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Simple Dictionary Definition |
仙 see styles |
xiān / xian1 hsien sen / せん |
 More info & calligraphy: immortal hermit; wizard; (personal name) Hisa; (personal name) Nori; (personal name) Sonhi; (personal name) Senji; (surname, female given name) Sen僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī. |
信 see styles |
xìn / xin4 hsin shin / しん |
 More info & calligraphy: letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random (adv,n) (1) honesty; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; (3) (religious) faith; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki; (female given name) Michi; (female given name) Makoto; (personal name) Noburu; (personal name) Nobutsugu; (surname) Nobutaka; (personal name) Nobuji; (surname) Nobusaki; (personal name) Nobukatsu; (female given name) Nobu; (personal name) Shinji; (surname, female given name) Shin; (female given name) Shino; (female given name) Akiraśraddhā. 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. |
天 see styles |
tiān / tian1 t`ien / tien ten(p);ame;ama / てん(P);あめ;あま |
 More info & calligraphy: day; sky; heaven (1) sky; (2) (てん only) heaven; (3) (てん only) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (4) (てん only) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (given name) Hiroshi; (female given name) Hidzuru; (female given name) Ten; (personal name) Teshio; (female given name) Tiara; (male given name) Takashi; (female given name) Sora; (female given name) Ame; (female given name) Amane; (female given name) Amatsu; (surname) Amazaki; (surname) Amasaki; (surname, female given name) Ama; (female given name) AogiHeaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
業 业 see styles |
yè / ye4 yeh waza / わざ gou / go / ごう gyou / gyo / ぎょう |
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already; surname Ye deed; act; work; performance; {Buddh} (See 果報) karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life); (n,suf) (1) work; business; company; agency; (2) study; (personal name) Hajime; (surname) Gyou karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣. |
玉 see styles |
yù / yu4 yü gyoku / ぎょく |
 More info & calligraphy: jade (1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) {food} egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbreviation) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 玉将) king (of the junior player); (female given name) Hikaru; (surname) Tamazaki; (surname) Tamasaki; (female given name) Tama; (surname) Giyoku; (surname) OkuJade, a gem; jade-like, precious; you, your. |
生 see styles |
shēng / sheng1 sheng fu / ふ nama / なま sei;shou / se;sho / せい;しょう ki / き iku / いく |
 More info & calligraphy: to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.); (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) (1) raw; uncooked; fresh; (2) natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed; (3) (colloquialism) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); (4) live (i.e. not recorded); (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude; (6) (abbreviation) (See 生意気) impudence; sauciness; (7) (abbreviation) (See 生ビール) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (prefix) (8) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; (9) irresponsibly; half-baked; (10) (archaism) cash; (11) (abbreviation) (See 生酔い) tipsiness; (1) life; living; (n,n-suf) (2) (せい only) (masculine speech) (humble language) I; me; myself; (n,pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude; (prefix) (archaism) vital; virile; lively; (surname) Yanao; (given name) Yadoru; (female given name) Hayuru; (female given name) Hayu; (female given name) Naru; (surname, female given name) Sei; (given name) Susumu; (surname) Sakibu; (female given name) Ubumi; (female given name) Ubu; (female given name) Ibuki; (female given name) Izuru; (female given name) Ikuru; (surname) Ikusaki; (female given name) Iku; (female given name) Arijāti 惹多; life; utpāda means coming forth, birth, production; 生 means beget, bear, birth, rebirth, born, begin, produce, life, the living. One of the twelve nidānas, 十二因緣; birth takes place in four forms, catur yoni, v. 四生, in each case causing: a sentient being to enter one of the 六道 six gati, or paths of transmigration. |
禪 禅 see styles |
chán / chan2 ch`an / chan yuzuri / ゆずり zen / ぜん |
to abdicate; dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism) (out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri; (personal name) Zen To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
空 see styles |
kōng / kong1 k`ung / kung kuu / ku / くう kara / から |
