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Simple Dictionary Definition |
丐 see styles |
gài gai4 kai |
to beg for alms; beggar |
菰 see styles |
gū gu1 ku komo こも |
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus; (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom (1) (abbreviation) woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); (2) beggar; (3) (archaism) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia) |
薦 荐 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien susumu すすむ |
to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat (1) (abbreviation) woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); (2) beggar; (3) (archaism) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia); (given name) Susumu |
お薦 see styles |
okomo おこも |
(archaism) beggar |
丐幫 丐帮 see styles |
gài bāng gai4 bang1 kai pang |
beggars' union; a group of beggars |
乞丐 see styles |
qǐ gài qi3 gai4 ch`i kai chi kai kotsugai; katai; kattai; kikkai こつがい; かたい; かったい; きっかい |
beggar beggar; bum a beggar. |
乞人 see styles |
qǐ rén qi3 ren2 ch`i jen chi jen kotsunin |
beggar beggar |
乞児 see styles |
hoito ほいと |
(archaism) begging; beggar |
乞兒 乞儿 see styles |
qǐ ér qi3 er2 ch`i erh chi erh kotsuji |
beggar a beggar |
乞討 乞讨 see styles |
qǐ tǎo qi3 tao3 ch`i t`ao chi tao |
to beg; to go begging |
乞食 see styles |
qǐ shí qi3 shi2 ch`i shih chi shih kojiki(p); kotsujiki(ok) こじき(P); こつじき(ok) |
to beg for food (1) (sensitive word) beggar; (n,vs,vi) (2) begging To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food. |
六物 see styles |
liù wù liu4 wu4 liu wu rokumotsu |
The six things personal to a monk— saṅghāṭī, the patch robe; uttarā saṅghāṭī, the stole of seven pieces; antara-vaasaka, the skirt or inner garment of five pieces; the above are the 三衣 three garments: paatra, begging bowl; ni.siidana, a stool: and a water-strainer: the six are also called the 三衣六物. |
六祖 see styles |
liù zǔ liu4 zu3 liu tsu rokuso |
The six patriarchs of the Ch'an (Zen) school 禪宗, who passed down robe and begging bowl in succession i. e. Bodhidharma, Huike, Sengcan, Daoxin, Hongren, and Huineng 達摩, 慧可, 僧璨, 道信, 弘忍, and 慧能. |
分衛 分卫 see styles |
fēn wèi fen1 wei4 fen wei wakee わけえ |
(surname) Wakee piṇḍapāta, 賓荼波多; 儐荼夜 food given as alms; piṇḍapātika means one who lives on alms; it is also interpreted as 團墮 lumps (of food) falling (into the begging bowl); the reference is to the Indian method of rolling the cooked food into a bolus for eating, or such a bolus given to the monks. |
化子 see styles |
huā zi hua1 zi5 hua tzu |
beggar (old term); same as 花子 |
化炭 see styles |
huà tàn hua4 tan4 hua t`an hua tan ketan |
charcoal obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction. |
化米 see styles |
huà mǐ hua4 mi3 hua mi ke mai |
Rice obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction, similarly化炭 charcoal and化茶 tea; sometimes used with larger connotation. |
化茶 see styles |
huà chá hua4 cha2 hua ch`a hua cha kesa |
tea obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction. |
十來 十来 see styles |
shí lái shi2 lai2 shih lai torai とらい |
(female given name) Torai (十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come, The poor from the mean and greedy come, Those of high rank from worshippers come, The low and common from the Prideful come, Those who are dumb from slanderers come, The blind and deaf from unbelievers come, The long-lived from the merciful come, The short-lived from life, takers come, The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come, The complete in faculties from command-keepers come. 端正者忍辱中來. 貧窮着樫貧中來. 高位者禮拜中來. 下賤者橋慢中來. 瘖啞者誹謗中來. 盲聾者不信中來. 長壽者慈悲中來. 短命者殺生中來. 諸根不具者破戒中來. 六根具足者持戒中來. |
命乞 see styles |
inochigoi いのちごい |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) begging for one's life; pleading for one's life |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
四塔 see styles |
sì tǎ si4 ta3 ssu t`a ssu ta shitō |
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively. |
四鉢 四钵 see styles |
sì bō si4 bo1 ssu po shihatsu |
The four heavy stone begging-bowls offered to Śākyamuni by the four devas, which he miraculously combined into one and used as if ordinary material. |
御薦 see styles |
okomo おこも |
(archaism) beggar |
応器 see styles |
ouki / oki おうき |
{Buddh} (See 応量器) mendicant priest's begging bowl |
應器 应器 see styles |
yìng qì ying4 qi4 ying ch`i ying chi ōki |
