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shān
    shan1
shan
 yama(p); yama
    やま(P); ヤマ

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Mountain
mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
(n,ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (n,ctr) (2) mine (e.g. coal mine); (n,ctr) (3) heap; pile; (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; high part; (5) climax; peak; critical point; (6) guess; speculation; gamble; (7) (slang) (police, crime reporter jargon; esp. as ヤマ) criminal case; crime; (8) mountain climbing; mountaineering; (9) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (10) (See 山札・1) deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; (11) {mahj} wall; wall tile; (12) (archaism) temple; temple grounds; (prefix noun) (13) wild; (personal name) Yamamura
A hill, mountain; a monastery.

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
    おに(P); き

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

天使

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tiān shǐ
    tian1 shi3
t`ien shih
    tien shih
 tenshi
    てんし

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Angel / Messenger of Heaven
angel
(noun - becomes adjective with の) angel; (female given name) Yukari
Divine messengers, especially those of Yama; also his 三天使 three messengers, or lictors— old age, sickness, death; and his 五天使 or 五大使, i. e. the last three together with rebirth and prisons or punishments on earth.

觀世音


观世音

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guān shì yīn
    guan1 shi4 yin1
kuan shih yin
 Kanzeon
    かんぜおん

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Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel.

閻王


阎王

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yán wang
    yan2 wang5
yen wang
 enou / eno
    えんおう
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
(abbreviation) Yama, judge of the afterlife
Yama

閻魔


阎魔

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yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 enma
    えんま
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
{Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory.

閻羅王


阎罗王

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yán luó wáng
    yan2 luo2 wang2
yen lo wang
 enraou / enrao
    えんらおう
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
{Buddh} (See 閻魔) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
Yama

万山

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 manyama
    まんやま
(surname) Man'yama

伴山

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 banyama
    ばんやま
(surname) Ban'yama

健山

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 kenyama
    けんやま
(surname) Ken'yama

免山

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 menyama
    めんやま
(surname) Men'yama

兜夜

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dōu yè
    dou1 ye4
tou yeh
 To Ya
The Tuṣita and the Yama heavens.

冥衆


冥众

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míng zhòng
    ming2 zhong4
ming chung
 meishu
The invisible powers-Brahmā, Śakra, Yama; the spirits in general.

剡浮

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yǎn fú
    yan3 fu2
yen fu
 enfu
Jambūdvīpa, and Yama, v. 閻.

勘山

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 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama

勤山

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 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama

千山

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 senyama
    せんやま
(surname) Sen'yama

半山

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 hanyama
    はんやま
(place-name, surname) Han'yama

印山

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 inyama
    いんやま
(surname) In'yama

四方

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sì fāng
    si4 fang1
ssu fang
 shihou(p); yomo; yohou / shiho(p); yomo; yoho
    しほう(P); よも; よほう
four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
(1) the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; (2) (しほう, よほう only) surroundings; (3) (しほう only) many countries; the whole world; (4) (よも only) all around; here and there; (5) (しほう, よほう only) square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure; (6) four sides (of a square); (surname) Yomono
The four quarters of the compass; a square, square; the E. is ruled by Indra, S. by Yama, W. by Varuṇa, and N. by Vaiśramaṇa; the N. E. is ruled by 伊舍尼 Iśāna, S. E. by 護摩 Homa, S. W. by 涅哩底 Nirṛti, and the N. W. by 嚩瘐 Varuṇa.

地藏

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dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

壇山

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 danyama
    だんやま
(personal name) Dan'yama

夜摩

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yè mó
    ye4 mo2
yeh mo
 yama
Yama, 'originally the Aryan god of the dead, living in a heaven above the world, the regent of the South; but Brahminism transferred his abode to hell. Both views have been retained by Buddhism.' Eitel. Yama in Indian mythology is ruler over the dead and judge in the hells, is 'grim in aspect, green in colour, clothed in red, riding on a buffalo, and holding a club in one hand and noose in the other': he has two four-eyed watch-dogs. M. W. The usual form is 閻摩 q. v.

完山

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 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama

宣山

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 senyama
    せんやま
(surname) Sen'yama

寒山

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hán shān
    han2 shan1
han shan
 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama
Hanshan

山阿

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shān ē
    shan1 e1
shan o
 yamaa / yama
    やまあ
a nook in the mountains
(surname) Yamaa

庵山

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 anyama
    あんやま
(surname) An'yama

忍山

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 ninyama
    にんやま
(surname) Nin'yama

文山

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wén shān
    wen2 shan1
wen shan
 bunyama
    ぶんやま
Wenshan County in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan; Wenshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan
(surname) Bun'yama

斑山

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 hanyama
    はんやま
(personal name) Han'yama

明冥

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míng míng
    ming2 ming2
ming ming
 myōmyō
The (powers of) light and darkness, the devas and Yama, gods and demons, also the visible and invisible.

晋山

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 shinzan
    しんざん
taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple; (surname) Shin'yama

普王

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pǔ wáng
    pu3 wang2
p`u wang
    pu wang
 fuō
Universal king, title of Yama when he has expiated all his sins.