 More info & calligraphy: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time; empty; air; sky; in vain (1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (noun - becomes adjective with の) emptiness; vacuum; blank; (female given name) Ron; (personal name) Hiroshi; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Noa; (surname) Sorasaki; (female given name) Sora; (female given name) Sukai; (female given name) Shieru; (personal name) Kuukai; (surname, female given name) Kuu; (female given name) Kanata; (female given name) Kasumi; (female given name) Urue; (surname, female given name) Aki; (female given name) Aoiśūnya, 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. |
身 see styles |
shēn / shen1 shen mi / み |
 More info & calligraphy: 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) body; (2) oneself; (3) one's place; 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) Misakikāya; 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. |
鬼 see styles |
guǐ / gui3 kuei oni(p);ki / おに(P);き |
 More info & calligraphy: ghost; demon; terrible; damnable; clever; sly; crafty; (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc); one of the 28 constellations (1) oni; ogre; demon; (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; (surname) Kisaragi; (surname) Oniyanagi; (personal name) Onikatsu; (surname) Onipreta 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. |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì / san1 di4 san ti santai;sandai / さんたい;さんだい |
{Buddh} (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) The three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same; threefold truth |
人道 see styles |
rén dào / ren2 dao4 jen tao jindou(p);nindou / jindo(p);nindo / じんどう(P);にんどう |
 More info & calligraphy: human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse (1) humanity; (2) sidewalk; footpath; (3) (にんどう only) {Buddh} (See 六道) human realmThis term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
佛法 see styles |
fó fǎ / fo2 fa3 fo fa buppō |
 More info & calligraphy: Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrinebuddhadharma; the Dharma or Law preached by the Buddha, the principles underlying these teachings, the truth attained by him, its embodiment in his being. Buddhism; the Buddha-dharma |
傑出 杰出 see styles |
jié chū / jie2 chu1 chieh ch`u / chieh chu kesshutsu / けっしゅつ |
outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious (noun/participle) being outstanding; excelling; being foremost |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù / yin4 du4 yin tu indo / いんど |
 More info & calligraphy: India (ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達. |
反省 see styles |
fǎn xǐng / fan3 xing3 fan hsing hansei / hanse / はんせい |
 More info & calligraphy: to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul (noun/participle) (1) reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation; (2) regret; repentance; remorse; being sorry |
失恋 see styles |
shitsuren / しつれん |
(noun/participle) disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn |
完備 完备 see styles |
wán bèi / wan2 bei4 wan pei kanbi / かんび |
faultless; complete; perfect; to leave nothing to be desired (n,adj-na,vs) (1) (ant: 不備・1) (being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; (2) {math} completeness |
幸福 see styles |
xìng fú / xing4 fu2 hsing fu koufuku / kofuku / こうふく |
 More info & calligraphy: happiness; happy; blessed (noun or adjectival noun) (mainly literary) happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being; (surname, female given name) Shiawase; (female given name) Saki; (place-name, surname) Koufuku |
日蓮 日莲 see styles |
rì lián / ri4 lian2 jih lien nichiren / にちれん |
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect) Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya. |
残心 see styles |
zanshin / ざんしん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke; (2) follow-through (e.g. in archery); (3) (orig. meaning) lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance |
永生 see styles |
yǒng shēng / yong3 sheng1 yung sheng eisei / ese / えいせい |
 More info & calligraphy: to live forever; eternal life; all one's life eternal life; immortality; (personal name) Hisaki; (given name) Hisao; (surname) Nagasu; (given name) Nagao; (personal name) EiseiEternal life; immortality; nirvana is defined as 不生 not being born, i. e. not reborn, and therefore 不滅 not dying; 永生 is also perpetual life; the Amitābha cult says in the Pure Land. |
無盡 无尽 see styles |
wú jǐn / wu2 jin3 wu chin mujin / むじん |
endless; inexhaustible (given name) Mujin Inexhaustible, without limit. It is a term applied by the 權教 to the noumenal or absolute; by the 實教 to the phenomenal, both being considered as infinite. The Huayan sūtra 十地品 has ten limitless things, the infinitude of living beings, of worlds, of space, of the dharmadhātu, of nirvāṇa, etc. |
