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There are 24 total results for your Light Dark search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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míng
    ming2
ming
 mei / me
    めい

More info & calligraphy:

Light / Bright
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu
vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644.


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cāng
    cang1
ts`ang
    tsang
 souji / soji
    そうじ
dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) blue; (2) green; (3) (abbreviation) green light; (4) black (horse coat color); (prefix) (5) immature; unripe; young; (personal name) Souji
Azure; the heavens; grey, old.

十二

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shí èr
    shi2 er4
shih erh
 tooji
    とおじ
twelve; 12
12; twelve; (given name) Tooji
dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve.

幽冥

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yōu míng
    you1 ming2
yu ming
 yū mei
    ゆうめい
dark; hell; netherworld; hades
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
darkness

幽明

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yōu míng
    you1 ming2
yu ming
 yuumei / yume
    ゆうめい
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light; (given name) Yūmei
darkness and light

支謙


支谦

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zhī qiān
    zhi1 qian1
chih ch`ien
    chih chien
 shiken
    しけん
(personal name) Shiken
Chih-ch'ien; name of a Yueh-chih monk said to have come to Loyang at the end of the Han dynasty and under the Wei; tall, dark, emaciated, with light brown eyes; very learned and wise.

暗淡

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àn dàn
    an4 dan4
an tan
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak

曙光

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shǔ guāng
    shu3 guang1
shu kuang
 shokou / shoko
    しょこう
the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
(1) dawn; daybreak; first light of day; (2) (fig. as in 〜の曙光) first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects; (female given name) Hikari

濃淡


浓淡

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nóng dàn
    nong2 dan4
nung tan
 noutan / notan
    のうたん
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
(1) light and shade; shade (of colour, color); (2) depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
thick and thin

茶色

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chá sè
    cha2 se4
ch`a se
    cha se
 chairo
    ちゃいろ
dark brown; tawny
(noun - becomes adjective with の) light brown; tawny

蘇方

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 suou / suo
    すおう
(1) (kana only) sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); (2) sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color); (3) layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

蘇枋


苏枋

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sū fāng
    su1 fang1
su fang
 suou / suo
    すおう
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
(1) (kana only) sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); (2) sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color); (3) layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

蘇芳

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 sohou / soho
    そほう
(1) (kana only) sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); (2) sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color); (3) layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath); (given name) Sohou

麻椒

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má jiāo
    ma2 jiao1
ma chiao
an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying

光と影

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 hikaritokage
    ひかりとかげ
(exp,n) (idiom) rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; light and shadow

水明り

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 mizuakari
    みずあかり
faint reflection of light upon the water in the dark

宵衣旰食

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xiāo yī gàn shí
    xiao1 yi1 gan4 shi2
hsiao i kan shih
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters

棄暗投明


弃暗投明

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qì àn tóu míng
    qi4 an4 tou2 ming2
ch`i an t`ou ming
    chi an tou ming
to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one

水明かり

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 mizuakari
    みずあかり
faint reflection of light upon the water in the dark

白黑布薩


白黑布萨

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bái hēi bù sà
    bai2 hei1 bu4 sa4
pai hei pu sa
 byakukoku fusatsu
light and dark uposatha, the observances of the waxing and waning moon, cf. 白月.

Variations:
幽冥
幽明

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 yuumei / yume
    ゆうめい
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

Variations:
水明かり
水明り

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 mizuakari
    みずあかり
faint reflection of light upon the water in the dark

Variations:
蘇芳
蘇方
蘇枋

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 suou / suo
    すおう
(1) (kana only) sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); (2) sappanwood dye (red in colour); (3) layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

Variations:
足元の明るいうちに
足下の明るいうちに
足もとの明るいうちに
足元の明るい内に
足下の明るい内に
足もとの明るい内に

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 ashimotonoakaruiuchini
    あしもとのあかるいうちに
(exp,adv) (1) while it is light; before dark; (exp,adv) (2) while the going is good; before things get worse

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

This page contains 24 results for "Light Dark" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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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).



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