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There are 48 total results for your reliance search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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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.

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

自恃

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zì shì
    zi4 shi4
tzu shih

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

大乘無上法


大乘无上法

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dà shèng wú shàng fǎ
    da4 sheng4 wu2 shang4 fa3
ta sheng wu shang fa
 daijō mujō hō

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The Supreme Mahayana Truth
The supreme Mahāyāna truth, according to the 楞伽經, is that of ultimate reality in contrast with the temporary and apparent; also reliance on the power of the vow of the bodhisattva.


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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 en
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v.

主体

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 chuche
    チュチェ
(1) (kana only) (See 主体思想) Juche (North Korean political ideology) (kor:); self-reliance; (2) (kana only) Juche (North Korean calendar)

依存

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yī cún
    yi1 cun2
i ts`un
    i tsun
 izon(p); ison
    いぞん(P); いそん
to depend on something for existence; dependent on
(n,vs,vt,vi) dependence; reliance

依義


依义

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yī yì
    yi1 yi4
i i
 egi
reliance upon the meaning

依頼

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 irai
    いらい
(noun, transitive verb) (1) request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); (n,vs,vi) (2) dependence; reliance

信頼

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 shinrai
    しんらい
(noun, transitive verb) trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance; (personal name) Nobuyori

恃み

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 tanomi
    たのみ
(1) request; favor; favour; (n,n-suf) (2) reliance; dependence; trust

憑み

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 tanomi
    たのみ
(1) request; favor; favour; (n,n-suf) (2) reliance; dependence; trust

憑拠

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 hyoukyo / hyokyo
    ひょうきょ
(noun/participle) basis; foundation; reliance

独歩

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 doppo; dokuho(ok)
    どっぽ; どくほ(ok)
(n,vs,vi) (1) walking alone; walking without assistance; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-reliance; being independent; (can be adjective with の) (3) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless; (given name) Doppo

独行

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 dokkou / dokko
    どっこう
(n,vs,vi) (1) going alone; travelling alone; solitary journey; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-reliance; acting independently; doing by oneself; (personal name) Tokuyuki

甘え

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 amae
    あまえ
(See 甘える・あまえる) lack of self-reliance; depending on others

自主

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zì zhǔ
    zi4 zhu3
tzu chu
 jishu
    じしゅ
independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
(noun/participle) independence; autonomy; self-reliance

自助

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zì zhù
    zi4 zhu4
tzu chu
 jijo
    じじょ
self-service
self-help; self-reliance; (given name) Jisuke

自立

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zì lì
    zi4 li4
tzu li
 jiritsu
    じりつ
independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) independence; self-reliance; (given name) Yoritatsu
self-sufficient

言法

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yán fǎ
    yan2 fa3
yen fa
 gonpō
the method of [reliance on] words

頼り

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 tayori
    たより
reliance; dependence

七最勝


七最胜

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qī zuì shèng
    qi1 zui4 sheng4
ch`i tsui sheng
    chi tsui sheng
 shichi saishō
The seven perfections, see唯識論, 9. 安住最勝 Perfect rest in the bodhisattva nature. 依止最勝 perfect reliance on, or holding fast to the great bodhi (awakened mind). 意果最勝 perfect resultant aim in-pity for all 事業最勝 Perfect in constant performance. 巧便最勝 Perfect in able device (for spiritual presentation). 廻向最勝 Perfect direction towards the highest bodhi. 滿淨最勝 Perfect purity and peace.

二依處


二依处

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èr yī chù
    er4 yi1 chu4
erh i ch`u
    erh i chu
 ni esho
two loci of reliance

人頼り

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 hitodayori
    ひとだより
reliance on others

依存度

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 izondo
    いぞんど
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance

依文字

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yī wén zì
    yi1 wen2 zi4
i wen tzu
 e monji
reliance upon the letters

依止力

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yī zhǐ lì
    yi1 zhi3 li4
i chih li
 eshiriki
strength of reliance

因明論


因明论

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yīn míng lùn
    yin1 ming2 lun4
yin ming lun
 inmyō ron
reliance on logic

心頼み

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 kokorodanomi
    こころだのみ
reliance; dependence

無常依


无常依

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wú cháng yī
    wu2 chang2 yi1
wu ch`ang i
    wu chang i
 mujō e
The reliance of the impermanent, i.e. Buddha, upon whom mortals can rely.

畢境依

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bì jìng yī
    bi4 jing4 yi1
pi ching i
A final trust, ultimate reliance, i.e. Buddha.

畢竟依


毕竟依

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bì jìng yī
    bi4 jing4 yi1
pi ching i
 hikkyō e
ultimate reliance

自立心

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 jiritsushin
    じりつしん
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence

託境界


讬境界

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tuō jìng jiè
    tuo1 jing4 jie4
t`o ching chieh
    to ching chieh
 taku kyōgai
reliance on the objective realm

難行道


难行道

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nán xíng dào
    nan2 xing2 dao4
nan hsing tao
 nangyoudou / nangyodo
    なんぎょうどう
{Buddh} (See 易行道) the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
path of difficult practice

五所依土

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wǔ suǒ yī tǔ
    wu3 suo3 yi1 tu3
wu so i t`u
    wu so i tu
 go shoe do
The five Buddha-kṣetra, or dependencies, the realms, or conditions of a Buddha. They are: (1) 法性土 his dharmakāya-kṣetra, or realm of his 'spiritual nature', dependent on and yet identical with the 眞如 bhutatathata; (2) 實 with its five immortal skandhas, i. e. his glorified body for his own enjoyment;. (3) 色相土 the land or condition of his self-expression as wisdom; (4) 他受用土 his saṃbhogakāya realm for the joy of others; (5) 變化土 the realm on which his nirmāṇakāya depends, that of the wisdom of perfect service of all, which results in his relation to every kind of condition.

先例主義

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 senreishugi / senreshugi
    せんれいしゅぎ
(See 前例主義) following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent

前例主義

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 zenreishugi / zenreshugi
    ぜんれいしゅぎ
following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent

無依惠施


无依惠施

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wú yī huì shī
    wu2 yi1 hui4 shi1
wu i hui shih
 mue ese
giving without reliance

独立独歩

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 dokuritsudoppo
    どくりつどっぽ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) self-reliance; self-help

独立独行

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 dokuritsudokkou / dokuritsudokko
    どくりつどっこう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs

独立自存

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 dokuritsujison
    どくりつじそん
(yoji) independence and self-reliance

竹槍戦術

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 takeyarisenjutsu
    たけやりせんじゅつ
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe

自力更生

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zì lì gēng shēng
    zi4 li4 geng1 sheng1
tzu li keng sheng
 jirikikousei / jirikikose
    じりきこうせい
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
(noun/participle) (yoji) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help

自力本願

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 jirikihongan
    じりきほんがん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance

信頼の原則

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 shinrainogensoku
    しんらいのげんそく
(exp,n) {law} rule of reliance on reasonable conduct; principle that one is not legally responsible for failing to take into account that another party is not following the law

児童自立支援施設

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 jidoujiritsushienshisetsu / jidojiritsushienshisetsu
    じどうじりつしえんしせつ
children's self-reliance support facility

Variations:
頼み(P)
恃み
憑み

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 tanomi
    たのみ
(1) request; favor; favour; (2) reliance; dependence; trust; hope

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

This page contains 48 results for "reliance" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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