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Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
生命 see styles |
shēng mìng sheng1 ming4 sheng ming seimei / seme せいめい |
More info & calligraphy: Life Force(1) life; existence; (n,n-suf) (2) (See 役者生命) (one's) working life; career; (3) (occ. read いのち) life force; lifeblood; soul; essence |
河童 see styles |
hé tóng he2 tong2 ho t`ung ho tung kappa; kappa; kawappa(ok) かっぱ; カッパ; かわっぱ(ok) |
kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore (1) kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; (2) (かっぱ, カッパ only) (colloquialism) excellent swimmer; (3) (かっぱ, カッパ only) (colloquialism) (See 胡瓜) cucumber; (4) (かっぱ, カッパ only) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See かっぱ巻き) cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; (given name) Kadou |
生物 see styles |
shēng wù sheng1 wu4 sheng wu seibutsu / sebutsu せいぶつ |
organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) living thing; organism; creature; life; (2) (abbreviation) (See 生物学) biology |
寺 see styles |
sì si4 ssu tera てら |
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) temple (Buddhist); (personal name) Teraji vihāra, 毘訶羅 or 鼻訶羅; saṅghārāma 僧伽藍; an official hall, a temple, adopted by Buddhists for a monastery, many other names are given to it, e. g. 淨住; 法同舍; 出世舍; 精舍; 淸淨園; 金剛刹; 寂滅道場; 遠離處; 親近處 'A model vihāra ought to be built of red sandalwood, with 32 chambers, 8 tāla trees in height, with a garden, park and bathing tank attached; it ought to have promenades for peripatetic meditation and to be richly furnished with stores of clothes, food, bedsteads, mattresses, medicines and all creature comforts.' Eitel. |
犍 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien kon |
bullock; castrated bull; to castrate livestock A gelded bull, an ox; a creature half man, half leopard. |
蜮 see styles |
yù yu4 yü |
mythical creature; toad; worm |
食 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shoku(p); jiki(ok); shi(ok) しょく(P); じき(ok); し(ok) |
to feed (a person or animal) (1) food; foodstuff; (2) (しょく only) eating; appetite; (n,ctr) (3) (しょく only) meal; portion āhāra, 阿賀羅 food; to eat, feed. The rules are numerous, and seem to have changed; originally flesh food was not improper and vegetarianism was a later development; the early three rules in regard to 'clean' foods are that 'I shall not have seen the creature killed, nor heard it killed for me, nor have any doubt that it was killed for me'. The five 'unclean' foods are the above three, with creatures that have died a natural death; and creatures that have been killed by other creatures. The nine classes add to the five, creatures not killed for me; raw flesh, or creatures mauled by other creatures; things not seasonable or at the right time; things previously killed. The Laṅkavātāra Sutra and certain other sutras forbid all killed food. |
鵺 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh nue ぬえ |
a kind of bird similar to pheasant (1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) man of mystery; enigma; (female given name) Nue |
垢嘗 see styles |
akaname あかなめ |
akaname; Japanese creature said to lick filth in bathrooms |
孽畜 see styles |
niè chù nie4 chu4 nieh ch`u nieh chu |
evil creature (multipurpose curse); evil domestic animal |
孽障 see styles |
niè zhàng nie4 zhang4 nieh chang |
evil creature |
射影 see styles |
shè yǐng she4 ying3 she ying shaei / shae しゃえい |
(geometry) projection; (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill (noun, transitive verb) {math} projection |
巨獸 巨兽 see styles |
jù shòu ju4 shou4 chü shou |
giant creature; huge animal |
幻獣 see styles |
genjuu / genju げんじゅう |
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast |
彪子 see styles |
biāo zi biao1 zi5 piao tzu ayako あやこ |
a frolicsome creature (female given name) Ayako |
惡人 恶人 see styles |
è rén e4 ren2 o jen aku nin |
evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person evil person |
殺生 杀生 see styles |
shā shēng sha1 sheng1 sha sheng sesshou / sessho せっしょう |