瑜伽 see styles |
yú jiā / yu2 jia1 yü chia yuga / ゆが |
 More info & calligraphy: yoga (loanword) {Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yukayoga; 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. |
生存 see styles |
shēng cún / sheng1 cun2 sheng ts`un / sheng tsun seizon / sezon / せいぞん |
 More info & calligraphy: to exist; to survive (1) existence; being; survival; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to exist; to live; to survive |
相等 see styles |
xiāng děng / xiang1 deng3 hsiang teng soutou / soto / そうとう |
 More info & calligraphy: equal; equally; equivalent equality; being equal |
自愛 自爱 see styles |
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 (noun/participle) (1) taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); (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. |
謙遜 see styles |
qiān xùn / qian1 xun4 ch`ien hsün / chien hsün kenson / けんそん |
humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty (adj-na,n,adj-no,vs) humble; humility; modesty; being humble |
魂魄 see styles |
hún pò / hun2 po4 hun p`o / hun po konpaku / こんぱく |
 More info & calligraphy: soul soul; spirit; ghostAnimus and anima; the spiritual nature or mind, and the animal soul; the two are defined as mind and body or mental and physical, the invisible soul inhabiting the visible body, the former being celestial, the latter terrestrial. |
八正道 see styles |
bā zhèng dào / ba1 zheng4 dao4 pa cheng tao hasshōdō / はっしょうどう |
 More info & calligraphy: the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) (Buddhist term) noble eightfold path(八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are: (1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion. (2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose. (3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk. (4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity. (5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations. (6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa. (7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false. (8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong. |
正精進 正精进 see styles |
zhèng jīng jìn / zheng4 jing1 jin4 cheng ching chin shō shōjin |
samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith; correct effort |
觀世音 观世音 see styles |
guān shì yīn / guan1 shi4 yin1 kuan shih yin Kanzeon / かんぜおん |
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) (out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel. |
一念発起 see styles |
ichinenhokki / いちねんほっき |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun/participle) (yoji) being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention |
一視同仁 一视同仁 see styles |
yī shì tóng rén / yi1 shi4 tong2 ren2 i shih t`ung jen / i shih tung jen isshidoujin / isshidojin / いっしどうじん |
to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people (yoji) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence |
家内安全 see styles |
kanaianzen / かないあんぜん |
 More info & calligraphy: safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household |
愛別離苦 爱别离苦 see styles |
ài bié lí kǔ / ai4 bie2 li2 ku3 ai pieh li k`u / ai pieh li ku aibetsuriku / あいべつりく |
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3] (yoji) {Buddh} the pain of separation from loved ones The suffering of being separated from those whom one loves. v. 八苦; suffering experienced when we are separated from the persons and things that we love |
辛酸甘苦 see styles |
shinsankanku / しんさんかんく |
 More info & calligraphy: (yoji) hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world |
釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 see styles |
shì jiā móu ní / shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni |
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism; Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) 釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉. |
仕方が無い see styles |
shikataganai / しかたがない |
 More info & calligraphy: (exp,adj-i) it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed |
福祉 see styles |
fú zhǐ / fu2 zhi3 fu chih fukushi / ふくし |
well-being; welfare (n,adj-f) welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service |
カ see styles |
ka / カ |
(counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi |
ケ see styles |
ke / ケ |
(counter) (1) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; (2) counter for articles; (particle) (3) indicates possessive (esp. in place names) |
ヶ see styles |
ka / ヶ |
(counter) (1) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; (2) counter for articles; (particle) (3) indicates possessive (esp. in place names) |
上 see styles |
shàng / shang4 shang jou / jo / じょう kami / かみ uwa / うわ ue / うえ |
