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Simple Dictionary Definition |
亞洲 亚洲 see styles |
yà zhōu ya4 zhou1 ya chou |
More info & calligraphy: Asia / Asian Continent |
安息 see styles |
ān xī an1 xi1 an hsi ansoku あんそく |
More info & calligraphy: Sleep / Rest / Repose(n,vs,vi) rest; repose (安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest. |
西亞 西亚 see styles |
xī yà xi1 ya4 hsi ya |
More info & calligraphy: Siah |
アジア see styles |
ajia アジア |
More info & calligraphy: Azia |
亜細亜 see styles |
ajia アジア |
More info & calligraphy: Asia / Asian Continent |
アーシア see styles |
aashia / ashia アーシア |
More info & calligraphy: Aasia |
月支 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gasshi げっし |
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]) Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people (月支國) The Yuezhi, or 'Indo-Scythians', 月氏 (國) and a country they at one time occupied, i. e. 都貨羅 Tukhara, Tokharestan, or Badakshan. Driven out from the northern curve of the Yellow River by the Huns, circa 165 B. C., they conquered Bactria 大夏, the Punjab, Kashmir, 'and the greater part of India. ' Their expulsion from the north of Shansi was the cause of the famous journey of Zhangqian of the Han dynasty and the beginning of Chinese expansion to the north-west. Kanishka, king of the Yuezhi towards the end of the first century A. D., became the great protector and propagator of Buddhism. |
月氏 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gesshi げっし |
ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people Yuezhi |
東亞 东亚 see styles |
dōng yà dong1 ya4 tung ya toua / toa とうあ |
East Asia (out-dated kanji) East Asia; the Orient |
東洋 东洋 see styles |
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 |
西遼 西辽 see styles |
xī liáo xi1 liao2 hsi liao seiryou / seryo せいりょう |
Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218 (kana only) (hist) Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211) |
亜 see styles |
yà ya4 ya a あ |
Japanese variant of 亞|亚 (prefix) (1) sub-; second-rate; inferior; (prefix) (2) {chem} -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; (3) (abbreviation) (See 亜細亜・アジア) Asia; (4) (abbreviation) (See 亜爾然丁・アルゼンチン) Argentina; (5) (abbreviation) (See 亜剌比亜・アラビア) Arabia; (6) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (used in Meiji era, now replaced by 米) (See 亜米利加・アメリカ・1,米・べい) America; American person; (given name) Mitsuru |
佤 see styles |
wǎ wa3 wa |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
胡 see styles |
hú hu2 hu ko こ |
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2]) barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (surname) Fu How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go, hu. |
蕹 see styles |
wèng weng4 weng |
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia; Taiwan pr. [yong1] |
鯝 鲴 see styles |
gù gu4 ku |
Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia |
鰁 鳈 see styles |
quán quan2 ch`üan chüan |
fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) |
䲘 鳤 see styles |
guǎn guan3 kuan |
Ochetobius elongatus, species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia |
中亞 中亚 see styles |
zhōng yà zhong1 ya4 chung ya |
Central Asia |
亜大 see styles |
adai あだい |
(org) Asia University (abbreviation); (o) Asia University (abbreviation) |
亜州 see styles |
ashuu / ashu あしゅう |
(dated) Asia; (given name) Ashuu |
亜欧 see styles |
aou / ao あおう |
Asia and Europe; Eurasia |
亞太 亚太 see styles |
yà tài ya4 tai4 ya t`ai ya tai |
Asia-Pacific |
佛陀 see styles |
fó tuó fo2 tuo2 fo t`o fo to budda |
Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) v. 佛 There are numerous monks from India and Central Asia bearing this as part of their names. |
佤族 see styles |
wǎ zú wa3 zu2 wa tsu |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
北亞 北亚 see styles |
běi yà bei3 ya4 pei ya |
North Asia |
南亞 南亚 see styles |
nán yà nan2 ya4 nan ya |
southern Asia |
南方 see styles |
nán fāng nan2 fang1 nan fang nanpou / nanpo なんぽう |
south; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) the south; southward; southern direction; (2) countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate); (place-name) Minamigata The southern quarter; south. |
南洋 see styles |
nán yáng nan2 yang2 nan yang nanyou / nanyo なんよう |
Southeast Asia; South seas South Seas; (personal name) Minahiro |
南蛮 see styles |
nanban なんばん |
(1) (hist) (derogatory term) southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); (2) (hist) South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (3) (hist) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (prefix noun) (4) (hist) foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); (5) (See 唐辛子・1) chili pepper; (6) (abbreviation) {food} (See 南蛮煮・2) nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions; (7) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.) |
