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tiān
    tian1
t`ien
    tien
 ten
    てん

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Heaven
day; sky; heaven
(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi
Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright.

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    ji4
chi
 jaku; seki
    じゃく; せき

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Silent / Solitary
silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
(1) (entering into) nirvana; (suffix noun) (2) (used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time) died; (adj-t,adv-to) (3) (usu. せき) silent; tranquil; (female given name) Yoshika
praśama; vivikta; śānti. Still, silent, quiet, solitary, calm, tranquil, nirvāṇa.


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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

入定

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rù dìng
    ru4 ding4
ju ting
 nyuujou / nyujo
    にゅうじょう

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Zen Contemplation
(Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} (ant: 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (n,vs,vi) (2) death (of a high-ranking priest); (place-name) Nyūjō
To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意.

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.

死神

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sǐ shén
    si3 shen2
ssu shen
 shinigami
    しにがみ

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Grim Reaper / God of Death
mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die; (fig.) death
god of death; Death

無常


无常

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wú cháng
    wu2 chang2
wu ch`ang
    wu chang
 mujou / mujo
    むじょう

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Impermanence
variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
(n,adj-na,adj-no) {Buddh} (ant: 常住・2) uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
anitya. Impermanent; the first of the 三明 trividyā; that all things are impermanent, their birth, existence, change, and death never resting for a moment.

輪廻


轮廻

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lún huí
    lun2 hui2
lun hui
 rinne
    りんね

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Samsara / Endless Cycle of Rebirth
(1) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} being reborn; reincarnation; (female given name) Rinne
輪轉 saṃsāra, the turning of the wheel, to revolve, i.e. transmigration in the six ways, the wheel of transmigration; the round of existence.

尊厳死

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 songenshi
    そんげんし

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Death with Dignity
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)

五福臨門


五福临门

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wǔ fú lín mén
    wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
wu fu lin men

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Blessings on this Home
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

玉砕主義

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 gyokusaishugi
    ぎょくさいしゅぎ

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Honorable Death - No Surrender
the principle of honorable death and no surrender

生老病死

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shēng lǎo bìng sǐ
    sheng1 lao3 bing4 si3
sheng lao ping ssu
 shouroubyoushi / shorobyoshi
    しょうろうびょうし

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Birth Old-Age Sickness Death
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom); fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
(yoji) {Buddh} the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
Birth, age, sickness, death, the 四苦 four afflictions that are the lot of every man. The five are the above four and 苦 misery, or suffering.

白頭偕老


白头偕老

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bái tóu xié lǎo
    bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3
pai t`ou hsieh lao
    pai tou hsieh lao

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The White Hairs of Old Age
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part

輪廻転生

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 rinnetenshou; rinnetensei / rinnetensho; rinnetense
    りんねてんしょう; りんねてんせい

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Reincarnation / Life in Flux
(noun/participle) (yoji) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

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hōng
    hong1
hung
 kou / ko
    こう
death of a prince; swarming
death (of a nobleman, etc.)


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zhū
    zhu1
chu
 chuu / chu
    ちゅう
to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
death penalty

五七

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wǔ qī
    wu3 qi1
wu ch`i
    wu chi
 goshichi
    ごしち
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
(1) five and seven; (2) (abbreviation) (See 五七日) 35th day after a person's death

八苦

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bā kǔ
    ba1 ku3
pa k`u
    pa ku
 hakku
    はっく
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
{Buddh} the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
The eight distresses―birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas.

凍死


冻死

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dòng sǐ
    dong4 si3
tung ssu
 toushi / toshi
    とうし
to freeze to death; to die off in winter
(n,vs,vi) death from cold; freezing to death

危篤


危笃

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wēi dǔ
    wei1 du3
wei tu
 kitoku
    きとく
deathly ill
(noun - becomes adjective with の) critical condition; being on the verge of death

大辟

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dà pì
    da4 pi4
ta p`i
    ta pi
 taiheki
    たいへき
(literary) death sentence; decapitation
(archaism) severe punishment; death penalty

往生

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wǎng shēng
    wang3 sheng1
wang sheng
 oujou / ojo
    おうじょう
to be reborn; to live in paradise (Buddhism); to die; (after) one's death
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} passing on to the next life; (n,vs,vi) (2) death; (n,vs,vi) (3) giving up a struggle; submission; (n,vs,vi) (4) being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed; (5) (rare) (See 圧状・2) coercion
The future life, the life to which anyone is going; to go to be born in the Pure Land of Amitābha. (1) 往相囘向 To transfer one's merits to all beings that they may attain the Pure Land of Amitābha. (2) 還相囘向 Having been born in the Pure Land to return to mortality and by one's merits to bring mortals to the Pure Land.

