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お館様

see styles
 oyakatasama
    おやかたさま
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) lord; master

キリエ

see styles
 kirie
    キリエ
Kyrie (gre:); Lord; (female given name) Kirie

ご利益

see styles
 goriyaku
    ごりやく
(1) grace (of God); divine favour; blessing; miracle; answer to a prayer; (2) benefit; (3) efficacy

すかり

see styles
 sukari
    スカリ
(1) net for caught fish; (2) net-like tassel of Buddhist prayer beads; (adv,adv-to) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) easily; (personal name) Sculley

マニ車

see styles
 maniguruma
    マニぐるま
prayer wheel; Mani wheel

ルカ伝

see styles
 rukaden
    ルカでん
(See ルカ福音書) Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible)

三大節

see styles
 sandaisetsu
    さんだいせつ
(hist) (See 紀元節,四方拝,天長節) the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)

上げる

see styles
 ageru
    あげる
(transitive verb) (1) to raise; to elevate; (2) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) to show someone (into a room); (6) to send someone (away); (7) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; (8) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; (9) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (10) to earn (something desirable); (11) to praise; (12) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (13) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (14) (polite language) to give; (15) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (16) to bear (a child); (17) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (18) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) (19) to vomit; (aux-v,v1) (20) (kana only) (polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); (21) to complete ...; (22) (humble language) to humbly do ...

上意討

see styles
 jouiuchi / joiuchi
    じょういうち
(irregular okurigana usage) (archaism) execution (on the command of a feudal lord)

下克上

see styles
 gekokujou / gekokujo
    げこくじょう
juniors dominating seniors; retainer supplanting his lord

下剋上

see styles
 gekokujou / gekokujo
    げこくじょう
juniors dominating seniors; retainer supplanting his lord

不動法


不动法

see styles
bù dòng fǎ
    bu4 dong4 fa3
pu tung fa
 fudō hō
Prayer for the aid of 不動明王 to end calamity and cause prosperity.

不斷輪


不断轮

see styles
bù duàn lún
    bu4 duan4 lun2
pu tuan lun
 fudan rin
Unceasing turning of the wheel, as in a monastery by relays of prayer and meditation.

世界主

see styles
shì jiè zhǔ
    shi4 jie4 zhu3
shih chieh chu
 sekai shu
The lord, or ruler over a world ordhyāna heaven, one for each of the fourdhyāna heavens.

主の日

see styles
 shunohi
    しゅのひ
(exp,n) the Sabbath; the Lord's Day

主の箱

see styles
 shunohako
    しゅのはこ
Ark of the Lord

主祷文

see styles
 shutoubun / shutobun
    しゅとうぶん
{Christn} (See 主の祈り) the Lord's Prayer

主禱文


主祷文

see styles
zhǔ dǎo wén
    zhu3 dao3 wen2
chu tao wen
Lord's Prayer
See: 主祷文

仙台侯

see styles
 sendaikou / sendaiko
    せんだいこう
Lord of Sendai

代願人

see styles
 daigannin
    だいがんにん
one who offers prayer in place of another

伏地魔

see styles
fú dì mó
    fu2 di4 mo2
fu ti mo
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)

六成就

see styles
liù chéng jiù
    liu4 cheng2 jiu4
liu ch`eng chiu
    liu cheng chiu
 roku jōjū
Six perfections (some say five, some seven) found in the opening phrase of each sutra: (1) 'Thus' implies perfect faith; (2) ' have I heard, ' perfect hearing; (3) 'once, 'the perfect time; (4) 'the Buddha, ' the perfect lord or master; (5) 'on Mt. Gṛdhrakūṭa, ' the perfect place; (6) 'with the great assembly of bhikṣus, ' the perfect assembly.

内大臣

see styles
 naidaijin; uchinootodo(ok); uchinooomaetsugimi(ok); uchinoooomi(ok)
    ないだいじん; うちのおとど(ok); うちのおおまえつぎみ(ok); うちのおおおみ(ok)
(1) (ないだいじん only) (hist) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); (2) (hist) Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

叶える

see styles
 kanaeru
    かなえる
(transitive verb) (1) to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); (2) to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

和須吉


和须吉

see styles
hé xū jí
    he2 xu1 ji2
ho hsü chi
 Washukitsu
Vāsuki, lord of nāgas, name of a 'dragon-king', with nine heads, hydra-headed; also 和修吉.

