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法依

see styles
fǎ yī
    fa3 yi1
fa i
 hōe
relying on the dharma

法侶


法侣

see styles
fǎ lǚ
    fa3 lv3
fa lü
 hōryo
A companion of the Dharma, a disciple.

法兄

see styles
fǎ xiōng
    fa3 xiong1
fa hsiung
 hō kei
[elder] dharma brother

法光

see styles
fǎ guāng
    fa3 guang1
fa kuang
 houmitsu / homitsu
    ほうみつ
(surname) Houmitsu
light of the dharma

法公

see styles
fǎ gōng
    fa3 gong1
fa kung
 hōkō
Signior of the Law, a courtesy title of any monk.

法具

see styles
fǎ jù
    fa3 ju4
fa chü
 hougu / hogu
    ほうぐ
{Buddh} ritual implements
dharma implements

法劍


法剑

see styles
fǎ jiàn
    fa3 jian4
fa chien
 hōken
The sword of Buddha-truth, able to cut off the functioning of illusion.

法化

see styles
fǎ huà
    fa3 hua4
fa hua
 hōke
Transformation by Buddha-truth; teaching in or by it.

法匠

see styles
fǎ jiàng
    fa3 jiang4
fa chiang
 hōshō
Dharma workman, a teacher able to mould his pupils.

法印

see styles
fǎ yìn
    fa3 yin4
fa yin
 houin / hoin
    ほういん
(1) {Buddh} highest rank among priests; (2) {Buddh} mountain ascetic monk; (3) {Buddh} signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; (4) title given to a great physician or painter; (personal name) Houin
The seal of Buddha-truth, expressing its reality and immutability, also its universality and its authentic transmission from one Buddha or patriarch to another.

法卷

see styles
fǎ juǎn
    fa3 juan3
fa chüan
 hōkan
dharma-scrolls

法友

see styles
fǎ yǒu
    fa3 you3
fa yu
 noritomo
    のりとも
(given name) Noritomo
dharma friend

法名

see styles
fǎ míng
    fa3 ming2
fa ming
 houmyou / homyo
    ほうみょう
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4]
(1) {Buddh} Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); (2) {Buddh} posthumous Buddhist name; (surname) Houmyou
A monk's name, given to him on ordination, a term chiefly used by the 眞 Shin sect, 戒名 being the usual term.

法味

see styles
fǎ wèi
    fa3 wei4
fa wei
 houmi / homi
    ほうみ
(place-name) Houmi
The taste or flavour of the dharma.

法命

see styles
fǎ mìng
    fa3 ming4
fa ming
 hō myō
The wisdom-life of the dharmakāya, intp. as 法身慧命. The age or lifetime of a monk.

法喜

see styles
fǎ xǐ
    fa3 xi3
fa hsi
 houki / hoki
    ほうき
(surname) Houki
Joy in the Law, the joy of hearing or tasting dharma. Name of Dharmanandi, v. 曇.

法嗣

see styles
fǎ sì
    fa3 si4
fa ssu
 houshi / hoshi
    ほうし
(personal name) Houshi
dharma heir

法器

see styles
fǎ qì
    fa3 qi4
fa ch`i
    fa chi
 hōki
Implements used in worship; one who obeys the Buddha; a vessel of the Law.

法城

see styles
fǎ chéng
    fa3 cheng2
fa ch`eng
    fa cheng
 houjou / hojo
    ほうじょう
(given name) Hōjō
Dharma as a citadel against the false; the secure nirvāṇa abode; the sūtras as the guardians of truth.

法域

see styles
fǎ yù
    fa3 yu4
fa yü
 houiki / hoiki
    ほういき
jurisdiction
The realm of dharma, nirvāṇa; also 法性土.

法堂

see styles
fǎ táng
    fa3 tang2
fa t`ang
    fa tang
 hattou; houdou / hatto; hodo
    はっとう; ほうどう
{Buddh} lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen); (surname) Houdou
The chief temple, so called by the Chan (Zen) sect; amongst others it is 講堂 preaching hall.

法報


法报

see styles
fǎ bào
    fa3 bao4
fa pao
 hoppō
dharma and reward

法壽


法寿

see styles
fǎ shòu
    fa3 shou4
fa shou
 hōju
dharma age

法夏

see styles
fǎ xià
    fa3 xia4
fa hsia
 hōge
Dharma summers, the years or age of a monk; v. 法臘.

法子

see styles
fǎ zi
    fa3 zi5
fa tzu
 houko / hoko
    ほうこ
way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
(female given name) Houko
Child of the Dharma, one who makes his living by following Buddhism.