The pātra, or begging-bowl, the utensil corresponding to the dharma; the utensil which responds to the respectful gifts of others; the vessel which corresponds with one's needs; also 應量器. |
托鉢 托钵 see styles |
tuō bō tuo1 bo1 t`o po to po takuhatsu たくはつ |
(noun/participle) (1) religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; (noun/participle) (2) {Buddh} going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) An almsbowl; to carry it. |
投銭 see styles |
nagezeni なげぜに nagesen なげせん |
tossed coin (to a street performer or beggar) |
淪落 沦落 see styles |
lún luò lun2 luo4 lun lo rinraku りんらく |
to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging) (n,vs,vi) (See 堕落) ruin; depravity; corruption |
物乞 see styles |
monogoi ものごい |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) beggar; begging |
瓦鉢 see styles |
wǎ bō wa3 bo1 wa po |
An earthenware begging bowl. |
癟三 瘪三 see styles |
biē sān bie1 san1 pieh san |
(Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing |
瞽女 see styles |
goze ごぜ |
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen |
石鉢 see styles |
shí bō shi2 bo1 shih po ishibachi いしばち |
(surname) Ishibachi The four heavy stone begging bowls handed by the four devas to the Buddha on his enlightenment, which he miraculously received one piled on the other. |
繫珠 系珠 see styles |
xì zhū xi4 zhu1 hsi chu keshu |
A pearl fastened in a man's garment, yet he, in ignorance of it, is a beggar. |
花子 see styles |
huā zi hua1 zi5 hua tzu mitsuki みつき |
beggar (old term) (female given name) Mitsuki |
苾芻 苾刍 see styles |
bì chú bi4 chu2 pi ch`u pi chu hisshu |
煏芻; 比丘 q. v. bhikṣu, a beggar, religious mendicant; a Buddhist monk. |
行乞 see styles |
xíng qǐ xing2 qi3 hsing ch`i hsing chi gyoukotsu / gyokotsu ぎょうこつ |
to beg; to ask for alms {Buddh} going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara To go begging, or asking for alms; also 行鉢; 托鉢. |
討乞 讨乞 see styles |
tǎo qǐ tao3 qi3 t`ao ch`i tao chi |
to go begging; to ask for alms |
辻噺 see styles |
tsujibanashi つじばなし |
(rare) (See 辻講釈) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money |
道具 see styles |
dào jù dao4 ju4 tao chü dougu / dogu どうぐ |
(theater) prop; paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact (1) tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; (2) means; (3) (See 家具・かぐ) furniture; (surname) Dōgu The implements of the faith, such as garments, begging-bowl, and other accessories which aid one in the Way. |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma(p); daruma だるま(P); ダルマ |
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc. |
邪命 see styles |
xié mìng xie2 ming4 hsieh ming jamyō |
(邪命食) Heterodox or improper ways of obtaining a living on the part of a monk, e. g. by doing work with his hands, by astrology, his wits, flattery, magic, etc. Begging, or seeking alms, was the orthodox way of obtaining a living. |
鉄鉢 see styles |
teppachi; tetsubachi てっぱち; てつばち |
(1) {Buddh} (See 応器) mendicant priest's begging bowl; (2) (てっぱち only) (archaism) (See 金鉢・かなばち・2) iron helmet |
陪堂 see styles |
hoitou / hoito ほいとう hoito ほいと |
(1) (archaism) being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); (2) (archaism) serving food; food served; (3) (archaism) begging; beggar; (archaism) begging; beggar |
非人 see styles |
fēi rén fei1 ren2 fei jen hinin ひにん |
inhuman; (literary) not the right person (1) (hist) group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); (2) {Buddh} non-human Not-men, not of the human race, i.e. devas, kinnaras, nāgas, māras, rakṣas, and all beings of darkness; sometimes applied to monks who have secluded themselves from the world and to beggars, i.e. not like ordinary men. |
頭陀 头陀 see styles |
tóu tuó tou2 tuo2 t`ou t`o tou to zuda |
itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit) dhūta, also 杜多; 杜荼 shaken, shaken off, cleansed. To get rid of the trials of life; discipline to remove them and attain nirvāṇa. There are twelve relating to release from ties to clothing, food, and dwelling: (1) garments of cast-off rags; (2) only the three garments; (3) eat only food begged; (4) only breakfast and the noon meal; (5) no food between them; (6) limited amount; (7) dwelling as a hermit; (8) among tombs; (9) under a tree; (10) under the open sky; (11) anywhere; (12) sitting and not lying down. There are other groups. |
願人 see styles |
gannin がんにん |
(1) petitioner; (2) person who prays; (3) (abbreviation) (See 願人坊主) beggar-priest |
鴨葱 see styles |
kamonegi かもねぎ |
