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新手

see styles
xīn shǒu
    xin1 shou3
hsin shou
 arate(p); shinte
    あらて(P); しんて
new hand; novice; raw recruit
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (あらて only) fresh troops; fresh players; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (あらて only) (See 古手・2) newcomer; new employee; new worker; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) new method; new way; new type; (place-name) Arate

新法

see styles
 shinpou / shinpo
    しんぽう
(1) (See 旧法・きゅうほう・1) new law; (2) (See 旧法・きゅうほう・2) new method

方便

see styles
fāng biàn
    fang1 bian4
fang pien
 houben / hoben
    ほうべん
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
(1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben
upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās.

方式

see styles
fāng shì
    fang1 shi4
fang shih
 houshiki / hoshiki
    ほうしき
way; manner; style; mode; pattern; CL:個|个[ge4]
form; method; system; formula

方策

see styles
fāng cè
    fang1 ce4
fang ts`e
    fang tse
 housaku / hosaku
    ほうさく
strategy; policy; general plan; variant of 方冊|方册[fang1 ce4]
plan; policy; (given name) Housaku
method

方術


方术

see styles
fāng shù
    fang1 shu4
fang shu
 houjutsu / hojutsu
    ほうじゅつ
arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc; supernatural arts (old)
means; method; art; magic

方角

see styles
fāng jué
    fang1 jue2
fang chüeh
 hougaku / hogaku
    ほうがく
(1) direction; way; (2) (See 方位) point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing; (3) method; means; approach
direction

方道

see styles
fāng dào
    fang1 dao4
fang tao
 hōdō
a method

旧法

see styles
 kyuuhou / kyuho
    きゅうほう
(1) (See 新法・1) old law; (2) (See 新法・2) old method

明法

see styles
míng fǎ
    ming2 fa3
ming fa
 harunori
    はるのり
(personal name) Harunori
The law or method of mantras, or magic formulæ.

暈繝

see styles
 ungen
    うんげん
    ugen
    うげん
method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

有方

see styles
yǒu fāng
    you3 fang1
yu fang
 arimichi
    ありみち
to do things right; to use the correct method
(given name) Arimichi

本格

see styles
 honkaku
    ほんかく
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)

本行

see styles
běn háng
    ben3 hang2
pen hang
 hongyou / hongyo
    ほんぎょう
one's line; one's own profession
(surname) Hongyou
The root of action: the method or motive of attainment; (his) own deeds, e. g. the doings of a Buddha or bodhisattva.

板寄

see styles
 itayose
    いたよせ
Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges

板締

see styles
 itajime
    いたじめ
method of making patterns via pressing cloth between carved boards

析法

see styles
xī fǎ
    xi1 fa3
hsi fa
 shaku hō
analytical method

模式

see styles
mó shì
    mo2 shi4
mo shih
mode; method; pattern

歸納


归纳

see styles
guī nà
    gui1 na4
kuei na
to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)

殺法

see styles
 sappou / sappo
    さっぽう
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword

法兒


法儿

see styles
fǎ r
    fa3 r5
fa r
way; method; means; Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5]

法子

see styles
fǎ zi
    fa3 zi5
fa tzu
 houko / hoko
    ほうこ
way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
(female given name) Houko
Child of the Dharma, one who makes his living by following Buddhism.

法式

see styles
fǎ shì
    fa3 shi4
fa shih
 houshiki / hoshiki
    ほうしき
rule; method; model
rule; rite
ritual

法術


法术

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 houjutsu / hojutsu
    ほうじゅつ
magic
(1) practising law; (2) legal processes in running a country; (3) (See 方術) method; way; means; (4) (See 方術) magic

流儀

see styles
 ryuugi / ryugi
    りゅうぎ
(1) way (of doing things); method; style; fashion; (2) (See 流派) school (e.g. of poetry)

深法

see styles
shēn fǎ
    shen1 fa3
shen fa
 jinbō
(深法門) Profound truth, or method.

溺嬰


溺婴

see styles
nì yīng
    ni4 ying1
ni ying
to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide)

滅病


灭病

see styles
miè bìng
    mie4 bing4
mieh ping
 metsubyō
One of the 四病 four sick or faulty ways of seeking perfection, the Hīnayāna method of endeavouring to extinguish all perturbing passions so that nothing of them remains.