南詔 南诏 see styles |
nán zhào nan2 zhao4 nan chao |
Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia |
叻沙 see styles |
lè shā le4 sha1 le sha |
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia |
和僑 see styles |
wakyou / wakyo わきょう |
Japanese person living and working abroad (esp. in Asia as a business person) |
哈密 see styles |
hā mì ha1 mi4 ha mi Gōmitsu |
Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Hami, 'an ancient city and kingdom in Central Asia north-east of lake Lop in Lat. 43゜3 N., Long, 93°10 E.' Eitel. From Han to Tang times known as I-wu 伊吾, now called Kumul by Turki Mohammadans. For more than 1500 years, owing to its location and supply of water, Hami was a bridgehead for the expansion and control of the outposts of the Chinese empire in Central Asia. |
喇沙 see styles |
lǎ shā la3 sha1 la sha |
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大夏 see styles |
dà xià da4 xia4 ta hsia haruka はるか |
Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country (female given name) Haruka |
大宛 see styles |
dà yuān da4 yuan1 ta yüan |
ancient state of central Asia |
大陸 大陆 see styles |
dà lù da4 lu4 ta lu tairiku たいりく |
continent; mainland; CL:個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) continent; (2) continental Asia (esp. mainland China); (3) continental Europe; (female given name) Riku |
媽祖 妈祖 see styles |
mā zǔ ma1 zu3 ma tsu maso まそ |
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea) |
寒蟬 寒蝉 see styles |
hán chán han2 chan2 han ch`an han chan |
a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself); Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia See: 寒蝉 |
扶南 see styles |
fú nán fu2 nan2 fu nan funan ふなん |
Funan, ancient state in Southeast Asia (1st - 6th century) (personal name) Funan Funan |
杜嚕 杜噜 see styles |
dù lū du4 lu1 tu lu toro |
turuṣka olibanum, Indian incense, resin, gum used for incense. It is said to resemble peach resin and to grow in Aṭali. Its leaves resemble the pear's and produce pepper; it is said to flourish in the sands of Central Asia and its gum to flow out on to the sands. |
東亜 see styles |
harutsugu はるつぐ |
East Asia; the Orient; (given name) Harutsugu |
東震 东震 see styles |
dōng zhèn dong1 zhen4 tung chen tōshin |
East Asia |
極東 极东 see styles |
jí dōng ji2 dong1 chi tung kyokutou / kyokuto きょくとう |
the Far East; East Asia (noun - becomes adjective with の) Far East; (place-name) Kyokutou |
欧亜 see styles |
oua / oa おうあ |
Europe and Asia; (personal name) Oua |
歌台 see styles |
gē tái ge1 tai2 ko t`ai ko tai |
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2] in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia |
歐亞 欧亚 see styles |
ōu yà ou1 ya4 ou ya |
Europe and Asia; Eurasia |
法妙 see styles |
fǎ miào fa3 miao4 fa miao houmyou / homyo ほうみょう |
(surname) Houmyou Kashgar, "or (after the name of the capital) 疏勒. An ancient Buddhistic kingdom in Central Asia. The casia regis of the ancients." Eitel. |
泰東 泰东 see styles |
tài dōng tai4 dong1 t`ai tung tai tung |
the Far East; East Asia |
玄奘 see styles |
xuán zàng xuan2 zang4 hsüan tsang genjou / genjo げんじょう |
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 (given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664) Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year. |
瑤族 瑶族 see styles |
yáo zú yao2 zu2 yao tsu |
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia |
興亜 see styles |
koua / koa こうあ |
(hist) (sensitive word) (used during WWII) raising Asia; development of Asia; making Asia prosper; (surname) Kōa |
越國 越国 see styles |
yuè guó yue4 guo2 yüeh kuo |
Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods |
阿佤 see styles |
ā wǎ a1 wa3 a wa |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
阿媽 阿妈 see styles |
ā mā a1 ma1 a ma ama あま |
grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father (kana only) amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia) (por: ama) |
韃靼 鞑靼 see styles |
dá dá da2 da2 ta ta dattan だったん |
Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China); Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) (hist) Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China); (place-name) Tartary |
鮮卑 鲜卑 see styles |
xiān bēi xian1 bei1 hsien pei senpi せんぴ |
Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia) |
ＦＥＮ see styles |
efu ii enu; fen; efuiienu(sk) / efu i enu; fen; efuienu(sk) エフ・イー・エヌ; フェン; エフイーエヌ(sk) |
Far East Network (network of American military radio and television stations in East Asia) |
ＰＨＳ see styles |
pii eichi esu; pii ecchi esu(sk); piieichiesu(sk); piiecchiesu(sk) / pi echi esu; pi ecchi esu(sk); piechiesu(sk); piecchiesu(sk) ピー・エイチ・エス; ピー・エッチ・エス(sk); ピーエイチエス(sk); ピーエッチエス(sk) |
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia |
アジ研 see styles |
ajiken アジけん |
