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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.

see styles
dài
    dai4
tai
 dai
to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do something); about to; intending to
To wait, treat, behave to.

see styles
dei
    dei3
tei
 toku
    とく
to have to; must; ought to; to need to
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (also written as 徳) profit; advantage; benefit; gain; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana; (surname) Toku
prāp; prāpta. To get, obtain, attain to; got, obtained, etc.

see styles
zhāi
    zhai1
chai
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need

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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 masao
    まさお
to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
(personal name) Masao
Melt, disperse, expend, digest, dispose of.

see styles
yòng
    yong4
yung
 you / yo
    よう
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
(1) business; task; errand; engagement; (2) use; purpose; (suffix noun) (3) for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; (4) (See 用を足す・2) call of nature; excretion; (place-name) Yō
To use, to employ; use, function.

see styles
fèng
    feng4
feng
(dialect) need not; please don't (contracted form of 勿用[wu4 yong4])


see styles
pín
    pin2
p`in
    pin
 hanawa
    はなわ
poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
(1) poverty; penury; want; need; (2) (archaism) insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; (personal name) Hanawa
Poor, in poverty.; The two kinds of poverty: of goods, and of the religion.

see styles

    xu1
hsü
 motome
    もとめ
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
(given name) Motome

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

不必

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bù bì
    bu4 bi4
pu pi
 fuhitsu
need not; does not have to; not necessarily
unnecessary

不消

see styles
bù xiāo
    bu4 xiao1
pu hsiao
to not need; needless (to say)

不用

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bù yòng
    bu4 yong4
pu yung
 fuyou / fuyo
    ふよう
need not
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) (See 不要) disused; unused; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) useless; wasteful; of no use
not using

不著


不着

see styles
bù zháo
    bu4 zhao2
pu chao
 fujaku
no need; need not
to doe not stick

五生

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wǔ shēng
    wu3 sheng1
wu sheng
 takai
    たかい
(female given name) Takai
Five rebirths, i. e. five states, or conditions of a bodhisattva's rebirth: (1) to stay calamities, e. g. by sacrificing himself; (2) in any class that may need him; (3) in superior condition, handsome, wealthy, or noble; (4) in various grades of kingship; (5) final rebirth before Buddhahood; v. 瑜伽論 4.

五轉


五转

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wǔ zhuǎn
    wu3 zhuan3
wu chuan
 goten
The five evolutions, or developments; (1) resolve on Buddhahood; (2) observance of the rules; (3) attainment of enlightenment; (4) of nirvana; (5) of power to aid others according to need.

亟待

see styles
jí dài
    ji2 dai4
chi tai
to need urgently; to need doing without delay

亟需

see styles
jí xū
    ji2 xu1
chi hsü
to urgently need; urgent need

伐柯

see styles
fá kē
    fa2 ke1
fa k`o
    fa ko
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker

何必

see styles
hé bì
    he2 bi4
ho pi
 kahitsu
there is no need; why should
why?

何須


何须

see styles
hé xū
    he2 xu1
ho hsü
 kashu
there is no need; why should
why is it necessary...

便急

see styles
biàn jí
    bian4 ji2
pien chi
to need the toilet; urinary or defecatory urgency

俟つ

see styles
 matsu
    まつ
(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (2) to depend on; to need

入用

see styles
 nyuuyou / nyuyo
    にゅうよう
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) need; want; necessity; requirement; (2) expenses; cost

內急


内急

see styles
nèi jí
    nei4 ji2
nei chi
to need to answer the call of nature

務必


务必

see styles
wù bì
    wu4 bi4
wu pi
must; to need to; to be sure to

只消

see styles
zhǐ xiāo
    zhi3 xiao1
chih hsiao
to only need; it only takes

只管

see styles
zhǐ guǎn
    zhi3 guan3
chih kuan
 koreuchi
    これうち
solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for something)
(adj-na,adv) (kana only) nothing but; earnest; intent; determined; set on (something); (personal name) Koreuchi

合用

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hé yòng
    he2 yong4
ho yung
 gōyō
to share; to use in common; suitable; fit for purpose; useable
In accordance with need; suitable.