忌日

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jì rì
    ji4 ri4
chi jih
 kinichi; kijitsu
    きにち; きじつ
anniversary of a death; inauspicious day
(1) (See 命日・めいにち) anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); (2) (See 七七日) 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
諱日 The tabu day, i.e. the anniversary of the death of a parent or prince, when all thoughts are directed to him, and other things avoided.

早逝

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zǎo shì
    zao3 shi4
tsao shih
 sousei / sose
    そうせい
early demise; untimely death
(noun/participle) dying young; early death

死亡

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sǐ wáng
    si3 wang2
ssu wang
 shibou / shibo
    しぼう
to die; death
(n,vs,vi) death; dying; mortality
Dead and gone (or lost).

死刑

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sǐ xíng
    si3 xing2
ssu hsing
 shikei / shike
    しけい
death penalty; capital punishment
death penalty; capital punishment; (female given name) Shikei

死別


死别

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sǐ bié
    si3 bie2
ssu pieh
 shibetsu
    しべつ
to be parted by death
(n,vs,vi) bereavement; separation by death; loss

死命

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sǐ mìng
    si3 ming4
ssu ming
 shimei / shime
    しめい
doom; death; desperately
fate; life or death

死因

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sǐ yīn
    si3 yin1
ssu yin
 shiin / shin
    しいん
cause of death
cause of death

死後


死后

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sǐ hòu
    si3 hou4
ssu hou
 shigo
    しご
after death; posomethingumous
(n,adv) after death
after death

死期

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sǐ qī
    si3 qi1
ssu ch`i
    ssu chi
 shiki
    しき
time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
time of death; one's final hour; one's end

死活

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sǐ huó
    si3 huo2
ssu huo
 shikatsu
    しかつ
life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
(noun - becomes adjective with の) life and death; life or death

死生

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sǐ shēng
    si3 sheng1
ssu sheng
 shisei; shishou / shise; shisho
    しせい; ししょう
life or death; critical (event)
(See 生死・1) life and death
Death and life, mortality, transmigration; v. 生死.

死罪

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sǐ zuì
    si3 zui4
ssu tsui
 shizai
    しざい
capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

永眠

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yǒng mián
    yong3 mian2
yung mien
 eimin / emin
    えいみん
eternal rest (i.e. death)
(n,vs,vi) (euph) eternal sleep; eternal rest; passing away; death

瀕死


濒死

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bīn sǐ
    bin1 si3
pin ssu
 hinshi
    ひんし
nearing death; on the point of demise; approaching extinction
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dying; (on the) verge of death

生死

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shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

生滅


生灭

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shēng miè
    sheng1 mie4
sheng mieh
 shoumetsu / shometsu
    しょうめつ
life and death
(n,vs,vi) birth and death
utpādanirodha. Birth and death, production and annihilation; all life, all phenomena, have birth and death, beginning and end; the 三論 Mādhyamika school deny this in the 實 absolute, but recognize it in the 假 relative.

臨死


临死

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lín sǐ
    lin2 si3
lin ssu
 rinshi
    りんし
facing death; at death's door
(noun - becomes adjective with の) near-death; close to death
to approache death

誅戮


诛戮

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zhū lù
    zhu1 lu4
chu lu
 chuuriku / churiku
    ちゅうりく
to put to death
(noun, transitive verb) putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty

非命

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fēi mìng
    fei1 ming4
fei ming
 himei / hime
    ひめい
unnatural death; violent death
unnatural or untimely death

餓死


饿死

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è sǐ
    e4 si3
o ssu
 gashi(p); gashin(ok)
    がし(P); がしん(ok)
to starve to death; to be very hungry
(n,vs,vi) (death from) starvation; starving to death

九死一生

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jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
    jiu3 si3 yi1 sheng1
chiu ssu i sheng
 kyuushiisshou / kyushissho
    きゅうしいっしょう
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
(yoji) narrow escape from the jaw of death

人身事故

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rén shēn shì gù
    ren2 shen1 shi4 gu4
jen shen shih ku
 jinshinjiko
    じんしんじこ
accident causing injury or death
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

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wáng
    wang2
wang
 bou / bo
    ぼう
to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
(n,n-suf) (1) (usu. after dates) (See 没・ぼつ・1) death; (prefix) (2) (usu. before names) (See 故・こ) the late; the deceased; (personal name) Suemaru
Gone, lost, dead, ruined; not.

