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    fo2
fo
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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

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tài
    tai4
t`ai
    tai
 futo
    ふと

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Hella
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
(n-pref,n) (1) fat; fatty; (prefix noun) (2) grand; magnificent; excellent; (personal name) Yutaka
very, great.

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zēng
    zeng1
tseng
 son
    そん

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Chan
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
(prefix) great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother); (surname) Son
already

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    fa3
fa
 hou / ho
    ほう

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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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hǎi
    hai3
hai
 umi(p); mi(ok); wata(ok); wada(ok)
    うみ(P); み(ok); わた(ok); わだ(ok)

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Ocean / Sea
ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous
sea; ocean; waters; (male given name) Wataru
sāgara, the ocean, the sea.

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jīn
    jin1
chin
 kin
    きん

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Gold / Metal
gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim
hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money.

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
    おに(P); き

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

こん

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 gon
    ごん
(archaism) (feminine speech) (secret language of court ladies) (See 牛蒡) great burdock; (place-name) Gong; Khong; Conn

五大

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wǔ dà
    wu3 da4
wu ta
 godai
    ごだい

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Godai / Five Elements
(1) {Buddh} (See 五行・ごぎょう・1) the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 五大明王) five great wisdom kings; (surname) Godai
The five elements— earth, water, fire, wind, and space. v. also 五行 the five agents. In the esoteric cult the five are the physical manifestation, or garbhadhātu, v. 胎; as being in all phenomena they are called 五輪 the five evolvers; their phonetic embryos 種子 are those of the Five Dhyani-Buddhas of the five directions, v. 五佛.

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.

傑物

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 ketsubutsu
    けつぶつ

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Man of Remarkable Character / Hero
great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure; giant; person of high caliber

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.

四大

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sì dà
    si4 da4
ssu ta
 shidai
    しだい

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Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king
mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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

大力

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dà lì
    da4 li4
ta li
 dairiki
    だいりき

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

大夢


大梦

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dà mèng
    da4 meng4
ta meng
 hiromu
    ひろむ

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Big Dream
(female given name) Hiromu
The great dream, "the dream of life," this life, the world.

大師


大师

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dà shī
    da4 shi1
ta shih
 daishi
    だいし

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Grand Master / Great Teacher
great master; master
(honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi); (place-name) Daishi
Great teacher, or leader, one of the ten titles of a Buddha.

大智

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dà zhì
    da4 zhi4
ta chih
 hirotomo
    ひろとも

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Great Wisdom
supreme wisdom; sage; (personal name) Hirotomo
Mahāmati; cf. 大慧; Great Wisdom, Buddha-wisdom, omniscience; a title of Mañjuśrī, as the apotheosis of transcendental wisdom.

女傑


女杰

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nǚ jié
    nu:3 jie2
nü chieh
 joketsu
    じょけつ
woman of distinction; a woman to be admired or respected
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon

巨人

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jù rén
    ju4 ren2
chü jen
 kyojin
    きょじん

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Giant
giant
(1) giant; great man; (2) (abbreviation) Tokyo Giants (baseball team); (female given name) Mito

惋惜

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wǎn xī
    wan3 xi1
wan hsi

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Sorrow / Feeling Sorry
to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb

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.

明珠

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míng zhū
    ming2 zhu1
ming chu
 meishu / meshu
    めいしゅ

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Bright Pearl
pearl; jewel (of great value)
(given name) Meishu
bright pearl

聖人


圣人

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shèng rén
    sheng4 ren2
sheng jen
 seijin / sejin
    せいじん

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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.

