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huò
    huo4
huo
 wataru
    わたる

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Peace / Harmony
to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
(1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial; (adj-nari) (archaism) tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; calm (at sea); lull; (given name) Wataru
Harmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme.

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 kokuki
    こくき

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Guo
(1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (given name) Kokuki


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guó
    guo2
kuo
 kuniyuki
    くにゆき

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Guo
country; nation; state (CL:個|个[ge4]); (bound form) national
(out-dated kanji) (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (personal name) Kuniyuki
A country, a nation; national.


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qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 kyou / kyo
    きょう

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Strong / Powerful / Force
to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi
Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen.

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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 kei / ke
    けい

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Khánh
chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei
A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion.

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dào
    dao4
tao
 dou / do
    どう

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.

三国

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 sangoku
    さんごく
(1) three countries; (2) (hist) (See 魏・ぎ・1,蜀・しょく・2,呉・ご・3) Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); (3) (hist) (See 新羅・しらぎ,百済・くだら,高句麗・こうくり) Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (4) (archaism) Japan, China and India; Japan, Korea and China; the whole world; (p,s,f) Mikuni

天皇

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tiān huáng
    tian1 huang2
t`ien huang
    tien huang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう

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Emperor of Japan
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; emperor of Japan
Emperor of Japan; (place-name) Tennou
Deva-king; the Tang monk 道悟 Daowu of the 天皇 Tianhuang monastery at 荊州 Jingzhou.

忍者

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rěn zhě
    ren3 zhe3
jen che
 ninja
    にんじゃ

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Ninja
ninja
(hist) (See 忍術) ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

日本

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rì běn
    ri4 ben3
jih pen
 nihon(p); nippon
    にほん(P); にっぽん

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Japan
Japan
Japan; (surname) Yamatono
Japan. Buddhism was introduced there from Korea in the sixth century, and in the seventh from China.

日航

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rì háng
    ri4 hang2
jih hang
 nikkou / nikko
    にっこう

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Nikko
Japan Airlines (JAL) (abbr. for 日本航空[Ri4 ben3 Hang2 kong1])
(company) Japan Airlines (abbreviation); JAL; (c) Japan Airlines (abbreviation); JAL

東京


东京

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dōng jīng
    dong1 jing1
tung ching
 toukei / toke
    とうけい

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Tokyo
Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Tokyo; (place-name) Luoyang, China

琉球

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liú qiú
    liu2 qiu2
liu ch`iu
    liu chiu
 ryuukyuu / ryukyu
    りゅうきゅう

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Ryukyu
Ryūkyū; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan; Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
(See 沖縄) Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture; (place-name) Ryūkyū

神風

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 kamikaze(p); shinpuu; kamukaze / kamikaze(p); shinpu; kamukaze
    かみかぜ(P); しんぷう; かむかぜ

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Kamikaze / Divine Wind
(1) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); (2) (かみかぜ only) kamikaze; (surname) Jinpuu

富士山

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fù shì shān
    fu4 shi4 shan1
fu shih shan
 fujiyama
    ふじやま

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Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji, Japan
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san; (place-name, surname) Fujiyama

淨土宗


净土宗

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jìng tǔ zōng
    jing4 tu3 zong1
ching t`u tsung
    ching tu tsung
 Jōdo Shū
Pure Land Buddhism
The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan.

シャボン

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 japon
    ジャポン

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Shavvon
(often in French contexts) Japan (fre: Japon); (place-name) Japan

ラクスマン

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 rakusuman
    ラクスマン

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Laxman
(1) (company) Laksman; (2) (person) Adam Laksman (Russia's first envoy to Japan); (c) Laksman; (person) Adam Laksman (Russia's first envoy to Japan)

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    wo1
wo
 yamato
    やまと
dwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
(1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (can act as adjective) (3) Japanese; (surname, given name) Yamato

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 kenji
    けんじ
Japanese variant of 縣|县; Japanese prefecture
(1) prefecture (of Japan); (2) county (of China); (1) territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (2) (archaism) countryside; (personal name) Kenji