(expression) (1) (slang) (abbreviation) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; (2) double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)! |
龍鉢 龙钵 see styles |
lóng bō long2 bo1 lung po |
A begging-bowl formerly used by a certain monk for obtaining rain, the dragon descending into his bowl. |
五通神 see styles |
wǔ tōng shén wu3 tong1 shen2 wu t`ung shen wu tung shen go tsūjin |
Spirits possessed of the five supernatural powers. They are also identified five bodhisattvas of the 雞頭摩: monastery in India, who, possessed of supernatural powers, went to the Western Paradise and begged the image of Maitreya, whence it is said to have been spread over India. |
伍子胥 see styles |
wǔ zǐ xū wu3 zi3 xu1 wu tzu hsü |
Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu |
別宮社 see styles |
begguusha / beggusha べっぐうしゃ |
(place-name) Begguusha |
十八物 see styles |
shí bā wù shi2 ba1 wu4 shih pa wu jūhachi motsu |
The eighteen things a monk should carry in the performance of his duties—willow twigs, soap, the three garments, a water-bottle, a begging-bowl, mat, staff, censer, filter, handkerchief, knife, fire-producer, pincers hammock, sutra, the vinaya, the Buddha's image, and bodhisattva image or images; cf. 梵綱經 37. |
口説き see styles |
kudoki くどき |
(noun/participle) (1) entreaty; imploring; begging; (noun/participle) (2) spoken portion of a song; oral recitation |
叫花子 see styles |
jiào huā zi jiao4 hua1 zi5 chiao hua tzu |
beggar |
命ごい see styles |
inochigoi いのちごい |
(noun/participle) begging for one's life; pleading for one's life |
命乞い see styles |
inochigoi いのちごい |
(noun/participle) begging for one's life; pleading for one's life |
喫棄羅 喫弃罗 see styles |
chī qì luó chi1 qi4 luo2 ch`ih ch`i lo chih chi lo kikira |
khakkhara, a beggar's staff; an abbot's staff. |
四聖行 四圣行 see styles |
sì shèng xíng si4 sheng4 xing2 ssu sheng hsing shi shōgyō |
The four holy ways— wearing rags from dust-heaps, begging for food, sitting under trees, and entire withdrawal from the world. The meaning is similar in 四良藥; 行四依; and 四聖種. |
強請り see styles |
yusuri ゆすり nedari ねだり |
(1) (kana only) blackmail; extortion; racketeering; (2) (kana only) blackmailer; extortionist; (kana only) begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing |
応量器 see styles |
ouryouki / oryoki おうりょうき |
{Buddh} mendicant priest's begging bowl |
投げ銭 see styles |
nagezeni なげぜに nagesen なげせん |
tossed coin (to a street performer or beggar) |
物ごい see styles |
monogoi ものごい |
(noun/participle) beggar; begging |
物乞い see styles |
monogoi ものごい |
(noun/participle) beggar; begging |
物貰い see styles |
monomorai ものもらい |
(1) (kana only) beggar; (2) (colloquialism) (See 麦粒腫) sty (on the eyelid) |
Variations: |
komo こも |
(1) woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); (2) (abbreviation) (See 薦被り・2) beggar; (3) (archaism) (See 真菰) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia) |
薦被り see styles |
komokaburi こもかぶり |
(1) cask wrapped in straw matting; (2) beggar |
虚無僧 see styles |
komusou / komuso こむそう |
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute) |
袖乞い see styles |
sodegoi そでごい |
(noun/participle) beggar |
辻講釈 see styles |
tsujigoushaku / tsujigoshaku つじごうしゃく |
stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money |
鴨ねぎ see styles |
kamonegi かもねぎ |
(expression) (1) (slang) (abbreviation) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; (2) double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)! |
お強請り see styles |
onedari おねだり |
(kana only) (polite language) begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing |
もの乞い see styles |
monogoi ものごい |
(noun/participle) beggar; begging |
一夜乞食 see styles |
ichiyakojiki いちやこじき |
(See 一夜大尽) riches to rags; person turned into a beggar overnight |
乞哀告憐 乞哀告怜 see styles |
qǐ āi gào lián qi3 ai1 gao4 lian2 ch`i ai kao lien chi ai kao lien |
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom) |
伊勢乞食 see styles |
isekojiki いせこじき |
(1) (hist) beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine; (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) successful but stingy merchants from Ise |
十二法人 see styles |
shí èr fǎ rén shi2 er4 fa3 ren2 shih erh fa jen jūnihōnin |
Those who follow the twelve practices of the ascetics: (1) live in a hermitage; (2) always beg for food; (3) take turns at begging food; (4) one meal a day; (5) reduce amount of food; (6) do not take a drink made of fruit or honey after midday; (7) wear dust-heap garments; (8) wear only the three clerical garments; (9) dwell among graves; (10) stay under a tree; (11) on the dewy ground; (12) sit and never lie. |
