)