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    ji1
chi
 hata
    はた

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Opportunity
(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
loom; (surname) Hata
The spring, or motive principle, machine, contrivance, artifice, occasion, opportunity; basis, root or germ; natural bent, fundamental quality.

一流

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yī liú
    yi1 liu2
i liu
 itsuru
    いつる

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Top Quality / First Class
top quality; front ranking
(adj-no,n) (1) first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading; (adj-no,n) (2) characteristic; peculiar; unique; (3) school (e.g. of a performance art); (4) (also written as 一旒) one flag; one banner; one streamer; (female given name) Itsuru
In one, or the same flow; of the same class.

上等

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shàng děng
    shang4 deng3
shang teng
 joutou / joto
    じょうとう

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Highest Quality / Top Notch
highest quality; top-notch
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) superior; first-class; excellent; top quality; (interjection) (2) (that's) just fine!; bring it on!; (surname) Uera

質素


质素

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zhì sù
    zhi4 su4
chih su
 shisso
    しっそ

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Simplicity / Modesty
(high) quality
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) simple; plain; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) modest; frugal; reserved

品位

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pǐn wèi
    pin3 wei4
p`in wei
    pin wei
 hini
    ひんい
rank; grade; quality; (aesomethingetic) taste
(1) dignity; grace; nobility; (2) grade; quality; fineness; carat; karat
rank

品保

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pǐn bǎo
    pin3 bao3
p`in pao
    pin pao
 hinpo
    ひんぽ
quality assurance (QA)
(abbreviation) (See 品質保証) quality assurance; QA

品等

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pǐn děng
    pin3 deng3
p`in teng
    pin teng
 hintou / hinto
    ひんとう
grade (quality of product)
grade; quality

品質


品质

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pǐn zhì
    pin3 zhi4
p`in chih
    pin chih
 hinshitsu
    ひんしつ
character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
quality (of a product or a service)

材質


材质

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cái zhì
    cai2 zhi4
ts`ai chih
    tsai chih
 zaishitsu
    ざいしつ
texture of timber; quality of material; material (that something is made of)
(1) material; (2) material properties; quality of material; (3) quality of wood; quality of lumber

水質


水质

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shuǐ zhì
    shui3 zhi4
shui chih
 suishitsu
    すいしつ
water quality
water quality

特等

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tè děng
    te4 deng3
t`e teng
    te teng
 tokutou / tokuto
    とくとう
special grade; top quality
(n,n-pref) special quality, class or grade

特質


特质

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tè zhì
    te4 zhi4
t`e chih
    te chih
 tokushitsu
    とくしつ
characteristic; special quality
characteristic; feature; special quality

肉質


肉质

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ròu zhì
    rou4 zhi4
jou chih
 nikushitsu
    にくしつ
quality of meat; succulent (botany)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) fleshiness; (2) meat quality

音質


音质

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yīn zhì
    yin1 zhi4
yin chih
 onshitsu
    おんしつ
tone; sound quality; timbre
tone quality; sound quality

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 kurai
    くらい
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
(1) (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat") throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; (2) (See 位階) government position; court rank; (3) social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; (4) grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; (5) (See 桁・2) position of a figure (e.g. tens, thousands); digit; (decimal) place; (personal name) Tadashi
Position, seat, throne.

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    ji2
chi
 zoku
variant of 即[ji2]; promptly
To draw up to, or near; approach; forthwith; to be; i.e. alias; if, even if; 就是. It is intp. as 和融 united together; 不二not two, i.e. identical; 不離 not separate, inseparable. It resembles implication, e.g. the afflictions or passions imply, or are, bodhi; births-and-deaths imply, or are, nirvana; the indication being that the one is contained in or leads to the other. Tiantai has three definitions: (1) The union, or unity, of two things, e.g. 煩惱 and 菩提, i.e. the passions and enlightenment, the former being taken as the 相 form, the latter 性 spirit, which two are inseparable; in other words, apart from the subjugation of the passions there is no enlightenment. (2) Back and front are inseparables; also (3) substance and quality, e.g. water and wave.

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 mi
    み
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
(1) (sense of) taste; (counter) (2) counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
rasa. Taste, flavour; the sense of taste. One of the six sensations.