婆羅門城 婆罗门城 see styles |
pó luó mén chéng po2 luo2 men2 cheng2 p`o lo men ch`eng po lo men cheng baramon jō |
A city of brahmans, from which the Buddha returned with his begging bowl empty. |
御強請り see styles |
onedari おねだり |
(kana only) (polite language) begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing |
循環論證 循环论证 see styles |
xún huán lùn zhèng xun2 huan2 lun4 zheng4 hsün huan lun cheng |
circular argument; logical error consisting of begging the question; Latin: petitio principii |
河原乞食 see styles |
kawarakojiki かわらこじき |
(derogatory term) (from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge) actors; players; riverbank beggars |
立ちんぼ see styles |
tachinbo たちんぼ |
(1) being kept standing (without doing anything); (2) beggar; tramp |
立ちん坊 see styles |
tachinbou / tachinbo たちんぼう tachinbo たちんぼ |
(1) being kept standing (without doing anything); (2) beggar; tramp |
請求寬恕 请求宽恕 see styles |
qǐng qiú kuān shù qing3 qiu2 kuan1 shu4 ch`ing ch`iu k`uan shu ching chiu kuan shu |
to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity |
願い下げ see styles |
negaisage ねがいさげ |
(1) cancellation; withdrawal; (2) asking to be excused; begging off; not taking; refusing |
飢不擇食 饥不择食 see styles |
jī bù zé shí ji1 bu4 ze2 shi2 chi pu tse shih |
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. |
乞眼婆羅門 乞眼婆罗门 see styles |
qǐ yǎn pó luó mén qi3 yan3 po2 luo2 men2 ch`i yen p`o lo men chi yen po lo men kotsugen baramon |
The Brahman who begged one of Śāriputra's eyes in a former incarnation, then trampled on it, causing Śāriputra to give up his efforts to become a bodhisattva and turn back to the Hīnayāna. |
伊羅鉢龍王 伊罗钵龙王 see styles |
yī luó bō lóng wáng yi1 luo2 bo1 long2 wang2 i lo po lung wang irahatsuryū ō |
(伊羅鉢多羅龍王); 伊羅多羅 (or 伊羅跋羅); 伊羅婆那; 伊那槃婆龍 and many other forms, v. supra. Elāpattra, Erāpattra, Eḍavarṇa, Ersavarṇa. A nāga, or elephant, which is also a meaning of Airāvaṇa and Airāvata. A nāga-guardian of a sea or lake, who had plucked a herb wrongfully in a previous incarnation, been made into a naga and now begged the Buddha that he might be reborn in a higher sphere. Another version is that he pulled up a tree, which stuck to his head and grew there, hence his name. One form is 伊羅婆那龍象王, which may have an association with Indra's elephant. |
Variations: |
okomo おこも |
(archaism) (See 薦被り・2) beggar |
真っ平ご免 see styles |
mappiragomen まっぴらごめん |
(expression) (1) (kana only) had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; (2) (kana only) begging pardon |
真っ平御免 see styles |
mappiragomen まっぴらごめん |
(expression) (1) (kana only) had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; (2) (kana only) begging pardon |
立ちんぼう see styles |
tachinbou / tachinbo たちんぼう |
(1) being kept standing (without doing anything); (2) beggar; tramp |
まっぴらご免 see styles |
mappiragomen まっぴらごめん |
(expression) (1) (kana only) had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; (2) (kana only) begging pardon |
まっぴら御免 see styles |
mappiragomen まっぴらごめん |
(expression) (1) (kana only) had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; (2) (kana only) begging pardon |
入王宮聚落衣 入王宫聚落衣 see styles |
rù wáng gōng jù luò yī ru4 wang2 gong1 ju4 luo4 yi1 ju wang kung chü lo i nyū ōgu juraku e |
The monk's robe, worn equally for a palace, or for begging in town or hamlet. |
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nagesen; nagezeni なげせん; なげぜに |
(1) tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (2) (online) tipping; tip; donation |
求爺爺告奶奶 求爷爷告奶奶 see styles |
qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai qiu2 ye2 ye5 gao4 nai3 nai5 ch`iu yeh yeh kao nai nai chiu yeh yeh kao nai nai |
lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom); fig. to go about begging for help |
近江泥棒伊勢乞食 see styles |
oumidorobouisekojiki / omidoroboisekojiki おうみどろぼういせこじき |
(expression) (derogatory term) (proverb) (archaism) merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise |
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hoitou(陪堂); hoito / hoito(陪堂); hoito ほいとう(陪堂); ほいと |
(1) (ほいとう only) (archaism) being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); (2) (ほいとう only) (archaism) serving food; food served; (3) (archaism) begging; beggar |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Begg" in Chinese and/or Japanese.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
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