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tsu
 sotsu
    そつ
soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess
(1) (hist) low-ranking soldier; (n-suf,n) (2) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・1) graduation; (n-suf,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・2) moving on (from); outgrowing (something); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 卒族) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (5) (abbreviation) (See 卒去) death (of a noble, etc.); (given name) Sosu
suddenly

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    ti4
t`i
    ti
 kussame
    くっさめ
    kushami
    くしゃみ
    kusame
    くさめ
sneeze
(kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

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    ti4
t`i
    ti
 kussame
    くっさめ
    kushami
    くしゃみ
    kusame
    くさめ
variant of 嚏[ti4]
(kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

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t`a
    ta
 tou / to
    とう
pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo); CL:座[zuo4]
(n,n-suf) (1) tower; steeple; spire; (2) (abbreviation) (original meaning) (See 卒塔婆・1,塔婆・1) stupa; pagoda; dagoba; (surname) Tousaki
stūpa; tope; a tumulus, or mound, for the bones, or remains of the dead, or for other sacred relics, especially of the Buddha, whether relics of the body or the mind, e.g. bones or scriptures. As the body is supposed to consist of 84,000 atoms, Aśoka is said to have built 84,000 stūpas to preserve relics of Śākyamuni. Pagodas, dagobas, or towers with an odd number of stories are used in China for the purpose of controlling the geomantic influences of a neighbourbood. Also 塔婆; 兜婆; 偸婆; 藪斗波; 窣堵波; 率都婆; 素覩波; 私鍮簸, etc. The stūpas erected over relics of the Buddha vary from the four at his birthplace, the scene of his enlightenment, of his first sermon, and of his death, to the 84,000 accredited to Aśoka.

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ch`i
    chi
 funato
    ふなと
variant of 歧[qi2]
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads; (surname) Funato

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bēng
    beng1
peng
 nadare
    なだれ
to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
(female given name) Nadare

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 tsuji
    つじ
lane; alley
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads; (personal name) Tsuji

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    ji4
chi
 ki
    き
to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up something
(1) mourning; mourning period; (suffix noun) (2) anniversary of one's death
Avoid, tabu, dread; hate, jealous.


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    bi4
pi
 teruo
    てるお
to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death
(personal name) Teruo

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yǒu
    you3
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
(1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi
bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence.

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    qi1
ch`i
    chi
 go
    ご
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
(1) time; moment; limit; (2) time of death; last moment; (3) (archaism) midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period; (surname) Ki
A set time; a limit of time; times, seasons; to expect.

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    si3
ssu
 shi
    し
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
(1) death; (2) {baseb} (an) out; (3) (hist) (See 五刑・2) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
maraṇa; 末刺諵; mṛta 母陀; to die, death; dead; also cyuti.

歿


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    mo4
mo
 botsu
    ぼつ
to end; to die
(n,n-suf) (1) discard; (2) death

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    ji2
chi
to put to death

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méi
    mei2
mei
 suehiro
    すえひろ
(n,n-suf) (1) discard; (2) death; (3) (abbreviation) rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); (prefix noun) (4) lacking; without; (personal name) Suehiro
sink


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yuān
    yuan1
yüan
 buchi
    ぶち
deep pool; deep; profound
(1) deep pool; deep water; abyss; (2) depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death); (surname) Buchi
abyss

see styles
 takafuchi
    たかふち
(1) deep pool; deep water; abyss; (2) depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death); (surname) Takafuchi

see styles
yuān
    yuan1
yüan
 buchi
    ぶち
variant of 淵|渊[yuan1]
(1) deep pool; deep water; abyss; (2) depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death); (surname) Buchi

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tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
 tan
    たん
deep pool; pond; pit (dialect); depression
(1) deep pool; deep water; abyss; (2) depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death); (given name) Tan
A deep, a pool.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 sou / so
    そう
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(1) aspect; appearance; look; (2) physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); (3) {gramm} aspect; (4) {physics;chem} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous); (given name) Tasuku
lakṣana 攞乞尖拏. Also, nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon 有爲法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are 生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

see styles
shuì
    shui4
shui
 sui
    ねむり
to sleep; to lie down
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death; (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death
śaya, asleep; sleep; śay, to sleep.

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xiáng
    xiang2
hsiang
 shou / sho
    しょう
auspicious; propitious
(1) omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; (2) (See 小祥,大祥) first two anniversaries of a person's death; (given name) Yoshimi
Felicitous.

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jìng
    jing4
ching
 kiwamu
    きわむ
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (given name) Kiwamu
finish


see styles
zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 owari
    おわり
end; finish
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (irregular okurigana usage) the end; (female given name) Owari
End, termination, final, utmost, death, the whole; opposite of 始.


see styles
jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
 kou / ko
    こう
to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
(hist) death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
Intertwine, twist, intermingle.