九州

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jiǔ zhōu
    jiu3 zhou1
chiu chou
 kyuushuu / kyushu
    きゅうしゅう
division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan); (place-name, surname) Kyūshuu

反日

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fǎn rì
    fan3 ri4
fan jih
 hannichi
    はんにち
anti-Japan
(adj-no,n) (ant: 親日) anti-Japanese

大和

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dà hé
    da4 he2
ta ho
 yamatozaki
    やまとざき
Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc; Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
(1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (can act as adjective) (3) Japanese; (surname) Yamatozaki

扶桑

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fú sāng
    fu2 sang1
fu sang
 fusou / fuso
    ふそう
Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
land east of China; Japan; (place-name, surname) Fusou

抗日

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kàng rì
    kang4 ri4
k`ang jih
    kang jih
 kounichi / konichi
    こうにち
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)

日朝

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rì cháo
    ri4 chao2
jih ch`ao
    jih chao
 nicchou / niccho
    にっちょう
Japan and Korea (esp. North Korea)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean; (surname) Hiasa

日韓


日韩

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rì hán
    ri4 han2
jih han
 nikkan
    にっかん
Japan and Korea
(noun - becomes adjective with の) Japan and South Korea; Japanese-Korean

本州

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běn zhōu
    ben3 zhou1
pen chou
 honshuu / honshu
    ほんしゅう
Honshū, the main island of Japan
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu; (place-name) Honshuu

東密


东密

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dōng mì
    dong1 mi4
tung mi
 toumitsu / tomitsu
    とうみつ
Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
{Buddh} (See 台密・たいみつ) esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect
The eastern esoteric or Shingon sect of Japan, in contrast with the Tiantai esoteric sect.

東洋


东洋

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dōng yáng
    dong1 yang2
tung yang
 touyou / toyo
    とうよう
Japan (old); East Asian countries
(1) (See 西洋) the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; (2) (dated) (used in China) Japan; (personal name) Harumi

東瀛


东瀛

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dōng yíng
    dong1 ying2
tung ying
 touei / toe
    とうえい
East China Sea; Japan
(1) the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea; (2) of or about Japan

蝦夷


虾夷

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xiā yí
    xia1 yi2
hsia i
 emishi(p); ezo; emishi
    えみし(P); えぞ; エミシ
Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus
(1) (hist) Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; (2) (えぞ only) (hist) (See 蝦夷地・1) Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands; (personal name) Emishi

韓日


韩日

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hán rì
    han2 ri4
han jih
 kannichi
    かんにち
Korea and Japan
South Korea and Japan; Korean-Japanese

日本海

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rì běn hǎi
    ri4 ben3 hai3
jih pen hai
 nihonkai
    にほんかい
Sea of Japan
Sea of Japan; (place-name, surname) Nihonkai

自衛隊


自卫队

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zì wèi duì
    zi4 wei4 dui4
tzu wei tui
 jieitai / jietai
    じえいたい
self-defense force; the Japanese armed forces
(1) Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; (2) self-defence force; self-defense force

八岐大蛇

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bā qí dà shé
    ba1 qi2 da4 she2
pa ch`i ta she
    pa chi ta she
 yamatanoorochi
    やまたのおろち
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

官房長官


官房长官

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guān fáng zhǎng guān
    guan1 fang2 zhang3 guan1
kuan fang chang kuan
 kanbouchoukan / kanbochokan
    かんぼうちょうかん
chief cabinet secretary (Japan)
(1) Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); (2) (general term) Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary

日本書紀


日本书纪

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rì běn shū jì
    ri4 ben3 shu1 ji4
jih pen shu chi
 nihonshoki
    にほんしょき
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan; (personal name) Nihonshoki
Chronicles of Japan

日本航空

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rì běn háng kōng
    ri4 ben3 hang2 kong1
jih pen hang k`ung
    jih pen hang kung
 nipponkoukuu / nipponkoku
    にっぽんこうくう
Japan Airlines (JAL)
(company) Japan Air Lines; JAL; (c) Japan Air Lines; JAL

日本銀行


日本银行

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rì běn yín háng
    ri4 ben3 yin2 hang2
jih pen yin hang
 nipponginkou(p); nihonginkou / nipponginko(p); nihonginko
    にっぽんぎんこう(P); にほんぎんこう
Bank of Japan
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ; (place-name) Nihonginkou

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xià
    xia4
hsia
 shimo
    しも
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
(1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (place-name, surname) Shimo
hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down.