楠山

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 nanyama
    なんやま
(surname) Nan'yama

榛山

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 shinyama
    しんやま
(surname) Shin'yama

死王

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sǐ wáng
    si3 wang2
ssu wang
 shiō
Yama, 焰魔 as lord of death and hell.

炎摩

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yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 Enma
Yama

燄摩

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yàn mó
    yan4 mo2
yen mo
 Enma
Yama

琰摩

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yǎn mó
    yan3 mo2
yen mo
 Enma
Yama

琰魔

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yǎn mó
    yan3 mo2
yen mo
 Enma
Yama, the lord of Hades; v. 夜.

番山

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 banyama
    ばんやま
(surname) Ban'yama

盤山


盘山

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pán shān
    pan2 shan1
p`an shan
    pan shan
 banyama
    ばんやま
going around a mountain
(surname) Ban'yama

県山

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 kenyama
    けんやま
(surname) Ken'yama

矢摩

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 yama
    やま
(surname) Yama

矢間

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 yama
    やま
(surname) Yama

神山

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shén shān
    shen2 shan1
shen shan
 jinyama
    じんやま
sacred mountain
(place-name, surname) Jin'yama

管山

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 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama

紺山

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 konyama
    こんやま
(surname) Kon'yama

縁山

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 enyama
    えんやま
(surname) En'yama

耶麻

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 yama
    やま
(p,s,f) Yama

萬山

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 manyama
    まんやま
(surname) Man'yama

訓讀


训读

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xùn dú
    xun4 du2
hsün tu
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn"); to pronounce a word using such a reading; (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

談山

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 danyama
    だんやま
(surname) Dan'yama

辛山

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 shinyama
    しんやま
(surname) Shin'yama

迦奢

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jiā shē
    jia1 she1
chia she
 kasha
kāśa, a species of grass, used for mats, thatch, etc.; personified as one of Yama's attendants. M. W. Eitel says a broom made of it and used by Śākyamuni 'is still an object of worship'.

連山


连山

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lián shān
    lian2 shan1
lien shan
 renzan
    れんざん
Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
(1) mountain range; (2) (hist) Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination); (surname) Ren'yama

遠山

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 enzan(p); tooyama
    えんざん(P); とおやま
distant mountain; (surname) Yama

金札

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 kinsatsu
    きんさつ
(1) golden label; golden protective talisman; (2) (hist) kinsatsu (Edo-period paper money); (3) (hist) kinsatsu (early Meiji-period paper money); (4) (See 鉄札・2,閻魔) golden tablet belonging to Yama that is inscribed with the names of souls to be sent to paradise; (surname) Kanefuda

鉄札

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 tessatsu
    てっさつ
(1) rectangular iron plate; (2) {Buddh} (See 金札・4,閻魔) iron tablet belonging to Yama that is inscribed with the names of souls to be sent to hell

銀山

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 ginzan
    ぎんざん
silver mine; (surname) Gin'yama

鎮山


镇山

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zhèn shān
    zhen4 shan1
chen shan
 chinyama
    ちんやま
main mountain of a region
(surname) Chin'yama

閃多


闪多

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shǎn duō
    shan3 duo1
shan to
 senta
A demon; one of Yama's names.

閻君


阎君

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yán jun
    yan2 jun1
yen chün
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell

閻摩


阎摩

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yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 Enma
Yama; v. infra 閻王.

閻羅


阎罗

see styles
yán luó
    yan2 luo2
yen lo
 Enra
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
Yama

閻老


阎老

see styles
yán lǎo
    yan2 lao3
yen lao
 Enrō
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
Yama

院山

see styles
 inyama
    いんやま
(surname) In'yama

陣山

see styles
 jinyama
    じんやま
(place-name, surname) Jin'yama

隠山

see styles
 inyama
    いんやま
(surname) In'yama

雌山

see styles
 menyama
    めんやま
(personal name) Men'yama

雙王


双王

see styles
shuāng wáng
    shuang1 wang2
shuang wang
 sōō
A term for Yama, v. 夜.

難拏


难拏

see styles
nán ná
    nan2 na2
nan na
 nanna
daṇḍa, 檀難; a club, mace, Yama's symbol.

靜息


静息

see styles
jìng xī
    jing4 xi1
ching hsi
A tr. of Yama, he who restrains, curbs, controls, keep in check.

韓山

see styles
 kanyama
    かんやま
(surname) Kan'yama

音讀


音读

see styles
yīn dú
    yin1 du2
yin tu
reading or phonetic value of a character; (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)

餓鬼


饿鬼

see styles
è guǐ
    e4 gui3
o kuei
 gaki; gaki
    がき; ガキ
sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
(1) (kana only) (colloquialism) brat; kid; urchin; little devil; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) preta; hungry ghost
pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called 餓鬼城; 餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the 餓鬼趣 or 餓鬼道.

鬼錄


鬼录

see styles
guǐ lù
    gui3 lu4
kuei lu
The iron record, containing the sins of men, in Yama's office in Hades.