四馬


四马

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sì mǎ
    si4 ma3
ssu ma
 shime
Four kinds of horses, likened to four classes of monks: those that respond to the shadow of the whip, its lightest touch, its mild application, and those who need the spur to bite the bone.

困窮

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 konkyuu / konkyu
    こんきゅう
(n,vs,vi) (1) poverty; need; destitution; (n,vs,vi) (2) having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

待つ

see styles
 matsu
    まつ
(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to wait; (2) to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; (3) to depend on; to need

得要

see styles
dei yào
    dei3 yao4
tei yao
to need; must

必用

see styles
 hitsuyou / hitsuyo
    ひつよう
(adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement

必要

see styles
bì yào
    bi4 yao4
pi yao
 hitsuyou / hitsuyo
    ひつよう
necessary; essential; indispensable; required
(adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement

必需

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bì xū
    bi4 xu1
pi hsü
 hitsuju
    ひつじゅ
to need; to require; essential; indispensable
(adj-no,n) necessary

急務


急务

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jí wù
    ji2 wu4
chi wu
 kyuumu / kyumu
    きゅうむ
urgent task; pressing matter
urgent business; pressing need; imperative

急用

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jí yòng
    ji2 yong4
chi yung
 kyuuyou / kyuyo
    きゅうよう
to need something urgently; urgently required
urgent business

急需

see styles
jí xū
    ji2 xu1
chi hsü
to urgently need; urgent need

感應


感应

see styles
gǎn yìng
    gan3 ying4
kan ying
 kannou / kanno
    かんのう
response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance
(surname) Kannou
Response to appeal or need; Buddha moved to respond.

所用

see styles
 shoyou / shoyo
    しょよう
(1) engagement; business; affair; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) use; need

挹注

see styles
yì zhù
    yi4 zhu4
i chu
to shift resources into areas of need; to inject funds; to balance resources

放念

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 hounen / honen
    ほうねん
(noun, transitive verb) setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)

有學


有学

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yǒu xué
    you3 xue2
yu hsüeh
 ugaku
śaikṣa; in Hīnayāna those in the first three stages of training as arhats, the fourth and last stage being 無學 those beyond the need of further teaching or study. There are eighteen grades of śaikṣa.

欠揍

see styles
qiàn zòu
    qian4 zou4
ch`ien tsou
    chien tsou
to need a spanking

歸屬


归属

see styles
guī shǔ
    gui1 shu3
kuei shu
to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)

毋庸

see styles
wú yōng
    wu2 yong1
wu yung
no need for

無銭

see styles
 musen
    むせん
without money; no need for money

無須


无须

see styles
wú xū
    wu2 xu1
wu hsü
need not; not obliged to; not necessarily

特需

see styles
tè xū
    te4 xu1
t`e hsü
    te hsü
 tokuju
    とくじゅ
special need; particular requirement
emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)

用人

see styles
yòng rén
    yong4 ren2
yung jen
 younin / yonin
    ようにん
servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
(1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person

留步

see styles
liú bù
    liu2 bu4
liu pu
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out

皮癢


皮痒

see styles
pí yǎng
    pi2 yang3
p`i yang
    pi yang
(coll.) to need a spanking

絶學

see styles
jué xué
    jue2 xue2
chüeh hsüeh
To cease study, beyond the need of study, a hint being enough.

要す

see styles
 yousu / yosu
    ようす
(v5s,vs-c,vt) (See 要する) to need; to require; to take; to demand

要る

see styles
 iru
    いる
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

要有

see styles
yào yǒu
    yao4 you3
yao yu
to need; to require; must have

貧困


贫困

see styles
pín kùn
    pin2 kun4
p`in k`un
    pin kun
 hinkon
    ひんこん
impoverished; poverty
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) poverty; penury; need; destitution; (n,adj-na,adj-no) (2) shortage; lack; want

赴機


赴机

see styles
fù jī
    fu4 ji1
fu chi
 fuki
To go or to preach according to the need or opportunity.

