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fo
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])
(surname) Hotoke
Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 shin
    しん

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Honesty / Fidelity
letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki
śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論.

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guāng
    guang1
kuang
 hikari
    ひかり

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Light / Bright / Shine
light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
(1) light; (2) illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; (3) happiness; hope; (4) influence; power; (5) vision; eyesight; (6) (abbreviation) (See 光回線) optical fiber; optical fibre; (female given name) Rei
光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate.

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li
 ryoku
    りょく

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Power / Strength
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
(suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (given name) Riki
bala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.


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shì
    shi4
shih
 zei / ze
    ぜい

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Potential / Momentum
power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
(suffix) group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.); (personal name) Seiji
bala, sthāman. Power, influence, authority; aspect, circumstances.

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qiè
    qie4
ch`ieh
    chieh
 shou / sho
    しょう

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Mistress / Concubine / Servant
concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
(1) (See 妾・めかけ) mistress; kept woman; concubine; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (feminine speech) (See 妾・わらわ) I; me

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gān
    gan1
kan
 motomu
    もとむ
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]; (archaic) shield
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,n-pref) drying; dried; (male given name) Motomu
A shield; a stem, or pole; to offend; to concern; to seek.

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yǐng
    ying3
ying
 kage
    かげ

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Shadow
picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (surname) Kage
Shadow, picture, image, reflection, hint; one of the twelve 'colours'.

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te
 toku

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Moral and Virtuous
virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
Virtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta.

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 nin
    にん

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Patience / Perseverance
to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin
kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things.

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huì
    hui4
hui
 megumi
    めぐみ

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Wisdom / Intelligence
intelligent
(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Megumi
prajñā ; sometimes jñāna. Wisdom, discernment, understanding; the power to discern things and their underlying principles and to decide the doubtful. It is often interchanged with 智, though not correctly, for zhi means knowledge, the science of the phenomenal, while hui refers more generally to principles or morals. It is part of the name of many monks, e.g. 慧可 Huike; 慧思Huisi.

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fāng
    fang1
fang
 hou / ho
    ほう

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Fong / Fang
square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi
Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just.

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míng
    ming2
ming
 mei / me
    めい

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Light / Bright
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu
vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644.

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yǎn
    yan3
yen
 manako
    まなこ

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Eyeballs / Eyes
eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]; classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki
cakṣuh, the eye.

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shén
    shen2
shen
 shin; jin
    しん; じん

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Spirit / Spiritual Essence
god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
(1) spirit; psyche; (2) (See 神・かみ・1) god; deity; divinity; kami; (female given name) Miwa
Inscrutable spiritual powers, or power; a spirit; a deva, god, or divinity; the human spirit; divine, spiritual, supernatural.

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 kuu / ku
    くう
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.

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měi
    mei3
mei
 bi
    び

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Beauty / Beautiful / Handsome
beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
(n,n-suf) beauty; (personal name) Yomisuru
Fine, handsome, beautiful, admirable. madhura, sweet, pleasant.

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néng
    neng2
neng
 nou / no
    のう

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Neng
can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
(1) talent; gift; function; (2) noh (theatre); (surname) Nozaki
śak. Able to, can; capability, power.

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 mi
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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.

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tao
 dou / do
    どう

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai; zanmai
    さんまい; ざんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

上進


上进

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shàng jìn
    shang4 jin4
shang chin
 joushin / joshin
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Progress / Ambition
to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards
(noun/participle) progress; advance; (given name) Jōshin
advance

信德

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xìn dé
    xin4 de2
hsin te
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Faith
The merit of the believing heart; the power of faith.

修行

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xiū xíng
    xiu1 xing2
hsiu hsing
 shugyou(p); sugyou(ok) / shugyo(p); sugyo(ok)
    しゅぎょう(P); すぎょう(ok)

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Shugyo
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
(noun, transitive verb) (1) training; practice; discipline; study; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} ascetic practices; (personal name) Nobuyuki
caryā, conduct; to observe and do; to end one's ways; to cultivate oneself in right practice; be religious, or pious.