英国

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 hidekuni
    ひでくに

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Great Britain
Great Britain; the United Kingdom; (given name) Hidekuni

英國


英国

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yīng guó
    ying1 guo2
ying kuo
 eikoku / ekoku
    えいこく

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Great Britain
United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2]; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2]
(out-dated kanji) Great Britain; the United Kingdom

英雄

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yīng xióng
    ying1 xiong2
ying hsiung
 eiyuu / eyu
    えいゆう

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Hero
hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) hero; heroine; great person; (2) Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); (3) (abbreviation) Heroic Polonaise (Chopin); (given name) Fusao

菩薩


菩萨

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pú sà
    pu2 sa4
p`u sa
    pu sa
 bosatsu(p); bosachi(ok)
    ぼさつ(P); ぼさち(ok)

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Bodhisattva
(Buddhism) bodhisattva
(n,n-suf) (1) {Buddh} bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; (n,n-suf) (2) High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); (n,n-suf) (3) (See 本地垂迹説) title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory; (surname) Mizoro
bodhisattva, cf. 菩提薩埵. While the idea is not foreign to Hīnayāna, its extension of meaning is one of the chief marks of Mahāyāna. 'The Bodhisattva is indeed the characteristic feature of the Mahāyāna.' Keith. According to Mahāyāna the Hinayanists, i.e. the śrāvaka and pratyekabuddha, seek their own salvation, while the bodhisattva's aim is the salvation of others and of all. The earlier intp. of bodhisattva was 大道心衆生 all beings with mind for the truth; later it became 大覺有情 conscious beings of or for the great intelligence, or enlightenment. It is also intp. in terms of leadership, heroism, etc. In general it is a Mahayanist seeking Buddhahood, but seeking it altruistically; whether monk or layman, he seeks enlightenment to enlighten others, and he will sacrifice himself to save others; he is devoid of egoism and devoted to helping others. All conscious beings having the Buddha-nature are natural bodhisattvas, but require to undergo development. The mahāsattva is sufficiently advanced to become a Buddha and enter nirvāṇa, but according to his vow he remains in the realm of incarnation to save all conscious beings. A monk should enter on the arduous course of discipline which leads to Bodhisattvahood and Buddhahood.

重擔


重担

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zhòng dàn
    zhong4 dan4
chung tan
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Great Responsibility
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
heavy load

長城


长城

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cháng chéng
    chang2 cheng2
ch`ang ch`eng
    chang cheng
 choujou / chojo
    ちょうじょう

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The Great Wall of China
the Great Wall
(1) long (defensive) wall; (2) (See 万里の長城) Great Wall of China; (surname) Nagaki

雄心

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xióng xīn
    xiong2 xin1
hsiung hsin
 yuushin; ogokoro / yushin; ogokoro
    ゆうしん; おごころ

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Heroic Spirit / Great Ambition
great ambition; lofty aspiration
heroic spirit; brave heart; aspiration; ambition; (surname) Yūshin

高恩

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 kouon / koon
    こうおん

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Gowan
great benevolence or blessings

大丈夫

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dà zhàng fu
    da4 zhang4 fu5
ta chang fu
 daijoubu(p); daijobu / daijobu(p); daijobu
    だいじょうぶ(P); だいじょぶ

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Man of Character
a manly man; a man of character
(adjectival noun) (1) safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; (adverb) (2) certainly; surely; undoubtedly; (int,adj-na) (3) (colloquialism) no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; (4) (だいじょうぶ only) (archaism) (See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ) great man; fine figure of a man; (given name) Masurao
a great man

西遊記


西游记

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xī yóu jì
    xi1 you2 ji4
hsi yu chi
 saiyuuki; seiyuuki / saiyuki; seyuki
    さいゆうき; せいゆうき

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Journey to the West
"Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
(1) (work) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (2) (work) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (3) (work) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (4) (work) Saiyūki (2006 TV series); (wk) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (wk) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (wk) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (wk) Saiyūki (2006 TV series)

ばんばん

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 banban
    バンバン
(adverb) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); (2) at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor; (place-name) Bambang

亞歷山大


亚历山大

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yà lì shān dà
    ya4 li4 shan1 da4
ya li shan ta
 Arekisandai

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Aleksandre
Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
Alexander The Great

厚德載物


厚德载物

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hòu dé zài wù
    hou4 de2 zai4 wu4
hou te tsai wu

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Hou De Zai Wu
with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

大不列顛


大不列颠

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dà bù liè diān
    da4 bu4 lie4 dian1
ta pu lieh tien
 gureetoburiten
    グレートブリテン

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Great Britain
Great Britain
(kana only) Great Britain

大吉大利

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dà jí dà lì
    da4 ji2 da4 li4
ta chi ta li

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Da Ji Da Li
great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving

大智慧門


大智慧门

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dà zhì huì mén
    da4 zhi4 hui4 men2
ta chih hui men
 dai chie mon

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Door of Great Wisdom
The Buddha-door of great wisdom, as contrasted with that of his 大悲 great compassion.

