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Simple Dictionary Definition |
性靜 性静 see styles |
xìng jìng xing4 jing4 hsing ching shōjō |
the nature that is quiescent |
情性 see styles |
qíng xìng qing2 xing4 ch`ing hsing ching hsing jōshō |
emotions and nature |
意地 see styles |
yì dì yi4 di4 i ti iji いじ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) stubbornness; obstinacy; willpower; pride; (2) disposition; nature; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) appetite; desire; greed The stage of intellectual consciousness, being the sixth vijñāna, the source of all concepts. |
應化 应化 see styles |
yìng huà ying4 hua4 ying hua ōke |
nirmāṇa means formation, with Buddhists transformation, or incarnation. Responsive incarnation, or manifestation, in accordance with the nature or needs of different beings. |
成性 see styles |
chéng xìng cheng2 xing4 ch`eng hsing cheng hsing joushou / josho じょうしょう |
to become second nature; by nature (given name) Jōshou |
折射 see styles |
zhé shè zhe2 she4 che she |
to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) |
持前 see styles |
mochimae もちまえ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural |
摂理 see styles |
setsuri せつり |
(1) laws (of nature); (2) {Christn} (divine) providence |
敵性 see styles |
tekisei / tekise てきせい |
hostile nature; inimical character |
施性 see styles |
shī xìng shi1 xing4 shih hsing seshō |
charitable nature |
暗部 see styles |
anbu あんぶ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dark side (of nature, town, etc.) |
有性 see styles |
yǒu xìng you3 xing4 yu hsing yuusei / yuse ゆうせい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual To have the nature, 'i. e. to be a Buddhist, have the bodhi-mind, in contrast with the 無性 absence of this mind, i. e. the闡提 icchanti, or unconverted. |
有漏 see styles |
yǒu lòu you3 lou4 yu lou uro |
āsrava, means 'outflow, discharge'; 'distress, pain, affliction'; it is intp. by 煩惱 kleśa, the passions, distress, trouble, which in turn is intp. as 惑 delusion. Whatever has kleśa, i. e. distress or trouble, is 有漏; all things are of this nature, hence it means whatever is in the stream of births-and-deaths, and also means mortal life or births-and-deaths, i. e. mortality as contrasted with 無漏, which is nirvāṇa. |
本々 see styles |
motomoto もともと |
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start |
本佛 see styles |
běn fó ben3 fo2 pen fo honbutsu ほんぶつ |
(surname) Honbutsu The Buddha-nature within oneself; the original Buddha. |
本就 see styles |
běn jiù ben3 jiu4 pen chiu |
by nature; fundamentally; inherently |
本本 see styles |
běn běn ben3 ben3 pen pen motomoto もともと |
notebook computer (diminutive); laptop (adv,adj-no) (kana only) originally; by nature; from the start |
本来 see styles |
honrai ほんらい |
(n,adj-no,adv) (1) originally; primarily; (n,adj-no,adv) (2) essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; (adj-no,n,adv) (3) proper; rightful; legal; normal |
本門 本门 see styles |
běn mén ben3 men2 pen men honmon ほんもん |
(1) (rare) main gate; front gate; (2) {Buddh} (See 迹門) latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha; (surname) Motokado v. 本迹. |
来命 see styles |
raimei / raime らいめい |
(honorific or respectful language) something someone said; nature of something someone said |
果性 see styles |
guǒ xìng guo3 xing4 kuo hsing kashō |
result nature |
根緣 根缘 see styles |
gēn yuán gen1 yuan2 ken yüan konen |
Nature and environment; natural powers and conditioning environment. |
業容 see styles |
gyouyou / gyoyo ぎょうよう |
nature of business; business operations |
業性 业性 see styles |
yè xìng ye4 xing4 yeh hsing gosshō |
The nature of karma, its essential being; idem 業體. |
機性 机性 see styles |
jī xìng ji1 xing4 chi hsing kishō |
機根 Natural or fundamental quality, original endowment and nature, suitability, capacity. |
欲性 see styles |
yù xìng yu4 xing4 yü hsing yokushō |
Desire-nature, the lusts. |
正名 see styles |
zhèng míng zheng4 ming2 cheng ming masana まさな |
to replace the current name or title of something with a new one that reflects its true nature; rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) (g,p) Masana |
