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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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jìng
    jing4
ching
 kagami
    かがみ

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Mirror
mirror; lens
(1) mirror; looking-glass; (2) barrel head; (3) {finc} page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; (4) (abbreviation) (See 鏡餅・かがみもち) mirror-shaped mochi; (female given name) Mira
ādarśa. A mirror.

伊始

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yī shǐ
    yi1 shi3
i shih

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New Beginning
outset; beginning

道元

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dào yuán
    dao4 yuan2
tao yüan
 michimoto
    みちもと

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Dogen
(surname) Michimoto
The beginning of right doctrine, i.e. faith.

事始め

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 kotohajime
    ことはじめ

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New Beginning
(1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

リセット

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 risetto
    リセット

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Lisset
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reset; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (as 人生のリセット, etc.) fresh start; new beginning; (female given name) Lisette; Lysette

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 yuan
    ユアン
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
(kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu
Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty).

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chū
    chu1
ch`u
    chu
 de
    で
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
(n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon); (n,n-suf) (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (n,n-suf) (3) start; beginning; (n,n-suf) (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (n,n-suf) (5) architectural member that projects outward; (n,n-suf) (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (n,n-suf) (7) (kana only) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (surname) De
To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond.

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chū
    chu1
ch`u
    chu
 hatsu(p); ui
    はつ(P); うい
at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic
(adj-no,n,n-pref,n-suf) first; new; (female given name) Hatsumi
To cut cloth for clothes; beginning, first.

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yìn
    yin4
yin
 in
    いん
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
(1) stamp; seal; chop; (2) seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print; (3) {Buddh} mudra (symbolic hand gesture); (4) ninja hand sign; (5) (abbreviation) (See 印度・インド) India; (surname) In
mudrā; seal, sign, symbol, emblem, proof, assurance, approve; also 印契; 契印; 印相. Manual signs indicative of various ideas, e. g. each finger represents one of the five primary elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, beginning with the little finger; the left hand represents 定 stillness, or meditation, the right hand 慧 discernment or wisdom; they have also many other indications. Also, the various symbols of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, e. g. the thunderbolt; cf. 因.; (度) The five Indias, or five regions of India, idem 五天竺 q. v.

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kǒu
    kou3
k`ou
    kou
 kuchi
    くち
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
(1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords; (surname) Hamanoguchi
mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought.

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    yi1
i
 hito
    ひと
Japanese variant of 壹[yi1]
(num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.); (personal name) Hito

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    yi1
i
 ichi
    いち
one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
(out-dated kanji) (num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

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shǐ
    shi3
shih
 hajime
    はじめ
to begin; to start; then; only then
(female given name) Hajime
Beginning, first, initial; thereupon.

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    xu4
hsü
 jo
    じょ
(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
(1) order; ordering; (2) beginning; start; (3) (See 序文) foreword; preface; introduction; (4) (See 序破急) opening of a song (in gagaku or noh)
Seriatim; preface, introduction; the opening phrase of a sutra, "Thus have I heard;" an opening phrase leading up to a subject.

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    yi1
i
 hajime
    はじめ
archaic variant of 壹 banker's anti-fraud numeral one
(num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.); (female given name) Hajime

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shǔ
    shu3
shu
 akebono
    あけぼの
(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
dawn; daybreak; beginning; (given name) Sho

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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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shuò
    shuo4
shuo
 saku
    さく
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
(1) {astron} new moon; (2) first day of the lunar month; (3) (hist) next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end); (given name) Hajime

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    xi1
hsi
 shaku
    たく
to separate; to divide; to analyze
(irregular kanji usage) wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
To divide, separate, differentiate, explain.

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tuò
    tuo4
t`o
    to
 taku
    たく
    ki
    き
watchman's rattle
wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

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duān
    duan1
tuan
 hashi(p); haji; hana
    はし(P); はじ; はな
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
(1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; (2) beginning; start; first; (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (female given name) Mizuki
Beginning, coming forth, elementary principles; a point either beginning or end; straight, proper.


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    xu4
hsü
 sho; cho
    しょ; ちょ
beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
beginning; inception; (personal name) Osachi

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    qi3
ch`i
    chi
 hajime
    はじめ
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
(irregular okurigana usage) source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis; (female given name) Hajime
To rise, raise, start, begin; uprising; tr. utpada.