法孫


法孙

see styles
fǎ sūn
    fa3 sun1
fa sun
 hōson
dharma-grandson

法宇

see styles
fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 houu / hou
    ほうう
(See 寺・てら) temple (Buddhist)
Dharma roof, or canopy, a monastery.

法定

see styles
fǎ dìng
    fa3 ding4
fa ting
 houtei / hote
    ほうてい
statutory; law-based; legal
(noun - becomes adjective with の) legal; designated by law; (surname) Hōjō
One of the twelve names for the Dharma-nature, implying that it is the basis of all phenomena.

法寶


法宝

see styles
fǎ bǎo
    fa3 bao3
fa pao
 houbou / hobo
    ほうぼう
Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand
(personal name) Houbou
Dharmaratna. (1) Dharma-treasure, i. e. the Law or Buddha-truth, the second personification in the triratna 三寶. (2) The personal articles of a monk or nun— robe, almsbowl, etc.

法將


法将

see styles
fǎ jiàng
    fa3 jiang4
fa chiang
 hōshō
Dharma-generals, i.e. monks of high character and leadership.

法尊

see styles
fǎ zūn
    fa3 zun1
fa tsun
 hōson
the highest most sublime Dharma

法山

see styles
fǎ shān
    fa3 shan1
fa shan
 houyama / hoyama
    ほうやま
(surname) Houyama
Buddha-truth mountain, i. e. the exalted dharma.

法帝

see styles
fǎ dì
    fa3 di4
fa ti
 hottei
Dharma emperor, i. e. the Buddha.

法師


法师

see styles
fǎ shī
    fa3 shi1
fa shih
 houshi(p); hosshi(ok) / hoshi(p); hosshi(ok)
    ほうし(P); ほっし(ok)
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
(1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) layman dressed like a priest; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. pronounced ぼうし) person; (surname, given name) Houshi
A Buddhist teacher, master of the Law; five kinds are given— a custodian (of the sūtras), reader, intoner, expounder, and copier.

法席

see styles
fǎ xí
    fa3 xi2
fa hsi
 hōseki
dharma seat

法幢

see styles
fǎ chuáng
    fa3 chuang2
fa ch`uang
    fa chuang
 hōdō
The standard of Buddha-truth as an emblem of power over the hosts of Māra.

法床

see styles
fǎ chuáng
    fa3 chuang2
fa ch`uang
    fa chuang
 hōshō
the Dharma-seat

法座

see styles
fǎ zuò
    fa3 zuo4
fa tso
 houza / hoza
    ほうざ
(1) dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); (2) Buddhist religious service
Dharma-seat

法忍

see styles
fǎ rěn
    fa3 ren3
fa jen
 hounin / honin
    ほうにん
(surname, given name) Hounin
Patience attained through dharma, to the overcoming of illusion; also ability to bear patiently external hardships.

法性

see styles
fǎ xìng
    fa3 xing4
fa hsing
 hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho
    ほっしょう; ほうしょう
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou
dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

法恩

see styles
fǎ ēn
    fa3 en1
fa en
 Hōon
Dharma-grace, i. e. the grace of the triratna.

法悅


法悦

see styles
fǎ yuè
    fa3 yue4
fa yüeh
 hōetsu
Joy from hearing end meditating on the Law.

法想

see styles
fǎ xiǎng
    fa3 xiang3
fa hsiang
 hōsō
thoughts on the dharma

法愛


法爱

see styles
fǎ ài
    fa3 ai4
fa ai
 noa
    のあ
(female given name) Noa
Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation.

法慢

see styles
fǎ màn
    fa3 man4
fa man
 hōman
pride in the dharma

法慳


法悭

see styles
fǎ qiān
    fa3 qian1
fa ch`ien
    fa chien
 hōken
Meanness in offering Buddha-truth, avariciously holding on to it for oneself.

法戰


法战

see styles
fǎ zhàn
    fa3 zhan4
fa chan
 hōsen
dharma combat

法文

see styles
fǎ wén
    fa3 wen2
fa wen
 houbun / hobun
    ほうぶん
French language
text of the law; (personal name) Norifumi
The literature of Buddhism.

法施

see styles
fǎ shī
    fa3 shi1
fa shih
 hosse
The almsgiving of the Buddha-truth, i. e. its preaching or explanation; also 法布施.

法明

see styles
fǎ míng
    fa3 ming2
fa ming
 noriaki
    のりあき
(given name) Noriaki
Dharmaprabhāsa, brightness of the law, a Buddha who will appear in our universe in the Ratnāvabhāsa-kalpa in a realm called Suviśuddha 善淨, when there will be no sexual difference, birth taking place by transformation.