on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] (suffix noun) (1) from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of; (2) aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above; (3) (See 下・げ・2,上巻) first volume (e.g. book); (n,pref) (4) superior quality; best; top; high class; (5) going up; (6) governmental; imperial; (7) presenting; showing; (prefix) (8) ana- (medical, biol.); (1) (ant: 下・しも・1) upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; (2) top; upper part; upper half (of the body); (3) long ago; (4) beginning; first; (5) (honorific or respectful language) (See 御上・1) person of high rank (e.g. the emperor); (6) government; imperial court; (7) (See 上方・かみがた) imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace; (8) head (of a table); (9) (honorific or respectful language) wife; mistress (of a restaurant); (n,pref) upper; upward; outer; surface; top; (n,adj-no,n-adv,n-suf) (1) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); (2) top; summit; (3) surface; on; (4) before; previous; (5) superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); (6) on top of that; besides; what's more; (7) upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); (8) matters concerning...; as concerns ...; (9) (as ...上は) since (i.e. "for that reason"); (suffix noun) (10) (honorific or respectful language) (See 父上) suffix indicating higher social standing; (11) (archaism) place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); (12) (archaism) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; (13) (archaism) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman); (surname) Noboru; (given name) Takashi; (given name) Susumu; (surname) Jouji; (surname) Jou; (surname) Sakigami; (surname) Kouzaki; (surname) Kou; (place-name) Kamura; (surname) Kamiyanagi; (place-name) Kamino; (place-name, surname) Kami; (place-name) Kano; (surname) Kado; (place-name) Uwa; (surname) Ue uttarā 嗢呾羅; above upper, superior; on; former. To ascend, offer to a superior. |
下 see styles |
xià / xia4 hsia shimo / しも shita / した ge / げ ka / か |
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action (1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (1) below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); (2) bottom; (3) beneath; underneath; (4) (as 下から, 下より, etc.) just after; right after; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (5) inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); (6) (See 下取り) trade-in; (prefix noun) (7) (See 下準備) preliminary; preparatory; (1) lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; (2) (See 下巻) (ant: 上・じょう・3) second volume (of two); third volume (of three); (suf,adj-no) under (being in said condition or environment); (place-name, surname) Shimo; (surname) Shita; (surname) Sagari; (place-name) Geno; (surname) Kudari hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down; lesser |
且 see styles |
qiě / qie3 ch`ieh / chieh dan / だん susumu / すすむ katsu / かつ |
and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) (surname) Dan; (given name) Susumu; (surname, given name) Katsu Moreover, yet, meanwhile; temporarily |
个 see styles |
ka / か |
(counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi |
事 see styles |
shì / shi4 shih ji / じ goto / ごと |
matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] {Buddh} (See 理・2) individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle); (suffix) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (male given name) Tsutomu; (personal name) Tsukae; (surname) Kotozaki; (given name) Koto artha 日迦他 (迦 being an error for 遏); affair, concern, matter; action, practice; phenomena; to serve. It is 'practice' or the thing, affair, matter, in contrast with 理 theory, or the underlying principle; affair, event |
人 see styles |
rén / ren2 jen hito(p);hito / ひと(P);ヒト nin(p);tari;ri / にん(P);たり;り to / と jin / じん |
man; person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] (1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) (kana only) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; (4) character; personality; (5) man of talent; true man; (6) another person; other people; others; (7) adult; (counter) (1) counter for people; (2) (にん only) (usu. in compound words) person; (suffix) person; (suffix) (1) -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; (2) -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (3) (usu. in compound words) man; person; people; (surname) Hitotaka; (surname) Hitozaki; (personal name) Hito; (given name) Jin manuṣya; nara; puruṣa; pudgala. Man, the sentient thinking being in the desire-realm, whose past deeds affect his present condition; human being |
佚 see styles |
dié // yì / die2 // yi4 tieh // i itsu / いつ |