to take the life of a living creature (noun/participle) (1) killing; destruction of life; (adjectival noun) (2) cruel; heartless; callous; brutal; (female given name) Setsuna To take life, kill the living, or any conscious being; the taking of human life offends against the major commands, of animal life against the less stringent commands. Suicide also leads to severe penalties. |
河伯 see styles |
hé bó he2 bo2 ho po kahaku かわのかみ |
name or river God associated with Yellow river river god; (1) kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); (2) river god river god |
河郎 see styles |
kawarou / kawaro かわろう |
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); (male given name) Kawarou |
海鰻 see styles |
umiunagi うみうなぎ |
(See 鰻) eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.) |
潑物 泼物 see styles |
pō wù po1 wu4 p`o wu po wu |
evil creature (curse word) |
生者 see styles |
shēng zhě sheng1 zhe3 sheng che namamono なまもの |
(archaism) immature person; person of low status creature |
生靈 生灵 see styles |
shēng líng sheng1 ling2 sheng ling seirei |
(literary) the people; living thing; creature The mind or intelligence of the living; a living intelligent being; a living soul. |
白澤 白泽 see styles |
bái zé bai2 ze2 pai tse shirosawa しろさわ |
Bai Ze or White Marsh, legendary creature of ancient China bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes); (surname) Shirosawa |
禽獸 禽兽 see styles |
qín shòu qin2 shou4 ch`in shou chin shou kinjū |
birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person) birds and beasts |
羊怪 see styles |
yáng guài yang2 guai4 yang kuai |
faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology |
蟲豸 虫豸 see styles |
chóng zhì chong2 zhi4 ch`ung chih chung chih |
insect or insect-like small creature (literary); base person (used as a curse word) |
青竜 see styles |
seiryuu / seryu せいりゅう |
(1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (surname, given name) Seiryū |
青龍 青龙 see styles |
qīng lóng qing1 long2 ch`ing lung ching lung seiryuu / seryu せいりゅう |
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dong1 fang1 Qing1 long2] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dong1 fang1 Cang1 long2]; (slang) man without pubic hair (1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (surname, given name) Seiryū |
饕餮 see styles |
tāo tiè tao1 tie4 t`ao t`ieh tao tieh toutetsu / totetsu とうてつ |
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet) (1) (hist) taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties); (2) (archaism) covetousness; greed; avarice intense desire |
オーク see styles |
ooku オーク |
orc (fictional humanoid creature); ork; (personal name) Oke; Alk |
き鳳文 see styles |
kihoumon / kihomon きほうもん |
(obscure) inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. |
三淨肉 三净肉 see styles |
sān jìng ròu san1 jing4 rou4 san ching jou san jōniku |
The three kinds of "clean" flesh—when a monk has not seen the creature killed, has not heard of its being killed for him, and has no doubt thereon. |
不疑殺 不疑杀 see styles |
bù yí shā bu4 yi2 sha1 pu i sha fu gisetsu |
Not in doubt that the creature has been killed to feed me, v. 不淨肉. |
九尾狐 see styles |
jiǔ wěi hú jiu3 wei3 hu2 chiu wei hu |
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) |
五妙欲 see styles |
wǔ miào yù wu3 miao4 yu4 wu miao yü go myōyoku |
The five creature desires stimulated by the objects of the five earthly senses. |
使い魔 see styles |
tsukaima つかいま |
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit |
創造物 see styles |
souzoubutsu / sozobutsu そうぞうぶつ |
creature; creation |
召喚獣 see styles |
shoukanjuu / shokanju しょうかんじゅう |
(manga slang) summoned creature; summoned beast |
可憐蟲 可怜虫 see styles |
kě lián chóng ke3 lian2 chong2 k`o lien ch`ung ko lien chung |
pitiful creature; wretch |
吸魂鬼 see styles |
kyuukonki / kyukonki きゅうこんき |
(personal name) dementor (creature from the Harry Potter series) |
川太郎 see styles |
gawatarou / gawataro がわたろう gatarou / gataro がたろう gaataro / gataro がたろ kawatarou / kawataro があたろ |
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature) |
槌の子 see styles |
tsuchinoko; tsuchinoko つちのこ; ツチノコ |
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection |
河太郎 see styles |