漁法

see styles
 gyohou / gyoho
    ぎょほう
method of fishing

漚肥


沤肥

see styles
òu féi
    ou4 fei2
ou fei
to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose; fertilizer produced by this method

漸教


渐教

see styles
jiàn jiào
    jian4 jiao4
chien chiao
 zengyō
The gradual method of teaching by beginning with the Hīnayāna and proceeding to the Mahāyāna, in contrast with 頓教 q.v. the immediate teaching of the Mahāyāna doctrine, or of any truth directly; e.g. the Huayan school considers the Huayan sūtra as the immediate or direct teaching, and the Lotus Sūtra as both gradual and direct; Tiantai considers the Lotus direct and complete; but there are other definitions.

無方


无方

see styles
wú fāng
    wu2 fang1
wu fang
 muhō
No place, nowhere; unlimited to place or method, i.e. Buddha's power.

煮法

see styles
zhǔ fǎ
    zhu3 fa3
chu fa
cooking method

玄義


玄义

see styles
xuán yì
    xuan2 yi4
hsüan i
 gengi
The deep meaning; the meaning of the profound; it refers chiefly to the Tiantai method of teaching which was to proceed from a general explanation of the content and meaning of the various great sutras to a discussion of the deeper meaning. the method was: (1) 釋名 explanation of the terms; (2) 辨體 defintion of the substance; (3) 明宗 making clear the principles; (4) 論用 discussing their application; (5) 判教 discriminating the doctrine. v. also 玄疏.

王碼


王码

see styles
wáng mǎ
    wang2 ma3
wang ma
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983

王道

see styles
wáng dào
    wang2 dao4
wang tao
 oudou / odo
    おうどう
the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
(1) righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path; (2) (See 学問に王道なし) easy method; simple approach; short-cut; royal road; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) orthodox way; proper way; traditional manner; classic approach; tried-and-true method; (personal name) Takamichi

球路

see styles
qiú lù
    qiu2 lu4
ch`iu lu
    chiu lu
(sports) trajectory of the ball; method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)

畫法


画法

see styles
huà fǎ
    hua4 fa3
hua fa
painting technique; drawing method
See: 画法

石刑

see styles
shí xíng
    shi2 xing2
shih hsing
stoning (execution method)

禅法

see styles
 zenpou; zenbou / zenpo; zenbo
    ぜんぽう; ぜんぼう
{Buddh} method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism

禪法


禅法

see styles
chán fǎ
    chan2 fa3
ch`an fa
    chan fa
 zenpō
Methods of mysticism as found in (1) the dhyānas recorded in the sūtras, called 如來禪 tathāgata-dhyānas; (2) traditional dhyāna, or the intuitional method brought to China by Bodhidharma, called 祖師禪, which also includes dhyāna ideas represented by some external act having an occult indication.

禪門


禅门

see styles
chán mén
    chan2 men2
ch`an men
    chan men
 zenmon
The meditative method in general. The dhyāna pāramitā, v. 六度. The intuitional school established in China according to tradition by Bodhidharma, personally propagated from mind to mind as an esoteric school.

秘方

see styles
 hihou / hiho
    ひほう
secret method; secret recipe; (prescription for a) secret medicine

秘決

see styles
 hiketsu
    ひけつ
(irregular kanji usage) secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe

秘法

see styles
 hihou / hiho
    ひほう
(1) secret method; secret process; secret formula; (2) {Buddh} esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

秘策

see styles
 hisaku
    ひさく
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

秘訣


秘诀

see styles
mì jué
    mi4 jue2
mi chüeh
 hiketsu
    ひけつ
secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)
secret (method, trick, etc.); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); key (e.g. to success); recipe

秩序

see styles
zhì xù
    zhi4 xu4
chih hsü
 chitsujo
    ちつじょ
order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society); CL:個|个[ge4]
order; discipline; regularity; system; method

空拳

see styles
kōng quán
    kong1 quan2
k`ung ch`üan
    kung chüan
 kuuken / kuken
    くうけん
with bare hands; with or from nothing
riktamuṣṭi; empty fist, i.e. deceiving a child by pretending to have something for it in the closed hand; not the Buddha's method.

