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精華


精华

see styles
jīng huá
    jing1 hua2
ching hua
 seika / seka
    せいか

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Seika / Quintessence
best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul
essence; quintessence; flower; glory; (f,p) Seika

蘭克


兰克

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lán kè
    lan2 ke4
lan k`o
    lan ko

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Rank
Rank (name); Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian

和敬清寂

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 wakeiseijaku / wakesejaku
    わけいせいじゃく

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Elements of the Tea Ceremony
(yoji) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

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yào
    yao4
yao
 yoshi
    よし
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
(1) main point; essential point; important thing; (n,adj-f) (2) necessity; need; requirement; (surname) Yoshi
Important, essential, necessary, strategic; want, need; about to; intercept; coerce; agree, etc.

要事

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yào shì
    yao4 shi4
yao shih
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
important matter
important matter; necessary thing; requirement

要人

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yào rén
    yao4 ren2
yao jen
 youjin / yojin
    ようじん
important person
important person; (given name) Yōjin

要件

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yào jiàn
    yao4 jian4
yao chien
 youken / yoken
    ようけん
key document; important condition; criterion; requirement; requisite; cornerstone
(1) important matter; (2) requirement; requisite; necessary condition; sine qua non

要務


要务

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yào wù
    yao4 wu4
yao wu
 youmu / yomu
    ようむ
key task; important affair
important business

要職


要职

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yào zhí
    yao4 zhi2
yao chih
 youshoku / yoshoku
    ようしょく
key job; important position
important post; important office; key position

要路

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yào lù
    yao4 lu4
yao lu
 youro / yoro
    ようろ
important road; main thoroughfare; fig. key position
(1) main or important road; (2) influential or important position; the authorities

重大

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zhòng dà
    zhong4 da4
chung ta
 juudai / judai
    じゅうだい
great; important; major; significant
(noun or adjectival noun) serious; important; significant; grave; weighty; (surname, given name) Juudai

重用

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zhòng yòng
    zhong4 yong4
chung yung
 shigemochi
    しげもち
to put in an important position
(noun, transitive verb) appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of; (surname) Shigemochi

重要

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zhòng yào
    zhong4 yao4
chung yao
 juuyou / juyo
    じゅうよう
important; significant; major
(adjectival noun) important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 tasuku
    たすく
to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
(given name) Tasuku
scales, mail: important; resolute, firm; an attendant; petty, small.


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sàng
    sang4
sang
 mo(p); sou / mo(p); so
    も(P); そう
to lose something abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) mourning; (2) (も only) (archaism) calamity; misfortune
Mourning. To lose; destroy.

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dài
    dai4
tai
 yutaka
    ゆたか
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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zhuān
    zhuan1
chuan
 makoto
    まこと
Japanese variant of 專|专
(suffix noun) (1) (slang) exclusively doing ...; person who exclusively does ...; fetish for ...; someone with a fetish for ...; (2) (obsolete) first; most important thing; number one priority; (given name) Makoto


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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 heso(p); hozo; heso
    へそ(P); ほぞ; ヘソ
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
(1) (kana only) navel; belly button; (2) (へそ, ヘソ only) (kana only) protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; (3) (kana only) center; centre; most important part; main point
navel


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chòng
    chong4
ch`ung
    chung
 katsuhiro
    かつひろ
powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of
(1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) {astron} (See 合・ごう・4) opposition; (personal name) Katsuhiro


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    ji4
chi
 hakaru
    はかる
to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
(n,n-suf) (1) plan; (n,n-suf) (2) meter; measuring device; (prefix) (3) (in) total; total (of); (given name) Hakaru
To reckon, count (on); scheme; add to, annex; translit. ke; cf. 髻, 鷄.