一渡

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 ichiwatari
    いちわたり
(adverb) briefly; in general; roughly; from beginning to end; through (e.g. glancing, flipping); (surname) Ichiwatari

三生

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sān shēng
    san1 sheng1
san sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(surname, given name) Mitsuo
The three births, or reincarnations, past, present, future. Tiantai has (a) 種 planting the seed; (b) 熟 ripening; (c) 脫 liberating, stripping, or harvesting, i.e. beginning, development, and reward of bodhi, a process either gradual or instantaneous. Huayan has (a) 見聞生 a past life of seeing and hearing Buddha-truth; (b) 解行生 liberation in the present life; (c) 證入生 realization of life in Buddhahood. This is also called 三生成佛, Buddhahood in the course of three lives. There is also a definition of three rebirths as the shortest term for arhatship, sixty kalpas being the longest. There are other definitions.

不生

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bù shēng
    bu4 sheng1
pu sheng
 fushou / fusho
    ふしょう
(place-name) Fushou
anutpatti; anutpāda. Non-birth: not to be reborn, exempt from rebirth; arhan is mistakenly interpreted as 'not born', meaning not born again into mortal worlds. The 'nir' in nirvana is also erroneously said to mean 'not born'; certain schools say that nothing ever has been born, or created, for all is eternal. The Shingon word 'a' is interpreted as symbolizing the uncreated. The unborn or uncreated is a name for the Tathāgata, who is not born, but eternal ; hence by implication the term means "eternal". ādi, which means"at first, " "beginning","primary", is also interpreted as 不生 uncreated.

之後


之后

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zhī hòu
    zhi1 hou4
chih hou
after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

争端

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 soutan / sotan
    そうたん
beginning of a dispute

二覺


二觉

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èr jué
    er4 jue2
erh chüeh
 nikaku
The two enlightenments: (1) The 起信論 has two—(a) 本覺 the immanent mind in all things, e.g. "which lighteth every man that cometh into the world", also defined as the 法身 dharmakāya; (b) 始覺 initial enlightenment or beginning of illumination; this initiation leads on to Buddhahood, or full enlightenment. (2) (a) 等覺 The fifty-first stage of a bodhisattva's 行 位 practice; (b) 妙覺 the fifty-second stage, or enlightenment of Buddhahood.(3) (a)自覺 A Buddha's own or natural enlightenment; (b) 覺他 his enlightening of all others.

仕初

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 shizome
    しぞめ
(1) outset; beginning; starting (things); (2) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

像始

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xiàng shǐ
    xiang4 shi3
hsiang shih
 zōshi
The beginning of the formal period.

元始

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yuán shǐ
    yuan2 shi3
yüan shih
 genshi
    げんし
origin; (given name) Motohatsu
Prabhū, 波羅赴; 鉢利部 beginning, in the beginning, primordial. Prabhū is a title of Viṣṇu as a personification of the sun.

入り

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 iri
    いり
(n,n-suf) (1) entering; (2) setting (of the sun); (3) containing; content; audience; (4) income; (5) beginning

入月

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rù yuè
    ru4 yue4
ju yüeh
 irizuki
    いりづき
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle; full-term gestation
(surname) Irizuki

入梅

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 iriume
    いりうめ
(noun/participle) entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season; (surname) Iriume

入門


入门

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rù mén
    ru4 men2
ju men
 nyuumon / nyumon
    にゅうもん
entrance door; to enter a door; introduction (to a subject); to learn the basics of a subject
(n,vs,vi) (1) becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training; (2) (usu. in book titles) introduction (to); primer; guide; (n,vs,vi) (3) entering through a gate; (surname) Irima
gate of entry

全程

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quán chéng
    quan2 cheng2
ch`üan ch`eng
    chüan cheng
the whole distance; from beginning to end

兵端

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 heitan / hetan
    へいたん
hostilities; beginning of hostilities

冒頭


冒头

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mào tóu
    mao4 tou2
mao t`ou
    mao tou
 boutou / boto
    ぼうとう
to emerge; to crop up; a little more than
beginning; opening; start; outset

冥初

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míng chū
    ming2 chu1
ming ch`u
    ming chu
 myōsho
The primitive darkness (at the beginning of existence).