竅門


窍门

see styles
qiào mén
    qiao4 men2
ch`iao men
    chiao men
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing something)

等呼

see styles
 touko / toko
    とうこ
denghu (phonetic method of classifying Chinese finals)

筋目

see styles
 sujime
    すじめ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) fold; crease; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) lineage; pedigree; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (See 筋道・すじみち・1) reason; logic; thread; method; system; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) relation; connection

筋道

see styles
 sujimichi
    すじみち
(1) reason; logic; (2) method; system; order; thread (e.g. of an argument)

算法

see styles
suàn fǎ
    suan4 fa3
suan fa
 sanpou / sanpo
    さんぽう
arithmetic; algorithm; method of calculation
arithmetic; algorithm

篩法


筛法

see styles
shāi fǎ
    shai1 fa3
shai fa
the sieve method (for primes)

簡拼


简拼

see styles
jiǎn pīn
    jian3 pin1
chien p`in
    chien pin
(computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情[shi4 qing5])

約法


约法

see styles
yuē fǎ
    yue1 fa3
yüeh fa
 yakuhō
temporary law; provisional constitution
According to the doctrine, or method.

紅型

see styles
 bingata
    びんがた
method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

結冑


结冑

see styles
jié zhòu
    jie2 zhou4
chieh chou
 ketchū
To make the sign of the vajra armour and helmet, i.e. of Vairocana, in order to control the spirits— a method of the esoteric sects.

繧繝

see styles
 ungen
    うんげん
    ugen
    うげん
method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

義例


义例

see styles
yì lì
    yi4 li4
i li
 Girei
Meaning and rules, or method, abbrev. for 止觀義例 q.v.

聯想


联想

see styles
lián xiǎng
    lian2 xiang3
lien hsiang
 rensou / renso
    れんそう
to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
(n,vs,adj-no) association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

良法

see styles
 ryouhou / ryoho
    りょうほう
good method; (given name) Yoshinori

英法

see styles
yīng fǎ
    ying1 fa3
ying fa
 eihou / eho
    えいほう
Anglo-French
(1) English law; British law; (2) (obsolete) British method; British style; (given name) Hidenori

虛歲


虚岁

see styles
xū suì
    xu1 sui4
hsü sui
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.; contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]

虛腕


虚腕

see styles
xū wàn
    xu1 wan4
hsü wan
empty wrist (method of painting)

行方

see styles
 yukukata
    ゆくかた
(1) (one's) whereabouts; (2) outcome; (irregular okurigana usage) (one's) whereabouts; (irregular okurigana usage) (1) way (of going); route; (2) way (of doing); method; (surname) Yukukata

術式

see styles
 jutsushiki
    じゅつしき
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; procedure

裏技

see styles
 urawaza
    うらわざ
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

補法


补法

see styles
bǔ fǎ
    bu3 fa3
pu fa
 hohou / hoho
    ほほう
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health; reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)

製法

see styles
 seihou / seho
    せいほう
manufacturing method; recipe; formula

観法

see styles
 kanpou; kanbou / kanpo; kanbo
    かんぽう; かんぼう
{Buddh} method of contemplation

觀行


观行

see styles
guān xíng
    guan1 xing2
kuan hsing
 kangyou / kangyo
    かんぎょう
(surname) Kangyou
Contemplation and (accordant) action; method of contemplating.

解法

see styles
jiě fǎ
    jie3 fa3
chieh fa
 kaihou / kaiho
    かいほう
solution (to a math problem); method of solving
(key to) solution
to understand the dharma

觸診


触诊

see styles
chù zhěn
    chu4 zhen3
ch`u chen
    chu chen
body palpation (diagnostic method in TCM); tactile examination

言法

see styles
yán fǎ
    yan2 fa3
yen fa
 gonpō
the method of [reliance on] words

論法


论法

see styles
lùn fǎ
    lun4 fa3
lun fa
 ronpou / ronpo
    ろんぽう
argumentation
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
method of argumentation

諸法


诸法

see styles
zhū fǎ
    zhu1 fa3
chu fa
 shohou / shoho
    しょほう
{Buddh} all existing things (formed and formless)
sarvadharma; sarvabhāva; all things; every dharma, law, thing, method, etc.

