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陰陽


阴阳

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yīn yáng
    yin1 yang2
yin yang
 inyou(p); onmyou; onyou / inyo(p); onmyo; onyo
    いんよう(P); おんみょう; おんよう

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Yin Yang
yin and yang
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.; (place-name) In'you
yin and yang

日月星辰

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 jitsugetsuseishin; nichigetsuseishin / jitsugetsuseshin; nichigetsuseshin
    じつげつせいしん; にちげつせいしん

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The Sun, Moon, and Stars
(yoji) the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies

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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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yùn
    yun4
yün
 kasa; un
    かさ; うん
dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona; (surname) Higasa

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yào
    yao4
yao
 you / yo
    よう
bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
(female given name) Yō
Brilliant, shining. 七曜 The sun, moon, and five planets. 曜宿 These seven and the constellations, the celestial orbs.

七曜

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qī yào
    qi1 yao4
ch`i yao
    chi yao
 shichiyou / shichiyo
    しちよう
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
(1) {astron} the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); (2) the seven days of the week
The seven brilliant ones — the sun and moon, together with the five planets which are connected with fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. Their essence shines in the sky, but their spirits are over men as judges of their good and evil, and as rulers over good and evil fortune. The following list shows their names in Chinese and Sanskrit:
Sun 日, 太陽; aditya 阿彌底耶
Moon月, 太陰; soma 蘇摩
Mars火星, 勢惑勞; aṅgāraka 盎哦囉迦
Mercury水星, 辰星; budha 部陀
Jupiter木星, 歳星; bṛhaspati 勿哩訶娑跛底
Venus金星, 太白; śukra 戌羯羅
Saturn土星, 鎭星; śanaiścara 賖乃以室折羅.

七難


七难

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qīn án
    qin1 an2
ch`in an
    chin an
 shichinan
    しちなん
(1) {Buddh} the Seven Misfortunes; (2) great number of faults or defects
The seven calamities in the仁王經, 受持品 during which that sūtra should be recited: sun and moon losing their order (eclipses), conste11ations, irregular, fire, flood, wind-storms, drought, brigands Another set is — pestilence, invasion, rebe11ion, unlucky stars, eclipses, too early monsoon, too late monsoon. Another is — fire, flood, rakṣas, misrule, evil spirits, cangue and prison, and robbers.

三光

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sān guāng
    san1 guang1
san kuang
 sankou / sanko
    さんこう
the sun, the moon, and the stars
(1) (poetic term) the Sun, the Moon and the stars; (2) {hanaf} three 20-point cards (high-scoring meld); (personal name) Miteru
(三光天) Sun, moon, and stars. Also, in the second dhyāna of the form-world there are the two deva regions 少光天, 無量光天, and 光音天q.v. Also 觀音 Avalokiteśvara is styled 日天子sun-prince, or divine son of the sun, 大勢至 Mahāsthāmaprapta is styled 月天子 divine son of the moon, and 虛空藏菩薩 the bodhisattva of the empyrean, is styled 明星天子 divine son of the bright stars.

上山

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shàng shān
    shang4 shan1
shang shan
 jouyama / joyama
    じょうやま
to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise
(surname) Jōyama

下山

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xià shān
    xia4 shan1
hsia shan
 gezan(p); gesan
    げざん(P); げさん
to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 登山) descending a mountain; descent; (place-name) Nizayama

九曜

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jiǔ yào
    jiu3 yao4
chiu yao
 kuyou / kuyo
    くよう
(surname) Kuyou
九執 q.v. Navagraha. The nine luminaries: 日 Āditya, the sun; 月 Sōma, the moon; the five planets, i.e. 火星 Aṅgāraka, Mars; 水 Budha, Mercury; 木 Bṛhaspati, Jupiter; 金 Sukra, Venus; and 土 Śanaiścara, Saturn; also 羅睺 Rāhu, the spirit that causes eclipses; and 計都 Ketu, a comet. Each is associated with a region of the sky and also with a bodhisattva, etc., e.g. the sun with Guanyin, Venus with Amitābha, etc.

