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死者数

see styles
 shishasuu / shishasu
    ししゃすう
death toll; number of deaths; body count

死隨念


死随念

see styles
sǐ suí niàn
    si3 sui2 nian4
ssu sui nien
 shizuinen
recollection of death

決死行

see styles
 kesshikou / kesshiko
    けっしこう
taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die

沒生死


没生死

see styles
mò shēng sǐ
    mo4 sheng1 si3
mo sheng ssu
 motsu shōji
submersed in birth and death

法比量

see styles
fǎ bǐ liáng
    fa3 bi3 liang2
fa pi liang
 hō hiryō
Inferring one thing from another, as from birth deducing death, etc.

波濕縛


波湿缚

see styles
bō shī fú
    bo1 shi1 fu2
po shih fu
 Hashibaku
(波栗濕縛); 波奢 pārśva, the ribs. Pārśva, the tenth patriarch, previously a Brahman of Gandhāra, who took a vow not to lie down until he had mastered the meaning of the Tripiṭaka, cut off all desire in the realms of sense, form and non-form, and obtained the six supernatural powers and eight pāramitās. This he accomplished after three years. His death is put at 36 B. C. His name is tr. as 脇尊者 his Worship of the Ribs.

涅哩底

see styles
niè lī dǐ
    nie4 li1 di3
nieh li ti
 Neritei
nirṛti, destruction, the goddess of death and corruption regent of the south-west.

涅槃会

see styles
 nehane
    ねはんえ
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

涅槃忌

see styles
niè pán jì
    nie4 pan2 ji4
nieh p`an chi
    nieh pan chi
 nehan ki
涅槃會The Nirvāṇa assembly, 2nd moon 15th day, on the anniversary of the Buddha's death.

涅槃相

see styles
niè pán xiàng
    nie4 pan2 xiang4
nieh p`an hsiang
    nieh pan hsiang
 nehan sō
The 8th sign of the Buddha, his entry into nirvāṇa, i.e. his death, after delivering 'in one day and night' the 大般涅槃經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra.

涅槃雪

see styles
 nehanyuki
    ねはんゆき
(See 雪の果て・ゆきのはて) last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death

湘妃竹

see styles
xiāng fēi zhú
    xiang1 fei1 zhu2
hsiang fei chu
same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death

火炙り

see styles
 hiaburi
    ひあぶり
burning at the stake; burning to death

火焙り

see styles
 hiaburi
    ひあぶり
burning at the stake; burning to death

火結神

see styles
 homusubinokami
    ほむすびのかみ
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

点鬼簿

see styles
 tenkibo
    てんきぼ
(See 過去帳) death register; necrology

無死畏


无死畏

see styles
wú sǐ wèi
    wu2 si3 wei4
wu ssu wei
 mu shii
no fear of death

無縁塚

see styles
 muenzuka
    むえんづか
tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

無縁墓

see styles
 muenbaka
    むえんばか
tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

熱的死

see styles
 netsutekishi
    ねつてきし
heat death (i.e. of the universe)

牛割き

see styles
 ushizaki
    うしざき
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

牛裂き

see styles
 ushizaki
    うしざき
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

犯罪死

see styles
 hanzaishi
    はんざいし
(See 非犯罪死) wrongful death; death caused by violent crime

献花台

see styles
 kenkadai
    けんかだい
table for memorial flowers; table for laying flowers (after someone's death)

生と死

see styles
 seitoshi / setoshi
    せいとし
(exp,n) life and death

生住滅


生住灭

see styles
shēng zhù miè
    sheng1 zhu4 mie4
sheng chu mieh
 shō jū metsu
birth, existence, death.

生卒年

see styles
shēng zú nián
    sheng1 zu2 nian2
sheng tsu nien
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)

生命刑

see styles
 seimeikei / semeke
    せいめいけい
(See 死刑) death penalty

生命線


生命线

see styles
shēng mìng xiàn
    sheng1 ming4 xian4
sheng ming hsien
 seimeisen / semesen
    せいめいせん
lifeline
(1) lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; (2) life line (in palm reading)

生死園


生死园

see styles
shēng sǐ yuán
    sheng1 si3 yuan2
sheng ssu yüan
 shōji en
The garden of life-and-death. This mortal world in which the unenlightened find their satisfaction.

生死岸

see styles
shēng sǐ àn
    sheng1 si3 an4
sheng ssu an
 shōji gan
The shore of mortal life; as生死流 is its flow; 生死泥 its quagmire; 生死淵 its abyss; 生死野 its wilderness; 生死雲 its envelopment in cloud.

生死流

see styles
shēng sǐ liú
    sheng1 si3 liu2
sheng ssu liu
 shōji no nagare
current of birth and death

生死観

see styles
 seishikan / seshikan
    せいしかん
one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

生死輪


生死轮

see styles
shēng sǐ lún
    sheng1 si3 lun2
sheng ssu lun
 shōjirin
The wheel of births-and-deaths, the round of mortality.

