Same Similar Alike in Chinese / Japanese...

同 means same, similar, together, alike, with, or mutual.

This can also be the Japanese male given name, Hitoshi.

同 is a strange selection for a wall scroll but a lot of people search for “same,” so we added this.

光陰矢の如し is a Japanese proverb that means “time flies like an arrow.” It's very similar to the English idiom, “time and tide wait for no man,” or “life is short.”

The Kanji breakdown:
光陰 = Time (the cycle of light and dark).
[and an]
矢 = Arrow
の = are
如し = Alike

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.