(org) (abbreviation) United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders; UNAFEI; (o) (abbreviation) United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders; UNAFEI |
エシア see styles |
eshia エシア |
(place-name) Asia |
エペソ see styles |
epeso エペソ |
(place-name) Ephesus (Asia Minor) |
五大陸 see styles |
gotairiku ごたいりく |
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America |
亞太區 亚太区 see styles |
yà tài qū ya4 tai4 qu1 ya t`ai ch`ü ya tai chü |
Asian area; the Far East; Asia Pacific region |
亞細亞 亚细亚 see styles |
yà xì yà ya4 xi4 ya4 ya hsi ya |
Asia |
亞非拉 亚非拉 see styles |
yà fēi lā ya4 fei1 la1 ya fei la |
Asia, Africa and Latin America |
伊犁河 see styles |
yī lí hé yi1 li2 he2 i li ho |
Ili River in central Asia |
佉盧文 佉卢文 see styles |
qū lú wén qu1 lu2 wen2 ch`ü lu wen chü lu wen |
Kharosomethingi (ancient language of central Asia) |
佧佤族 see styles |
kǎ wǎ zú ka3 wa3 zu2 k`a wa tsu ka wa tsu |
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia |
六大州 see styles |
rokudaishuu / rokudaishu ろくだいしゅう |
the six continents; Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia |
唐行き see styles |
karayuki からゆき |
(kana only) karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa) |
坎兒井 坎儿井 see styles |
kǎn r jǐng kan3 r5 jing3 k`an r ching kan r ching |
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) |
大中華 大中华 see styles |
dà zhōng huá da4 zhong1 hua2 ta chung hua |
Greater China; refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics); refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas |
大月氏 see styles |
dà yuè zhī da4 yue4 zhi1 ta yüeh chih |
the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty |
帕米爾 帕米尔 see styles |
pà mǐ ěr pa4 mi3 er3 p`a mi erh pa mi erh |
the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia |
斯坦因 see styles |
sī tǎn yīn si1 tan3 yin1 ssu t`an yin ssu tan yin |
Stein (name); Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia |
日本町 see styles |
nihonmachi にほんまち |
(See 日本人町) Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries) |
旧世界 see styles |
kyuusekai / kyusekai きゅうせかい |
(See 新世界・1) Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe) |
旧大陸 see styles |
kyuutairiku / kyutairiku きゅうたいりく |
(See 新大陸) Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe) |
月氏人 see styles |
yuè zhī rén yue4 zhi1 ren2 yüeh chih jen |
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia; same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人 |
東北亞 东北亚 see styles |
dōng běi yà dong1 bei3 ya4 tung pei ya |
Northeast Asia |
東南亜 see styles |
tounana / tonana とうなんあ |
Southeast Asia |
東南亞 东南亚 see styles |
dōng nán yà dong1 nan2 ya4 tung nan ya |
Southeast Asia |
柳江人 see styles |
ryuukoujin / ryukojin りゅうこうじん |
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia |
水蕹菜 see styles |
shuǐ wèng cài shui3 weng4 cai4 shui weng ts`ai shui weng tsai |
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia |
渡来人 see styles |
toraijin とらいじん |
(hist) Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE) |
瀾滄江 澜沧江 see styles |
lán cāng jiāng lan2 cang1 jiang1 lan ts`ang chiang lan tsang chiang |
Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia |
烏孫國 乌孙国 see styles |
wū sūn guó wu1 sun1 guo2 wu sun kuo |
Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) |
烏拉爾 乌拉尔 see styles |
wū lā ěr wu1 la1 er3 wu la erh |
the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia |
疏勒國 疏勒国 see styles |
shū lè guó shu1 le4 guo2 shu le kuo |
Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods |
白山宗 see styles |
bái shān zōng bai2 shan1 zong1 pai shan tsung |
Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia |
白山派 see styles |
bái shān pài bai2 shan1 pai4 pai shan p`ai pai shan pai |
Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia |
胡道人 see styles |
hú dào rén hu2 dao4 ren2 hu tao jen kodōjin |
Monks from Central Asia or India. |
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 |
茶矩磨 see styles |
chá jǔ mó cha2 ju3 mo2 ch`a chü mo cha chü mo chakuma |
Fragrant flowers, i.e. 鬱金 from Western or Central Asia for scenting wine, and for calling down the spirits. |
蒙巴頓 蒙巴顿 see styles |
méng bā dùn meng2 ba1 dun4 meng pa tun |
Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg); Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. |
西南亞 西南亚 see styles |
xī nán yà xi1 nan2 ya4 hsi nan ya |
southwest Asia |
西域記 西域记 see styles |
xī yù jì xi1 yu4 ji4 hsi yü chi Saiiki ki |
Report of the regions west of Great Tang; travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘 on his travels to Central Asia and India 大唐西域記; 西域傳 Records of Western countries, by the Tang dynasty pilgrim 玄奘 Xuanzang, in 12 juan A.D. 646-8. There was a previous 西域傳 by 彦琮 Yancong of the Sui dynasty. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "asia" 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.
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