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滋賀縣 滋贺县 see styles |
zī hè xiàn zi1 he4 xian4 tzu ho hsien |
Shiga prefecture in central Japan |
濱松市 滨松市 see styles |
bīn sōng shì bin1 song1 shi4 pin sung shih |
Hamamatsu, city in Shizuoka prefecture 靜岡縣|静冈县[Jing4 gang1 xian4], Japan |
烏帽子 see styles |
eboshi えぼし |
(hist) eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan; (place-name, surname) Eboshi |
煙霧症 烟雾症 see styles |
yān wù zhèng yan1 wu4 zheng4 yen wu cheng |
moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan) |
熊本縣 熊本县 see styles |
xióng běn xiàn xiong2 ben3 xian4 hsiung pen hsien |
Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan |
玉川市 see styles |
yù chuān shì yu4 chuan1 shi4 yü ch`uan shih yü chuan shih |
Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan |
琉球海 see styles |
liú qiú hǎi liu2 qiu2 hai3 liu ch`iu hai liu chiu hai |
Ryūkyū Sea; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan |
産環協 see styles |
sankankyou / sankankyo さんかんきょう |
(org) Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (abbreviation); JEMAI; (o) Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (abbreviation); JEMAI |
田舎間 see styles |
inakama いなかま |
(1) (See 京間・1) standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); (2) (See 京間・2) Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) |
甲子園 see styles |
koushien / koshien こうしえん |
(place) Kōshien (district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, location of Koshien Stadium); (o) Kōshien (location of Koshien Stadium, where the Japan National High School Baseball Tournament is held) |
百名山 see styles |
hyakumeizan / hyakumezan ひゃくめいざん |
(from a list compiled by mountaineer Kyūya Fukada) one hundred famous mountains (of Japan) |
知日家 see styles |
chinichika ちにちか |
person who is knowledgeable about Japan; Japanologist |
知日派 see styles |
chinichiha ちにちは |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) people knowledgeable about Japan; Japan experts |
破天連 see styles |
bateren ばてれん |
(ateji / phonetic) (1) Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por: padre); (2) Christianity; Christian |
磯城島 see styles |
shikishima しきしま |
(1) Yamato (province); (2) Japan; (3) (abbreviation) the art of classical Japanese poetry |
磯撫で see styles |
isonade いそなで |
mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker |
神の国 see styles |
kaminokuni かみのくに |
(exp,n) (1) land of the gods; Japan; (exp,n) (2) {Christn} Heaven |
神奈川 see styles |
shén nài chuān shen2 nai4 chuan1 shen nai ch`uan shen nai chuan kanagawa かながわ |
Kanagawa, Japan Kanagawa (prefecture); (place-name, surname) Kanagawa |
福岡縣 福冈县 see styles |
fú gāng xiàn fu2 gang1 xian4 fu kang hsien |
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
福島縣 福岛县 see styles |
fú dǎo xiàn fu2 dao3 xian4 fu tao hsien |
Fukushima prefecture in north Japan |
秋津島 see styles |
akitsushima; akizushima; akizushima(ok) あきつしま; あきずしま; あきづしま(ok) |
Yamato; (ancient) Japan |
秋田縣 秋田县 see styles |
qiū tián xiàn qiu1 tian2 xian4 ch`iu t`ien hsien chiu tien hsien |
Akita prefecture, northeast Japan |
Variations: |
suzu すず |
(1) (archaism) (See 篠竹・すずたけ) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); (2) shoots of this plant |
終戰日 终战日 see styles |
zhōng zhàn rì zhong1 zhan4 ri4 chung chan jih |
armistice day; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
経団連 see styles |
keidanren / kedanren けいだんれん |
(abbreviation) (from 経済団体連合会) Japan Business Federation; Keidanren; (o) Japan Federation of Economic Organizations |
経済省 see styles |
keizaishou / kezaisho けいざいしょう |
(1) Department of Economic Affairs (Japan; 1964-1969); (2) Ministry of the Economy (Brazil); Ministry of Finance |
統漢字 统汉字 see styles |
tǒng hàn zì tong3 han4 zi4 t`ung han tzu tung han tzu |