五夢


五梦

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wǔ mèng
    wu3 meng4
wu meng
 itsumu
    いつむ
(female given name) Itsumu
The five bad dreams of King Ajātaśatru on the night that Buddha entered nirvana— as the moon sank the sun arose from the earth. the stars fell like rain, seven comets appeared, and a great conflagration filling the sky fell on the earth.

五翳

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wǔ yì
    wu3 yi4
wu i
 go ei
The five films, or interceptors of the light of sun and moon— smoke, cloud dust, fog, and the hands of asuras.

入る

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 iru
    いる
(v5r,vi) (1) (mainly used in fixed expressions and literary language) (See 入る・はいる・1) to enter; to go in; to get in; to come in; (v5r,vi) (2) to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to go down; (v5r,vi) (3) to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve; to reach (e.g. a climax); (suf,v5r) (4) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 感じ入る,聞き入る) to do fully; to do intently; to do sincerely; to do deeply; to feel keenly; (suf,v5r) (5) (after -masu stem of verb) (See 寝入る・1,絶え入る) to (reach a state) completely; (place-name) Iru

入方

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 irikata
    いりかた
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.); (place-name, surname) Irikata

初升

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chū shēng
    chu1 sheng1
ch`u sheng
    chu sheng
rising (sun, moon etc)

四翳

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sì yì
    si4 yi4
ssu i
 shiei
The four films, or things that becloud, i. e. rain-clouds; dust-storms; smoke; and asuras, i. e. eclipses of sun and moon; emblematic of desire, hate, ignorance, and pride; cf. 四結.

堕つ

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 otsu
    おつ
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender

墜つ

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 otsu
    おつ
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender

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.

天女

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tiān nǚ
    tian1 nv3
t`ien nü
    tien nü
 tennyo
    てんにょ
(1) heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; (2) beautiful and kind woman; (female given name) Tennyo
devakanyā; apsaras; goddesses in general; attendants on the regents of the sun and moon; wives of Gandharvas, the division of the sexes is maintained throughout the devalokas 六 天.

成劫

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chéng jié
    cheng2 jie2
ch`eng chieh
    cheng chieh
 joukou; jougou / joko; jogo
    じょうこう; じょうごう
{Buddh} (See 四劫) the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe)
vivarta kalpa, one of the four kalpas, consisting of twenty small kalpas during which worlds and the beings on them are formed. The others are: 住劫 vivarta-siddha kalpa, kalpa of abiding, or existence, sun and moon rise, sexes are differentiated, heroes arise, four castes are formed, social life evolves. 壞劫saṃvarta kalpa, that of destruction, consisting of sixty-four small kalpas when fire, water, and wind destroy everything except the fourth dhyāna. 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha kalpa, i.e. of annihilation. v. 劫波.

日月

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rì yuè
    ri4 yue4
jih yüeh
 jitsugetsu; nichigetsu
    じつげつ; にちげつ
the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood
(1) sun and moon; (2) time; days and months; years; (3) (にちげつ only) Sunday and Monday; (female given name) Hizuki
sun and moon

星宿

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xīng xiù
    xing1 xiu4
hsing hsiu
 shōshuku
    ほとほりぼし
constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
(1) (astron) constellation; (2) (astron) (archaism) mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions); (3) (astron) Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
The twenty-eight Chinese constellations 二十八宿; also the twenty-eight nakṣatras; the 十二宮 twelve rāṣi, or zodiacal mansions; and the 七曜 seven mobile stars: sun, moon, and five graha or planets; all which are used as auguries in 星占法 astrology. A list giving Sanskrit and Chinese names, etc・, is given in 佛學大辭典, pp. 1579-1 580.

星曜

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xīng yào
    xing1 yao4
hsing yao
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)

月日

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 tsukihi
    つきひ
(1) time; years; days; (one's) life; (2) (See 日月・1) the Moon and the Sun

烏兎

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 uto
    うと
(1) (abbreviation) (See 金烏玉兎) sun and moon; (2) time; the years; the months

羅睺


罗睺

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luó hóu
    luo2 hou2
lo hou
 rago; ragou / rago; rago
    らご; らごう
the intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit rahu)
Rago; mythological celestial body and-or evil spirit (asura) said to cause eclipses
Rāhu, also羅護; 羅虎; "the demon who is supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses." M.W.