修養


修养

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xiū yǎng
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hsiu yang
 shuuyou / shuyo
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Self-Improvement
accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
(n,vs,vi) self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
cultivating moral character

克己

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kè jǐ
    ke4 ji3
k`o chi
    ko chi
 kokki
    こっき

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Self-Restraint / Self-Control
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
(n,vs,vi) self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial; (given name) Yoshimi

力量

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lì liang
    li4 liang5
li liang
 rikiryou / rikiryo
    りきりょう

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Strength / Ability
power; force; strength
(1) ability; capacity; capability; talent; (2) physical strength

動力


动力

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dòng lì
    dong4 li4
tung li
 douryoku / doryoku
    どうりょく

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Motivation
motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus
(1) power; motive power; (2) {engr} (See 三相交流) three-phase electricity; (personal name) Ichiriki

化身

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huà shēn
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hua shen
 keshin
    けしん

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Avatar
incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances.

反省

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fǎn xǐng
    fan3 xing3
fan hsing
 hansei / hanse
    はんせい

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Reflect
to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

大力

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dà lì
    da4 li4
ta li
 dairiki
    だいりき

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Great Power
energetically; vigorously
(noun - becomes adjective with の) immense physical strength; (p,s,g) Dairiki
great power or energy

威德

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wēi dé
    wei1 de2
wei te
 itoku

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Wade
power and virtue
Of respect-inspiring virtue; dignified.

専念

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 sennen
    せんねん

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Dedication
(n,vs,vi) absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

忍耐

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rěn nài
    ren3 nai4
jen nai
 nintai
    にんたい
to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance
(noun, transitive verb) endurance; perseverance; patience
forbearance

悟性

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wù xìng
    wu4 xing4
wu hsing
 gosei / gose
    ごせい

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Power of Understanding and Wisdom
perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension
wisdom; understanding

慧能

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huì néng
    hui4 neng2
hui neng
 enou / eno
    えのう

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Huineng
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
(person) Huineng (638-713)
The power of wisdom. Huineng, name of a noted monk, sixth patriarch of the Intuitional or Meditation sect; died 713.

應變


应变

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yìng biàn
    ying4 bian4
ying pien
 ōhen

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Adapt Oneself
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
adapt to changes

我慢

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wǒ màn
    wo3 man4
wo man
 gaman(p); gaman
    がまん(P); ガマン

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Gaman
(noun/participle) (1) endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something); (noun/participle) (2) self-control; self-restraint; (surname) Gaman
abhimāna, ātma-mada. Egoism exalting self and depreciating others; self-intoxication, pride.

捨己


舍己

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shě jǐ
    she3 ji3
she chi
 sutemi
    すてみ

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Self Sacrifice
selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
(given name) Sutemi

正念

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zhèng niàn
    zheng4 nian4
cheng nien
 shounen / shonen
    しょうねん
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} (See 八正道) right mindfulness; (2) true faith (in rebirth in the promised land); (place-name) Shounen
samyak-smṛti, right remembrance, the seventh of the 八正道; 'right mindfullness, the looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. ' Keith.

武術


武术

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wǔ shù
    wu3 shu4
wu shu
 bujutsu
    ぶじゅつ

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Martial Arts / Wushu
military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(1) martial arts; military arts; (2) (See 武術太極拳) wushu (Chinese martial art)

無我


无我

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wú wǒ
    wu2 wo3
wu wo
 muga
    むが

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Selflessness
anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
(1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Muga
anātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11.

無量


无量

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wú liàng
    wu2 liang4
wu liang
 muryou / muryo
    むりょう

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Immeasurable / Unlimited
measureless; immeasurable
(adj-no,n) immeasurable; infinite; inestimable; (given name) Muryō
apramāṇa; amita; ananta; immeasurable, unlimited, e.g. the 'four infinite' characteristics of a bodhisattva are 慈悲喜捨 kindness, pity, joy, and self-sacrifice.