法智

see styles
fǎ zhì
    fa3 zhi4
fa chih
 hōchi
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things.

法服

see styles
fǎ fú
    fa3 fu2
fa fu
 houfuku / hofuku
    ほうふく
see 法衣[fa3 yi1]
(1) court dress; judge's robe; judge's gown; lawyer's robe; barrister's gown; (2) clerical robe; priest's robe; monastic robe
法衣 Dharma garment, the robe.

法本

see styles
fǎ běn
    fa3 ben3
fa pen
 norimoto
    のりもと
(surname) Norimoto
The root or essence of all things, the bhūtatathatā.

法果

see styles
fǎ guǒ
    fa3 guo3
fa kuo
 hōka
the fruit of the dharma

法樂


法乐

see styles
fǎ lè
    fa3 le4
fa le
 hōraku
Religious joy, in contrast with the joy of common desire; that of hearing the dharma, worshipping Buddha, laying up merit, making offerings, repeating sūtras, etc.

法樹


法树

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 noriki
    のりき
(given name) Noriki
The dharma-tree which bears nirvāṇa-fruit.

法橋


法桥

see styles
fǎ qiáo
    fa3 qiao2
fa ch`iao
    fa chiao
 hotsukiyou / hotsukiyo
    ほつきよう
(surname) Hotsukiyou
The bridge of Buddha-truth, which is able to carry all across to nirvāṇa.

法水

see styles
fǎ shuǐ
    fa3 shui3
fa shui
 housui / hosui
    ほうすい
(given name) Housui
Buddha-truth likened to water able to wash away the stains of illusion; 法河 to a deep river; 法海 to a vast deep ocean.

法法

see styles
fǎ fǎ
    fa3 fa3
fa fa
 hoppō
dharma and dharma

法流

see styles
fǎ liú
    fa3 liu2
fa liu
 houryuu / horyu
    ほうりゅう
(given name) Houryū
flow of the dharma

法海

see styles
fǎ hǎi
    fa3 hai3
fa hai
 norimi
    のりみ
Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
(given name) Norimi
dharma-sea

法涌

see styles
fǎ yǒng
    fa3 yong3
fa yung
 hōyō
welling-up of the dharma

法源

see styles
fǎ yuán
    fa3 yuan2
fa yüan
 hougen / hogen
    ほうげん
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism); source of the law
(a) source of law; (given name) Hougen

法滅


法灭

see styles
fǎ miè
    fa3 mie4
fa mieh
 hōmetsu
The extinction of the Law, or Buddhism, after the third of the three stages 正像末.

法照

see styles
fǎ zhào
    fa3 zhao4
fa chao
 hosshou / hossho
    ほっしょう
(personal name) Hosshou
Dharma-shining; name of the fourth patriarch of the 蓮宗 Lotus sect.

法燈


法灯

see styles
fǎ dēng
    fa3 deng1
fa teng
 hottō
The lamp of dharma, which dispels the darkness of ignorance.

法父

see styles
fǎ fù
    fa3 fu4
fa fu
 hōfu
the father of the Dharma

法王

see styles
fǎ wáng
    fa3 wang2
fa wang
 houou / hoo
    ほうおう
Sakyamuni
(1) (See ローマ法王) Pope; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) Buddha; (place-name) Houou
Dharmarāja, King of the Law, Buddha.

法界

see styles
fǎ jiè
    fa3 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai
    ほっかい; ほうかい
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle.

法盛

see styles
fǎ shèng
    fa3 sheng4
fa sheng
 Hōjō
flourishing of dharma

法相

see styles
fǎ xiàng
    fa3 xiang4
fa hsiang
 hossou / hosso
    ほっそう
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism
The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki.

法眷

see styles
fǎ juàn
    fa3 juan4
fa chüan
 hokken
[elder] dharma brother

法眼

see styles
fǎ yǎn
    fa3 yan3
fa yen
 hougen / hogen
    ほうげん
discerning eye
(1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the dharma eye; (2) (abbreviation) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) (archaism) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.; (surname) Hougen
The (bodhisattva) dharma-eye able to penetrate all things. Name of the founder of the法眼宗 Fayan sect, one of the five Chan (Zen) schools.

法禁

see styles
fǎ jīn
    fa3 jin1
fa chin
 hōgon
dharma and precepts

法種


法种

see styles
fǎ zhǒng
    fa3 zhong3
fa chung
 hōshu
dharma-lineage (?)

法筵

see styles
fǎ yán
    fa3 yan2
fa yen
 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism)
{Buddh} (See 法の筵・のりのむしろ) preaching place
dharma assembly

法系

see styles
fǎ xì
    fa3 xi4
fa hsi
 hōkei
dharma lineage

法緣


法缘

see styles
fǎ yuán
    fa3 yuan2
fa yüan
 hōen
Dharma-caused, i.e. the sense of universal altruism giving rise to pity and mercy.

