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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tomi; ton; toni
    とみ; とん; とに

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Dayton
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi
To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually.

ラッセル

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 rasseru
    ラッセル

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Russel
(1) (abbreviation) (See ラッセル車) (Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; (2) carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering); (personal name) Lassell; Lasselle; Rusell; Russel; Russell

風燭殘年


风烛残年

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fēng zhú cán nián
    feng1 zhu2 can2 nian2
feng chu ts`an nien
    feng chu tsan nien

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Not Long for this World
one's late days; to have one foot in the grave


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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 anaura
    あなうら
    ashiura
    あしうら
metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
sole of the foot

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    lu4
lu
 roku
    ろく
foot of a hill
(kana only) foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base; (surname) Roku

山麓

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shān lù
    shan1 lu4
shan lu
 sanroku
    さんろく
foothills
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (place-name) Sanroku

纏足


缠足

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chán zú
    chan2 zu2
ch`an tsu
    chan tsu
 tensoku
    てんそく
foot-binding
(noun/participle) foot-binding

足下

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zú xià
    zu2 xia4
tsu hsia
 sokka
    そっか
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot
(1) (See 足元・1) at one's feet; underfoot; (2) written after the addressee's name in a formal letter to show respect; (pronoun) (3) (honorific or respectful language) (obsolete) (used to address someone of equal or lower status) thou; you
beneath one's feet

足浴

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zú yù
    zu2 yu4
tsu yü
 sokuyoku
    そくよく
foot bath
footbath (for improving blood circulation)

口蹄疫

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kǒu tí yì
    kou3 ti2 yi4
k`ou t`i i
    kou ti i
 kouteieki / koteeki
    こうていえき
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD); aphthous fever
foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease

手足口病

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shǒu zú kǒu bìng
    shou3 zu2 kou3 bing4
shou tsu k`ou ping
    shou tsu kou ping
 teashikuchibyou / teashikuchibyo
    てあしくちびょう
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
hand, foot and mouth disease; HFMD

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chù
    chu4
ch`u
    chu
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4chu4])

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yuè
    yue4
yüeh
 getsu
    げつ
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
(hist) (See 剕) cutting off a foot (one of the five punishments of ancient China)

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fèi
    fei4
fei
 hi; ashikiri
    ひ; あしきり
amputation of limbs as corporal punishment; variant of 腓, calf
(hist) (See 五刑・1) cutting off a foot (one of the five punishments of ancient China)

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chǐ
    chi3
ch`ih
    chih
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺[ying1 chi3]

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chǐ
    chi3
ch`ih
    chih
 shaku
    しゃく
a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
(1) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); (2) rule; measure; scale; (3) length; (surname) Seki
foot

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gōng
    gong1
kung
 yumi(p); yu
    ゆみ(P); ゆ
a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
(1) (ゆ is usu. a prefix) bow (weapon); (2) (ゆみ only) archery; (3) (ゆみ only) bow (for a violin, etc.); (surname, female given name) Yumi
Dhanus. A bow; a bow's length, i. e. the 4, 000th part of a yojana. Seven grains of wheat 麥 make 1 finger-joint 指節; 24 finger-joints make 1 elbow or cubit 肘; 4 cubits make 1 bow; or 1 foot 5 inches make 1 elbow or cubit: 4 cubits make 1 bow; 300 bows make 1 li; but the measures are variously given.

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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
 gyouninben / gyoninben
    ぎょうにんべん
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
kanji "going man" radical (radical 60)

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    tu2
t`u
    tu
 to
    と
disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare; empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence
party; set; gang; company; person; (personal name) Toumei
On foot; a follower, disciple; in vain; banishment.

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zhǎng
    zhang3
chang
 shougo / shogo
    しょうご
palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
palm (of one's hand); (personal name) Shougo
A palm, a paw; to grasp, control, administer.


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    bo1
po
 hatsu
    ばち
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
(1) plectrum; pick; (2) drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
To spread, open out, scatter, disseminate, detach, uproot.

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diān
    dian1
tien
to fall; to stamp (one's foot); to toss; to throw

see styles
 fumoto
    ふもと
(irregular kanji usage) (kana only) foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base; (place-name) Fumoto

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zhuǎ
    zhua3
chua
 tsume
    つめ
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
(1) nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; talon; hoof; (2) plectrum; pick; (3) hook; clasp; (surname) Tsume
Claws, talons; servants.

