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dān
    dan1
tan
 makoto
    まこと

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Dan
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (given name) Makoto
Red, cinnabar color; a remedy, drug, elixir.

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    fu2
fu
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]
(surname) Hotoke
Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 yuki
    ゆき

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

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    xi3
hsi
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Happiness / Joyful / Joy
to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
(female given name) Yoshimi
prīti; ānanda. Joy; glad; delighted, rejoice; to like.


寿

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shòu
    shou4
shou
 hisashi
    ひさし

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Longevity / Long Life
long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
(out-dated kanji) (1) congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; (2) longevity; long life; (given name) Hisashi
Long life, longevity, age, v. 耆婆 jīva.

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 nin
    にん

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

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zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 makoto
    まこと

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Loyalty to Duty or Master
loyal; devoted; faithful
(1) loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness; (2) (See 判官・はんがん・2,弾正台・2) inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system); (given name) Makoto
Loyal.

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kuài
    kuai4
k`uai
    kuai
 yoshi
    よし

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Fast
rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
(1) pleasure; delight; enjoyment; (2) (abbreviation) (See 快速・2,快特) rapid (train); (female given name) Yoshi
Glad, joyful; quick, sharp.

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niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

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qíng
    qing2
ch`ing
    ching
 makoto
    まこと

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Passions / Feelings / Emotions
(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
(1) feelings; emotion; sentiment; (2) compassion; sympathy; (3) passion; affection; love; (4) the way things really are; the actual situation; (personal name) Makoto
The feelings, passions, desires, affections, sensations; sentient; affinities; affairs, facts. Particular affections, duties, or affairs.

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    yi4
i
 kokoro
    こころ

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Idea / Thought / Meaning
idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate
(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro
Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought.


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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
 ki
    き

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Life Energy / Spiritual Energy
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
(out-dated kanji) (1) spirit; mind; heart; (2) nature; disposition; (3) motivation; intention; (4) mood; feelings; (5) ambience; atmosphere; mood
energy

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    fa3
fa
 minori
    みのり

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Dharma / The Law
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori
Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵.

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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 mezurashi
    めずらし

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Jen
precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) rare; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) strange; odd; peculiar; curious; (surname) Mezurashi
Precious; rare.

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    fu2
fu
 fukutsuru
    ふくつる

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Good Luck / Good Fortune
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck; (surname) Fukutsuru
Blessing, happiness, felicity, good fortune.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
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.


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chéng
    cheng2
ch`eng
    cheng
 masakatsu
    まさかつ

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Honesty
(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
(adv,n) (1) truth; reality; (2) sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (3) (archaism) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.); (personal name) Masakatsu
Truthful, true, truth; real; sincere, sincerity.; See under Fourteen Strokes.


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mén
    men2
men
 yuki
    ゆき

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Gate
gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
(n,n-suf) (1) gate; (n,n-suf) (2) (もん only) branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; (n,n-suf) (3) (もん only) {biol} division; phylum; (counter) (4) (もん only) counter for cannons; (surname) Yuki
A door; gate; a sect, school, teaching, especially one leading to salvation or nirvana.

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
 yuka
    ゆか

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Fragrant / Good Smell
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka
(竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion.

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ku
 hone
    ほね

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Bones
bone
(1) bone; (2) frame; (3) outline; core; (4) backbone; spirit; fortitude; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) laborious; troublesome; difficult; (personal name) Hone
Bone: bones, relics.

たら

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 dara
    ダラ
(See たらの木) Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata); (personal name) D'Arrast; Dara

テリ

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 deri
    デリ

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Terri
(abbreviation) (See デリバリー) delivery; (personal name) Deri

モス

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 mosu
    モス

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Moss
(abbreviation) (See モスリン) mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric; muslin de laine; delaine; (place-name) Moss

ロス

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 rosu
    ロス

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Ross
(noun, transitive verb) (1) loss; (suffix noun) (2) (colloquialism) feeling of loss; (place-name) Los Angeles (abbreviation); (given name) Ros; Ross; Rosse

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai
    さんまい

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

上帝

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shàng dì
    shang4 di4
shang ti
 joutei; shoutei / jote; shote
    じょうてい; しょうてい

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God of Zion / God of Abraham
God
(1) Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); (2) {Christn} God

信仰

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xìn yǎng
    xin4 yang3
hsin yang
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう
to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou
To believe in and look up to.

信實


信实

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xìn shí
    xin4 shi2
hsin shih
 nobuzane
    のぶざね

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Faithfulness
trustworthy; reliable; to believe something to be true
(personal name) Nobuzane

信徒

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xìn tú
    xin4 tu2
hsin t`u
    hsin tu
 shinto
    しんと

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Believer
believer
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
a believer

信德

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xìn dé
    xin4 de2
hsin te
 shintoku

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Faith
The merit of the believing heart; the power of faith.