lost; missing; forsaken; dissolute; (of a woman) beautiful; fault; offense; hermit; variant of 逸[yi4]; old variant of 迭[die2]; surname Yi being comfortable; relaxing |
個 个 see styles |
gè / ge4 ko tsu / つ ji / ぢ chi / ち ko / こ ka / か |
individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi |
出 see styles |
chū / chu1 ch`u / chu de / で shutsu / しゅつ |
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (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; (1) coming out; emerging; (2) being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place); (surname) De; (surname) Takade; (given name) Suguru; (surname) Sakide; (surname) Idezaki; (surname) Idesaki; (female given name) Idzuru; (personal name) Itaru; (surname, female given name) Izuru; (surname) Izuzaki; (surname) Izusaki; (surname) Izaki To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond; to emerge |
匴 see styles |
suǎn / suan3 suan |
ancient utensil for washing rice (or being used as a plate); ancient bamboo container for hats |
卽 see styles |
jí / ji2 chi zoku |
variant of 即[ji2]; promptly To draw up to, or near; approach; forthwith; to be; i.e. alias; if, even if; 就是. It is intp. as 和融 united together; 不二not two, i.e. identical; 不離 not separate, inseparable. It resembles implication, e.g. the afflictions or passions imply, or are, bodhi; births-and-deaths imply, or are, nirvana; the indication being that the one is contained in or leads to the other. Tiantai has three definitions: (1) The union, or unity, of two things, e.g. 煩惱 and 菩提, i.e. the passions and enlightenment, the former being taken as the 相 form, the latter 性 spirit, which two are inseparable; in other words, apart from the subjugation of the passions there is no enlightenment. (2) Back and front are inseparables; also (3) substance and quality, e.g. water and wave; to become one |
哿 see styles |
gě / ge3 ko |
excellent; happy; well-being |
如 see styles |
rú / ru2 ju nyo / にょ |
as; as if; such as {Buddh} (See 真如) tathata (the ultimate nature of all things); (female given name) Yuki; (male given name) Hitoshi; (female given name) Naho tathā 多陀; 但他 (or 怛他), so, thus, in such manner, like, as. It is used in the sense of the absolute, the 空 śūnya, which is 諸佛之實相 the reality of all Buddhas; hence 如 ru is 賃相 the undifferentiated whole of things, the ultimate reality; it is 諸法之性 the nature of all things, hence it connotes 法性 faxing which is 眞實之際極 the ultimate of reality, or the absolute, and therefore connotes 實際 ultimate reality. The ultimate nature of all things being 如 ru, the one undivided same, it also connotes 理 li, the principle or theory behind all things, and this 理 li universal law, being the 眞實 truth or ultimate reality; 如 ru is termed 眞如 bhūtatathatā, the real so, or suchness, or reality, the ultimate or the all, i. e. the 一如 yiru. In regard to 如 ju as 理 li the Prajñā-pāramitā puṇḍarīka makes it the 中 zhong, neither matter nor nothingness. It is also used in the ordinary sense of so, like, as (cf yathā). |
姑 see styles |
gū / gu1 ku shuutome(p);shuuto;shiutome;shiitome(ok) / shutome(p);shuto;shiutome;shitome(ok) / しゅうとめ(P);しゅうと;しうとめ;しいとめ(ok) |
paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) (See 舅) mother-in-law; (personal name) Sachimi Paternal aunt, husband's sister, a nun; to tolerate; however; leave. |
居 see styles |
jū / ju1 chü kyo / きょ i / い |
to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms; (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude; surname Ju residence; (n-suf,n-pref,n) (1) (usu. used in compound words) (See 居る・いる・1) being (somewhere); (2) sitting; (surname) Wakashi; (personal name) Yasushi; (personal name) Yasu; (surname) I Dwell, reside; be. |
愃 see styles |
xuān / xuan1 hsüan yutaka / ゆたか ken / けん |
well-being (given name) Yutaka; (given name) Ken |
摩 see styles |
mó / mo2 mo ma |
to rub ? 沙 manuṣya,摩 ?奢; 摩 ?賖 man, any rational being, v. 末? 沙, 摩奴沙.; To feel, handle, rub; translit. m, ma, mu, ba; cf. 末, 磨. |
敪 see styles |
duó / duo2 to |
to weigh; to cut; to come without being invited |
梵 see styles |
fàn / fan4 fan bon / ぼん |
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican (1) Brahman; Brahma; ultimate reality of the universe (in Hinduism); (2) Brahma; Hindu creator god; (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon; (surname) Soyogi Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit. |
狀 状 see styles |
zhuàng / zhuang4 chuang jō |
accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great; -shaped This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
狭 see styles |
se / せ |
(usu. as 〜も狭に) (See 狭に) narrowness; being cramped; being almost full; (surname) Haza |
盡 尽 see styles |
jǐn / jin3 chin jin |