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dēng
    deng1
teng
 minoru
    みのる
to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
(given name) Minoru
Ascend, advance, start; attain, ripen; to note, fix.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 ashi
    あし
limb
(1) foot; (2) leg; (3) gait; (4) pace; (5) bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (6) (archaism) money; coin

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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
 kyaku
    きゃく
(counter) counter for chairs or seats
Foot, leg.

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chuí
    chui2
ch`ui
    chui
callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks

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zhuì
    zhui4
chui
swelling of foot

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mèi
    mei4
mei
 tamoto
    たもと
sleeve of a robe
(1) (See 袂を分かつ) sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; (2) vicinity (esp. of a bridge); (3) foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

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    ju1
chü
 suso
    すそ
garment
(1) hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail; bottom (of a kimono); train (of a dress); (2) bottom part; bottom edge; (3) foot (of a mountain); (4) tips (of hair); (5) (archaism) downstream


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jié
    jie2
chieh
 sakizume
    さきづめ
to investigate; to restrain; to scold
(n,suf) (1) stuffing; packing; (2) end (esp. the foot of a bridge); (3) lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; (4) tea master; (5) endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); (6) (abbreviation) sweet eel sauce; (7) (archaism) middle-aged woman; (suffix noun) (8) appointment to a particular workplace; (9) using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment); (10) continuing; keep doing for period of time; (surname) Sakizume
to reprove

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    zu2
tsu
 soku
    そく
(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
(counter) counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.; (given name) Mitsuru
Foot, leg; enough, full.; A man's two legs, compared to goodness and wisdom, 福 being counted as the first five of the pāramitās, 智 as the sixth; v. 六度. 二足尊 The honoured one among bipeds or men, i. e. a Buddha; cf. 兩足.

see styles

    ci3
tz`u
    tzu
to trample; to step; to walk on the ball of the foot

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zhǒng
    zhong3
chung
 kakato(p); kibisu; kubisu; akuto
    かかと(P); きびす; くびす; あくと
to arrive; to follow; heel
(kana only) heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

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dié
    die2
tieh
to tread on; to stamp one's foot


see styles
qiāo
    qiao1
ch`iao
    chiao
to raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts


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qiāo
    qiao1
ch`iao
    chiao
variant of 蹺|跷[qiao1]; to raise one's foot; stilts

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zōu
    zou1
tsou
corner; foot of mountain

一白

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 ippaku
    いっぱく
(1) (See 九星) first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north); (2) white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch; (3) surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white; (given name) Kazushiro

下欄

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 karan
    からん
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

中洲

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zhōng zhōu
    zhong1 zhou1
chung chou
 nagasu
    ながす
sandbank (in a river); sandbar; (surname) Nagasu
Each of the four great continents at the foot of Mount Sumeru has two middling continents.

体中

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 karadajuu / karadaju
    からだじゅう
all over the body; from head to foot; all over

佛跡


佛迹

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fó jī
    fo2 ji1
fo chi
 busseki
佛迹 Buddha's relic; any trace of Buddha, e.g. the imprint of his foot in stone before he entered nirvana.

前腳


前脚

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qián jiǎo
    qian2 jiao3
ch`ien chiao
    chien chiao
one moment ..., (the next ...); leading foot (in walking)
See: 前脚

劫波

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jié bō
    jie2 bo1
chieh po
 kōhi
kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
kalpa; also劫簸; 劫跛; v. 劫. Aeon, age. The period of time between the creation and recreation ofa world or universe; also the kalpas offormation, existence, destruction, and non-existence, which four as acomplete period are called mahākalpa 大劫. Eachgreat kalpa is subdivided into four asaṇkhyeya-kalpas (阿僧企耶 i.e. numberless,incalculable): (1) kalpa of destructionsaṃvarta; (2)kalpaof utter annihilation, or empty kalpa 増滅劫; 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha; (3) kalpa of formation 成劫 vivarta; (4) kalpa ofexistence 住劫 vivartasiddha; or they may betaken in the order 成住壤空. Each of the four kalpas is subdivided into twenty antara-kalpas, 小劫 or small kalpas, so that a mahākalpaconsists of eighty small kalpas. Each smallkalpa is divided into a period of 増 increaseand 減 decrease; the increase period is ruled over by the four cakravartīs in succession, i.e. the four ages of iron,copper, silver, gold, during which the length of human life increases by oneyear every century to 84,000 years, and the length of the human body to8,400 feet. Then comes the kalpa of decreasedivided into periods of the three woes, pestilence, war, famine, duringwhich the length of human life is gradually reduced to ten years and thehuman body to 1 foot in height. There are other distinctions of the kalpas. A small kalpa isrepresented as 16,800,000 years, a kalpa as336,000,000 years, and a mahākalpa as1,334,000,000 years. There are many ways of illustrating the length of akalpa, e.g. pass a soft cloth over a solid rock40 li in size once in a hundred years, whenfinally the rock has been thus worn away a kalpa will not yet have passed; or a city of 40 li, filled with mustard seeds, one being removed everycentury till all have gone, a kalpa will notyet have passed. Cf. 成劫.