商君書


商君书

see styles
shāng jun shū
    shang1 jun1 shu1
shang chün shu
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC

四大節

see styles
 shidaisetsu
    しだいせつ
(See 紀元節,四方拝,天長節,明治節) the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)

四念珠

see styles
sì niàn zhū
    si4 nian4 zhu1
ssu nien chu
 shinenju
The four classes of 'prayer-beads', numbering 27, 54, 108, or 1, 080, styled 下品, 中品, 最勝, and 上品, lower, middle, superior, and most superior.

四方拝

see styles
 shihouhai / shihohai
    しほうはい
Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)

国入り

see styles
 kuniiri / kuniri
    くにいり
(n,vs,vi) (1) visiting one's constituency; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) feudal lord's return to his estate

国璽書

see styles
 kokujisho
    こくじしょ
(Britain's) Lord Privy Seal

在国衆

see styles
 zaikokushuu / zaikokushu
    ざいこくしゅう
(hist) feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

城下町

see styles
 joukamachi / jokamachi
    じょうかまち
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord; (place-name) Jōshitamachi

墨付き

see styles
 sumitsuki
    すみつき
(1) (See お墨付き・おすみつき・1) certificate; certified document; authorization; authorisation; (2) (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; (3) (original meaning) (See お墨付き・おすみつき・3) paper with signature of the shogun or lord

大地主

see styles
dà dì zhǔ
    da4 di4 zhu3
ta ti chu
 oojinushi
    おおじぬし
a large landowner
large landowner; major landowner; great landowner
lord of the earth

大梵天

see styles
dà fàn tiān
    da4 fan4 tian1
ta fan t`ien
    ta fan tien
 Daibon ten
Mahābrahman; Brahma; 跋羅吸摩; 波羅賀磨; 梵覽摩; 梵天王; 梵王; 梵. Eitel says: "The first person of the Brahminical Trimūrti, adopted by Buddhism, but placed in an inferior position, being looked upon not as Creator, but as a transitory devatā whom every Buddhistic saint surpasses on obtaining bodhi. Notwithstanding this, the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka calls Brahma 'the father of all living beings'" 一切衆生之父. Mahābrahman is the unborn or uncreated ruler over all, especially according to Buddhism over all the heavens of form, i.e. of mortality. He rules over these heavens, which are of threefold form: (a) Brahma (lord), (b) Brahma-purohitas (ministers), and (c) Brahma-pāriṣadyāh (people). His heavens are also known as the middle dhyāna heavens, i.e. between the first and second dhyānas. He is often represented on the right of the Buddha. According to Chinese accounts the Hindus speak of him (1) as born of Nārāyaṇa, from Brahma's mouth sprang the brahmans, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, and from his feet the śūdras; (2) as born from Viṣṇu; (3) as a trimūrti, evidently that of Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but Buddhists define Mahābrahma's dharmakāya as Maheśvara (Śiva), his saṃbhogakāya as Nārāyaṇa, and his nirmāṇakāya as Brahmā. He is depicted as riding on a swan, or drawn by swans.

大法官

see styles
dà fǎ guān
    da4 fa3 guan1
ta fa kuan
 daihoukan / daihokan
    だいほうかん
grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice
Lord Chancellor

大聖主


大圣主

see styles
dà shèng zhǔ
    da4 sheng4 zhu3
ta sheng chu
 daishō shu
the great sage lord

大醫王


大医王

see styles
dà yī wáng
    da4 yi1 wang2
ta i wang
 dai i ō
Great Lord of healing, an epithet of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

天鼓音

see styles
tiān gǔ yīn
    tian1 gu3 yin1
t`ien ku yin
    tien ku yin
 Tenko on
雲自在燈王 Dundubhisvara-rāja. Lord of the sound of celestial drums, i. e. the thunder. Name of each of 2, 000 kotis of Buddhas who attained Buddhahood.

如意輪


如意轮

see styles
rú yì lún
    ru2 yi4 lun2
ju i lun
 nyoi rin
The talismanic wheel, as in the case of 如意輪觀音 Guanyin with the wheel, holding the pearl in her hand symbolizing a response to every prayer, also styled 持寳金剛 the Vajra-bodhisattva with six hands, one holding the pearl, or gem, another the wheel, etc. There are several sūtras, etc., under these titles, associated with Guanyin.

子授け

see styles
 kosazuke
    こさずけ
conception after shrine visit, prayer, etc.