独立

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 dokuritsu
    どくりつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own; (n,vs,vi) (2) independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; (n,vs,vi) (3) separation; isolation

献身

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 kenshin
    けんしん

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Sacrifice / Devotion / Dedication
(n,vs,vi) devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

獻身


献身

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xiàn shēn
    xian4 shen1
hsien shen

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Sacrifice / Devotion / Dedication
to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
See: 献身

瑜伽

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yú jiā
    yu2 jia1
yü chia
 yuga
    ゆが

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Yoga
yoga (loanword)
{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga
yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general.

省悟

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xǐng wù
    xing3 wu4
hsing wu
 seigo / sego
    せいご

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Wake Up to Reality
to wake up to reality; to come to oneself; to realize; to see the truth
(given name) Seigo
to reflect and become aware

空無


空无

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kōng wú
    kong1 wu2
k`ung wu
    kung wu
 kūmu

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Nothingness
Unreality, or immateriality, of things, which is defined as nothing existing of independent or self-contained nature.

節制


节制

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jié zhì
    jie2 zhi4
chieh chih
 sessei / sesse
    せっせい

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Temperance
to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) moderation; self-restraint; temperance

精進


精进

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jīng jìn
    jing1 jin4
ching chin
 shoujin(p); soujin(ok); shouji(ok); souji(ok) / shojin(p); sojin(ok); shoji(ok); soji(ok)
    しょうじん(P); そうじん(ok); しょうじ(ok); そうじ(ok)
to forge ahead vigorously; to dedicate oneself to progress
(n,vs,vi) (1) concentration; diligence; devotion; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (See 六波羅蜜) asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; (n,vs,vi) (3) adherence to a vegetarian diet; (surname) Shoujin
vīrya, one of the seven bodhyaṅga; 'vigour,' 'valour, fortitude,' 'virility' (M.W.); 'welldoing' (Keith). The Chinese interpretation may be defined, as pure or unadulterated progress, i.e. 勤 zeal, zealous, courageously progressing in the good and eliminating the evil.; vīrya, zeal, unchecked progress.

美容

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měi róng
    mei3 rong2
mei jung
 biyou / biyo
    びよう
to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive; to beautify
(1) beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features; (2) beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture; cosmetics; (female given name) Miyo

自信

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zì xìn
    zi4 xin4
tzu hsin
 jishin
    じしん

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Self-Confidence
to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself); (surname) Jishin

自制

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zì zhì
    zi4 zhi4
tzu chih
 jisei / jise
    じせい

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Self-Control
to maintain self-control; self-control
(n,vs,vt,vi) self-control; self-restraint

自力

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zì lì
    zi4 li4
tzu li
 jiriki(p); jiryoku
    じりき(P); じりょく

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Power of Oneself / Self-Sufficient
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) one's own strength; one's own efforts; (2) {Buddh} self-salvation; (place-name) Jiriki
self-power

自尊

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zì zūn
    zi4 zun1
tzu tsun
 jison
    じそん

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Self-Respect / Self-Esteem
self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

自強


自强

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zì qiáng
    zi4 qiang2
tzu ch`iang
    tzu chiang
 jikyou / jikyo
    じきょう

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Inner Strength / Self-Improvement
to strive for self-improvement
(noun/participle) strenuous effort

自律

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zì lǜ
    zi4 lu:4
tzu lü
 jiritsu
    じりつ

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Self-Discipline / Will-Power
self-discipline; self-regulation; autonomy (ethics); autonomic (physiology)
(1) {phil} (See 他律・1) autonomy (in Kantian ethics); (2) self-control

自恃

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zì shì
    zi4 shi4
tzu shih

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Self-Reliance
self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited

自愛


自爱

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zì ài
    zi4 ai4
tzu ai
 jiai
    じあい
self-respect; self-love; self-regard; regard for oneself; to cherish one's good name; to take good care of one's health
(n,vs,vi) (1) (See ご自愛ください) taking care of oneself; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-love
Self-love, cause of all pursuit or seeking, which in turn causes all suffering. All Buddhas put away self-love and all pursuit, or seeking, such elimination being nirvāṇa.