大道無門


大道无门

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dà dào wú mén
    da4 dao4 wu2 men2
ta tao wu men
 daidō mu mon

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The Great Path has No Gate
the great way has no entrance

摩賀羅惹


摩贺罗惹

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mó hè luó rě
    mo2 he4 luo2 re3
mo ho lo je
 magaraja

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Maharaja
great king

万里の長城

see styles
 banrinochoujou / banrinochojo
    ばんりのちょうじょう

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The Great Wall of China
(exp,n) Great Wall of China

大乘無上法


大乘无上法

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

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

葉卡捷琳娜


叶卡捷琳娜

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yè kǎ jié lín nà
    ye4 ka3 jie2 lin2 na4
yeh k`a chieh lin na
    yeh ka chieh lin na

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Yekaterina
Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name); Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia

大蓮華智慧三摩地智


大莲华智慧三摩地智

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dà lián huá zhì huì sān mó dì zhì
    da4 lian2 hua2 zhi4 hui4 san1 mo2 di4 zhi4
ta lien hua chih hui san mo ti chih
 dai renge chie sanmajichi

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Great Lotus Wisdom - Samadhi Wisdom
The wisdom of the great lotus, samādhi-wisdom, the penetrating wisdom of Amitābha.


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wěi
    wei3
wei
 i
    い
big; large; great
(noun or adjectival noun) greatness; excellence; magnificence; (male given name) Masaru

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xióng
    xiong2
hsiung
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
(1) male; man; (2) excellence; greatness; best (of); great person; leading figure; (personal name) Yūji
hero

偉人


伟人

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wěi rén
    wei3 ren2
wei jen
 ijin
    いじん
great person
great person; eminent figure; (personal name) Takehito

偉大


伟大

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wěi dà
    wei3 da4
wei ta
 idai
    いだい
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
(adjectival noun) great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

偉業


伟业

see styles
wěi yè
    wei3 ye4
wei yeh
 igyou / igyo
    いぎょう
exploit; great undertaking
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

列強


列强

see styles
liè qiáng
    lie4 qiang2
lieh ch`iang
    lieh chiang
 rekkyou / rekkyo
    れっきょう
the Great Powers (history)
major powers of the world; great powers

塞外

see styles
sài wài
    sai4 wai4
sai wai
 saigai
    さいがい
territories beyond the Great Wall (old)
(1) outside a fort; (2) (hist) outside the Great Wall of China

大勝


大胜

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dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 daikatsu
    だいかつ
to defeat decisively; to win decisively; great victory; triumph
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) great victory; crushing victory; (surname) Daikatsu

大帝

see styles
dà dì
    da4 di4
ta ti
 taitei / taite
    たいてい
heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title)
great emperor; ... the Great
Mahendra

大業


大业

see styles
dà yè
    da4 ye4
ta yeh
 taigyou / taigyo
    たいぎょう
great cause; great undertaking
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
great work

大福

see styles
dà fú
    da4 fu2
ta fu
 daifuku
    だいふく
a great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
(1) great fortune; good luck; (2) (abbreviation) {food} (See 大福餅) rice cake stuffed with bean jam; (place-name, surname) Daifuku
greatly meritorious

大難


大难

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dà nàn
    da4 nan4
ta nan
 dainan; tainan
    だいなん; たいなん
great catastrophe
(See 小難) great disaster; calamity; (surname) Oonada

摩訶


摩诃

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mó hē
    mo2 he1
mo ho
 maka
    まか
transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great
(n,n-pref) {Buddh} maha (great)
mahā, great, large, very; also摩醯; 莫訶.