鹽天


盐天

see styles
yán tiān
    yan2 tian1
yen t`ien
    yen tien
Yama, v. 焰 12.

七面山

see styles
 shichimenyama
    しちめんやま
(personal name) Shichimen'yama

万年山

see styles
 mannenyama
    まんねんやま
(surname) Mannen'yama

三日齋


三日斋

see styles
sān rì zhāi
    san1 ri4 zhai1
san jih chai
 sannichi sai
The third day's ceremonies after a death to gain Yama's favour as the deceased appears before him.

三郡山

see styles
 sangunyama
    さんぐんやま
(personal name) Sangun'yama

三門山

see styles
 mitsumonyama
    みつもんやま
(personal name) Mitsumon'yama

三間山

see styles
 sangenyama
    さんげんやま
(personal name) Sangen'yama

二十天

see styles
èr shí tiān
    er4 shi2 tian1
erh shih t`ien
    erh shih tien
 nijū ten
The twenty devas. (1) 大梵天王 (Mahābrahman), (2) 帝釋尊天(Śakra devānām Indra), (3) 多聞天王 (Vaiśravana, 毘沙門, or Dhanada), (4) 持國天王(Dhṛtarāṣṭra), (5) 增長天王 (Virūḍhaka), (6) 廣目天王 (Virūpākṣa), (7) 金剛密迹(?Gunyapati), (8) 摩醯首羅 (Maheśvara), (9) 散脂 (迦) 大將 (Pañcika), (10) 大辯才天 (Sarasvatī), (11) 大功德天 (Lakṣmī), (12) 韋驛天神 (Skanda), (13) 堅牢地神 (Pṛthivī), (14) 善提樹神 (Bodhidruma, or Bodhi-vṛkṣa), (15) 鬼子母神 (Hāritī), (16) 摩利支天 (Marīci), (17) 日宮天子 (Sūrya), (18) 月宮天子 (Candra, etc. There are many different names), (19) 裟竭龍王(Sāgara), (20) 閣摩羅王 (Yama-rāja).

五部淨


五部净

see styles
wǔ bù jìng
    wu3 bu4 jing4
wu pu ching
 gobu jō
(居 炎 摩 羅) Yama as protector in the retinue of the thousand-hand Guanyin.

人頭幢


人头幢

see styles
rén tóu chuáng
    ren2 tou2 chuang2
jen t`ou ch`uang
    jen tou chuang
 ninzudou / ninzudo
    にんずどう
{Buddh} (See 閻魔) Yama's pole (with a human head on the top)
A human head at the top of a daṇḍa or flagpole, used as one of Yama's symbols; v. 檀茶 (or 檀拏).

仙人山

see styles
 senninyama
    せんにんやま
(personal name) Sennin'yama

仙磐山

see styles
 senbanyama
    せんばんやま
(personal name) Senban'yama

代官山

see styles
 daikanyama
    だいかんやま
(place-name, surname) Daikan'yama

伽藍山

see styles
 garanyama
    がらんやま
(personal name) Garan'yama

倶生神

see styles
jù shēng shén
    ju4 sheng1 shen2
chü sheng shen
 gushōjin
The spirit, born at the same time as the individual, which records his deeds and reports to Yama. Another version is the two spirits who record one's good and evil. Another says it is the ālaya-vijñāna.

充満山

see styles
 juumanyama / jumanyama
    じゅうまんやま
(personal name) Juuman'yama

兜巾山

see styles
 tokinyama
    ときんやま
(personal name) Tokin'yama

兜率陀

see styles
dōu shuài tuó
    dou1 shuai4 tuo2
tou shuai t`o
    tou shuai to
 Tosotsuda
(兜率 or 兜率哆); 兜術; 珊都史多, 珊覩史多; 鬭瑟多 Tuṣita, from tuṣ, contented, satisfied, gratified; name of the Tuṣita heaven, the fourth devaloka in the 欲界 passion realm, or desire realm between the Yama and Nirmāṇarati heavens. Its inner department is the Pure Land of Maitreya who, like Śākyamuni and all Buddhas, is reborn there before descending to earth as the next Buddha; his life there is 4,000 Tuṣita years (each day there being equal to 4000 earth-years) 584 million such years.

八方天

see styles
bā fāng tiān
    ba1 fang1 tian1
pa fang t`ien
    pa fang tien
 happō ten
The eight heavens and devas at the eight points of the compass: E., the Indra, or Śakra heaven; S., the Yama heaven; W., the Varuna, or water heaven; N., the Vaiśramana, or Pluto heaven; N.E., the Īśāna, or Śiva heaven; S.E., the Homa, or fire heaven; S.W., the Nirṛti, or Rakṣa heaven; N.W., the Vāyu, or wind heaven. All these may be considered as devalokas or heavens.

六反山

see styles
 rokutanyama
    ろくたんやま
(place-name) Rokutan'yama

六貫山

see styles
 rokkanyama
    ろっかんやま
(place-name) Rokkan'yama

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

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