自然

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zì rán
    zi4 ran2
tzu jan
 jinen
    じねん

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Nature
nature; natural; naturally
(n,adv) occurring naturally (without human influence); (female given name) Minori
svayaṃbhū, also 自爾; 法爾 self-existing, the self-existent; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others; in Chinese it is 'self-so', so of itself, natural, of course, spontaneous. It also means uncaused existence, certain sects of heretics 自然外道 denying Buddhist cause and effect and holding that things happen spontaneously.

自由

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zì yóu
    zi4 you2
tzu yu
 jiyuu / jiyu
    じゆう

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Freedom / Liberty
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun or adjectival noun) freedom; liberty; (male given name) Yoriyoshi
self-established

自省

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zì xǐng
    zi4 xing3
tzu hsing
 jisei / jise
    じせい

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Introspection / Self-Awareness
to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism
(noun, transitive verb) self-examination; reflection; (given name) Jisei

自衛


自卫

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zì wèi
    zi4 wei4
tzu wei
 jiei / jie
    じえい

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Self-Defense
to defend oneself; self-defense
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) self-defense; self-defence

自覺


自觉

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zì jué
    zi4 jue2
tzu chüeh
 jigaku
    じがく

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Consciousness of Self
conscious; aware; on one's own initiative; conscientious
(surname) Jigaku
to realize for oneself

見性


见性

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jiàn xìng
    jian4 xing4
chien hsing
 kenshou / kensho
    けんしょう

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Kensho - Initial Enlightenment
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
To behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School.

謙虛


谦虚

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qiān xū
    qian1 xu1
ch`ien hsü
    chien hsü

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Humble / Modest
modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks

警察

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jǐng chá
    jing3 cha2
ching ch`a
    ching cha
 keisatsu / kesatsu
    けいさつ

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Police
police; police officer
(1) police; (2) (abbreviation) (See 警察官) police officer; (3) (abbreviation) (See 警察署) police station; (suffix noun) (4) (colloquialism) self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody; vigilante; gatekeeper

醒悟

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xǐng wù
    xing3 wu4
hsing wu

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Reality
to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality

金剛


金刚

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jīn gāng
    jin1 gang1
chin kang
 kongou / kongo
    こんごう

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Diamond
diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
(1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth; (p,s,g) Kongou
vajra, 伐闍羅; 跋折羅 (or跋闍羅); 縛曰羅(or 縛日羅) The thunderbolt of Indra, often called the diamond club; but recent research considers it a sun symbol. The diamond, synonym of hardness, indestructibility, power, the least frangible of minerals. It is one of the saptaratna 七寶.

體力


体力

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tǐ lì
    ti3 li4
t`i li
    ti li

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Physical Strength
physical strength; physical power
See: 体力

一匹狼

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 ippikiookami
    いっぴきおおかみ

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Lone Wolf
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

佛知見


佛知见

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fó zhī jiàn
    fo2 zhi1 jian4
fo chih chien
 bucchiken

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Wisdom and Insight of the Buddha
The penetrative power of Buddha's wisdom, or vision.

做自己

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zuò zì jǐ
    zuo4 zi4 ji3
tso tzu chi

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Be Yourself
to be oneself

創造力


创造力

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chuàng zào lì
    chuang4 zao4 li4
ch`uang tsao li
    chuang tsao li
 souzouryoku / sozoryoku
    そうぞうりょく

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Creativity
ingenuity; creativity
creative power; creativity

因陀羅


因陀罗

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yīn tuó luó
    yin1 tuo2 luo2
yin t`o lo
    yin to lo
 Indara

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Indra
Indra (a Hindu deity)
Indra, 因坻; 因提; 因提梨; 因達羅; 天帝; 天主帝; 帝釋天; originally a god of the atmosphere, i. e. of thunder and rain; idem Śakra; his symbol is the vajra, or thunderbolt, hence he is the 金剛手; he became 'lord of the gods of the sky', 'regent of the east quarter', 'popularly chief after Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, '(M.W.); in Buddhism he represents the secular power, and is inferior to a Buddhist saint. Cf. 忉利 and 印.