遮制

see styles
zhē zhì
    zhe1 zhi4
che chih
 shasei
遮戒 A secondary commandment, deriving from the mandate of Buddha, e.g. against drinking wine, as opposed to 性戒 a commandment based on the primary laws of human nature, e.g. against murder, etc.; cf 二戒.

需要

see styles
xū yào
    xu1 yao4
hsü yao
 juyou / juyo
    じゅよう
to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
demand; request

ニート

see styles
 niito / nito
    ニート
need; (personal name) Neate

三不護


三不护

see styles
sān bù hù
    san1 bu4 hu4
san pu hu
 san fugo
The three that need no guarding i.e. the 三業 of a Buddha, his body, mouth (or lips), and mind, which he does not need to guard as they are above error.

入り用

see styles
 iriyou / iriyo
    いりよう
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) need; demand; necessity; (2) costs; expenses

删闍夜


删阇夜

see styles
shān shé yè
    shan1 she2 ye4
shan she yeh
 Sanjaya
(or 耶毘羅胝子); 删逝移毘刺知子 Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, or Saṁjayin Vairaḍīputra, one of the six founders of heretical or non-Buddhist schools, whose doctrine was that pain and suffering would end in due course, like unwinding a ball of silk, hence there was no need of seeking the 'Way'.

助け舟

see styles
 tasukebune
    たすけぶね
(1) lifeboat; (2) friend in need; helping hand; timely help

助け船

see styles
 tasukebune
    たすけぶね
(1) lifeboat; (2) friend in need; helping hand; timely help

心影兒


心影儿

see styles
xīn yǐng ér
    xin1 ying3 er2
hsin ying erh
(Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)

必要性

see styles
bì yào xìng
    bi4 yao4 xing4
pi yao hsing
 hitsuyousei / hitsuyose
    ひつようせい
necessity
necessity; need

手離れ

see styles
 tebanare
    てばなれ
(n,vs,vi) (1) growing old enough to not need constant looking after by one's parents; (n,vs,vi) (2) finishing a job

用不著


用不着

see styles
yòng bu zháo
    yong4 bu5 zhao2
yung pu chao
not need; have no use for

翅膀硬

see styles
chì bǎng yìng
    chi4 bang3 ying4
ch`ih pang ying
    chih pang ying
(of a bird) to fledge; (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's parents, mentor etc; to break away from the people who have supported one up to now

臨時会

see styles
 rinjikai
    りんじかい
(See 臨時国会) extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

要する

see styles
 yousuru / yosuru
    ようする
(vs-s,vt) to need; to demand; to take; to require

要らん

see styles
 iran
    いらん
(expression) (kana only) (ksb:) (See いる) I don't need it; I don't want it

要り用

see styles
 iriyou / iriyo
    いりよう
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) need; demand; necessity; (2) costs; expenses

要注意

see styles
 youchuui / yochui
    ようちゅうい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention

一朝有事

see styles
 icchouyuuji / icchoyuji
    いっちょうゆうじ
(expression) (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur

一點就通


一点就通

see styles
yī diǎn jiù tōng
    yi1 dian3 jiu4 tong1
i tien chiu t`ung
    i tien chiu tung
a hint is all that is needed; understanding each other without the need to explain

不修外道

see styles
bù xiū wài dào
    bu4 xiu1 wai4 dao4
pu hsiu wai tao
 fushu gedō
One of the ten kinds of ' heresies' founded by Sañjayin Vairāṭīputra, v. 删, who taught that there is no need to 求道 seek the right path, as when the necessary kalpas have passed, mortality ends and nirvana naturally follows.