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something); all; entirely An emptied vessel, all used up; end, finish, complete, nothing left; all, utmost, entirely. At the end of seven days, seven days being completed; to exhaust |
直 see styles |
zhí / zhi2 chih hita / ひた nao / なお choku / ちょく tada / ただ jiki / じき jika / じか |
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters; surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God (prefix) (kana only) earnestly; immediately; exactly; (adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) (See 真直・まなお,直直・なおなお) straight; (2) ordinary; common; (3) doing nothing; (adj-na,adv,n) (1) direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight; (2) (See 当直) night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory); (adj-na,n,adv) (archaism) straight; direct; (adj-na,adv,n) (1) soon; in a moment; before long; shortly; (2) nearby; close; (adj-no,n) (3) direct; (4) (See 直取引) spot transaction; cash transaction; (n-pref,adj-no,n) (See 直に・じかに) direct; (surname) Masami; (personal name) Noburu; (female given name) Naho; (given name) Naoru; (female given name) Naomi; (personal name) Naoji; (surname, female given name) Naoshi; (surname) Naozaki; (surname, given name) Naoki; (surname, female given name) Nao; (surname, given name) Choku; (given name) Tadasu; (surname, given name) Tadashi; (given name) Tada; (surname, female given name) Sunao; (surname) Suna; (given name) Susumu; (surname) Jiki; (surname) Atae; (surname) Atai Straight, upright, direct; to arrange. |
祂 see styles |
tā / ta1 t`a / ta |
(third person pronoun for a divine being) |
禔 see styles |
tí / ti2 t`i / ti |
well-being |
箇 see styles |
gè / ge4 ko ko / つ |
variant of 個|个[ge4] (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (counter) (kana only) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.); (counter) (1) counter for articles; (2) counter for military units; (3) individual; (counter) counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi Each, every. |
色 see styles |
sè / se4 se shoku / しょく shiki / しき iro / いろ |
color; dice; color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex (counter) counter for colours; (1) {Buddh} (See 五蘊) rupa (form); (2) visible objects (i.e. color and form); (1) colour; color; (2) complexion; (3) appearance; look; (4) (See 色仕掛け) love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; (5) (also written 種) kind; type; variety; (female given name) Shiki; (surname) Iro rūpa, outward appearance, form, colour, matter, thing; the desirable, especially feminine attraction. It is defined as that which has resistance; or which changes and disappears, i. e. the phenomenal; also as 顯, 形 and 表色 colour and quality, form or the measurable, and mode or action. There are divisions of two, i. e. inner and outer, as the organs and objects of sense; also colour and form; of three, i. e. the visible object, e. g. colour, the invisible object, e. g. sound, the invisible and immaterial; of eleven, i. e. the five organs and five objects of sense and the immaterial object; of fourteen, the five organs and five objects of sense and the four elements, earth, water, fire, air. rūpa is one of the six bāhya-āyatana, the 六塵; also one of the five skandhas, 五蘊, i. e. the 色身. Keith refers to rūpa as 'material form or matter which is underived (no-utpādā) and which is derived (utpādā)', the underived or independent being the tangible; the derived or dependent being the senses, e. g. of hearing; most of their objects, e. g. sound; the qualities or faculties of feminity, masculinity, vitality; intimation by act and speech, space; qualities of matter, e. g. buoyancy and physical nutriment. |
藏 see styles |
cáng / cang2 ts`ang / tsang kura / くら osamu / おさむ |
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect; Tibet; Xizang 西藏 (surname) Kura; (personal name) Osamu Treasury, thesaurus, store, to hide; the Canon. An intp. of piṭaka, a basket, box, granary, collection of writings. The 二藏 twofold canon may be the sutras and the vinaya; or the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna scriptures. The 三藏 or tripiṭaka consists of the sutras, vinaya, and śāstras (abhidharma). The 四藏 fourfold canon adds a miscellaneous collection. The 五藏 fivefold collection is sutras, vinaya, abhidharma, miscellaneous, and spells, or, instead of the spells, a bodhisattva collection. There is also an esoteric fivefold canon, the first three being the above, the last two being the prājñāpāramitā and the dhāraṇīs. |
蘊 蕴 see styles |
yùn / yun4 yün osamu / おさむ |