生死門


生死门

see styles
shēng sǐ mén
    sheng1 si3 men2
sheng ssu men
 shōji mon
the gate of birth and death

生死際


生死际

see styles
shēng sǐ jì
    sheng1 si3 ji4
sheng ssu chi
 shōji sai
The region of births-and-deaths, as compared with that of nirvana.

生死雲


生死云

see styles
shēng sǐ yún
    sheng1 si3 yun2
sheng ssu yün
 shōji un
clouds of birth and death

生歿年

see styles
 seibotsunen / sebotsunen
    せいぼつねん
years of (someone's) birth and death

生没年

see styles
 seibotsunen / sebotsunen
    せいぼつねん
years of (someone's) birth and death

異状死

see styles
 ijoushi / ijoshi
    いじょうし
(See 自然死) unnatural death

疫病神

see styles
 yakubyougami; ekibyougami(ik) / yakubyogami; ekibyogami(ik)
    やくびょうがみ; えきびょうがみ(ik)
(1) god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; (2) (derogatory term) jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death

直接死

see styles
 chokusetsushi
    ちょくせつし
direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.

相続税

see styles
 souzokuzei / sozokuze
    そうぞくぜい
inheritance tax; death duty

神の死

see styles
 kaminoshi
    かみのし
(exp,n) {phil} death of God

突然死

see styles
 totsuzenshi
    とつぜんし
{med} sudden death; unexpected death

窒息死

see styles
 chissokushi
    ちっそくし
(noun/participle) death by suffocation; death by choking

精霊会

see styles
 shouryoue / shoryoe
    しょうりょうえ
(1) Bon Festival; (2) Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)

細四相


细四相

see styles
xì sì xiàng
    xi4 si4 xiang4
hsi ssu hsiang
 saishi no sō
The four states of 生住異滅 birth, abiding, change, extinction, e.g. birth, life, decay, death.

細胞死

see styles
 saiboushi / saiboshi
    さいぼうし
{biol} cell death

絞殺す

see styles
 shimekorosu
    しめころす
(transitive verb) to strangle to death

絞首刑

see styles
 koushukei / koshuke
    こうしゅけい
death by hanging; execution by hanging

縛り首

see styles
 shibarikubi
    しばりくび
(death by) hanging

老病死

see styles
lǎo bìng sǐ
    lao3 bing4 si3
lao ping ssu
 rō byō shi
aging, sickness, and death

聖霊会

see styles
 shouryoue / shoryoe
    しょうりょうえ
(1) Bon Festival; (2) Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)

腦死亡


脑死亡

see styles
nǎo sǐ wáng
    nao3 si3 wang2
nao ssu wang
brain death

腹上死

see styles
 fukujoushi / fukujoshi
    ふくじょうし
death during sexual intercourse

臨終時


临终时

see styles
lín zhōng shí
    lin2 zhong1 shi2
lin chung shih
 rinshū ji
time of the approach of death

自爆霊

see styles
 jibakurei / jibakure
    じばくれい
(irregular kanji usage) ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)

自縛霊

see styles
 jibakurei / jibakure
    じばくれい
(irregular kanji usage) ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)

般涅槃

see styles
bān niè pán
    ban1 nie4 pan2
pan nieh p`an
    pan nieh pan
 hatsunehan
    はつねはん
{Buddh} parinirvana; final release from the cycle of karma and rebirth
(般涅槃那) parinirvāṇa; 'quite extinguished, quite brought to an end; the final extinction of the individual.' M. W. The death of the Buddha. Nirvana may be attained in this life, parinirvāṇa after it; for the meaning of 'extinction' v. 涅槃. It may also correspond to the suppression of all mental activity. It is also the second of the three grades of nirvana, parinirvāṇa, and mahānirvāṇa, which are later developments and have association with the ideas of Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, and Mahāyāna, or the small, middle, and great vehicles; also with the three grades of bodhi which these three vehicles represent; and the three classes of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Other forms are:般利涅槃那; 波利涅槃那; 般尼洹.

若死に

see styles
 wakajini
    わかじに
(n,vs,vi) early death; premature death; dying young

薑子牙


姜子牙

see styles
jiāng zǐ yá
    jiang1 zi3 ya2
chiang tzu ya
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

虐待死

see styles
 gyakutaishi
    ぎゃくたいし
(noun/participle) death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death

虫の息

see styles
 mushinoiki
    むしのいき
(exp,n) (idiom) dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door

術中死

see styles
 jucchuushi / jucchushi
    じゅっちゅうし
death during surgery; intra-operative death; operational death

衰弱死

see styles
 suijakushi
    すいじゃくし
(noun/participle) death from prostration; death from emaciation

被自殺


被自杀

see styles
bèi zì shā
    bei4 zi4 sha1
pei tzu sha
a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities

誅する

see styles
 chuusuru / chusuru
    ちゅうする
(vs-s,vt) (form) to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.); to punish someone with death

趙紫陽


赵紫阳

see styles
zhào zǐ yáng
    zhao4 zi3 yang2
chao tzu yang
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

跋難陀


跋难陀

see styles
bán án tuó
    ban2 an2 tuo2
pan an t`o
    pan an to
 Batsunanda
Upananda, a disciple who rejoiced over the Buddha's death because it freed the disciples from restraint. A nāga king.