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yún
    yun2
yün
 den
    でん
to summon; to propagate; to transmit
(1) legend; tradition; (2) biography; life; (3) method; way; (4) horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan; (surname) Fu

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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 tsubo
    つぼ
a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
(1) tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; (2) tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; (3) tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters; (4) (See 立坪) cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres); (surname) Hei

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 sei(p); shou(ok); sou(ok) / se(p); sho(ok); so(ok)
    せい(P); しょう(ok); そう(ok)
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
(1) surname; family name; (2) (せい only) (See 姓・かばね・1) hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
family

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zōng
    zong1
tsung
 sou / so
    そう
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
(1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi
Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派.

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    di4
ti
 mikado
    みかど
emperor
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (female given name) Mikado
Ruler, sovereign; translit. t.

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
 jaku
    じゃく
weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
(suffix) (1) (ant: 強・1) a little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than; (2) (ant: 強・2) weakness; the weak; low (setting); (suffix) (3) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5弱) (ant: 強・4) -lower (seismic intensity)
weak

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róng
    rong2
jung
 munemori
    むねもり
generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce; (1) (archaism) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derogatory term) foreigner; barbarian; (personal name) Munemori

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 kyuu / kyu
    きゅう
(prefix) (1) old; former; ex-; (2) the old; old things; old customs; (3) old times; bygone days; (n,pref) (4) (abbreviation) (See 旧暦) Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

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 tsuga; toga; tsuga; toga
    つが; とが; ツガ; トガ
(kana only) southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii); (surname) Togasaki

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qiú
    qiu2
ch`iu
    chiu
 mari
    まり
ball
(1) ball (for sport, games, etc.); (2) kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan; (bot) (kana only) cone (e.g. pine, hemlock); (bot) (kana only) burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case; (female given name) Mari

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    qi1
ch`i
    chi
 urushi(p); urushi
    うるし(P); ウルシ
paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
(1) East Asian lacquer; japan; (2) (kana only) Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua); (surname) Shitsu
Varnish, lacquer.

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    yu2

 u
    う
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
(hist) yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan

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yān
    yan1
yen
 suzu
    すず
black bamboo
(1) (archaism) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); (2) shoots of this plant


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    ji4
chi
 ki
    き
order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
(n,n-suf) (1) {geol} period; (2) (abbreviation) (See 日本書紀) Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan; (3) (abbreviation) (hist) Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures); (personal name) Motoi
To record; regulate; a year, a period (of twelve years).


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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 ken
    けん
county
(out-dated kanji) (1) prefecture (of Japan); (2) county (of China); (out-dated kanji) (1) territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (2) (archaism) countryside; (surname) Ken
to hang


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    ji4
chi
 ki
    き
to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
(n,n-suf) (1) (also written 紀) account; history; chronicle; annals; record; (expression) (2) (begins a list or details, as in 記....以上) (See 以上・5) notice; note; as follows; (3) (abbreviation) (See 古事記) Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters; (female given name) Fumi
To remember, to record; to record as foretelling, prophesy.

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bāng
    bang1
pang
 miyako
    みやこ
(bound form) country; nation; state
(1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (female given name) Miyako

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ē
    e1
o
 a
    あ
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
(1) (See 阿字・あじ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿弗利加・アフリカ) Africa; (3) (abbreviation) Awa (old province of Japan); (prefix) (4) (familiar language) (archaism) prefixed to names to show intimacy; (surname) Hodo
M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes.

see styles

    ju1
chü
 mari
    まり
to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
(1) ball (for sport, games, etc.); (2) kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan; (surname, female given name) Mari
To nourish, exhaust, address; a ball; translit. ku, gu.