信心

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xìn xīn
    xin4 xin1
hsin hsin
 shinjin
    しんじん

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Confidence / Faithful Heart
confidence; faith (in sb or something); CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun, transitive verb) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
A believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha.

信念

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xìn niàn
    xin4 nian4
hsin nien
 shinnen
    しんねん

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Faith / Trusting in the Unseen
faith; belief; conviction
belief; faith; conviction

信義


信义

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xìn yì
    xin4 yi4
hsin i
 nobuyoshi
    のぶよし
good faith; honor; trust and justice
faith; fidelity; loyalty; (male given name) Nobuyoshi

修行

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xiū xíng
    xiu1 xing2
hsiu hsing
 nobuyuki
    のぶゆき

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

冷酷

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lěng kù
    leng3 ku4
leng k`u
    leng ku
 reikoku / rekoku
    れいこく

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Relentless / Ruthless
unfeeling; callous
(noun or adjectival noun) cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

十戒

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shí jiè
    shi2 jie4
shih chieh
 jukkai
    じゅっかい

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Ten Commandments
the ten commandments (religion)
(1) (Buddhist term) the 10 precepts; (2) Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog; (surname) Jukkai
Śikṣāpada. The ten prohibitions (in Pāli form) consist of five commandments for the layman: (1) not to destroy life 不殺生 pāṇātipātāveramaṇi; (2) not to steal 不倫盜 adinnādānāver; (3) not to commit adultery 不婬慾 abrahmacaryaver.; (4) not to lie 不妄語musāvādāver.; (5) not to take intoxicating liquor 不飮酒 suramereyya-majjapamādaṭṭhānāver. Eight special commandments for laymen consist of the preceding five plus: (6) not to eat food out of regulated hours 不非時食 vikāla-bhojanāver.; (7) not to use garlands or perfumes 不著華鬘好香塗身 mālā- gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūṣanaṭṭhānā; (8) not to sleep on high or broad beds (chastity) 不坐高廣大牀 uccāsayanā-mahāsayanā. The ten commandments for the monk are the preceding eight plus: (9) not to take part in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances, not to see or listen to such 不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽 nacca-gīta-vādita-visūkadassanāver.; (10) to refrain from acquiring uncoined or coined gold, or silver, or jewels 不得捉錢金銀寶物 jātarūpa-rajata-paṭīggahaṇāver. Under the Māhayāna these ten commands for the monk were changed, to accord with the new environment of the monk, to the following: not to kill, not to steal, to avoid all unchastity, not to lie, not to slander, not to insult, not to chatter, not to covet, not to give way to anger, to harbour no scepticism.

十法

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shí fǎ
    shi2 fa3
shih fa
 jippō

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Ten perfect Mahayana rules
The ten 成就 perfect or perfecting Mahāyāna rules; i.e. in (1) right belief; (2) conduct; (3) spirit; (4) the joy of the bodhi mind; (5) joy in the dharma; (6) joy in meditation in it; (7) pursuing the correct dharma; (8) obedience to, or accordance with it; (9) departing from pride, etc.; (10) comprehending the inner teaching of Buddha and taking no pleasure in that of the śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha order.

參禪


参禅

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cān chán
    can1 chan2
ts`an ch`an
    tsan chan
 noshi wo ri

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Zen Understanding
to practice Chan Buddhist meditation; to practice Zen meditation; to sit in meditation
To inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction.

友情

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yǒu qíng
    you3 qing2
yu ch`ing
    yu ching
 firia
    ふぃりあ

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Friendship
friendly feelings; friendship
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie; (female given name) Firia

叩頭


叩头

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kòu tóu
    kou4 tou2
k`ou t`ou
    kou tou
 koutou / koto
    こうとう

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Kowtow - The deepest bow
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
(n,vs,vi) kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

四田

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sì tián
    si4 tian2
ssu t`ien
    ssu tien
 yotsuda
    よつだ

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Yotsuda / Shida
(surname) Yotsuda
The four fields for cultivating happiness — animals; the poor; parents, etc.; the religion.

四諦


四谛

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
    したい

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Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
{Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths
catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅.