Unihan; China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; abbr. for 中日韓統一表意文字|中日韩统一表意文字[Zhong1 Ri4 Han2 tong3 yi1 biao3 yi4 wen2 zi4] |
美智子 see styles |
měi zhì zǐ mei3 zhi4 zi3 mei chih tzu michiko みちこ |
Michiko, Japanese female given name; Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-) (female given name) Michiko |
群馬縣 群马县 see styles |
qún mǎ xiàn qun2 ma3 xian4 ch`ün ma hsien chün ma hsien |
Gumma prefecture in northern Japan |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
脱亜論 see styles |
datsuaron だつあろん |
Argument for Leaving Asia; Datsu-A Ron; editorial written by Fukuzawa Yukichi in 1885 calling for Japan to align itself with the West rather than China and Korea |
自社さ see styles |
jishasa じしゃさ |
(abbreviation) (See 自由民主党・1,日本社会党,新党さきがけ) (coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake (1994-1998) |
自衛艦 see styles |
jieikan / jiekan じえいかん |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship; Self-Defense Force ship; JMSDF ship |
茨城縣 茨城县 see styles |
cí chéng xiàn ci2 cheng2 xian4 tz`u ch`eng hsien tzu cheng hsien |
Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan |
華嚴宗 华严宗 see styles |
huá yán zōng hua2 yan2 zong1 hua yen tsung Kegon Shū |
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra) The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called. |
蒙代爾 蒙代尔 see styles |
méng dài ěr meng2 dai4 er3 meng tai erh |
Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996 |
蓬が島 see styles |
yomogigashima よもぎがしま |
(1) (archaism) (See 蓬莱・1) Mount Penglai; (2) (archaism) Japan |
藤原京 see styles |
fujiwarakyou / fujiwarakyo ふじわらきょう |
(place-name) Fujiwara-kyō (capital of Japan between 694 and 710) |
藥妝店 药妆店 see styles |
yào zhuāng diàn yao4 zhuang1 dian4 yao chuang tien |
drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong) |
蝦夷地 see styles |
ezochi えぞち |
(1) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); (2) (See 和人地) Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido |
蝶々魚 see styles |
chouchouuo / chochouo ちょうちょううお |
(kana only) Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) |
蝶蝶魚 see styles |
chouchouuo / chochouo ちょうちょううお |
(kana only) Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) |
蟠竜丸 see styles |
ganryuumaru / ganryumaru がんりゅうまる |
(obj) The Emperor (yacht on which the 1858 UK-Japan treaty was signed) |
衆議院 see styles |
shuugiin / shugin しゅうぎいん |
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) |
裏日本 see styles |
uranippon; uranihon うらにっぽん; うらにほん |
(sensitive word) Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas |
補習校 see styles |
hoshuukou / hoshuko ほしゅうこう |
(abbreviation) (See 補習授業校) supplementary Japanese school (outside Japan); weekend school |
西日本 see styles |
nishinihon(p); nishinippon にしにほん(P); にしにっぽん |
(See 東日本) western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward); (place-name) Nishinihon |
観光庁 see styles |
kankouchou / kankocho かんこうちょう |
Japan Tourism Agency; JTA; (o) Japan Tourism Agency |
解放日 see styles |
jiě fàng rì jie3 fang4 ri4 chieh fang jih |
Liberation Day; cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea |
警察廳 警察厅 see styles |
jǐng chá tīng jing3 cha2 ting1 ching ch`a t`ing ching cha ting |
National Police Agency (Japan) |
警防団 see styles |
keiboudan / kebodan けいぼうだん |
(hist) civil defense unit (Japan, 1939-1947); voluntary guards |
護衛艦 护卫舰 see styles |
hù wèi jiàn hu4 wei4 jian4 hu wei chien goeikan / goekan ごえいかん |
corvette escort vessel; destroyer (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) |
貴族院 see styles |
kizokuin きぞくいん |
(1) (hist) House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); (2) House of Lords (UK) |
貸与権 see styles |
taiyoken たいよけん |
lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law) |
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. |