to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity (given name) Osamu skandha, v. 塞; older tr. 陰, intp. as that which covers or conceals, implying that physical and mental forms obstruct realization of the truth; while the tr. 蘊, implying an accumulation or heap, is a nearer connotation to skandha, which, originally meaning the shoulder, becomes stem, branch, combination, the objects of sense, the elements of being or mundane consciousness. The term is intp. as the five physical and mental constituents, which combine to form the intelligent 性 or nature; rūpa, the first of the five, is considered as physical, the remaining four as mental; v. 五蘊. The skandhas refer only to the phenomenal, not to the 無爲 non-phenomenal. |
謋 see styles |
huò / huo4 huo |
sound of flesh being separated from the bone |
足 see styles |
zú / zu2 tsu soku / そく |
foot; to be sufficient; ample; excessive (suf,ctr) counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.); (given name) Mitsuru; (personal name) Tannu; (place-name) Taru; (surname) Ashitaka Foot, leg; enough, full.; A man's two legs, compared to goodness and wisdom, 福 being counted as the first five of the pāramitās, 智 as the sixth; v. 六度. 二足尊 The honoured one among bipeds or men, i. e. a Buddha; cf. 兩足. |
通 see styles |
tōng / tong1 t`ung / tung tsuu / tsu / つう |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc); to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc (adj-na,n-suf) (1) connoisseur; authority; (counter) (2) counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.; (given name) Michiaki; (surname, female given name) Michi; (given name) Hiraku; (given name) Tooru; (place-name) Toori; (surname) Tsuuzaki; (female given name) Tsuu; (place-name) Kayoi; (female given name) Kayo; (personal name) Ikariya Permeate, pass through, pervade; perceive, know thoroughly; communicate; current; free, without hindrance, unimpeded universal; e.g. 神通 supernatural, ubiquitous powers. There are categories of 五通, 六通, and 十通, all referring to supernatural powers; the five are (1) knowledge of the supernatural world; (2) deva vision; (3) deva hearing; (4) knowledge of the minds of all others; (5) knowledge of all the transmigrations of self and all others. The six are the above together with perfect wisdom for ending moral hindrance and delusion. The ten are knowing all previous transmigrations, having deva hearing, knowing the minds of others, having deva vision, showing deva powers, manifesting many bodies or forms, being anywhere instantly, power of bringing glory to one's domain, manifesting a body of transformation, and power to end evil and transmigration. |
阿 see styles |
ā / a1 a hodo / ほど hotori / ほとり kuma / くま oka / おか o / お akutsu / あくつ a / あ |
flatter; prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; also pr. [a4]; abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] (1) corner; nook; recess; (2) a shadow; a shade; (surname) Hodo; (surname) Hotori; (surname) Kuma; (surname) Oka; (personal name) O; (surname) A M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes. |
陰 阴 see styles |
yīn / yin1 yin hoto / ほと in / いん |
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia; surname Yin (archaism) female private parts; female genitals; (1) (ant: 陽・1) yin (i.e. the negative); (2) (See 陰に) unseen location (i.e. somewhere private); (surname) Kage Shade, dark, the shades, the negative as opposed to the positive principle, female, the moon, back, secret. In Buddhism it is the phenomenal, as obscuring the true nature of things; also the aggregation of phenomenal things resulting in births and deaths, hence it is used as a translation like 蘊 q.v. for skandha, the 五陰 being the five skandhas or aggregates. |
非 see styles |
fēi / fei1 fei hi / ひ |
to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must; abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa (1) fault; error; mistake; (2) going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable; (prefix) (3) un-; non-; an- Not: un-: without, apart from; wrong. |
鯱 see styles |
shachi;shachi / しゃち;シャチ |
(1) (kana only) orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; (2) (しゃち only) (abbreviation) (See 鯱・しゃちほこ) mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being); (surname) Shachihoko |
おこ see styles |
oko / おこ |
(slang) (See 怒る・1) anger; being angry; being mad |
がる see styles |
garu / がる |
(suf,v5r) (1) (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion) to show signs of being; to feel; to think; (2) to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if; (3) (See たがる) to want; to desire; to be anxious to; to be eager to |
がん see styles |
gan / がん |
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit); (2) severe; difficult; hard |
っぱ see styles |
ppa / っぱ |
(suffix noun) (colloquialism) (abbreviation) (See っぱなし) keep ...-ing (negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc.); have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use |
とは see styles |
toha / とは |