曾孫


曾孙

see styles
zēng sūn
    zeng1 sun1
tseng sun
 hihiko
    ひまご
    hikomago
    ひひこ
    hiko
    ひこまご
    hiimago / himago
    ひこ
    souson / soson
    ひいまご
great-grandson
great-grandchild

玄孫


玄孙

see styles
xuán sūn
    xuan2 sun1
hsüan sun
 genson; yashago
    げんそん; やしゃご
great-great-grandson
great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant

大躍進


大跃进

see styles
dà yuè jìn
    da4 yue4 jin4
ta yüeh chin
 daiyakushin
    だいやくしん
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
(1) (hist) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); (noun/participle) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides

曾祖母

see styles
zēng zǔ mǔ
    zeng1 zu3 mu3
tseng tsu mu
 hiooba
    ひばば
    hiibaba / hibaba
    ひおおば
    sousobo / sosobo
    ひいばば
father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
great-grandmother; great-grandma

曾祖父

see styles
zēng zǔ fù
    zeng1 zu3 fu4
tseng tsu fu
 hiooji
    ひじじ
    hiijiji / hijiji
    ひおおじ
    sousofu / sosofu
    ひいじじ
father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

高祖母

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gāo zǔ mǔ
    gao1 zu3 mu3
kao tsu mu
 kousobo / kosobo
    こうそぼ
great-great-grandmother
great-great-grandmother

高祖父

see styles
gāo zǔ fù
    gao1 zu3 fu4
kao tsu fu
 kousofu / kosofu
    こうそふ
great-great-grandfather
great-great-grandfather

see styles
qiào
    qiao4
ch`iao
    chiao
good-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand; (coll.) to season (food)


𫢸

see styles
dàn
    dan4
tan
great; severe


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jie
    jie5
chieh
 ka
    あたい
great; good; middleman; servant
(out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) price; cost; (2) value; worth; merit; (3) (mathematics term) value; count; number; (4) (computer terminology) variable (computer programming, programing)
price

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jié
    jie2
chieh
 kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko
    こう; ごう; コウ
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
(1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas.

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wàn
    wan4
wan
 manji
    まんじ
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji
sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right.

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míng
    ming2
ming
 mei / me
    めい
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
(counter) (1) (honorific or respectful language) counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); (2) first name; (prefix) (3) (See 名探偵) famous; great; (suffix) (4) (See コード名,学校名) name; (5) (abbreviation) (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 名詞) noun; (place-name) Myō
nāman 娜麽 (or 娜摩); a name, a term; noted, famous.

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    pi3
p`i
    pi
great; great fortune

see styles
dài
    dai4
tai
 dai
    だい
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
(pref,adj-na,n) (1) large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; (prefix) (2) great; prominent; eminent; distinguished; (suffix) (3) -sized; as big as; the size of; (suffix noun) (4) (abbreviation) (See 大学・1) university; (5) large (e.g. serving size); large option; (6) (abbreviation) (See 大の月) long month (i.e. having 31 days); (given name) Yutaka
Maha. 摩訶; 麼賀. Great, large, big; all pervading, all-embracing; numerous 多; surpassing ; mysterious 妙; beyond comprehension 不可思議; omnipresent 體無不在. The elements, or essential things, i.e. (a) 三大 The three all-pervasive qualities of the 眞如 q.v. : its 體, 相 , 用 substance, form, and functions, v. 起信論 . (b) 四大 The four tanmātra or elements, earth, water, fire, air (or wind) of the 倶舍論. (c)五大 The five, i.e. the last four and space 空, v. 大日經. (d) 六大 The six elements, earth, water, fire, wind, space (or ether), mind 識. Hīnayāna, emphasizing impersonality 人空, considers these six as the elements of all sentient beings; Mahāyāna, emphasizing the unreality of all things 法空, counts them as elements, but fluid in a flowing stream of life, with mind 識 dominant; the esoteric sect emphasizing nonproduction, or non-creation, regards them as universal and as the Absolute in differentiation. (e) 七大 The 楞嚴經 adds 見 perception, to the six above named to cover the perceptions of the six organs 根.