越光米 see styles |
yuè guāng mǐ yue4 guang1 mi3 yüeh kuang mi |
Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan) |
逆指名 see styles |
gyakushimei / gyakushime ぎゃくしめい |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) {baseb} designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007) |
逆輸入 see styles |
gyakuyunyuu / gyakuyunyu ぎゃくゆにゅう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reimportation; reimport; reverse import; importing back; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan) |
通信使 see styles |
tsuushinshi / tsushinshi つうしんし |
(See 朝鮮通信使) Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period) |
進駐軍 see styles |
shinchuugun / shinchugun しんちゅうぐん |
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II) |
道府県 see styles |
doufuken / dofuken どうふけん |
(See 都道府県) prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo) |
遣隋使 see styles |
kenzuishi けんずいし |
(hist) Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China |
那古屋 see styles |
nà gǔ wū na4 gu3 wu1 na ku wu nagoya なごや |
Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling) (surname) Nagoya |
邦字紙 see styles |
houjishi / hojishi ほうじし |
(See 邦字新聞) Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan) |
部落民 see styles |
burakumin ぶらくみん |
(sensitive word) (See 被差別部落民) burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) |
郭小川 see styles |
guō xiǎo chuān guo1 xiao3 chuan1 kuo hsiao ch`uan kuo hsiao chuan |
Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution |
都府県 see styles |
tofuken とふけん |
(See 都道府県) prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido) |
都道県 see styles |
todouken / todoken とどうけん |
(See 都道府県) prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto) |
Variations: |
so そ |
(hist) so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan) |
金針菇 金针菇 see styles |
jīn zhēn gū jin1 zhen1 gu1 chin chen ku |
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white; abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] |
金閣寺 金阁寺 see styles |
jīn gé sì jin1 ge2 si4 chin ko ssu kinkakuji きんかくじ |
Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan; informal name of Buddhist temple Rokuonji 鹿苑寺[Lu4 yuan4 si4] (1) (place) Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto); Golden Pavilion; (2) (work) The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima); (place-name) Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto); Golden Pavilion; (wk) The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima) Temple of the Golden Pavilion |
釣魚島 钓鱼岛 see styles |
diào yú dǎo diao4 yu2 dao3 tiao yü tao |
Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands |
釣魚臺 钓鱼台 see styles |
diào yú tái diao4 yu2 tai2 tiao yü t`ai tiao yü tai |
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China |
銀行法 see styles |
ginkouhou / ginkoho ぎんこうほう |
(1) {law} Banking Law; (2) (abbreviation) {law} (See 日本銀行法) Bank of Japan Act (1981) |
銀閣寺 银阁寺 see styles |
yín gé sì yin2 ge2 si4 yin ko ssu ginkakuji ぎんかくじ |
Ginkaku-ji or Silver Pavilion in Kyoto 京都[Jing1 du1], Japan, officially called Jishōji 慈照寺[Ci2 zhao4 si4] (place-name) Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion in Kyoto) |
鎮守府 see styles |
chinjufu ちんじゅふ |
(1) (hist) naval district (of the Imperial Japanese Navy); naval station; (2) (hist) (See 蝦夷・1) military base (for suppressing Emishi; in ancient Japan) |
長岡京 see styles |
nagaokakyou; nagaokanomiyako / nagaokakyo; nagaokanomiyako ながおかきょう; ながおかのみやこ |
(1) (hist) Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794); (2) (ながおかきょう only) Nagaokakyō (city); (place-name) Nagaokakyō |
長野縣 长野县 see styles |
cháng yě xiàn chang2 ye3 xian4 ch`ang yeh hsien chang yeh hsien |
Nagano prefecture, Japan |
長髄彦 see styles |
nagasunehiko ながすねひこ |