(particle) indicates word or phrase being defined |
とる see styles |
toru / とる |
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) (equiv. of -ている indicating continuing action as a verb ending; poss. contraction of -て ending + おる auxiliary verb) is being |
なら see styles |
nara / なら |
(auxiliary) (1) if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that; (2) as for; on the topic of; (conjunction) (3) (colloquialism) (abbreviation) if that's the case; if so; that being the case |
ので see styles |
node / ので |
(particle) that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that... |
はぶ see styles |
habu / はぶ |
(colloquialism) being left out; being excluded; being ostracized |
ぷー see styles |
puu / pu / ぷー |
(n,adj-no,adv,adv-to) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) toot (e.g. of trumpet); (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) farting sound; (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) sound of something being inflated; puff; poof; phoo |
らか see styles |
raka / らか |
(suf,adj-na) (after an adjective stem, onomatopoeic-mimetic word, etc.) (See 高らか,清らか) being ... |
んで see styles |
nde / んで |
(particle) that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that... |
イキ see styles |
iki / イキ |
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned; (female given name) Iki |
ヒケ see styles |
hike / ヒケ |
(1) close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); retiring; (2) being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); (3) (abbreviation) closing price (stockmarket); (4) sink mark (casting, moulding); shrink mark |
ヒト see styles |
hito / ヒト |
(1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) (kana only) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; (4) character; personality; (5) man of talent; true man; (6) another person; other people; others; (7) adult |
プー see styles |
puu / pu / プー |
(n,adj-no,adv,adv-to) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) toot (e.g. of trumpet); (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) farting sound; (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) sound of something being inflated; puff; poof; phoo; (personal name) Pooh |
一往 see styles |
yī wǎng / yi1 wang3 i wang ichiō / いちおう |
(adverb) (1) more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; (2) tentatively; for the time being; (3) just in case; (4) once One passage, or time, once; on one superficial going; simply |
一応 see styles |
ichiou / ichio / いちおう |
(adverb) (1) more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; (2) tentatively; for the time being; (3) just in case; (4) once; (place-name) Ichiou |
一方 see styles |
yī fāng / yi1 fang1 i fang hitokata / ひとかた ippou / ippo / いっぽう |
a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region (1) (honorific or respectful language) one person; (adjectival noun) (2) (often in negative form) ordinary; common; (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; (conjunction) (2) (See 他方・2) on the one hand; on the other hand; (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn; (n-adv,n-suf) (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only; (personal name) Kazutaka; (given name) Kazukata; (place-name) Ippou This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
一時 一时 see styles |
yī shí / yi1 shi2 i shih ichiji / いちじ |
a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time (temporal noun) (1) one o'clock; (n-adv,n-t) (2) once; at one time; formerly; before; (n-adv,n-t,adj-no) (3) (in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period) for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; (4) (See 一時に) a time; one time; once; (personal name) Kazutoki ekasmin samaye (Pali: ekaṃ samayaṃ); "on one occasion,' part of the usual opening phrase of a sūtra— "Thus have I heard, once,' etc. A period, e.g. a session of expounding a sūtra; one time; at the same time |
一色 see styles |
yī sè / yi1 se4 i se isshoku(p);isshiki;hitoiro / いっしょく(P);いっしき;ひといろ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) one color; one colour; one article; monochrome; (2) same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing; (surname) Hitotsuiro; (surname) Hitoshiki; (surname) Hitoiro; (surname) Hiiro; (surname) Kazushiki; (surname) Erunesuto; (surname) Itsushiki; (surname, given name) Isshoku; (place-name, surname) Isshiki; (surname) Ichijiki; (surname) Ichishoku; (surname) Ichishiki; (surname) Ichiiro; (place-name, surname) Ishiki A colour, the same colour; the same; especially a thing, or a form, v. rūpa 色; minute, trifling, an atom; single color |
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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: Soup or Bath
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