不必如義


不必如义

see styles
bù bì rú yì
    bu4 bi4 ru2 yi4
pu pi ju i
 fu hitsu nyogi
need not be taken as reality

不時之需


不时之需

see styles
bù shí zhī xū
    bu4 shi2 zhi1 xu1
pu shih chih hsü
a possible period of want or need

不用客氣


不用客气

see styles
bù yòng kè qi
    bu4 yong4 ke4 qi5
pu yung k`o ch`i
    pu yung ko chi
you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony

事はない

see styles
 kotohanai
    ことはない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there is no need to ...; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

事は無い

see styles
 kotohanai
    ことはない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there is no need to ...; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

交換需要

see styles
 koukanjuyou / kokanjuyo
    こうかんじゅよう
demand for replacement; request for replacement; need for replacement

人有三急

see styles
rén yǒu sān jí
    ren2 you3 san1 ji2
jen yu san chi
(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature

佛具十身

see styles
fó jù shí shēn
    fo2 ju4 shi2 shen1
fo chü shih shen
 butsugu jūshin
The ten perfect bodies or characteristics of Buddha: (1) 菩提身 Bodhi-body in possession of complete enlightenment. (2) 願身 Vow-body, i.e. the vow to be born in and from the Tuṣita heaven. (3) 化身 nirmāṇakāya, Buddha incarnate as a man. (4) 住持身 Buddha who still occupies his relics or what he has left behind on earth and thus upholds the dharma. (5) 相好莊嚴身 saṁbhogakāya, endowed with an idealized body with all Buddha marks and merits. (6) 勢力身 or 心佛 Power-body, embracing all with his heart of mercy. (7) 如意身 or 意生身 At will body, appearing according to wish or need. (8) 福德身 or 三昧身 samādhi body, or body of blessed virtue. (9) 智身 or 性佛 Wisdom-body, whose nature embraces all wisdom. (10) 法身 dharmakāya, the absolute Buddha, or essence of all life.

入りよう

see styles
 iriyou / iriyo
    いりよう
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) need; demand; necessity; (2) costs; expenses

八不正觀


八不正观

see styles
bā bù zhèng guān
    ba1 bu4 zheng4 guan1
pa pu cheng kuan
 happu shōkan
Meditation on the eight negations 八不. These eight, birth, death, etc., are the 八迷 eight misleading ideas, or 八計 eight wrong calculations. No objection is made to the terms in the apparent, or relative, sense 俗諦, but in the real or absolute sense 眞諦 these eight ideas are incorrect, and the truth lies between them ; in the relative, mortality need not be denied, but in the absolute we cannot speak of mortality or immortality. In regard to the relative view, beings have apparent birth and apparent death from various causes, but are not really born and do not really die, i.e. there is the difference of appearance and reality. In the absolute there is no apparent birth and apparent death. The other three pairs are similarly studied.

印鑑レス

see styles
 inkanresu
    いんかんレス
(can act as adjective) without (the need for using a) personal stamp; stampless

反省材料

see styles
 hanseizairyou / hansezairyo
    はんせいざいりょう
matters that should be reflected on; points in need of review

只欠東風


只欠东风

see styles
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
    zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1
chih ch`ien tung feng
    chih chien tung feng
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

善意銀行

see styles
 zeniginkou / zeniginko
    ぜんいぎんこう
center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need

四不寄附

see styles
sì bù jì fù
    si4 bu4 ji4 fu4
ssu pu chi fu
 shi fukifu
The four to whom one does not entrust valuables— the old, for death is nigh; the distant, lest one has immediate need of them; the evil; or the 大力 strong; lest the temptation be too strong for the last two.

地獄に仏

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 jigokunihotoke
    じごくにほとけ
(expression) (idiom) (See 地獄で仏に会ったよう) manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (meeting) Buddha in hell

基操勿6

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jī cāo wù liù
    ji1 cao1 wu4 liu4
chi ts`ao wu liu
    chi tsao wu liu
(Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment

基本需要

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jī běn xū yào
    ji1 ben3 xu1 yao4
chi pen hsü yao
basic necessity; fundamental need

大可不必

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dà kě bù bì
    da4 ke3 bu4 bi4
ta k`o pu pi
    ta ko pu pi
need not; unnecessary

大悲普現


大悲普现

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dà bēi pǔ xiàn
    da4 bei1 pu3 xian4
ta pei p`u hsien
    ta pei pu hsien
 daihi fugen
Great pity universally manifested, i.e. Guanyin, who in thirty-three manifestations meets every need.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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

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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).



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