固執


固执

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gù zhí
    gu4 zhi2
ku chih
 koshitsu(p); koshuu / koshitsu(p); koshu
    こしつ(P); こしゅう

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Persistence
obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to
(n,vs,vt,vi) sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

堅信


坚信

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jiān xìn
    jian1 xin4
chien hsin
 kenshin
    けんしん

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Firm Belief / Strong Faith
to believe firmly; without any doubt
(Christian rite of) confirmation; (personal name) Kenshin
firm faith

孤独

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 kodoku
    こどく
(n,adj-na,adj-no) solitude; loneliness; isolation

安心

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ān xīn
    an1 xin1
an hsin
 anshin
    あんしん
at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on something
{Buddh} obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice; (female given name) Anshin
To quiet the heart, or mind; be at rest.

實道


实道

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shí dào
    shi2 dao4
shih tao
 jitsudō

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True Religion / Buddha Truth
The true way, the true religion, absolute Buddha-truth.

寿司

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 hisashi
    ひさし

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Sushi
(ateji / phonetic) (food term) sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies); (given name) Hisashi

復活


复活

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fù huó
    fu4 huo2
fu huo
 fukkatsu(p); fukkaatsu(sk) / fukkatsu(p); fukkatsu(sk)
    ふっかつ(P); ふっかーつ(sk)

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Resurrection / Re-Birth
to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback; (n,vs,vi) (2) resurrection; rebirth
To live again, return to life.

忍び

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 shinobi
    しのび

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Shinobi / Ninja Outcast
(1) stealth; (2) (abbreviation) (See 忍び歩き) travelling incognito (traveling); (3) (abbreviation) (See 忍びの術) ninjutsu; (4) (abbreviation) (See 忍びの者) ninja; (5) sneak theft; sneak thief; (6) (See 忍びない) tolerance

忠誠


忠诚

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zhōng chéng
    zhong1 cheng2
chung ch`eng
    chung cheng
 chuusei / chuse
    ちゅうせい

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Loyalty
devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
(noun or adjectival noun) loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity; (given name) Chuusei

快感

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kuài gǎn
    kuai4 gan3
k`uai kan
    kuai kan
 kaikan
    かいかん

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Pleasant Feeling
pleasure; thrill; delight; joy; pleasurable sensation; a high
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

性感

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xìng gǎn
    xing4 gan3
hsing kan
 seikan / sekan
    せいかん

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Sexy
sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual feelings

恋心

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 koko
    ここ
(feelings of) love; (female given name) Koko

想い

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 omoi
    おもい

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Omoi / Desire
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

慎重

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shèn zhòng
    shen4 zhong4
shen chung
 shinchou / shincho
    しんちょう

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Prudence / Considerate
cautious; careful; prudent
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 軽率) careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

操守

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cāo shǒu
    cao1 shou3
ts`ao shou
    tsao shou
 soushu / soshu
    そうしゅ
personal integrity
constancy; fidelity

放心

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fàng xīn
    fang4 xin1
fang hsin
 houshin / hoshin
    ほうしん

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No Worries
to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
(n,vs,vi) (1) absentmindedness; (n,vs,vi) (2) peace of mind
absentmindedness

敢て

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 aete
    あえて

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Take Up a Challenge
(irregular okurigana usage) (adverb) (1) (kana only) purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally; (2) (kana only) not necessarily; not particularly; not especially; (3) (kana only) (archaism) definitely not

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(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.

本心

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běn xīn
    ben3 xin1
pen hsin
 honshin
    ほんしん

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The Original Mind
(1) true feelings; real intention; one's heart; (2) one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
The original heart, or mind; one's own heart.

正命

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zhèng mìng
    zheng4 ming4
cheng ming
 shoumyou / shomyo
    しょうみょう
{Buddh} (See 八正道) right livelihood
samyagājīva, the fifth of the 八正道, right livelihood, right life; 'abstaining from any of the forbidden modes of living. ' 正因 The true or direct cause, as compared with 緣因 a contributory cause.

毛拉

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máo lā
    mao2 la1
mao la

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Maura
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)

民生

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mín shēng
    min2 sheng1
min sheng
 minsei / minse
    みんせい

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People’s Livelihood and Welfare
people's livelihood; people's welfare
public welfare; the people's livelihood; (given name) Minsei

独立

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

猫科

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 nekoka
    ねこか

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Felina / Felidae / Felinae
Felidae; family comprising the cats

生活

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shēng huó
    sheng1 huo2
sheng huo
 seikatsu / sekatsu
    せいかつ

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Living / Live Life
to live; life; livelihood
(n,vs,vi) (1) life; living; (2) livelihood; (one's) living
one's living

相信

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xiāng xìn
    xiang1 xin4
hsiang hsin
 ainobu
    あいのぶ

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Believe
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
(surname) Ainobu

神体

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 shintai
    しんたい

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Shintai
{Shinto} shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

神道

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shén dào
    shen2 dao4
shen tao
 jindou / jindo
    じんどう

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Shinto
Shinto (Japanese religion)
Shinto; Shintoism; (surname) Jindō
The spirit world of devas, asuras, and pretas. Psychology, or the doctrines concerning the soul. The teaching of Buddha. Shinto, the Way of the Gods, a Japanese national religion.