正性 see styles |
zhèng xìng zheng4 xing4 cheng hsing shōshō |
correct(ed) nature |
歸性 归性 see styles |
guī xìng gui1 xing4 kuei hsing kishō |
To turn from the world of phenomena to that of eternal reality, to devote oneself tot he spiritual rather than the material. |
毒気 see styles |
dokki; dokke; dokuke どっき; どっけ; どくけ |
(1) (どっき only) poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous vapour; (2) (usu. どっけ, どくけ) poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; toxicity; (3) malice; spite; ill will |
毛色 see styles |
máo sè mao2 se4 mao se keiro / kero けいろ |
(of an animal) appearance or color of coat (1) hair color; hair colour; fur color; fur colour; (2) disposition; type; kind; nature |
気性 see styles |
kishou / kisho きしょう |
(also written as 気象) disposition; temperament; temper; nature |
気立 see styles |
kidate きだて |
(irregular okurigana usage) disposition; nature |
水性 see styles |
shuǐ xìng shui3 xing4 shui hsing mizushou / mizusho みずしょう |
swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc) fluidity; wanton nature of water |
治性 see styles |
zhì xìng zhi4 xing4 chih hsing jishō |
correct one's nature |
法乳 see styles |
fǎ rǔ fa3 ru3 fa ju hō nyū |
The milk of the dharma which nourishes the spiritual nature. |
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. |
法空 see styles |
fǎ kōng fa3 kong1 fa k`ung fa kung hokkū |
The emptiness or unreality of things, everything being dependent on something else and having no individual existence apart from other things; hence the illusory nature of all things as being composed of elements and not possessing reality. |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin ほっしん; ほうしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
淨佛 净佛 see styles |
jìng fó jing4 fo2 ching fo jōbutsu |
Pure Buddha, perfect Buddhahood, of the dharmakāya nature. |
淨心 净心 see styles |
jìng xīn jing4 xin1 ching hsin Jōshin |
The pure heart or mind, which is the original Buddha-nature in every man. |
火性 see styles |
huǒ xìng huo3 xing4 huo hsing kashō |
nature of fire |
為人 为人 see styles |
wèi rén wei4 ren2 wei jen narihito なりひと |
for sb; for others' interest (1) hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (2) (archaism) body build; (personal name) Narihito |
無住 无住 see styles |
wú zhù wu2 zhu4 wu chu mujuu / muju むじゅう |
temple lacking a priest; (personal name) Mujuu Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities. |
無字 无字 see styles |
wú zì wu2 zi4 wu tzu muji むじ |
{Buddh} (See 狗子仏性) the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?" without letters |
無性 无性 see styles |
wú xìng wu2 xing4 wu hsing musei / muse むせい |
sexless; asexual (reproduction) (adj-no,n) (1) sexless; nonsexual; asexual; (adj-no,n) (2) {biol} asexual; agamic; (adj-no,n) (3) {gramm} genderless Without a nature, nothing has an independent nature of its own; cf. 三無性. |
無爲 无为 see styles |
wú wéi wu2 wei2 wu wei mui |
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu. |
爲性 为性 see styles |
wéi xìng wei2 xing4 wei hsing ishō |
(to take)as nature |
物候 see styles |
wù hòu wu4 hou4 wu hou |
natural phenomena of a seasonal nature |
物理 see styles |
wù lǐ wu4 li3 wu li butsuri ぶつり |
physics (1) laws of nature; physical laws; (2) (abbreviation) (See 物理学) physics; (place-name) Modoroi principles of things |
物象 see styles |
busshou / bussho ぶっしょう |
object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature |
獣性 see styles |
juusei / juse じゅうせい |
brutality; animal nature |
現形 现形 see styles |
xiàn xíng xian4 xing2 hsien hsing gengyō |
to become visible; to appear; to manifest one's true nature avatar |
理性 see styles |
lǐ xìng li3 xing4 li hsing risei / rise りせい |
reason; rationality; rational reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character. |
生來 生来 see styles |
shēng lái sheng1 lai2 sheng lai |
from birth; by one's nature See: 生来 |
生得 see styles |
shēng dé sheng1 de2 sheng te seitoku; shoutoku / setoku; shotoku せいとく; しょうとく |
(1) one's nature or personality; (can be adjective with の) (2) inherent; innate; (given name) Seitoku innately endowed |