凍容


冻容

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dòng róng
    dong4 rong2
tung jung
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old

出足

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 deashi
    であし
(1) turnout (of people); (2) start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; (3) {sumo} initial charge; dash

出鼻

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 debana
    でばな
(1) projecting part (of a headland, etc.); (2) outset; moment of departure; beginning of work; starting out; (place-name) Debana

初め

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 hajime
    はじめ
    zome
    ぞめ
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ...; (suffix) first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)

初口

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 shokuchi
    しょくち
beginning

初善

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chū shàn
    chu1 shan4
ch`u shan
    chu shan
 shozen
good in the beginning

初手

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 shote
    しょて
(1) first move (in shogi, go, etc.); (2) beginning; start; (surname) Hatsude

初日

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chū rì
    chu1 ri4
ch`u jih
    chu jih
 hatsuhi
    はつひ
New Year's Day sunrise; (f,p) Hatsuhi
beginning of the day

初春

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 hatsuharu
    はつはる
(1) early spring; beginning of spring; (2) New Year; (female given name) Hatsuharu

初期

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chū qī
    chu1 qi1
ch`u ch`i
    chu chi
 shoki
    しょき
initial stage; beginning period
(noun - becomes adjective with の) early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

初葉


初叶

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chū yè
    chu1 ye4
ch`u yeh
    chu yeh
 shoyou / shoyo
    しょよう
early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years
beginning of an epoch; initial period; (female given name) Hatsuyo

初語


初语

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chū yǔ
    chu1 yu3
ch`u yü
    chu yü
 shogo
    しょご
first word (of an infant)
the beginning part of a speech

初頭

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 shotou / shoto
    しょとう
(n,adv) beginning (of a century, etc.)

前後


前后

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qián hòu
    qian2 hou4
ch`ien hou
    chien hou
 maeshirie
    まえしりえ
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
(archaism) front and rear; front and back; before and behind; (place-name, surname) Zengo
before and after

前株

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 maekabu
    まえかぶ
(See 後株) company name with the "kabushiki kaisha" at the beginning

前略

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 zenryaku
    ぜんりゃく
(expression) (1) (at the beginning of a brief letter) dispensing with the preliminaries ...; (n,vs,vi) (2) (when quoting something) omitting the previous part

劈頭


劈头

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pī tóu
    pi1 tou2
p`i t`ou
    pi tou
 hekitou / hekito
    へきとう
straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face
beginning; outset; opening; start

劫初

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jié chū
    jie2 chu1
chieh ch`u
    chieh chu
 kō sho
The beginning of the kalpa of formation; the kalpa of creation; also 成劫.

化源

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huà yuán
    hua4 yuan2
hua yüan
 kegen
The fount of conversion, or salvation, the beginning of the Buddha's teaching.

化生

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huà shēng
    hua4 sheng1
hua sheng
 keshou / kesho
    けしょう
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.

北藏

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běi zàng
    bei3 zang4
pei tsang
 Hokuzō
The northern collection or edition of 1,621 works first published in Peking by order of Ch'eng Tsu (1403-1424), together with forty-one additional works, published by 密藏 Mizang after thirty years, labour beginning A. D. 1586. Later this edition was published in Japan 1678-1681 by 鐵眼 Tetsugen.

原初

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yuán chū
    yuan2 chu1
yüan ch`u
    yüan chu
 gensho
    げんしょ
initial; original; originally; at first
(noun - becomes adjective with の) origin; source; beginning; starting point

原始

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yuán shǐ
    yuan2 shi3
yüan shih
 genshi
    げんし
first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) origin; beginning; genesis; (adj-no,n) (2) primeval; primordial; primitive; (given name) Hajime

原点

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 genten
    げんてん
(1) starting point; origin; beginning; (2) {math} origin (of coordinate axes); (3) datum point

嚆矢

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 koushi / koshi
    こうし
(1) (See 鏑矢) whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; (2) start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn

四節


四节

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sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shisetsu
The four monastic annual periods — beginning of summer, end of summer, winter solstice, and the new year.

国衙

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 kokuga
    こくが
(1) (archaism) (See 国司) provincial governor's office; (2) (abbreviation) (See 国衙領) provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period); (place-name) Kokuga

土台

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 dodai
    どだい
(1) foundation; base; basis; (adverb) (2) (often in negative contexts) (See 元々・1) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

地大

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dì dà
    di4 da4
ti ta
 chihiro
    ちひろ
(personal name) Chihiro
Earth as one of the 四大 four elements, 地 earth, 水大 water, 火大 fire, and 風大 air (i. e. air in motion, wind); to these 空大 space (Skt. ākāśa) is added to make the 五大 five elements; 識 vijñāna, perception to make the six elements; and 見 darśana, views, concepts, or reasonings to make the seven elements. The esoteric sect use the five fingers, beginning with the little finger, to symbolize the five elements.

夏首

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xià shǒu
    xia4 shou3
hsia shou
 geshu
The first day, or beginning, of the retreat.