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

節操


节操

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jié cāo
    jie2 cao1
chieh ts`ao
    chieh tsao
 sessou / sesso
    せっそう

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Honor and Integrity
integrity; moral principle
integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor; honour

精進


精进

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

統感


统感

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tǒng gǎn
    tong3 gan3
t`ung kan
    tung kan

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Togetherness
feeling of togetherness

義理


义理

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yì lǐ
    yi4 li3
i li
 yoshimasa
    よしまさ

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Giri
doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa
reason

聖人


圣人

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shèng rén
    sheng4 ren2
sheng jen
 masato
    まさと

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Holy Man / Saint
sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
(1) {Christn} saint; (2) (orig. meaning) wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sage; (3) (See 清酒) refined sake; (male given name) Masato
is the opposite of the 凡人 common, or unenlightened man.

聖地


圣地

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shèng dì
    sheng4 di4
sheng ti
 seichi / sechi
    せいち

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Holy Land
holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
(1) sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; (2) (slang) real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.; (place-name) Seichi
stage of enlightenment

自恃

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zì shì
    zi4 shi4
tzu shih

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

自愛


自爱

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

舒服

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shū fu
    shu1 fu5
shu fu

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Comfortable
comfortable; feeling well

蓋爾


盖尔

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gài ěr
    gai4 er3
kai erh

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Ghale
Gaelic; Geier or Gayer (name)

蛟龍


蛟龙

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jiāo lóng
    jiao1 long2
chiao lung
 kouryuu / koryu
    こうりゅう

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Water Dragon / Rain Dragon
legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
(1) mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain; (2) unfulfilled genius; dormant talent; (given name) Kōryū

行旅

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xíng lǚ
    xing2 lu:3
hsing lü
 kouryo / koryo
    こうりょ
traveler; wanderer; vagabond; rolling stone
(noun/participle) (1) traveling; travelling; (noun/participle) (2) traveler; traveller

解決


解决

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jiě jué
    jie3 jue2
chieh chüeh
 kaiketsu
    かいけつ

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Solution
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
(n,vs,vt,vi) settlement; solution; resolution
to explain

貓科


猫科

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māo kē
    mao1 ke1
mao k`o
    mao ko

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Felina / Felidae / Felinae
Felidae (the cat family)
See: 猫科

貞節


贞节

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zhēn jié
    zhen1 jie2
chen chieh
 teisetsu / tesetsu
    ていせつ

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Chastity
chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy
(noun or adjectival noun) chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue

道場


道场

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dào chǎng
    dao4 chang3
tao ch`ang
    tao chang
 michiba
    みちば

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Dojo / Martial Arts Studio
Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3]
(1) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba
Truth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion.

道教

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dào jiào
    dao4 jiao4
tao chiao
 michinori
    みちのり

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Daoism / Taoism
Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
Taoism; Daoism; (personal name) Michinori
Taoism. The teaching of the right way, i.e. of Buddhism.

達磨


达磨

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dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma
    だるま

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Daruma / Damo
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) (kana only) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

デリカ

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 derika
    デリカ

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Derika
(abbreviation) (See デリカテッセン) delicatessen

ヒール

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 piiru / piru
    ピール
(noun/participle) (1) peel; peeling; (2) candied peel; (personal name) Peale; Peel; Peele; Piel; Piles; Pire

一匹狼

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 ippikiookami
    いっぴきおおかみ

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Lone Wolf
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

以利亞


以利亚

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yǐ lì yà
    yi3 li4 ya4
i li ya

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Elijhah
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)

伯利茲


伯利兹

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bó lì zī
    bo2 li4 zi1
po li tzu

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Belize
Belize

八正道

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bā zhèng dào
    ba1 zheng4 dao4
pa cheng tao
 hasshōdō
    はっしょうどう

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The Noble Eightfold Path
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.

大利拉

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dà lì lā
    da4 li4 la1
ta li la

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Delilah
(Protestantism) Delilah

根性論

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 konjouron / konjoron
    こんじょうろん

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The Guts Theory
belief that where there's a will, there's a way

福克納


福克纳

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fú kè nà
    fu2 ke4 na4
fu k`o na
    fu ko na

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Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet

米其林

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mǐ qí lín
    mi3 qi2 lin2
mi ch`i lin
    mi chi lin

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Micheline
Michelin (tire company)

至福感

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 shifukukan
    しふくかん

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Feeling of Bliss
feelings of bliss

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

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