北麓

see styles
 hokuroku
    ほくろく
northern foot (of a mountain); (place-name) Kitafumoto

半跏

see styles
 hanka
    はんか
(abbreviation) (See 半跏趺坐) half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

南蛮

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 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.)

南麓

see styles
 nanroku
    なんろく
southern foot (of a mountain); (place-name) Minamifumoto

双蹄

see styles
 soutei / sote
    そうてい
cloven foot

右足

see styles
 migiashi
    みぎあし
(1) right foot; (2) right leg

商祺

see styles
shāng qí
    shang1 qi2
shang ch`i
    shang chi
business is auspicious; conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well!

四兵

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sì bīng
    si4 bing1
ssu ping
 shihei
catur-an.gabalakāya; the four divisions of a cakravarti's troops— elephant, hastikāya; horse, aśvakāya; chariot, rathakāya; and foot, pattikāya.

增劫

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zēng jié
    zeng1 jie2
tseng chieh
 zōkō
The kalpa of increment, during which human life increases by one year every century, from an initial life of ten years, till it reaches 84,000 (and the body from 1 foot to 8,400 feet in height), in the 滅劫 similarly diminishing.

小劫

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xiǎo jié
    xiao3 jie2
hsiao chieh
 shōgō
antarā-kalpa, or intermediate kalpa; according to the 倶舍論 it is the period in which human life increases by one year a century till it reaches 84,000 with men 8,400 feet high; then it is reduced at the same rate till the life-period reaches ten years with men a foot high; these two are each a small kalpa; the 智度論 reckons the two together as one kalpa; and there are other definitions.

小卒

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xiǎo zú
    xiao3 zu2
hsiao tsu
 shousotsu / shosotsu
    しょうそつ
foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (colloquialism) (abbr. of 小学校卒業(者)) having completed no schooling beyond elementary school; elementary school graduate

尺木

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chǐ mù
    chi3 mu4
ch`ih mu
    chih mu
 shakumoku
one-foot pole (straight stick)

尺璧

see styles
chǐ bì
    chi3 bi4
ch`ih pi
    chih pi
 sekiheki
one-foot diameter flat jeweled ornament.

山下

see styles
shān xià
    shan1 xia4
shan hsia
 sanka; yamashita; sange(ok)
    さんか; やました; さんげ(ok)
Yamashita (Japanese surname)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (surname) Yomashita

山元

see styles
 yamamoto
    やまもと
(1) foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (2) mine; colliery; (3) owner of a mountain; operator of a mine; (place-name, surname) Yamamoto

山本

see styles
shān běn
    shan1 ben3
shan pen
 yamomato
    やもまと
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
(1) foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (2) mine; colliery; (3) owner of a mountain; operator of a mine; (surname) Yamomato

山腳


山脚

see styles
shān jiǎo
    shan1 jiao3
shan chiao
foot of a mountain

山裾

see styles
 yamasuso
    やますそ
foot or base of a mountain; foothills; (surname) Yamasuso

岩根

see styles
 iwane
    いわね
(1) foot of a rock; (2) (poetic term) large rock, most of which is buried; (p,s,f) Iwane

岳麓

see styles
 gakuroku
    がくろく
foot of Mount Fuji

左足

see styles
 koedate
    こえだて
(1) left foot; (2) left leg; (place-name) Koedate

平方

see styles
píng fāng
    ping2 fang1
p`ing fang
    ping fang
 heihou / heho
    へいほう
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
square (e.g. metre); (place-name, surname) Hirakata

床足

see styles
chuáng zú
    chuang2 zu2
ch`uang tsu
    chuang tsu
 shōsoku
the foot of a bed