法縛


法缚

see styles
fǎ fú
    fa3 fu2
fa fu
 hōbaku
idem 法執.

法聲


法声

see styles
fǎ shēng
    fa3 sheng1
fa sheng
 hosshō
the sound of the dharma

法脈


法脉

see styles
fǎ mài
    fa3 mai4
fa mai
 hōmyaku
dharma-lineage

法臘


法腊

see styles
fǎ là
    fa3 la4
fa la
 hōrō
The end of the monk's year after the summer retreat; a Buddhist year; the number of 夏 or 戒臘 summer or discipline years indicating the years since a monk's ordination.

法臣

see styles
fǎ chén
    fa3 chen2
fa ch`en
    fa chen
 noriaki
    のりあき
(male given name) Noriaki
Ministers of the Law, i.e. bodhisattvas; the Buddha is King of the Law, these are his ministers.

法舟

see styles
fǎ zhōu
    fa3 zhou1
fa chou
 hō shū
法船 The barque of Buddha-truth which ferries men out from the sea of mortality and reincarnation to nirvana.

法船

see styles
fǎ chuán
    fa3 chuan2
fa ch`uan
    fa chuan
 housen / hosen
    ほうせん
(place-name) Housen
vessel of the dharma

法芽

see styles
fǎ yá
    fa3 ya2
fa ya
 hōge
The sprout or bud of Buddhism.

法苑

see styles
fǎ yuàn
    fa3 yuan4
fa yüan
 hōen
The garden of Dharma, Buddhism.

法華


法华

see styles
fǎ huā
    fa3 hua1
fa hua
 hokke; hoke
    ほっけ; ほけ
(1) (abbreviation) (See 法華宗) Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; (2) (abbreviation) (See 法華経) Lotus Sutra; (female given name) Myōka
The Dharma-flower, i.e. the Lotus Sutra, the法華經 or 妙法蓮華經 q.v. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sutra; also the法華宗 Lotus sect, i.e. that of Tiantai, which had this sutra for its basis. There are many treatises with this as part of the title. 法華法, 法華會, 法華講 ceremonials, meetings, or explications connected with this sutra.

法藏

see styles
fǎ zàng
    fa3 zang4
fa tsang
 houzou / hozo
    ほうぞう
(personal name) Houzou
Dharma-store; also 佛法藏; 如來藏 (1) The absolute, unitary storehouse of the universe, the primal source of all things. (2) The Treasury of Buddha's teaching the sutras, etc. (3) Any Buddhist library. (4) Dharmākara, mine of the Law; one of the incarnations of Amitābha. (5) Title of the founder of the Huayan School 賢首法藏Xianshou Fazang.

法藥


法药

see styles
fǎ yào
    fa3 yao4
fa yao
 hōyaku
The medicine of the Law, capable of healing all misery.

法螺

see styles
fǎ luó
    fa3 luo2
fa lo
 hora; hora
    ほら; ホラ
(1) (kana only) boasting; bragging; big talk; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (orig. meaning) (See 法螺貝) conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
Conch of the Law, a symbol of the universality, power, or command of the Buddha's teaching. Cf. 商佉 śaṅkha.

法衆


法众

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fǎ zhòng
    fa3 zhong4
fa chung
 hōshu
The Buddhist monkhood; an assembly of monks or nuns.

法要

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fǎ yào
    fa3 yao4
fa yao
 houyou / hoyo
    ほうよう
Buddhist memorial service
The essentials of the Truth; v. 法會.

法見


法见

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fǎ jiàn
    fa3 jian4
fa chien
 hokken
Maintaining one tenet and considering others wrong; narrow-minded, bigoted.

法訓


法训

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fǎ xùn
    fa3 xun4
fa hsün
 hōkun
the teaching of the Dharma

法詔


法诏

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fǎ zhào
    fa3 zhao4
fa chao
 hōshō
instructions (or the teaching) of the Dharma

法話


法话

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fǎ huà
    fa3 hua4
fa hua
 houwa / howa
    ほうわ
Buddhist sermon
dharma talk

法語


法语

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fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 hougo / hogo
    ほうご
French (language)
Buddhist sermon
Dharma-words, religious discourses.

法誨


法诲

see styles
fǎ huǐ
    fa3 hui3
fa hui
 hōkai
the teaching of the Dharma

法誼


法谊

see styles
fǎ yí
    fa3 yi2
fa i
 hōgi
the meaning of the Dharma

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

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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

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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).



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