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    ku3
k`u
    ku
 ku
    く
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
(1) pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; (2) {Buddh} (See 八苦) duhkha (suffering)
duḥkha, 豆佉 bitterness; unhappiness, suffering, pain, distress, misery; difficulty. There are lists of two, three, four, five, eight, and ten categories; the two are internal, i. e. physical and mental, and external, i. e. attacks from without. The four are birth, growing old, illness, and death. The eight are these four along with the pain of parting from the loved, of meeting with the hated, of failure in one's aims, and that caused by the five skandhas; cf. 四諦.

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
 ku
    ちまた
thoroughfare
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads
A thoroughfare, a way, cf. 瞿 18.


see styles

    fu4
fu
 fu
    ふ
to report a bereavement; obituary
(See 訃報) news of someone's death


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zèng
    zeng4
tseng
 sō
to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
A present (at parting), a souvenir; posthumous honours; a title patent.

see styles
suì
    sui4
sui
 toguru
    とぐる
to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (personal name) Toguru
to achieve

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    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.

です

see styles
 desu
    デス
(1) death; (2) (colloquialism) (abbreviation) (See デスメタル) death metal; (personal name) Des

丁憂


丁忧

see styles
dīng yōu
    ding1 you1
ting yu
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

丁艱


丁艰

see styles
dīng jiān
    ding1 jian1
ting chien
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

七七

see styles
qī qī
    qi1 qi1
ch`i ch`i
    chi chi
 nana
    なな
(female given name) Nana
The period of forty-nine days after death, when masses are said every seventh day till the seventh seventh day.

万死

see styles
 banshi
    ばんし
certain death

三使

see styles
sān shǐ
    san1 shi3
san shih
 sanshi
The three (divine) messengers—birth, sickness, death; v. 使. Also 三天使 .

三句

see styles
sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanku
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence.

三有

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sān yǒu
    san1 you3
san yu
 san'u
The three kinds of bhava, or existence; idem 三界 q. v. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有 antara-bhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有爲法 The three active) functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance'; (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana.

三緣


三缘

see styles
sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanjin; sanshin
    さんじん; さんしん
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三餘


三余

see styles
sān yú
    san1 yu2
san yü
 sanyo
The three after death remainders, or continued mortal experiences, of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who mistakenly think they are going to 無餘涅槃final nirvāṇa, but will still find 煩惱餘 further passion and illusion, 業餘 further karma, and 果餘 continued rebirth, in realms beyond the 三界trailokya.

下品

see styles
xià pǐn
    xia4 pin3
hsia p`in
    hsia pin
 gehin
    げひん
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina
The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha.

不幸

see styles
bù xìng
    bu4 xing4
pu hsing
 fukou / fuko
    ふこう
misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; (2) death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

不空

see styles
bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

中夭

see styles
zhōng yāo
    zhong1 yao1
chung yao
 chuuyou / chuyo
    ちゅうよう
dying young
premature death

中有

see styles
zhōng yǒu
    zhong1 you3
chung yu
 chuuu / chuu
    ちゅうう
{Buddh} (See 中陰,四有) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
One of the 四有, i. e. the antarā-bhāva or intermediate state of existence between death and reincarnation; hence 中有之旅 is an unsettled being in search of a new habitat or reincarnation; v. 中陰.

中蘊


中蕴

see styles
zhōng yùn
    zhong1 yun4
chung yün
 chuuun / chuun
    ちゅううん
{Buddh} (See 中陰) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
intermediate aggregate

中陰


中阴

see styles
zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 chuuin / chuin
    ちゅういん
{Buddh} bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days); (place-name) Nakakage
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation, a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days, when the karma-body will certainly be reborn; v. 中有.

九死

see styles
 kyuushi / kyushi
    きゅうし
narrowly averting death

二死

see styles
èr sǐ
    er4 si3
erh ssu
 nishi
    にし
{baseb} two out; two down (and one to go)
two kinds of death

五刑

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

五官

see styles
wǔ guān
    wu3 guan1
wu kuan
 gokan
    ごかん
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
the five sense organs; (place-name) Gokan
The five controlling powers, v. 五大使, birth, old age, sickness, death, and the (imperial) magistrate.

五福

see styles
wǔ fú
    wu3 fu2
wu fu
 gofuku
    ごふく
(from the Book of Documents) the five blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death); (place-name, surname) Gofuku
five blessings

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