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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 tsuguhide
    つぐひで
to record; to write a footnote
(1) acquaintanceship; (2) {Buddh} vijnana; consciousness; (3) (after a signature) written by ...; (personal name) Tsuguhide
vijñāna, "the art of distinguishing, or perceiving, or recognizing, discerning, understanding, comprehending, distinction, intelligence, knowledge, science, learning . . . wisdom." M.W. parijñāna, "perception, thorough knowledge," etc. M.W. It is intp. by 心 the mind, mental discernment, perception, in contrast with the object discerned; also by 了別 understanding and discrimination. There are classifications of 一識 that all things are the one mind, or are metaphysical; 二識 q. v. discriminating the ālaya-vijñāna or primal undivided condition from the mano-vijñāna or that of discrimination; 三識 in the Laṅkāvatāra Sutra, fundamental, manifested and discriminate; 五識 q.v. in the 起信論, i.e. 業, 轉, 現, 知, and 相續識; 六識 the perceptions and discernings of the six organs of sense; also of 8, 9, 10, and 11 識. The most important is the eight of the 起信論, i.e. the perceptions of the six organs of sense, eye, ear, nose, tongue, body (or touch), and mind, together with manas, intp. as 意識 the consciousness of the previous moment, on which the other six depend; the eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, v. 阿賴耶, in which is contained the seed or stock of all phenomena and which 無沒 loses none, or nothing, is indestructible; a substitute for the seventh is ādāna 'receiving' of the 唯識, which is intp. as 無解 undiscriminated, or indefinite perception; there is a difference of view between the 相 and the 性 schools in regard to the seventh and eight 識; and the latter school add a ninth called the amala, or pure vijñāna, i.e. the non-phenomenal 眞如識. The esoterics add that all phenomena are mental and all things are the one mind, hence the one mind is 無量識 unlimited mind or knowledge, every kind of knowledge, or omniscience. vijñāna is one of the twelve nidānas.; Ālaya-vijñāna and mano-vijñāna; i. e. 阿梨耶 | and 分別事 |; v. 識.

三多

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sān duō
    san1 duo1
san to
 mitsuda
    みつだ
(personal name) Mitsuda
Much intercourse with good friends, much hearing of the Law, much meditation on the impure. Also, much worship, much service of good friends, much inquiry on important doctrines. There are other groups.

上客

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 joukyaku; joukaku / jokyaku; jokaku
    じょうきゃく; じょうかく
(1) guest of honor; guest of honour; (2) good customer; important customer

不動


不动

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bù dòng
    bu4 dong4
pu tung
 fudou / fudo
    ふどう
motionless
(adj-no,n) (1) immovable; motionless; firm; unwavering; unshakable; steadfast; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 不動明王) Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity; (place-name, surname) Fudou
acala; niścala; dhruva. The unmoved, immobile, or motionless; also 無動 the term is used for the unvarying or unchanging, for the pole-star, for fearlessness, for indifference to passion or temptation. It is a special term of Shingon 異言 applied to its most important Bodhisattva, the 不動明王 q. v.

中論


中论

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zhōng lùn
    zhong1 lun4
chung lun
 Chūron
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

主な

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 omona
    おもな
(pre-noun adjective) (See 主・おも・1) chief; main; principal; important

主次

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zhǔ cì
    zhu3 ci4
chu tz`u
    chu tzu
the important and the less important; primary and secondary

主脳

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 shunou / shuno
    しゅのう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) head; leader; leading spirit; (2) (archaism) important part

事跡


事迹

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shì jì
    shi4 ji4
shih chi
 jiseki
    じせき
deed; past achievement; important event of the past
evidence; trace; vestige

五山

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wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 goyama
    ごやま
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

任事

see styles
rèn shì
    ren4 shi4
jen shih
appointment to an important post

体要

see styles
 taiyou / taiyo
    たいよう
important point

侍從


侍从

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shì cóng
    shi4 cong2
shih ts`ung
    shih tsung
 shijū
to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer
to attend on

保駕


保驾

see styles
bǎo jià
    bao3 jia4
pao chia
(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage); (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular)

偉い

see styles
 erai
    えらい
(adjective) (1) great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent; (2) (kana only) awful; terrible

偉大


伟大

see styles
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

元年

see styles
yuán nián
    yuan2 nian2
yüan nien
 mototoshi
    もととし
first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
(1) first year (of an imperial era); (2) year something (important) first happened or began; (personal name) Mototoshi

先務

see styles
 senmu
    せんむ
most important task; most pressing task; urgent business

公館


公馆

see styles
gōng guǎn
    gong1 guan3
kung kuan
 koukan / kokan
    こうかん
residence (of sb rich or important); mansion
official residence

切要

see styles
qiè yào
    qie4 yao4
ch`ieh yao
    chieh yao
 setsuyou / setsuyo
    せつよう
essential; extremely important
(noun or adjectival noun) essential; vital

十刹

see styles
 jissetsu; jissatsu
    じっせつ; じっさつ
{Buddh} (See 京都五山) ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan

厨子

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 chuushi / chushi
    ちゅうし
(1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors; (surname) Chuushi

吃緊


吃紧

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chī jǐn
    chi1 jin3
ch`ih chin
    chih chin
 kikkin
    きっきん
in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important
(adj-no,adj-na,n) urgent; pressing; exigent

吃重

see styles
chī zhòng
    chi1 zhong4
ch`ih chung
    chih chung
(of a role) arduous; important; (a vehicle's) loading capacity

名臣

see styles
míng chén
    ming2 chen2
ming ch`en
    ming chen
important official or statesman (in feudal China)

周公

see styles
zhōu gōng
    zhou1 gong1
chou kung
 shuukou / shuko
    しゅうこう
Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
(personal name) Shuukou

善月

see styles
shàn yuè
    shan4 yue4
shan yüeh
 zengetsu
Good month, i.e. the first, fifth, and ninth; because they are the most important in which to do good works and thus obtain a good report in the spirit realm.

四德

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sì dé
    si4 de2
ssu te
 shitoku
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm.

四法

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sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

大事

see styles
dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

大任

see styles
 ootou / ooto
    おおとう
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility; (place-name) Ootou

大典

see styles
dà diǎn
    da4 dian3
ta tien
 hironori
    ひろのり
ceremony; collection of classical writings
(1) grand ceremony; state ceremony; (2) important law; legal canon; (personal name) Hironori

大切

see styles
 oogiri
    おおぎり
(adjectival noun) (1) important; significant; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved; (adjectival noun) (3) (usu. adverbially as ~に) (See 大切に) careful; (place-name, surname) Oogiri

大寄

see styles
 ooyori
    おおより
(1) calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party; (2) starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go; (place-name, surname) Ooyori

大役

see styles
 taiyaku
    たいやく
(1) important task; important role; great duty; important mission; (2) major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; (3) {hanaf} high-scoring combination

大所

see styles
 daidokoro
    だいどころ
wealthy family; important person; bigwig; (place-name) Daidokoro

大法

see styles
dà fǎ
    da4 fa3
ta fa
 taihou / taiho
    たいほう
(1) {Buddh} great teachings (of the Buddha); (2) {Buddh} teachings of the Mahayana; (3) {Buddh} most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism); (given name) Taihou
The great Dharma, or Law (of Mahāyāna salvation).

大牌

see styles
dà pái
    da4 pai2
ta p`ai
    ta pai
strong card; honor card (card games); very popular or successful person; self-important

大物

see styles
 daimotsu
    だいもつ
(1) important person; influential figure; big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight; (2) big thing; big one; big game; big catch; whopper; valuable thing; (place-name) Daimotsu

大礼

see styles
 oorei / oore
    おおれい
(1) state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; (2) important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral); (surname) Oorei

大節


大节

see styles
dà jié
    da4 jie2
ta chieh
 daisetsu
    だいせつ
major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
(given name) Daisetsu
key point

大路

see styles
dà lù
    da4 lu4
ta lu
 hiromichi
    ひろみち
avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]
(1) (See 小路・こうじ) main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (2) (たいろ only) (archaism) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period); (surname) Hiromichi

姑臧

see styles
gū zāng
    gu1 zang1
ku tsang
 Kosō
Ku-tsang, formerly a city in Liangchow, Kansu, and an important centre for communication with Tibet.

孤拔

see styles
gū bá
    gu1 ba2
ku pa
Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War

宗派

see styles
zōng pài
    zong1 pai4
tsung p`ai
    tsung pai
 shuuha / shuha
    しゅうは
sect
(1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry)
Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects.

宗要

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zōng yào
    zong1 yao4
tsung yao
 shūyō
The fundamental tenets of a sect; the important elements, or main principle.

尊大

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 takahiro
    たかひろ
(noun or adjectival noun) haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important; (personal name) Takahiro

年寄

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 toshiyori
    としより
(1) old people; the aged; (2) (sumo) trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; (3) senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); (4) important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

廚子


厨子

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chú zi
    chu2 zi5
ch`u tzu
    chu tzu
 zushi
    ずし
cook
(out-dated kanji) (1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

從略


从略

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cóng lüè
    cong2 lu:e4
ts`ung lu:e
    tsung lu:e
to omit (less important details etc)

心佛

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xīn fó
    xin1 fo2
hsin fo
 shinbutsu
The Buddha within the heart: from mind is Buddha hood: the Buddha revealed in or to the mind; the mind is Buddha. 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別 The mind, Buddha, and all the living — there is no difference between the three. i. e. all are of the same order. This is an important doctrine of the 華嚴經 Huayan sutra, cf. its 夜摩天宮品; by Tiantai it is called 三法妙 the mystery of the three things.