落つ

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 otsu
    おつ
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender

落る

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 ochiru
    おちる
(irregular okurigana usage) (v1,vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) to consent; to understand; (17) (computer terminology) to crash; to freeze; (18) to die; (19) to move to the depths

落土

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luò tǔ
    luo4 tu3
lo t`u
    lo tu
 ochido
    おちど
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground; (of the sun or moon) to set
(place-name) Ochido

迦葉


迦叶

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jiā shě
    jia1 she3
chia she
 kashou / kasho
    かしょう
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
(迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67.

龍珠


龙珠

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lóng zhū
    long2 zhu1
lung chu
 ryuuju / ryuju
    りゅうじゅ
(personal name) Ryūju
Dragon-pearl; pearl below the dragon's jaws; the sun or moon associated with the dragon and spring.

七曜星

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 shichiyousei / shichiyose
    しちようせい
(1) {astron} (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (2) {astron} (See 七曜・1) the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)

五類天


五类天

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wǔ lèi tiān
    wu3 lei4 tian1
wu lei t`ien
    wu lei tien
 gorui ten
The five kinds of devas: (1) 上界天 in the upper realms of form and non-form; (2) 虛空天 in the sky, i. e. four of the six devas of the desire-realm; (3) 地居天 on the earth, i. e. the other two of the six devas, on Sumeru; (4) 遊虛天空 wandering devas of the sky, e. g. sun, moon, starvas, (5) 地下天 under-world devas, e. g. nāgas, asuras, māras, etc. Of. 五大明王.

入り方

see styles
 irigata
    いりがた
    irikata
    いりかた
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

十二天

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shí èr tiān
    shi2 er4 tian1
shih erh t`ien
    shih erh tien
 juuniten / juniten
    じゅうにてん
twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect); (place-name) Jūniten
The twelve devas (especially of the Shingon sect): Brahmā; the deva of earth; of the moon; of the sun; Indra; of fire; Yama; of the rakṣas (or demons); of water; of wind; Vaiśramaṇa (wealth); and Maheśvara (Śiva). Also 十二大天衆.

四明山

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sì míng shān
    si4 ming2 shan1
ssu ming shan
 Shimyō san
A mountain range in Ningbo prefecture where the 四明 are clearly seen, i. e. sun, moon, stars, and constellations. 知禮 Zhili of the Sung dynasty is known as the 四明尊者 honoured one of Siming and his school as the 四明家 Siming school in the direct line of Tiantai. In Japan Mt. Hiei 比叡山 is known by this title, through Dengyo 傳教 the founder of the Japanese Tiantai School.

墜ちる

see styles
 ochiru
    おちる
(v1,vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) to consent; to understand; (17) (computer terminology) to crash; to freeze; (18) to die; (19) to move to the depths

差上る

see styles
 sashinoboru
    さしのぼる
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) to rise (e.g. sun, moon)

摩利支

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mó lì zhī
    mo2 li4 zhi1
mo li chih
 marishi
    まりし
{Buddh} Marici
(or 摩梨支, or 摩里支); 末利支 Marīci. Rays of light, the sun's rays, said to go before the sun; mirage; also intp. as a wreath. A goddess, independent and sovereign, protectress against all violence and peril. 'In Brahmanic mythology, the personification of light, offspring of Brahmā, parent of Sūrya.' 'Among Chinese Buddhists Maritchi is represented as a female with eight arms, two of which are holding aloft emblems of sun and moon, and worshipped as goddess of light and as the guardian of all nations, whom she protects from the fury of war. She is addressed as 天后 queen of heaven, or as 斗姥 lit. mother of the Southern measure (μλρστζ Sagittarī), and identified with Tchundi' and 'with Mahēśvarī, the wife of Maheśvara, and has therefore the attribute Mātrikā', mother of Buddhas. Eitel. Taoists address her as Queen of Heaven.