GW

see styles
 jii daburyuu; jiidaburyuu(sk) / ji daburyu; jidaburyu(sk)
    ジー・ダブリュー; ジーダブリュー(sk)
(See ゴールデンウイーク) Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

JA

see styles
 jeeee
    ジェーエー
(org) Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA); (o) Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)

JR

see styles
 jei aaru(p); jeiaaru(sk); jeeaaru(sk) / je aru(p); jearu(sk); jeearu(sk)
    ジェイ・アール(P); ジェイアール(sk); ジェーアール(sk)
Japan Railways; JR

お国

see styles
 okuni
    おくに
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your native country; your hometown; (2) (polite language) my home country (i.e. Japan); (3) countryside; country; (4) (archaism) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

ハモ

see styles
 hamo
    ハモ
(1) (kana only) daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (2) (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel

み国

see styles
 mikuni
    みくに
(1) (honorific or respectful language) country; (2) (honorific or respectful language) Japan

一寧


一宁

see styles
yī níng
    yi1 ning2
i ning
 ichinei / ichine
    いちねい
(personal name) Ichinei
Yining, a monk who went to Japan in 1299; v. 一山.

一山

see styles
yī shān
    yi1 shan1
i shan
 issan
    いっさん
(1) whole temple complex; all the temples on a mountain; (2) (orig. meaning) (See 一山・ひとやま・1) one mountain; (surname) Hitotsuyama
A hill; a monastery; Yishan, the name of a Chinese monk who voyaged to Japan in A.D. 1299 and who was also styled 一寧 Yining.

一揆

see styles
yī kuí
    yi1 kui2
i k`uei
    i kuei
 ikki
    いっき
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
the same method

一遍

see styles
yī biàn
    yi1 bian4
i pien
 ippen
    いっぺん
one time (all the way through); once through
(n,adv) (1) (kana only) (See 一遍に・1) once; one time; (suffix noun) (2) (kana only) (after a noun) (See 正直一遍,義理一遍) exclusively; only; alone; (given name) Ippen
Once, one recital of Buddha's name, or of a sūtra, or magic formula; style of 智眞 Zhizhen, founder of the 時宗 Ji-shū (Japan)..

丁年

see styles
 teinen / tenen
    ていねん
adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority

七星

see styles
qī xīng
    qi1 xing1
ch`i hsing
    chi hsing
 shichisei; shichishou / shichise; shichisho
    しちせい; しちしょう
Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi
(archaism) {astron} (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (personal name) Naboshi
Ursa major; Worshipped in Japan as 妙見菩薩 Wonderful Sight Bodhisattva who protects this world.

七道

see styles
 shichidou / shichido
    しちどう
(hist) the seven districts of ancient Japan

三教

see styles
sān jiào
    san1 jiao4
san chiao
 sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo
    さんきょう; さんぎょう
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
(1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori
The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 三時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 三藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v.

三篶

see styles
 misuzu
    みすず
(kana only) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

上代

see styles
shàng dài
    shang4 dai4
shang tai
 joudai; uwadai(ik) / jodai; uwadai(ik)
    じょうだい; うわだい(ik)
previous generation
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (じょうだい only) ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (2) (nominal) retail price; (place-name) Wandai

上無

see styles
 kamimu
    かみむ
(See 応鐘・1,十二律) (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)

上議

see styles
 jougi / jogi
    じょうぎ
(noun/participle) (1) placing on the agenda; (n,suf) (2) (abbreviation) (usu. outside Japan) (See 上院議員,下議) member of the upper house

上越

see styles
 jouetsu / joetsu
    じょうえつ
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata; (place-name, surname) Jōetsu (region in Niigata)