(leg) Nagasunehiko; legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi; (male given name) Nagasunehiko |
防衛庁 see styles |
boueichou / boecho ぼうえいちょう |
(See 防衛省) Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007); (place-name) Boueichō |
防護団 see styles |
bougodan / bogodan ぼうごだん |
(hist) (See 警防団) civilian defense corps (Japan, 1932-1939) |
阿伊努 see styles |
ā yī nǔ a1 yi1 nu3 a i nu |
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east) |
阿蘇山 阿苏山 see styles |
ā sū shān a1 su1 shan1 a su shan asosan あそさん |
Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan (place-name) Mount Aso (Kumamoto) |
陳天華 陈天华 see styles |
chén tiān huà chen2 tian1 hua4 ch`en t`ien hua chen tien hua |
Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 |
陸軍省 see styles |
rikugunshou / rikugunsho りくぐんしょう |
(1) Department of the Army; (2) (hist) Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945) |
霓虹國 霓虹国 see styles |
ní hóng guó ni2 hong2 guo2 ni hung kuo |
(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, "Nihon") |
青森縣 青森县 see styles |
qīng sēn xiàn qing1 sen1 xian4 ch`ing sen hsien ching sen hsien |
Aomori prefecture at the far north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
靜岡縣 静冈县 see styles |
jìng gāng xiàn jing4 gang1 xian4 ching kang hsien |
Shizuoka prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan |
音事協 see styles |
onjikyou / onjikyo おんじきょう |
(org) Japan Association of Music Enterprises (abbreviation); JAME; (o) Japan Association of Music Enterprises (abbreviation); JAME |
音制連 see styles |
onseiren / onseren おんせいれん |
(org) The Federation of Music Producers Japan (abbreviation); FMJ; (o) The Federation of Music Producers Japan (abbreviation); FMJ |
高体連 see styles |
koutairen / kotairen こうたいれん |
(org) (abbreviation) All Japan High School Athletic Federation; (o) (abbreviation) All Japan High School Athletic Federation |
高梁川 see styles |
gāo liáng chuān gao1 liang2 chuan1 kao liang ch`uan kao liang chuan takahashigawa たかはしがわ |
Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[Gang1 shan1 xian4], Japan (personal name) Takahashigawa |
高梁市 see styles |
gāo liáng shì gao1 liang2 shi4 kao liang shih takahashishi たかはしし |
Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[Gang1 shan1 xian4], Japan (place-name) Takahashi (city) |
高野連 see styles |
kouyaren / koyaren こうやれん |
(org) (abbreviation) Japan High School Baseball Federation; (o) (abbreviation) Japan High School Baseball Federation |
鳥曇り see styles |
torigumori とりぐもり |
cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north |
鴻臚館 see styles |
kourokan / korokan こうろかん |
(hist) mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period) |
鹿苑寺 see styles |
lù yuàn sì lu4 yuan4 si4 lu yüan ssu rokuonji ろくおんじ |
Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan; the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺[Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple (place-name) Rokuonji (formal name of Kinkakuji) Deer Park Temple |
黃遵憲 黄遵宪 see styles |
huáng zūn xiàn huang2 zun1 xian4 huang tsun hsien |
Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志[Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan |
黎明会 see styles |
reimeikai / remekai れいめいかい |
(org) Reimeikai; progressive political society at various universities in Japan (1918-1920); (o) Reimeikai; progressive political society at various universities in Japan (1918-1920) |
龍安寺 龙安寺 see styles |
lóng ān sì long2 an1 si4 lung an ssu ryouanji / ryoanji りょうあんじ |
Ryōanji, temple in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan with famous rock garden (place-name) Ryōanji (temple in Kyoto) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Japan" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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