文鮮明

see styles
 bunsenmei / bunsenme
    ぶんせんめい
(person) Sun Myung Moon (1920.2.25-2012.9.3)

日月暈


日月晕

see styles
rì yuè yùn
    ri4 yue4 yun4
jih yüeh yün
halo; ring of light around the sun or moon

日月潭

see styles
rì yuè tán
    ri4 yue4 tan2
jih yüeh t`an
    jih yüeh tan
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan

日月眼

see styles
rì yuè yǎn
    ri4 yue4 yan3
jih yüeh yen
 jitsugetsu gan
eyes of the sun and moon

日月食

see styles
rì yuè shí
    ri4 yue4 shi2
jih yüeh shih
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)

月面佛

see styles
yuè miàn fó
    yue4 mian4 fo2
yüeh mien fo
 Gachimen Butsu
The 'moon-face Buddha', whose life is only a day and a night, in contrast with the sun-face Buddha whose life is 1, 800 years.

皆既蝕

see styles
 kaikishoku
    かいきしょく
total eclipse (of sun by moon); totality

皆既食

see styles
 kaikishoku
    かいきしょく
total eclipse (of sun by moon); totality

禳日蝕


禳日蚀

see styles
ráng rì shí
    rang2 ri4 shi2
jang jih shih
 jōnisshoku
禳月蝕 to avert the calamity threatened by an eclipse of sun or moon.

落ちる

see styles
 ochiru
    おちる
(v1,vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) to consent; to understand; (17) (computer terminology) to crash; to freeze; (18) to die; (19) to move to the depths

金剛界


金刚界

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jīn gāng jiè
    jin1 gang1 jie4
chin kang chieh
 kongoukai / kongokai
    こんごうかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎.

阿彌陀


阿弥陀

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ā mí tuó
    a1 mi2 tuo2
a mi t`o
    a mi to
 Amida
    あみだ
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
(阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions.

ののさま

see styles
 nonosama
    ののさま
(child. language) (honorific or respectful language) (See のの) God; Buddha; sun; moon

一眼之龜


一眼之龟

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yī yǎn zhī guī
    yi1 yan3 zhi1 gui1
i yen chih kuei
 ichigen no kame
A sea turtle with only one eye, and that underneath, entered a hollow in a floating log; the log, tossed by the waves, happened to roll over, whereupon the turtle momentarily saw the sun and moon; an illustration of the rareness of the appearance of a Buddha; also of the difficulty of being reborn as a man.

七つの星

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 nanatsunohoshi
    ななつのほし
(1) {astron} (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (2) {astron} (See 七曜・しちよう・1) Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn

三種光明


三种光明

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sān zhǒng guāng míng
    san1 zhong3 guang1 ming2
san chung kuang ming
 sanshu kōmyō
The three kinds of light: (a) extemal— sun, moon, stars, lamps, etc.; (b) dharma, or the light of right teaching and conduct; (c) the effulgence or bodily halo emitted by Buddhas, bodhisattvas, devas.

伊弉冉尊

see styles
 izanaminomikoto
    いざなみのみこと
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

伊弉諾尊

see styles
 izanaginomikoto
    いざなぎのみこと
    izanakinomikoto
    いざなきのみこと
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

十二光佛

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shí èr guāng fó
    shi2 er4 guang1 fo2
shih erh kuang fo
 jūni kōbutsu
Amitābha's twelve titles of light. The無量壽經上 gives them as 無量光佛, etc., i.e. the Buddha of light that is immeasurable boundless, irresistible, incomparable, yama (or flaming), pure, joy, wisdom, unceasing, surpassing thought, ineffable, surpassing sun and moon. Another list is given in the 九品往生阿彌陀...經.

十二火天

see styles
shí èr huǒ tiān
    shi2 er4 huo3 tian1
shih erh huo t`ien
    shih erh huo tien
 jūnikaten
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons.

吳牛見月


吴牛见月

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wú niú jiàn yuè
    wu2 niu2 jian4 yue4
wu niu chien yüeh
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun

差し上る

see styles
 sashinoboru
    さしのぼる
(v5r,vi) to rise (e.g. sun, moon)

差し昇る

see styles
 sashinoboru
    さしのぼる
(v5r,vi) to rise (e.g. sun, moon)

日月五星

see styles
rì yuè wǔ xīng
    ri4 yue4 wu3 xing1
jih yüeh wu hsing
sun, moon and the five visible planets

日月如梭

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rì yuè rú suō
    ri4 yue4 ru2 suo1
jih yüeh ju so
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!