外道

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wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

大刧


大劫

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dà jié
    da4 jie2
ta chieh
 daikō
mahākalpa. The great kalpa, from the beginning of a universe till it is destroyed and another begins in its place. It has four kalpas or periods known as vivarta 成刧 the creation period; vivarta‐siddha 住刧 the appearance of sun and moon, i.e. light, and the period of life, human and general; saṃvarta 壤刧 or 滅刧 destruction first by fire, then water, then fire, then deluge, then a great wind, i.e. water during seven small kalpas, fire during 56 and wind one, in all 64; saṃvartatthāhi 増滅刧 total destruction gradually reaching the void. A great kalpa is calculated as eighty small kalpas and to last 1,347,000,000 years.

大壽


大寿

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dà shòu
    da4 shou4
ta shou
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)

太初

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tài chū
    tai4 chu1
t`ai ch`u
    tai chu
 taisho
    たいしょ
the absolute beginning
beginning of the world

始め

see styles
 hajime
    はじめ
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ...

始動

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 shidou / shido
    しどう
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) starting (a machine, engine, etc.); (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation; going into action

始期

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 shiki
    しき
beginning period; initial term

始終


始终

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shǐ zhōng
    shi3 zhong1
shih chung
 shijuu / shiju
    しじゅう
from beginning to end; all along
(adv,n) continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
Beginning and end, first and last.

孟冬

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 moutou / moto
    もうとう
(1) (obsolete) beginning of winter; (2) tenth month of the lunar calendar

孟夏

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 mouka / moka
    もうか
(1) beginning of summer; (2) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar

孟春

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 moushun / moshun
    もうしゅん
(1) beginning of spring; (2) (obsolete) first month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Moushun

孟秋

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mèng qiū
    meng4 qiu1
meng ch`iu
    meng chiu
 moushuu / moshu
    もうしゅう
(1) (obsolete) beginning of autumn; (2) seventh month of the lunar calendar; (given name) Hajime
(Skt. Bhādrapadamāsa)

小乘

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xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小口

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 koguchi
    こぐち
(1) cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (ant: 大口・おおぐち・3) small amount; small quantity; small sum; (3) beginning; clue; (4) (See 虎口) tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place; (place-name, surname) Koguchi

巻頭

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 kantou / kanto
    かんとう
(1) beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; (2) beginning (of a matter); start; (place-name) Makihotsu

巻首

see styles
 kanshu
    かんしゅ
beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)

布石

see styles
 fuseki
    ふせき
(1) {go} strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements; (laying the) groundwork (for)

幕開

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 makuaki
    まくあき
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); (2) beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

年初

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nián chū
    nian2 chu1
nien ch`u
    nien chu
 nensho
    ねんしょ
beginning of the year
beginning of the year

年始

see styles
 nenshi
    ねんし
(1) beginning of the year; new year; (2) New Year's call; New Year's greetings

年甫

see styles
 nenpo
    ねんぽ
beginning of the year

年神

see styles
 toshigami
    としがみ
(1) kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); (2) goddess of (lucky) directions; (surname) Toshigami

年頭


年头

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nián tóu
    nian2 tou2
nien t`ou
    nien tou
 nentou(p); toshigashira / nento(p); toshigashira
    ねんとう(P); としがしら
start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest
(1) beginning of the year; (2) (としがしら only) the oldest person

序章

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xù zhāng
    xu4 zhang1
hsü chang
 joshou / josho
    じょしょう
prologue; preface; preamble
(1) preface; foreword; introduction; introductory chapter; (2) beginning; start

当初

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 tousho / tosho
    とうしょ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) beginning; start; outset; (n,adv) (2) at first; at the beginning; initially; originally

後先

see styles
 atosaki
    あとさき
(1) front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; (2) (See 後先になる) order; sequence; (3) (See 後先考えず) consequences; (4) context

從本


从本

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cóng běn
    cong2 ben3
ts`ung pen
    tsung pen
 jū hon
from the beginning

徹す

see styles
 toosu
    とおす
(transitive verb) (1) to stick through; to force through; (2) to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; (3) to make a path between two points; (4) to proceed in a logical manner; (5) to let pass; to allow through; (6) to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; (7) to go through (a middleman); (8) to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); (9) to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); (10) to force to accept; to force agreement; (11) to continue (in a state); to persist in; (12) to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; (13) to do from beginning to end without a break; (14) to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (15) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete

慧琳

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huì lín
    hui4 lin2
hui lin
 erin
    えりん
(female given name) Erin
Huilin, a disciple of the Indian monk Amogha 不空; he made the 慧琳音義 dictionary of sounds and meanings of Buddhist words and phrases, based upon the works of 玄應 Xuanying, 慧苑 Huiyuan, 窺基 Kueji, and 雲公 Yungong, in 100 juan, beginning the work in A. D. 788 and ending it in 810. He is also called 大藏音義; died 820.

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