下無

see styles
 shimomu
    しもむ
(See 姑洗,十二律) (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)

中世

see styles
 chuusei / chuse
    ちゅうせい
(hist) Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times; (personal name) Nakaze

中古

see styles
zhōng gǔ
    zhong1 gu3
chung ku
 chuuko(p); chuuburu / chuko(p); chuburu
    ちゅうこ(P); ちゅうぶる
medieval; Middle Ages; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties; Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English); used; second-hand
(can be adjective with の) (1) used; second-hand; old; (2) (ちゅうこ only) Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period); (surname) Chuuko

中日

see styles
zhōng rì
    zhong1 ri4
chung jih
 nakabi
    なかび
China-Japan
middle day (e.g. sumo tournament, run of theatrical performances, etc.); (o) Chunichi Dragons (Japanese baseball team) (abbreviation)

中有

see styles
zhōng yǒu
    zhong1 you3
chung yu
 chuuu / chuu
    ちゅうう
{Buddh} (See 中陰,四有) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
One of the 四有, i. e. the antarā-bhāva or intermediate state of existence between death and reincarnation; hence 中有之旅 is an unsettled being in search of a new habitat or reincarnation; v. 中陰.

中朝

see styles
zhōng cháo
    zhong1 chao2
chung ch`ao
    chung chao
 chuuchou / chucho
    ちゅうちょう
Sino-Korean; China and North Korea
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean; (2) imperial court; (3) Imperial Court (of Japan); (4) middle ages

中蘊


中蕴

see styles
zhōng yùn
    zhong1 yun4
chung yün
 chuuun / chuun
    ちゅううん
{Buddh} (See 中陰) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
intermediate aggregate

中陰


中阴

see styles
zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 chuuin / chuin
    ちゅういん
{Buddh} bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days); (place-name) Nakakage
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation, a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days, when the karma-body will certainly be reborn; v. 中有.

九字

see styles
jiǔ zì
    jiu3 zi4
chiu tzu
 kuji
    くじ
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains.

五爵

see styles
 goshaku
    ごしゃく
(hist) (See 五等爵,公爵・こうしゃく,侯爵・こうしゃく,伯爵・はくしゃく,子爵・ししゃく,男爵・だんしゃく・1) five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)

仙台

see styles
xiān tái
    xian1 tai2
hsien t`ai
    hsien tai
 sendai
    せんだい
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Sendai (city in Miyagi); (place-name, surname) Sendai

仙臺


仙台

see styles
xiān tái
    xian1 tai2
hsien t`ai
    hsien tai
 sendai
    せんだい
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县[Gong1 cheng2 xian4] in northeast Japan
(surname) Sendai

体協

see styles
 taikyou / taikyo
    たいきょう
(org) Japan Amateur Sports Association (abbreviation); JASA; (o) Japan Amateur Sports Association (abbreviation); JASA

侮日

see styles
 bunichi
    ぶにち
contempt for Japan; anti-Japanese sentiment

侵華


侵华

see styles
qīn huá
    qin1 hua2
ch`in hua
    chin hua
to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)

信越

see styles
 shinetsu
    しんえつ
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata; (place-name, surname) Shin'etsu

倉敷


仓敷

see styles
cāng fū
    cang1 fu1
ts`ang fu
    tsang fu
 kurashiki
    くらしき
Kurashiki, city in Okayama Prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[Gang1 shan1 xian4], Japan
(1) Kurashiki (city); (2) (abbreviation) (See 倉敷料) storage charges; (place-name, surname) Kurashiki

倭国

see styles
 wakoku
    わこく
Yamato; ancient Japan; name by which Chinese rulers used to call Japan

倭建

see styles
 yamatotakeru
    やまとたける
(person) Yamatotakeru (12th Emperor of Japan); Prince Yamatotakeru

倭琴

see styles
 yamatogoto
    やまとごと
ancient Japanese koto (thought to be native to Japan)

倭絵

see styles
 yamatoe
    やまとえ
Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)

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