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kuài
    kuai4
k`uai
    kuai
 saikachi
    さいかち
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
(1) lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster; (2) group; crowd; (3) embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification; (surname) Saikachi
a clod


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chiri
    ちり
dust; dirt; earth
(1) dust; (2) trash; garbage; rubbish; dirt; (3) (usu. as 塵ほども...ない) negligible amount; tiny bit; (4) hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world; (5) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 塵手水) ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
guṇa, in Sanskrit inter alia means 'a secondary element', 'a quality', 'an attribute of the five elements', e.g. 'ether has śabda or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ'. In Chinese it means 'dust, small particles; molecules, atoms, exhalations'. It may be intp. as an atom, or matter, which is considered as defilement; or as an active, conditioned principle in nature, minute, subtle, and generally speaking defiling to pure mind; worldly, earthly, the world. The six guṇas or sensation-data are those of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought.

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 narikuse
    なりくせ
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
(archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou
svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind.

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bān
    ban1
pan
 mura(p); mura
    むら(P); ムラ
spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; nonuniformity; blotchiness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; instability; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (kana only) fickleness; capriciousness; fitfulness; (surname) Madara
Spotted, striped, streaked, variegated.

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    ci4
tz`u
    tzu
 tsugi
    つぎ
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) next; following; subsequent; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) stage; station; (personal name) Yadoru
Second, secondary; a turn, next.


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qiào
    qiao4
ch`iao
    chiao
 gara
    がら
variant of 殼|壳[qiao4]
(n,n-pref) (1) (kana only) (See 鶏がら) chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; (2) (kana only) poor-quality coke (coal); (suffix) (3) (kana only) left-overs; remnants

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    wu4
wu
 mono(p); mon; mono
    もの(P); もん; モノ
(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
(1) thing; object; article; stuff; substance; (2) (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん) one's things; possessions; property; belongings; (3) things; something; anything; everything; nothing; (4) quality; (5) reason; the way of things; (6) (kana only) (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ) used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; (suffix noun) (7) (kana only) item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; (suffix noun) (8) cause of ...; cause for ...; (prefix) (9) (もの only) (See 物寂しい・ものさびしい) somehow; somewhat; for some reason; (prefix) (10) (もの only) (See 物珍しい・ものめずらしい) really; truly; (surname) Mono
Thing, things in general, beings, living beings, matters; "substance," cf. 陀羅驃 dravya.


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ài
    ai4
ai
fine quality jade

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yìng
    ying4
ying
 kou / ko
    こう
hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
hardness; (given name) Katashi
Hard, obstinate.

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
(on a scale measuring quality, results, etc.; higher than 優) preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence; (given name) Minoru

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liáng
    liang2
liang
 ryou / ryo
    りょう
good; very; very much
(1) good (quality, condition, etc.); (2) (on a 優, 良, 可 scale) Good (grade); B; (personal name) Riyou
Good, virtuous, beneficial.

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shǎi
    shai3
shai
 shoku
    しょく
(coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]
(counter) counter for colours; (female given name) Shiki
rūpa, outward appearance, form, colour, matter, thing; the desirable, especially feminine attraction. It is defined as that which has resistance; or which changes and disappears, i. e. the phenomenal; also as 顯, 形 and 表色 colour and quality, form or the measurable, and mode or action. There are divisions of two, i. e. inner and outer, as the organs and objects of sense; also colour and form; of three, i. e. the visible object, e. g. colour, the invisible object, e. g. sound, the invisible and immaterial; of eleven, i. e. the five organs and five objects of sense and the immaterial object; of fourteen, the five organs and five objects of sense and the four elements, earth, water, fire, air. rūpa is one of the six bāhya-āyatana, the 六塵; also one of the five skandhas, 五蘊, i. e. the 色身. Keith refers to rūpa as 'material form or matter which is underived (no-utpādā) and which is derived (utpādā)', the underived or independent being the tangible; the derived or dependent being the senses, e. g. of hearing; most of their objects, e. g. sound; the qualities or faculties of feminity, masculinity, vitality; intimation by act and speech, space; qualities of matter, e. g. buoyancy and physical nutriment.


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chù
    chu4
ch`u
    chu
 fure
    ふれ
to touch; to make contact with something; to stir up sb's emotions
(surname) Fure
To butt, strike against; contact. sparśa, touch, contact, collision, the quality of tangibility, feeling, sensation. M.W. Eleven kinds of sensation are given— hot, cold, hard, soft, etc. sparśa is one of the twelve nidānas, cf. 十二因緣, and of the sadāyatana, cf. 六入. It is also used with the meaning of 濁 unclean.


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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 tachi
    たち
character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
(1) (kana only) nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; (2) (kana only) nature (of something); character; kind; sort; (given name) Tadashi
Substance, matter; to substantiate, to confront; substantial honest, sound; translit. ci, ce.