生来 see styles |
miku みく |
(n-adv,n-t,adj-no) naturally; by nature (birth); congenitally; (female given name) Miku |
用大 see styles |
yòng dà yong4 da4 yung ta yūdai |
Great in function, the universal activity of the 眞如 bhūtatathatā; v. 起信論; and cf. 性相用 inner nature, form and function. |
由来 see styles |
yurai ゆらい |
(noun/participle) (1) origin; source; history; derivation; (adverb) (2) originally; from the start; by nature; (female given name) Yura |
異性 异性 see styles |
yì xìng yi4 xing4 i hsing isei / ise いせい |
the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 同性) the opposite sex; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {chem} isomerism differ |
異質 异质 see styles |
yì zhì yi4 zhi4 i chih ishitsu いしつ |
heterogeneous (adj-na,adj-no) different (quality, nature); heterogeneous |
病症 see styles |
bìng zhèng bing4 zheng4 ping cheng byoushou / byosho びょうしょう |
disease; illness nature of a disease |
盡性 尽性 see styles |
jìn xìng jin4 xing4 chin hsing jinshō |
displaying fully; developing to the greatest extent to exhaust the nature |
相性 see styles |
xiàng xìng xiang4 xing4 hsiang hsing sōshō あいしょう |
affinity; compatibility Form and nature; phenomenon and noumenon. |
眞如 see styles |
zhēn rú zhen1 ru2 chen ju shinnyo しんにょ |
(surname) Shinnyo bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra. |
眞性 see styles |
zhēn xìng zhen1 xing4 chen hsing shinshō |
The true nature; the fundamental nature of each individual, i.e. the Buddha-nature. |
真容 see styles |
zhēn róng zhen1 rong2 chen jung |
portrait; true features; (fig.) true nature |
真書 真书 see styles |
zhēn shū zhen1 shu1 chen shu shinsho しんしょ |
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) (1) (See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style; (2) book or document that is factual in nature |
禀性 see styles |
hinsei; rinsei / hinse; rinse ひんせい; りんせい |
nature; character |
稚氣 稚气 see styles |
zhì qì zhi4 qi4 chih ch`i chih chi |
childish nature; infantile; juvenile; puerile |
稟性 禀性 see styles |
bǐng xìng bing3 xing4 ping hsing hinsei / hinse ひんせい |
natural disposition inborn nature innate |
稟質 see styles |
hinshitsu ひんしつ |
inborn nature |
種性 种性 see styles |
zhǒng xìng zhong3 xing4 chung hsing shushō |
Seed nature, germ nature; derivative or inherited nature. |
空性 see styles |
kōng xìng kong1 xing4 k`ung hsing kung hsing kuushou / kusho くうしょう |
emptiness (personal name) Kuushou śūnyata, v. 空, the nature of the Void, or immaterial, the bhūtatathatā, the universal substance, which is not 我法 ego and things, but while not Void is of the Void-nature. |
空相 see styles |
kōng xiàng kong1 xiang4 k`ung hsiang kung hsiang kuusou / kuso くうそう |
{Buddh} the empty nature of all things Voidness, emptiness, space, the immaterial, that which cannot be expressed in terms of the material. The characteristic of all things is unreality, i.e. they are composed of elements which disintegrate. v. 空. |
穿つ see styles |
ugatsu うがつ |
(transitive verb) (1) to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through; (v5t,vt,vi) (2) to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); to be true to (nature); (transitive verb) (3) (archaism) to put on; to wear |
童眞 see styles |
tóng zhēn tong2 zhen1 t`ung chen tung chen dōshin |
A term for a monk, who should have the child-nature of simplicity. |
素質 素质 see styles |
sù zhì su4 zhi4 su chih soshitsu そしつ |
inner quality; basic essence (1) makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities; (2) nature; character; temperament |
素顔 see styles |
sugao すがお |
(1) face with no make-up; unpainted face; (2) true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; true picture; real nature; (3) sober face; sobriety |
緣因 缘因 see styles |
yuán yīn yuan2 yin1 yüan yin en'in |
Developing cause, i.e. development of the fundamental Buddha-nature, cf. 緣正. |
緣正 缘正 see styles |
yuán zhèng yuan2 zheng4 yüan cheng enshō |
Conditioned and fundamental; 正 refers to the Buddha-nature, the bhūtatathatā 正因佛性; 緣 to the Buddha-nature in all undergoing development 緣因佛性. |
緣起 缘起 see styles |