孟嘗君


孟尝君

see styles
mèng cháng jun
    meng4 chang2 jun1
meng ch`ang chün
    meng chang chün
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

Variations:

see styles
 mikoto
    みこと
(n-suf,n) (1) (after the name of a god or a noble) Lord; Highness; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (derogatory term) you

小公子

see styles
 shoukoushi / shokoshi
    しょうこうし
(work) Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett); (wk) Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett)

御利益

see styles
 goriyaku
    ごりやく
(1) grace (of God); divine favour; blessing; miracle; answer to a prayer; (2) benefit; (3) efficacy

御殿様

see styles
 otonosama
    おとのさま
(honorific or respectful language) feudal lord

御百度

see styles
 ohyakudo
    おひゃくど
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

御目見

see styles
 omemie
    おめみえ
(noun/participle) (1) (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); (2) one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); (3) trial service (of a servant)

御祈り

see styles
 oinori
    おいのり
(noun/participle) prayer; supplication

御館様

see styles
 oyakatasama
    おやかたさま
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) lord; master

念じる

see styles
 nenjiru
    ねんじる
(transitive verb) (1) to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); (transitive verb) (2) to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

念ずる

see styles
 nenzuru
    ねんずる
(vz,vt) (1) to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); (vz,vt) (2) to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

我が君

see styles
 wagakimi
    わがきみ
(exp,n) my lord

手討ち

see styles
 teuchi
    てうち
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act

托爾金


托尔金

see styles
tuō ěr jīn
    tuo1 er3 jin1
t`o erh chin
    to erh chin
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒

拝み箸

see styles
 ogamibashi
    おがみばし
clasping chopsticks between one's hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)

挙げる

see styles
 ageru
    あげる
(transitive verb) (1) to raise; to elevate; (2) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) to show someone (into a room); (6) to send someone (away); (7) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; (8) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; (9) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (10) to earn (something desirable); (11) to praise; (12) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (13) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (14) to arrest; (15) to nominate; (16) (polite language) to give; (17) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (18) to bear (a child); (19) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (20) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) (21) to vomit; (aux-v,v1) (22) (kana only) (polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); (23) to complete ...; (24) (humble language) to humbly do ...

揚げる

see styles
 ageru
    あげる
(transitive verb) (1) to raise; to elevate; (2) to do up (one's hair); (3) to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); (4) to land (a boat); (5) to deep-fry; (6) to show someone (into a room); (7) (kana only) to summon (for geishas, etc.); (8) to send someone (away); (9) to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; (10) to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; (11) to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); (12) to earn (something desirable); (13) to praise; (14) to give (an example, etc.); to cite; (15) to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); (16) (polite language) to give; (17) to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); (18) to bear (a child); (19) to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (v1,vi) (20) (of the tide) to come in; (v1,vi,vt) (21) to vomit; (aux-v,v1) (22) (kana only) (polite language) to do for (the sake of someone else); (23) to complete ...; (24) (humble language) to humbly do ...

旧主人

see styles
 kyuushujin / kyushujin
    きゅうしゅじん
former lord

旧藩主

see styles
 kyuuhanshu / kyuhanshu
    きゅうはんしゅ
(hist) former feudal lord

求憐經


求怜经

see styles
qiú lián jīng
    qiu2 lian2 jing1
ch`iu lien ching
    chiu lien ching
Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass); Miserere nobis; Lord have mercy upon us

法成就

see styles
fǎ chéng jiù
    fa3 cheng2 jiu4
fa ch`eng chiu
    fa cheng chiu
 hō jōju
siddhi 悉地 ceremony successful, a term of the esoteric sect when prayer is answered.

漚鉢羅


沤钵罗

see styles
òu bō luó
    ou4 bo1 luo2
ou po lo
 ōhatsura
utpala, also 嗢鉢羅; 優鉢羅; 烏鉢羅 the blue lotus; also a lord of nāgas and his blue lotus lake.

申し子

see styles
 moushigo / moshigo
    もうしご
(1) heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); (2) (usu. as ~の申し子) child (e.g. of an era); product

瞻禮日


瞻礼日

see styles
zhān lǐ rì
    zhan1 li3 ri4
chan li jih
the Lord's Day; Sunday

祈とう

see styles
 kitou / kito
    きとう
(noun/participle) (1) prayer; grace (at meals); (2) (Shinto) (Buddhist term) exorcism

祈り会

see styles
 inorikai
    いのりかい
prayer meeting

祈年祭

see styles
 kinensai; toshigoinomatsuri
    きねんさい; としごいのまつり
prayer service for a good crop

祈祷会

see styles
 kitoukai / kitokai
    きとうかい
    kitoue / kitoe
    きとうえ
prayer meeting