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kǒng
    kong3
k`ung
    kung
 tooru
    とおる
hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
(n,n-suf) (1) hole; (2) deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); (3) vacancy; opening; (4) flaw; (5) profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; (6) upset victory (with a large payoff); (7) (slang) pit (of a theater); (8) (archaism) hiding place; (9) (archaism) underbelly (of society, etc.); (given name) Tooru
A hole: surname of Confucius; great, very; a peacock.

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hóng
    hong2
hung
 fukashi
    ふかし
great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-
(given name) Fukashi
Vast, spacious.

see styles

    ju4
chü
 hiroshi
    ひろし
very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
(given name) Hiroshi
Great; translit. ko, hau, go.


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miào
    miao4
miao
 byou / byo
    びょう
temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
(n,n-suf) (1) mausoleum; (n,n-suf) (2) shrine; (3) the (imperial) court
A fane, temple, palace; an intp. of caitya, cf. 支.

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hóng
    hong2
hung
 hiromu
    ひろむ
great; liberal
(male given name) Hiromu
Vast, great; to enlarge, spread abroad; e. g. 弘宣; 弘教; 弘法; 弘通 widely to proclaim the Buddhist truth.

see styles
huī
    hui1
hui
 hiroshi
    ひろし
to restore; to recover; great
(given name) Hiroshi

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    xi1
hsi
 suminori
    すみのり
to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
(adverb) (kana only) alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically; (personal name) Suminori
To care for, regard, compassionate, pity; spare.

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bǎn
    ban3
pan
great; expansive

see styles
céng
    ceng2
ts`eng
    tseng
 chiyun
    ちゆん
Japanese variant of 曾[ceng2]
(prefix) great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother); (surname) Chiyun

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
 kake
    かけ
to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
lack; deficiency; vacancy; (1) (kana only) yawn; yawning (and stretching); (2) kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76); (place-name) Kake
To owe: debt; deficient; to bend, bow, yawn, etc.; the Sanskrit sign अ said to imply 大空不可得 space, great and unattainable or immeasurable.

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hóng
    hong2
hung
 kou / ko
    こう
flood; big; great
(abbreviation) (See 洪牙利・ハンガリー) Hungary; (surname) Hon
great

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hào
    hao4
hao
 yutaka
    ゆたか
grand; vast (water)
(given name) Yutaka
Vast, great.

see styles

    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe

see styles
bǎi
    bai3
pai
 momo
    もも
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
(numeric) (1) (poetic term) hundred; 100; (prefix noun) (2) (poetic term) (a great) many; (surname, female given name) Momo
sata; a hundred, all.

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yìng
    ying4
ying
 kou / ko
    こう
hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
hardness; (given name) Katashi
Hard, obstinate.

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    yu3

 u
    う
Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
(surname) U

see styles
zhuàn
    zhuan4
chuan
 ten
    てん
seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script
(See 篆書) seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script

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fán
    fan2
fan
 han
    はん
complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
(1) (ant: 簡・1) complexity; frequency; trouble; (2) (abbreviation) (See 繁体字) traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character; (surname) Tokushige
many


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wàn
    wan4
wan
 wan; man
    ワン; マン
ten thousand; a great number
(counter) {mahj} counter for character tiles; (surname) Yorozu
Myriad, 10,000; all.

see styles
bàng
    bang4
pang
Arctium lappa; great burdock

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    pu2
p`u
    pu
 kaba
    かば
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush
(1) (See ガマ) common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace; (2) (abbreviation) (See 蒲色) reddish yellow; (surname) Makomo
Rushes, flags, grass.


see styles
zhòng
    zhong4
chung
 shuu(p); shu / shu(p); shu
    しゅう(P); しゅ
variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
(1) (ant: 寡・か・1) great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; (n,n-suf) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) people; folk; clique; bunch; (personal name) Muneyasu
All, the many; a company of at least three.


𬣙

see styles

    xu1
hsü
to boast; great; large


see styles
fēng
    feng1
feng
 yutaka
    ゆたか
abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great
(given name) Yutaka
Abundant.

see styles

    ge2
ko
great array of spears and chariots


see styles
jun
    jun1
chün
 kin
    きん
30 catties; great; your (honorific)
(hist) ancient Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 30 catties (15 kg); (male given name) Hitoshi

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