打緊


打紧

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dǎ jǐn
    da3 jin3
ta chin
important

抜擢

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 batteki
    ばってき
    battaku
    ばったく
(noun/participle) selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

拿大

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ná dà
    na2 da4
na ta
to put on airs; self-important; high and mighty

持重

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chí zhòng
    chi2 zhong4
ch`ih chung
    chih chung
prudent; cautious; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies; to hold an important office

振る

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 buru
    ぶる
(suf,v5r) (1) (kana only) (after a noun, adjectival noun or adjective stem) to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to pose as ...; to behave like ...; to pretend to be ...; (v5r,vi) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) to put on airs; to be self-important

掌客

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 shoukyaku / shokyaku
    しょうきゃく
(archaism) court official in charge of entertaining important guests

政所

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 mandokoro
    まんどころ
(1) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (honorific or respectful language) (abbreviation) (See 北の政所) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); (3) government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (4) clerk working for large temples and shrines; (place-name, surname) Mandokoro

政要

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zhèng yào
    zheng4 yao4
cheng yao
important political leader; government dignitary

星官

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xīng guān
    xing1 guan1
hsing kuan
 seikan / sekan
    せいかん
Chinese constellations
(rare) (See 星宿・せいしゅく・2) constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions")

枢機

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 suuki / suki
    すうき
(1) important point; essential part; vital point; (2) important state matters

枢要

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 suuyou / suyo
    すうよう
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal

楚國


楚国

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chǔ guó
    chu3 guo2
ch`u kuo
    chu kuo
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei

機要


机要

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jī yào
    ji1 yao4
chi yao
 kiyō
(attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
Opportunity, strategical possibility, or point.

沒事


没事

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méi shì
    mei2 shi4
mei shih
it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

津要

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jīn yào
    jin1 yao4
chin yao
(literary) key location; key post (important job)

町衆

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 machishuu / machishu
    まちしゅう
(archaism) important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders

當軸


当轴

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dāng zhóu
    dang1 zhou2
tang chou
person in power; important official

盛砂

see styles
 morizuna
    もりずな
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage); (surname) Morizuna

看重

see styles
kàn zhòng
    kan4 zhong4
k`an chung
    kan chung
to regard as important; to value

祕要


秘要

see styles
mì yào
    mi4 yao4
mi yao
 hiyō
The essence, the profoundly important.

祭酒

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jì jiǔ
    ji4 jiu3
chi chiu
 saishu
to offer a libation; person who performs the libation before a banquet; senior member of a profession; important government post in imperial China
libationer

第一

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dì yī
    di4 yi1
ti i
 teiichi / techi
    ていいち
first; most important; primary; foremost
(adv,n) first; foremost; number one; (given name) Teiichi
The first, chief, prime, supreme.

算數


算数

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suàn shù
    suan4 shu4
suan shu
 sanju
to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)
To count numbers, to count, number.

紐帯

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 chuutai; juutai / chutai; jutai
    ちゅうたい; じゅうたい
(1) tie; social bond; link; close relation; important connection; (2) obi and cord; string; belt

經部


经部

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jīng bù
    jing1 bu4
ching pu
 kyōbu
(經量部) Sautrantika, an important Hīnayāna school, which based its doctrine on the sūtras alone, cf. Keith, 151 et al.

緊要


紧要

see styles
jǐn yào
    jin3 yao4
chin yao
 kinyou / kinyo
    きんよう
critical; crucial; vital
(noun or adjectival noun) momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital
Important.

耶舍

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yé shè
    ye2 she4
yeh she
 Yasha
Yaśas, or 耶舍陀 Yaśojā. There were two persons of this name: (1) a disciple of Ānanda; (2) another who is said to have 'played an important part in connection with the second synod'.

肝要

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 kanyou / kanyo
    かんよう
(noun or adjectival noun) extremely important; essential; vital; crucial; (place-name) Kanyou

臭屁

see styles
chòu pì
    chou4 pi4
ch`ou p`i
    chou pi
(coll.) self-important; puffed up

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