底豆

see styles
 sokomame
    そこまめ
blister (on the sole of the foot); corn

底閥


底阀

see styles
dǐ fá
    di3 fa2
ti fa
bottom valve; foot valve

後腳


后脚

see styles
hòu jiǎo
    hou4 jiao3
hou chiao
(one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)

後跟


后跟

see styles
hòu gēn
    hou4 gen1
hou ken
heel (part of a foot); heel (of a sock); counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel); followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")

徒侍

see styles
 kachizamurai
    かちざむらい
humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

徒卒

see styles
 tosotsu
    とそつ
foot soldier; footman

徒士

see styles
 kajishi
    かじし
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (place-name) Kajishi

徒步

see styles
tú bù
    tu2 bu4
t`u pu
    tu pu
to be on foot

徒歩

see styles
 toho
    とほ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) walking; going on foot

徒行

see styles
 tokou / toko
    とこう
(noun/participle) walking; going on foot

忍摺

see styles
 shinobuzuri
    しのぶずり
(archaism) clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

手腳


手脚

see styles
shǒu jiǎo
    shou3 jiao3
shou chiao
hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])
See: 手脚

拾う

see styles
 hirou / hiro
    ひろう
(transitive verb) (1) to pick up; to gather; (transitive verb) (2) to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); (transitive verb) (3) to select; to choose; to pick out; (transitive verb) (4) to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.); to snatch (an unexpected victory); to pull off; (transitive verb) (5) to pick up (someone in a car); (transitive verb) (6) to flag down (a taxi); to hail; (transitive verb) (7) to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.); (transitive verb) (8) to (just manage to) return (the ball); to return (a difficult shot); (transitive verb) (9) to take on (someone in adverse circumstances); to employ; to give a job; to take in; (transitive verb) (10) to walk; to go on foot

摳腳


抠脚

see styles
kōu jiǎo
    kou1 jiao3
k`ou chiao
    kou chiao
to scratch one's foot; (fig.) to be stingy; (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)

撥弄


拨弄

see styles
bō nòng
    bo1 nong4
po nung
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up

方丈

see styles
fāng zhang
    fang1 zhang5
fang chang
 houjou / hojo
    ほうじょう
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber
(1) (See 丈・じょう・1) square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); (2) {Buddh} abbot's chamber; (3) chief priest; (p,s,g) Hōjō
An abbot, 寺主 head of a monastery; the term is said to arise from the ten-foot cubic dwelling in which 維摩 Vimalakirti lived, but here seems to be no Sanskrit equivalent.

旗丁

see styles
qí dīng
    qi2 ding1
ch`i ting
    chi ting
Manchurian foot soldier

末席

see styles
mò xí
    mo4 xi2
mo hsi
 masseki; basseki
    まっせき; ばっせき
end seat; place for less senior person
(1) lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; (2) lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

東麓

see styles
 touroku / toroku
    とうろく
eastern foot (of a mountain); (place-name) Higashifumoto

板溝


板沟

see styles
bǎn gōu
    ban3 gou1
pan kou
chalkboard ledge; whiteboard ledge; chalk tray (at the foot of a blackboard); whiteboard marker tray

樹葬


树葬

see styles
shù zàng
    shu4 zang4
shu tsang
burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree

步兵

see styles
bù bīng
    bu4 bing1
pu ping
infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier

步操

see styles
bù cāo
    bu4 cao1
pu ts`ao
    pu tsao
foot drill (military, physical exercises etc)

步行

see styles
bù xíng
    bu4 xing2
pu hsing
 bugyō
to go on foot; to walk
itineracy

歩き

see styles
 aruki; ariki
    あるき; ありき
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) walk; walking; (2) (あるき only) (archaism) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

歩ぶ

see styles
 ayubu; ayobu; aibu
    あゆぶ; あよぶ; あいぶ
(v4b,vi) (archaism) (See 歩む・1) to walk; to go on foot

歩む

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 ayumu
    あゆむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to walk; to go on foot; (v5m,vi) (2) to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience; (v5m,vi) (3) to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.); to embark (on the road to ...)

歩人

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 hojin
    ほじん
(archaism) walker; person going by foot; (given name) Hojin

歩兵

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 hohei / hohe
    ほへい
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier

歩卒

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 hosotsu
    ほそつ
footmen; foot soldier

水虫

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 mizumushi
    みずむし
(1) athlete's foot; (2) (kana only) water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); (3) (kana only) Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

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

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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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