奢摩他

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shē mó tā
    she1 mo2 ta1
she mo t`a
    she mo ta
 shamata

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Samatha
(or 奢摩陀); 舍摩他 śamatha, 'quiet, tranquility, calmness of mind, absence of passion.' M. W. Rest, peace, power to end (passion, etc.), one of the seven names for dhyāna.

平常心

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píng cháng xīn
    ping2 chang2 xin1
p`ing ch`ang hsin
    ping chang hsin
 heijoushin / hejoshin
    へいじょうしん

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Heijoshin / Presence of Mind
levelheadedness; calmness; equanimity
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
ordinary mind

想像力

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xiǎng xiàng lì
    xiang3 xiang4 li4
hsiang hsiang li
 souzouryoku / sozoryoku
    そうぞうりょく

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Imagination
conception; imagination
(power of) imagination

耐久力

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 taikyuuryoku / taikyuryoku
    たいきゅうりょく

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Stamina / Endurance
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power

自信心

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zì xìn xīn
    zi4 xin4 xin1
tzu hsin hsin

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Self-Confidence
self-confidence

自尊心

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zì zūn xīn
    zi4 zun1 xin1
tzu tsun hsin
 jisonshin
    じそんしん
self-respect; self-esteem; ego
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

自意識

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 jiishiki / jishiki
    じいしき

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Self Consciousness
self-consciousness

護身術

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 goshinjutsu
    ごしんじゅつ

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Goshin Jutsu
art of self-defense (defence)

超能力

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chāo néng lì
    chao1 neng2 li4
ch`ao neng li
    chao neng li
 chounouryoku / chonoryoku
    ちょうのうりょく

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Supernatural Energy
superpower; superhuman power
(1) extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychic ability; (2) psychokinesis; PK

霊能力

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 reinouryoku / renoryoku
    れいのうりょく

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Psychic Power
psychic power

克己奉公

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kè jǐ fèng gōng
    ke4 ji3 feng4 gong1
k`o chi feng kung
    ko chi feng kung

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Work Unselfishly for the Common Good
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly

吃喝玩樂


吃喝玩乐

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chī hē wán lè
    chi1 he1 wan2 le4
ch`ih ho wan le
    chih ho wan le

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Eat Drink and Be Merry
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

応変能力

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 ouhennouryoku / ohennoryoku
    おうへんのうりょく

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Ability to Adapt
ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment

波多黎各

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bō duō lí gè
    bo1 duo1 li2 ge4
po to li ko

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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States

泰然自若

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tài rán zì ruò
    tai4 ran2 zi4 ruo4
t`ai jan tzu jo
    tai jan tzu jo
 taizenjijaku
    たいぜんじじゃく

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Presence of Mind
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves; perfectly composed
(adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

理直氣壯


理直气壮

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lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
    li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4
li chih ch`i chuang
    li chih chi chuang

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Engage with Confidence
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful

知彼知己

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zhī bǐ zhī jǐ
    zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3
chih pi chih chi

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Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

自己実現

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 jikojitsugen
    じこじつげん

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Self Actualization
(noun/participle) self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization

自己抑制

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 jikoyokusei / jikoyokuse
    じこよくせい

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Self-Control
(noun/participle) self-restraint; self-control; abstinence

自強不息


自强不息

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zì qiáng bù xī
    zi4 qiang2 bu4 xi1
tzu ch`iang pu hsi
    tzu chiang pu hsi

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Always Striving for Inner Strength
to strive unremittingly; self-improvement

自我實現


自我实现

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zì wǒ shí xiàn
    zi4 wo3 shi2 xian4
tzu wo shih hsien

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Self Actualization
self-actualization (psychology); self-realization

冷静になる

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 reiseininaru / reseninaru
    れいせいになる

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Chill Out
(exp,v5r) to collect oneself; to chill out; to cool off; to recover oneself

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

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This page contains 100 results for "power of oneself self-sufficient" 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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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