踏殺す

see styles
 fumikorosu
    ふみころす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to trample to death; to kill underfoot

転落死

see styles
 tenrakushi
    てんらくし
(n,vs,vi) falling to one's death; death from a fall

追い腹

see styles
 oibara
    おいばら
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

過労死

see styles
 karoushi / karoshi
    かろうし
(n,vs,vi) karoshi; death from overwork

過勞死


过劳死

see styles
guò láo sǐ
    guo4 lao2 si3
kuo lao ssu
karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork

過去帳

see styles
 kakochou / kakocho
    かこちょう
(family) death register

達磨忌


达磨忌

see styles
dá mó jì
    da2 mo2 ji4
ta mo chi
 darumaki
    だるまき
ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)
The anniversary of Bodhidharma's death, fifth of the tenth month.

遭難死

see styles
 sounanshi / sonanshi
    そうなんし
(noun/participle) accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

遺留品

see styles
 iryuuhin / iryuhin
    いりゅうひん
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)

遺留物

see styles
 iryuubutsu / iryubutsu
    いりゅうぶつ
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.); specimens

釜煎り

see styles
 kamairi
    かまいり
boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

釜熬り

see styles
 kamairi
    かまいり
boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

釜茹で

see styles
 kamayude; kamaude(ok)
    かまゆで; かまうで(ok)
(1) boiling in an iron pot; (2) boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

鋸引き

see styles
 nokogiribiki
    のこぎりびき
(1) sawing; (2) death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)

鋸挽き

see styles
 nokogiribiki
    のこぎりびき
(1) sawing; (2) death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)

間期死

see styles
 kankishi
    かんきし
interphase death

関連死

see styles
 kanrenshi
    かんれんし
(n,n-suf) related death; death indirectly caused (by an accident, disease, etc.)

阿難陀


阿难陀

see styles
ē nán tuó
    e1 nan2 tuo2
o nan t`o
    o nan to
 ananda
    あなんだ
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
(person) Ananda (disciple of Gautama Buddha)
Ānanda, 阿難; intp. by 歡喜 Joy; son of Droṇodana-rāja, and younger brother of Devadatta; he was noted as the most learned disciple of Buddha and famed for hearing and remembering his teaching, hence is styled 多聞; after the Buddha's death he is said to have compiled the sutras in the Vaibhāra cave, v. 畢, where the disciples were assembled in Magadha. He is reckoned as the second patriarch. Ānandabhadra and Ānandasāgara are generally given as two other Ānandas, but this is uncertain.

難度海


难度海

see styles
nán dù hǎi
    nan2 du4 hai3
nan tu hai
 nando kai
The ocean hard to cross, the sea of life and death, or mortality.

頞悉多

see styles
è xī duō
    e4 xi1 duo1
o hsi to
Asta, the western hill behind which the sun sets, sunset, death, home.

飛縁魔

see styles
 hinoenma
    ひのえんま
{jpmyth} yōkai appearing as a beautiful woman who seduces men leading them to ruin and ultimately death

飢え死

see styles
 katsuejini
    かつえじに
    uejini
    うえじに
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (sensitive word) (death from) starvation; starving to death

飢死に

see styles
 katsuejini
    かつえじに
    uejini
    うえじに
(noun/participle) (sensitive word) (death from) starvation; starving to death

馬上風


马上风

see styles
mǎ shàng fēng
    ma3 shang4 feng1
ma shang feng
death during sexual intercourse

驟死式


骤死式

see styles
zhòu sǐ shì
    zhou4 si3 shi4
chou ssu shih
sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)

骷髏頭


骷髅头

see styles
kū lóu tóu
    ku1 lou2 tou2
k`u lou t`ou
    ku lou tou
a death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull

黃石公


黄石公

see styles
huáng shí gōng
    huang2 shi2 gong1
huang shih kung
Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公[Xia4 Huang2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author

黑死病

see styles
hēi sǐ bìng
    hei1 si3 bing4
hei ssu ping
bubonic plague; Black Death

黒死病

see styles
 kokushibyou / kokushibyo
    こくしびょう
(See ペスト) plague; Black Death

龜藏六


龟藏六

see styles
guī zàng liù
    gui1 zang4 liu4
kuei tsang liu
The parable of the tortoise and the jackal, the tortoise hiding its six vulnerable parts, symbolizing the six senses, the jackal wailing and starving to death.

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