變法


变法

see styles
biàn fǎ
    bian4 fa3
pien fa
to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method

貸し

see styles
 kashi
    かし
(1) loan; lending; (2) favor; favour; debt; obligation; (3) (abbreviation) creditor; method of lending; credit side

貸方


贷方

see styles
dài fāng
    dai4 fang1
tai fang
 kashikata
    かしかた
credit side (of a balance sheet); creditor; lender
creditor; method of lending; credit side

路子

see styles
lù zi
    lu4 zi5
lu tzu
 roko
    ろこ
method; way; approach
(female given name) Roko

路徑


路径

see styles
lù jìng
    lu4 jing4
lu ching
path; route; method; ways and means

路數


路数

see styles
lù shù
    lu4 shu4
lu shu
stratagem; method; approach; movement (martial arts); social connections; (sb's) background story

躾方

see styles
 shitsukekata
    しつけかた
way of training; method of bringing up children

辦法


办法

see styles
bàn fǎ
    ban4 fa3
pan fa
means; method; way (of doing something); CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]

近道

see styles
jìn dào
    jin4 dao4
chin tao
 chikamichi
    ちかみち
shortcut; a quicker method
(noun/participle) short way; shortcut; (surname) Chikamichi

逆觀


逆观

see styles
nì guān
    ni4 guan1
ni kuan
 gyakkan
The inverse method in meditation.

連山


连山

see styles
lián shān
    lian2 shan1
lien shan
 renzan
    れんざん
Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
(1) mountain range; (2) (hist) Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination); (surname) Ren'yama

遣う

see styles
 tsukau
    つかう
(transitive verb) (1) to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; (2) to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; (3) to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; (4) to use (language); to speak

那耶

see styles
nà yé
    na4 ye2
na yeh
 naya
naya; leading, conduct, politic, prudent, method; intp. by 正理 right principle; 乘 conveyance, i. e. mode of progress; and 道 way, or method.

邪道

see styles
xié dào
    xie2 dao4
hsieh tao
 jadou / jado
    じゃどう
depraved life; evil ways; fornication
(1) improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; (2) evil course; evil path; heresy
Heterodox ways, or doctrines.

開光


开光

see styles
kāi guāng
    kai1 guang1
k`ai kuang
    kai kuang
 kaikou / kaiko
    かいこう
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate; to bless; transparent; translucent; haircut; shaving the head or face (humorous); a method of decoration; first light (astronomy)
(surname) Kaikou
Introducing the light, the ceremony of 'opening the eyes' of an image, i.e. painting or touching in the pupil; also 開眼.

開法


开法

see styles
kāi fǎ
    kai1 fa3
k`ai fa
    kai fa
 kaihō
    かいほう
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution
To found a sect or teaching, e.g. as Buddha founded Buddhism; the method of opening, or beginning.

雙拼


双拼

see styles
shuāng pīn
    shuang1 pin1
shuang p`in
    shuang pin
(computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final)

頓法


顿法

see styles
dùn fǎ
    dun4 fa3
tun fa
The method of immediacy.

食法

see styles
shí fǎ
    shi2 fa3
shih fa
cooking method

麤言

see styles
cū yán
    cu1 yan2
ts`u yen
    tsu yen
麁言 Coarse, crude, rough, immature words or talk; evil words. Rough, outline, preliminary words, e. g. Hīnayāna in contrast with Mahāyāna. The rough-and-ready, or cruder ' words and method of 誡 prohibitions from evil, in contrast with the more refined method of 勸 exhortation to good.

CPM

see styles
 shii pii emu; shiipiiemu(sk) / shi pi emu; shipiemu(sk)
    シー・ピー・エム; シーピーエム(sk)
(1) (See クリティカルパス法) critical path method; CPM; (2) cost per mille; CPM; cost per thousand; (3) {comp} control program for microcomputers; CP-M

この方

see styles
 konohou / konoho
    このほう
    konokata
    このかた
(pronoun) this one; this way; this method; (adverbial noun) (1) since; (pn,adj-no) (2) this person

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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