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kǎi
    kai3
k`ai
    kai
high quality iron


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xiǎng
    xiang3
hsiang
 rizumu
    りずむ
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (female given name) Rizumu
pratiśrut. Echo, resonance.

A1

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 eewan
    エーワン
(noun - becomes adjective with の) A1; top class; best quality goods

A貨


A货

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a huò
    a huo4
a huo
good-quality fake

QC

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 kyuu shii; kyuushii(sk) / kyu shi; kyushi(sk)
    キュー・シー; キューシー(sk)
(See 品質管理) quality control; QC

お召

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 omeshi
    おめし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) summoning; calling; riding; wearing; dressing; clothing; (2) (abbreviation) (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

上乘

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shàng chéng
    shang4 cheng2
shang ch`eng
    shang cheng
 jōjō
first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4]
Mahāyāna; also 上衍, 大乘 q. v.

上品

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shàng pǐn
    shang4 pin3
shang p`in
    shang pin
 joubon / jobon
    じょうぼん
top-quality
Buddhism's highest paradise; (place-name) Kamishina
Superior order, grade, or class.

上布

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 joufu / jofu
    じょうふ
high-quality plain-woven hemp cloth; (surname) Uefu

上物

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 joumono / jomono
    じょうもの
high-quality goods; choice goods

上玉

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 joudama; joutama / jodama; jotama
    じょうだま; じょうたま
(1) fine jewel; (2) article of excellent quality; (3) (colloquialism) beautiful woman; beauty; stunner; (surname) Uetama

上第

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shàng dì
    shang4 di4
shang ti
top notch; highest quality

上肉

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 jouniku / joniku
    じょうにく
high-quality meat

上質

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 joushitsu / joshitsu
    じょうしつ
(adj-na,adj-no,n) fine quality

下作

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xià zuo
    xia4 zuo5
hsia tso
 gesaku; shitasaku
    げさく; したさく
contemptible; disgusting
(noun or adjectival noun) poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods; (personal name) Shimosaku

下物

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 shitamono
    したもの
(archaism) cheap, low-quality article; (place-name) Oroshimo

不作

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bù zuò
    bu4 zuo4
pu tso
 fusaku
    ふさく
(1) poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; (2) low quality (e.g. of literary works); (personal name) Fusaku
does not do

並品

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 namihin
    なみひん
(used) item of average quality

並肉

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 naminiku
    なみにく
meat of medium quality

中檔


中档

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zhōng dàng
    zhong1 dang4
chung tang
mid-range (in quality and price)

中物

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 chuumono / chumono
    ちゅうもの
(1) thing of medium quality; (2) (See 高野紙) Koya paper

中等

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zhōng děng
    zhong1 deng3
chung teng
 chuutou / chuto
    ちゅうとう
medium
(noun - becomes adjective with の) second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade

中肉

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 chuuniku / chuniku
    ちゅうにく
(1) (See 中肉中背・ちゅうにくちゅうぜい) medium build; (2) meat of medium quality

中路

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zhōng lù
    zhong1 lu4
chung lu
 nakamichi
    なかみち
midway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer)
(surname) Nakamichi

乳質

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 nyuushitsu / nyushitsu
    にゅうしつ
milk quality

亀綾

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 kameaya
    かめあや
(1) (See 羽二重) high-quality glossy white habutai silk; (2) raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

二業


二业

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èr yè
    er4 ye4
erh yeh
 nigyou / nigyo
    にぎょう
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments
Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method.

仙氣


仙气

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xiān qì
    xian1 qi4
hsien ch`i
    hsien chi
ethereal quality; (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into something else

低い

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 hikui
    ひくい
(adjective) (1) (ant: 高い・1) low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); (adjective) (2) low (position); close to the ground; (adjective) (3) short (height); (adjective) (4) deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

低劣

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dī liè
    di1 lie4
ti lieh
 teiretsu / teretsu
    ていれつ
inferior quality; substandard; low-grade
(noun or adjectival noun) low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity

低檔


低档

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dī dàng
    di1 dang4
ti tang
low-grade; of low worth or rank; poor quality; inferior

低級


低级

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dī jí
    di1 ji2
ti chi
 teikyuu / tekyu
    ていきゅう
low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 高級・1) low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap

佚文

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 itsubun
    いつぶん
(1) lost work; lost writings; (2) partially lost work; literary fragment; work that survives through quotations; (3) work of a superior quality

作柄

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 sakugara
    さくがら
(1) crop conditions; (2) quality (of art)

作況

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 sakkyou / sakkyo
    さっきょう
crops; quality