日月重光

see styles
rì yuè chóng guāng
    ri4 yue4 chong2 guang1
jih yüeh ch`ung kuang
    jih yüeh chung kuang
the sun and moon shine once more; fig. things get back to normal after an upheaval

日月雙懸


日月双悬

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rì yuè shuāng xuán
    ri4 yue4 shuang1 xuan2
jih yüeh shuang hsüan
 nichigatsu narabekakeru
sun and moon shall hang together

東兔西烏


东兔西乌

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dōng tù xī wū
    dong1 tu4 xi1 wu1
tung t`u hsi wu
    tung tu hsi wu
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); fig. the passage of time

自黑二鼠

see styles
zì hēi èr shǔ
    zi4 hei1 er4 shu3
tzu hei erh shu
 jikoku niso
The two mice in the parable, one white the other black, gnawing at the rope of life, i.e. day and night, or sun and moon.

蔽日月光

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bì rì yuè guāng
    bi4 ri4 yue4 guang1
pi jih yüeh kuang
 Hei nichigetsu kō
Covering the Light of the Sun and Moon

超日月光

see styles
chāo rì yuè guāng
    chao1 ri4 yue4 guang1
ch`ao jih yüeh kuang
    chao jih yüeh kuang
 Chō nichigetsu kō
Luminosity Beyond That of the Sun and Moon

遊虛空天


遊虚空天

see styles
yóu xū kōng tiān
    you2 xu1 kong1 tian1
yu hsü k`ung t`ien
    yu hsü kung tien
 yu kokū ten
To roam in space, as do the devas of the sun, moon, stars, etc.; also the four upper devalokas.

金烏玉兎

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 kinugyokuto
    きんうぎょくと
(archaism) (yoji) (See 烏兎・1) sun and moon

伊邪那岐命

see styles
 izanaginomikoto
    いざなぎのみこと
    izanakinomikoto
    いざなきのみこと
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

伊邪那美命

see styles
 izanaminomikoto
    いざなみのみこと
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

日月戢重暉


日月戢重晖

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rì yuè jí chóng huī
    ri4 yue4 ji2 chong2 hui1
jih yüeh chi ch`ung hui
    jih yüeh chi chung hui
 nichi getsu shū jū ki
outshining the sun and moon

羅睺阿修羅


罗睺阿修罗

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luó huó ā xiū luó
    luo2 huo2 a1 xiu1 luo2
lo huo a hsiu lo
 Ragoashura
Rāhu-asura, the asura who in fighting with Indra can seize sun and moon, i.e. cause eclipses.

自在天外道

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zì zài tiān wài dào
    zi4 zai4 tian1 wai4 dao4
tzu tsai t`ien wai tao
    tzu tsai tien wai tao
 Jizaiten gedō
Śivaites, who ascribed creation and destruction to Śiva, and that all things form his body, space his head, sun and moon his eyes, earth his body, rivers and seas his urine, mountains his fæces, wind his life, fire his heat, and all living things the vermin on his body. This sect is also known as the 自在等因宗. Śiva is represented with eight arms, three eyes, sitting on a bull.

超日月光佛

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chāo rì yuè guāng fó
    chao1 ri4 yue4 guang1 fo2
ch`ao jih yüeh kuang fo
    chao jih yüeh kuang fo
 chō nichi gakkō butsu
Buddha whose luminosity outshines the sun and moon

Variations:
入り方
入方

see styles
 irigata; irikata
    いりがた; いりかた
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

日面佛月面佛

see styles
rì miàn fó yuè miàn fó
    ri4 mian4 fo2 yue4 mian4 fo2
jih mien fo yüeh mien fo
 nichimen butsu getsumen butsu
sun-faced buddhas and moon-faced buddhas

Variations:
皆既食
皆既蝕

see styles
 kaikishoku
    かいきしょく
total eclipse (of sun by moon); totality

金烏西墜,玉兔東昇


金乌西坠,玉兔东升

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jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng
    jin1 wu1 xi1 zhui4 , yu4 tu4 dong1 sheng1
chin wu hsi chui , yü t`u tung sheng
    chin wu hsi chui , yü tu tung sheng
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset

Variations:
伊弉冉尊
伊邪那美命

see styles
 izanaminomikoto; izanaminomikoto
    いざなみのみこと; イザナミノミコト
{Shinto} (See 伊弉諾尊) Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Variations:
伊弉諾尊
伊邪那岐命

see styles
 izanaginomikoto; izanakinomikoto
    いざなぎのみこと; いざなきのみこと
(See 伊弉冉尊) Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Variations:
伊邪那岐命
伊弉諾尊

see styles
 izanaginomikoto; izanakinomikoto; izanaginomikoto
    いざなぎのみこと; いざなきのみこと; イザナギノミコト
{Shinto} (See 伊弉冉尊) Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Variations:
のの
のんの
のんのん

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 nono; nonno; nonnon
    のの; のんの; のんのん
(child. language) (archaism) God; Buddha; sun; moon

世界基督教統一神霊教会

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 sekaikirisutokyoutouitsushinreikyoukai / sekaikirisutokyotoitsushinrekyokai
    せかいきりすときょうとういつしんれいきょうかい
(org) Reverend Sun Myung Moon's unification Church; (o) Reverend Sun Myung Moon's unification Church

Variations:
差し上る
差し昇る
差上る(io)

see styles
 sashinoboru
    さしのぼる
(v5r,vi) to rise (e.g. sun, moon)

Variations:
落ちる(P)
墜ちる
落る(io)

see styles
 ochiru
    おちる
(v1,vi) (1) to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way; (v1,vi) (2) to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down; (v1,vi) (3) to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline; to deteriorate; to abate (of wind); (v1,vi) (4) to be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of); (v1,vi) (5) to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.); to come out (of a stain); to fade (of colour); to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.); (v1,vi) (6) to disappear (of excess fat); to become thinner; to become leaner; (v1,vi) (7) to be left out; to be omitted; to be missing; (v1,vi) (8) to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful; (v1,vi) (9) (also written as 堕ちる) to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to sink (so low); (v1,vi) (10) (also written as 堕ちる) to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell); (v1,vi) (11) (See 恋に落ちる,眠りに落ちる) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (v1,vi) (12) to fall (into someone's hands); to be accepted (of a bid); to be won (of a tender); to be honoured (of a bill); (v1,vi) (13) to fall into (a trap); to fall for (a trick); (v1,vi) (14) to give in; (v1,vi) (15) to confess; to own up; (v1,vi) (16) to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.); to arrive at (in the end); (v1,vi) (17) to leave (a city, castle, etc.); to (be defeated and) flee; (v1,vi) (18) (See 腑に落ちない,胸に落ちる) to sink in; to be accepted (in one's heart); (v1,vi) (19) to fall (to the enemy); to be defeated; (v1,vi) (20) to come in (of money); (v1,vi) (21) to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.); (v1,vi) (22) to pass out (in judo); to fall unconscious; (v1,vi) (23) {comp} to go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash; (v1,vi) (24) (slang) to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline; (v1,vi) (25) to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather); (v1,vi) (26) to die (of an animal)

Variations:
落ちる(P)
堕ちる
墜ちる
落る(io)

see styles
 ochiru
    おちる
(v1,vi) (1) (occ. 堕ちる for depravity and 墜ちる for a crash) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (v1,vi) (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (v1,vi) (3) to decrease; to sink; (v1,vi) (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (v1,vi) (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (v1,vi) (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (v1,vi) (7) to be ruined; to go under; (v1,vi) (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (v1,vi) (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (v1,vi) (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (v1,vi) (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (v1,vi) (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (v1,vi) (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (v1,vi) (14) (See 恋に落ちる・こいにおちる,眠りに落ちる・ねむりにおちる) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (v1,vi) (15) to swoon (judo); (v1,vi) (16) (See 腑に落ちない・ふにおちない) to consent; to understand; (v1,vi) (17) {comp} to go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash; (v1,vi) (18) (slang) to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline; (v1,vi) (19) (of animals) to die; (v1,vi) (20) (of fish when it gets cold) to move to the depths

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