gatarou / gataro がたろう |
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); (male given name) Gatarō |
被造物 see styles |
hizoubutsu / hizobutsu ひぞうぶつ |
something created (e.g. by the gods); creature |
送り犬 see styles |
okuriinu / okurinu おくりいぬ |
dog apparition; fantastic dog-like creature |
饕餮文 see styles |
toutetsumon / totetsumon とうてつもん |
(hist) tao-tie engraving; figure of a creature of Chinese mythology engraved on bronze ware during the Yin-Chou dynasty |
鳥鼠僧 鸟鼠僧 see styles |
niǎo shǔ sēng niao3 shu3 seng1 niao shu seng |
A 'bat monk', i. e. one who breaks the commandments, with the elusiveness of a creature that is partly bird and partly mouse; also who chatters without meaning like the twittering of birds or the squeaking of rats. |
Variations: |
nue ぬえ |
(1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) (See トラツグミ) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) mysterious person; person of unknown character; enigma |
ツチノコ see styles |
tsuchinoko ツチノコ |
mythical snake-like creature; tsuchinoko |
人間同士 see styles |
ningendoushi / ningendoshi にんげんどうし |
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures |
兩性動物 两性动物 see styles |
liǎng xìng dòng wù liang3 xing4 dong4 wu4 liang hsing tung wu |
hermaphrodite creature |
妖怪変化 see styles |
youkaihenge / yokaihenge ようかいへんげ |
(yoji) monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror |
無齒大蟲 无齿大虫 see styles |
wú chǐ dà chóng wu2 chi3 da4 chong2 wu ch`ih ta ch`ung wu chih ta chung mushi daijū |
A toothless great creature, i.e. a toothless tiger. |
編み包み see styles |
amigurumi あみぐるみ |
knitted or crocheted small stuffed animal or anthropomorphic creature; knitted stuffed toy |
クリーパー see styles |
kuriipaa / kuripa クリーパー |
(1) creeper (child not yet walking); (2) creeper (bed used for automobile repairs); (personal name) creeper (creature in Minecraft) |
意気地なし see styles |
ikujinashi いくじなし |
coward; timid creature |
意気地無し see styles |
ikujinashi いくじなし |
coward; timid creature |
Variations: |
kahaku; kawarou(河郎) / kahaku; kawaro(河郎) かはく; かわろう(河郎) |
(1) (See 河童・1) kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature); (2) (河伯 only) river god |
Variations: |
seiryou; shouryou; seiryuu / seryo; shoryo; seryu せいりょう; しょうりょう; せいりゅう |
(1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) (See 四神) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) |
クリーチャー see styles |
kuriichaa / kuricha クリーチャー |
creature; (personal name) Kreacher |
マーライオン see styles |
maaraion / maraion マーライオン |
Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish; (personal name) Merlion |
ニューネッシー see styles |
nyuunesshii / nyunesshi ニューネッシー |
"New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977) |
Variations: |
kihoumon / kihomon きほうもん |
(rare) (See 文様) inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware |
槌の子(rK) see styles |
tsuchinoko; tsuchinoko つちのこ; ツチノコ |
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection |
Variations: |
kawatarou; gawatarou; gatarou; gaataro(ok); gataro(ok) / kawataro; gawataro; gataro; gataro(ok); gataro(ok) かわたろう; がわたろう; がたろう; があたろ(ok); がたろ(ok) |
(See 河童・1) kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature) |
ニュー・ネッシー see styles |
nyuu nesshii / nyu nesshi ニュー・ネッシー |
"New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977) |
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karyoubinga / karyobinga かりょうびんが |
(1) {Buddh} kalavinka (san:); imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes; (2) (idiom) person or creature with a beautiful voice |
Variations: |
ikimono いきもの |
living thing; living creature; animal; life |
Variations: |
nyuunesshii; nyuu nesshii / nyunesshi; nyu nesshi ニューネッシー; ニュー・ネッシー |
"New Nessie" (unidentified sea creature discovered by Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru in 1977) |
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kuriichaadezain; kuriichaa dezain / kurichadezain; kuricha dezain クリーチャーデザイン; クリーチャー・デザイン |
creature design; character design of non-human characters |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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