佳品

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 kahin
    かひん
choice article; item of excellent quality; masterpiece

保固

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bǎo gù
    bao3 gu4
pao ku
to undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or service; warranty; guarantee

優劣


优劣

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yōu liè
    you1 lie4
yu lieh
 yuuretsu / yuretsu
    ゆうれつ
good and bad; merits and drawbacks
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
superior and inferior

優生


优生

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yōu shēng
    you1 sheng1
yu sheng
 yuusei / yuse
    ゆうせい
outstanding student; to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality); to enhance the genetic quality of a population; eugenics
(See 優生学) eugenics; (female given name) Yumi

優質


优质

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yōu zhì
    you1 zhi4
yu chih
excellent quality

六諦


六谛

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liù dì
    liu4 di4
liu ti
 rokutai
The six logical categories of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy: dravya, substance; guṇa, quality; karman, motion or activity; sāmānya, generality; viśeṣa, particularity; samavāya, inherence: Keith, Logic, 179. Eitel has 'substance, quality, action, existence, the unum et diversum, and the aggregate'.

写り

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 utsuri
    うつり
(n,n-suf) (1) projection; reflection; image; reception (e.g. TV); picture quality; (2) match; harmony

出来

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 deki
    でき
(1) workmanship; craftsmanship; execution; finish; (2) grades; results; score; record; (3) quality (e.g. of a crop); (4) dealings; transactions; (surname) Derai

別品

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 beppin
    べっぴん
(1) (kana only) beautiful woman; beauty; pretty girl; (2) high-quality goods; special article

副品

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fù pǐn
    fu4 pin3
fu p`in
    fu pin
product of inferior quality

劣化

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 rekka
    れっか
(n,vs,vi) (1) deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (n,vs,vi) (2) (colloquialism) (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

劣悪

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 retsuaku
    れつあく
(adjectival noun) poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality

劣等

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liè děng
    lie4 deng3
lieh teng
 rettou / retto
    れっとう
poor-quality; inferior
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (ant: 優等) inferiority; low grade

劣質


劣质

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liè zhì
    lie4 zhi4
lieh chih
shoddy; of poor quality

半襟

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 haneri
    はんえり
quality collar for an under kimono

叉圈

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chā quān
    cha1 quan1
ch`a ch`üan
    cha chüan
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality

同質


同质

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tóng zhì
    tong2 zhi4
t`ung chih
    tung chih
 doushitsu / doshitsu
    どうしつ
homogeneous
(n,adj-no,adj-na) same quality; same nature; homogeneous

名優


名优

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míng yōu
    ming2 you1
ming yu
 meiyuu / meyu
    めいゆう
excellent quality; outstanding (product); abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质; (old) famous actor or actress
great actor; famous actor; star

名舗

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 meiho / meho
    めいほ
quality shop; famous store

名茶

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 meicha / mecha
    めいちゃ
fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea

吟醸

see styles
 ginjou / ginjo
    ぎんじょう
(abbreviation) (See 吟醸酒) ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%

品形

see styles
 shinakatachi
    しなかたち
quality and shape; birth or appearance

品控

see styles
pǐn kòng
    pin3 kong4
p`in k`ung
    pin kung
quality control (QC), abbr. for 品質控制|品质控制

品柄

see styles
 shinagara
    しながら
quality

品格

see styles
pǐn gé
    pin3 ge2
p`in ko
    pin ko
 hinkaku
    ひんかく
one's character; fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar)
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

品第

see styles
pǐn dì
    pin3 di4
p`in ti
    pin ti
grade (i.e. quality); rank

品管

see styles
pǐn guǎn
    pin3 guan3
p`in kuan
    pin kuan
quality control

品致

see styles
 hinchi
    ひんち
(1) (See 品柄) quality of a product; (2) feel of goods (taste, style)

品証

see styles
 hinshou / hinsho
    ひんしょう
(abbreviation) (See 品質保証・ひんしつほしょう) quality assurance; QA

善品

see styles
shàn pǐn
    shan4 pin3
shan p`in
    shan pin
 zenbon
good quality

善性

see styles
shàn xìng
    shan4 xing4
shan hsing
 zensei / zense
    ぜんせい
innate goodness of man
Good nature, good in nature, or in fundamental quality.

嚴把


严把

see styles
yán bǎ
    yan2 ba3
yen pa
to be strict; to enforce vigorously (procedures, quality control etc)

土質

see styles
 doshitsu
    どしつ
soil; soil quality

地味

see styles
 chimi
    ちみ
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil

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

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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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