祈祷書

see styles
 kitousho / kitosho
    きとうしょ
prayer book

祈願所

see styles
 kiganjo
    きがんじょ
temple; shrine (esp. one at which worshippers pray for favors); prayer hall

祝い言

see styles
 iwaigoto
    いわいごと
congratulatory words; prayer for happiness

祝願文


祝愿文

see styles
zhù yuàn wén
    zhu4 yuan4 wen2
chu yüan wen
 shukugan mon
a written prayer

筏蘇枳


筏苏枳

see styles
fá sū zhǐ
    fa2 su1 zhi3
fa su chih
 Basoki
Vāsuki, or 和須吉; lord of snakes, or nāgas.

聖路加

see styles
 seiroka / seroka
    せいろか
(org) St. Luke's International Hospital (Tokyo); (o) St. Luke's International Hospital (Tokyo)

聖餐式

see styles
 seisanshiki / sesanshiki
    せいさんしき
Holy Communion; the Eucharist; the Lord's Supper

肉蒲団

see styles
 nikubuton
    にくぶとん
(work) Carnal Prayer Mat (Qing dynasty era erotic novel by Li Yu); (wk) Carnal Prayer Mat (Qing dynasty era erotic novel by Li Yu)

肉蒲團


肉蒲团

see styles
ròu pú tuán
    rou4 pu2 tuan2
jou p`u t`uan
    jou pu tuan
The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3]

萬戶侯


万户侯

see styles
wàn hù hóu
    wan4 hu4 hou2
wan hu hou
Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles

蒙巴頓


蒙巴顿

see styles
méng bā dùn
    meng2 ba1 dun4
meng pa tun
Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg); Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.

贍部洲


赡部洲

see styles
shàn bù zhōu
    shan4 bu4 zhou1
shan pu chou
 senbushū
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms.

辯才天


辩才天

see styles
biàn cái tiān
    bian4 cai2 tian1
pien ts`ai t`ien
    pien tsai tien
 Benzai ten
    べんざいてん
Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
(out-dated kanji) (Buddhist term) Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
Sarasvatī, goddess of speech and learning, v. 大辯才天.

適える

see styles
 kanaeru
    かなえる
(transitive verb) (1) to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); (2) to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

部屋子

see styles
 heyago
    へやご
(1) (See 部屋住み) young adult still living at home; dependent; (2) (See 部屋方) female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); (3) freeloader living in a samurai's house; (4) young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

鉢囉惹


钵囉惹

see styles
bō luó rě
    bo1 luo2 re3
po lo je
 Harasha
(鉢囉惹鉢多曳) Prājapati, 'lord of creatures,' 'bestower of progeny,' 'creator'; tr. as 生主 lord of life, or production, and intp. as Brahmā. Also, v. Mahāprajāpatī, name of the Buddha's aunt and nurse.

開爾文


开尔文

see styles
kāi ěr wén
    kai1 er3 wen2
k`ai erh wen
    kai erh wen
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson); Kelvin (temperature scale)

陀羅尼


陀罗尼

see styles
tuó luó ní
    tuo2 luo2 ni2
t`o lo ni
    to lo ni
 darani
    だらに
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
(or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school.

願い事

see styles
 negaigoto
    ねがいごと
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

願い書

see styles
 negaisho
    ねがいしょ
(1) (See 願書・1) (written) application; written request; petition; (2) (See 願文) written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

願掛け

see styles
 gangake
    がんがけ
    gankake
    がんかけ
Shinto or Buddhist prayer

願立て

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 gandate
    がんだて
(n,vs,vi) Shinto or Buddhist prayer

願解き

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 ganhodoki
    がんほどき
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

風馬旗


风马旗

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fēng mǎ qí
    feng1 ma3 qi2
feng ma ch`i
    feng ma chi
Tibetan prayer flag

黙とう

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 mokutou / mokuto
    もくとう
(noun/participle) silent prayer

アザーン

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 azaan / azan
    アザーン
adhan (ara:); azan; Islamic call to prayer (usu. from a minaret)

オラショ

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 orasho
    オラショ
(archaism) (early Japanese Christian term) prayer (lat: oratio); supplication; (personal name) Horatio

お墨付き

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 osumitsuki
    おすみつき
(1) handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation; (2) certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

お屋形様

see styles
 oyakatasama
    おやかたさま
(archaism) (honorific or respectful language) lord; master

お目見え

see styles
 omemie
    おめみえ
(noun/participle) (1) (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); (2) one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); (3) trial service (of a servant)

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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