yuán qǐ yuan2 qi3 yüan ch`i yüan chi engi |
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor Arising from conditional causation; everything arises from conditions, and not being spontaneous and self-contained has no separate and independent nature; cf. 緣生. It is a fundamental doctrine of the Huayan school, which defines four principal uses of the term: (1) 業感緣起 that of the Hīnayāna, i.e. under the influence of karma the conditions of reincarnation arise; (2) 賴耶緣起 that of the primitive Mahāyāna school, i.e. that all things arise from the ālaya, or 藏 fundamental store; (3) 如來藏緣起 that of the advancing Mahāyāna, that all things arise from the tathāgatagarbha, or bhūtatathatā; (4) 法界緣起 that of complete Mahāyāna, in which one is all and all are one, each being a universal cause. |
罪性 see styles |
zuì xìng zui4 xing4 tsui hsing zaishō |
sinful nature A sinful nature; the nature of sin. |
罪状 see styles |
zaijou / zaijo ざいじょう |
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge |
罪狀 罪状 see styles |
zuì zhuàng zui4 zhuang4 tsui chuang |
charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense See: 罪状 |
習性 习性 see styles |
xí xìng xi2 xing4 hsi hsing shuusei / shuse しゅうせい |
character acquired through long habit; habits and properties (1) habit; (2) behavior; behaviour; trait; nature |
聖性 圣性 see styles |
shèng xìng sheng4 xing4 sheng hsing shōshō |
The holy nature, according to the Abhidharma-kośa 倶舍論, of the passionless life; according to the Vijñānamātrasiddhi 唯識論, of enlightenment and wisdom. |
能生 see styles |
néng shēng neng2 sheng1 neng sheng yoshiki よしき |
(given name) Yoshiki that which has the nature of production |
自体 see styles |
jitai じたい |
(n-suf,n) (1) itself; (2) one's own body; oneself; (adverb) (3) originally; naturally; by nature; from the start |
自性 see styles |
zì xìng zi4 xing4 tzu hsing jishou / jisho じしょう |
{Buddh} intrinsic nature; one’s own distinct nature Own nature; of (its) own nature. As an intp. of pradhāna (and resembling 冥性) in the Sāṅkhya philosophy it is 'prakṛti, the Originant, primary or original matter or rather the primary germ out of which all material appearances are evolved, the first evolver or source of the material world (hence in a general acceptation 'nature' or rather 'matter' as opposed to purusha, or 'spirit')'. M. W. As 莎發斡 svabhāva, it is 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution, nature'. M. W. The self-substance, self-nature, or unchanging character of anything. |
色性 see styles |
sè xìng se4 xing4 se hsing shikishō |
nature of form |
苦性 see styles |
kǔ xìng ku3 xing4 k`u hsing ku hsing kushō |
The nature of misery; a sorrowful spirit. |
萬象 万象 see styles |
wàn xiàng wan4 xiang4 wan hsiang manzō |
every manifestation of nature all things |
薤露 see styles |
kairo かいろ |
ephemeral nature of the human world; transience of life; dew on onion leaves (i.e. tears that mourn a death) |
薩埵 萨埵 see styles |
sà duǒ sa4 duo3 sa to satta さった |
(1) {Buddh} sattva (sentient beings); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提薩埵) bodhisattva; (3) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛薩埵) Vajrasattva sattva, being, existence, essence, nature, life, sense, consciousness, substance, any living or sentient being, etc. M.W. Tr. by 情 sentient, 有情 possessing sentience, feeling, or consciousness; and by 衆生 all the living. Abbrev. for bodhisattva. Also 薩多婆; 薩怛嚩; 索埵, etc. |
融合 see styles |
róng hé rong2 he2 jung ho yuugou / yugo ゆうごう |
a mixture; an amalgam; fusion; welding together; to be in harmony with (nature); to harmonize with; to fit in (n,vs,vi,adj-no) agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting to harmonize |
行性 see styles |
xíng xìng xing2 xing4 hsing hsing gyō shō |
activity and nature |
要妙 see styles |
yào miào yao4 miao4 yao miao yōmyō |
The essential and mystic nature (of Buddha-truth). |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "nature" in Chinese and/or Japanese.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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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