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    yi1
i
 moto
    もと

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One
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
(numeric) one (chi: yī); (female given name) Moto
eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.).

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èr
    er4
erh
 futa
    ふた

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Two
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
(numeric) two (chi: èr); (place-name) Futa
Dvā, dvau. Two; dvitīya, second.

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    fo2
fo
 hotokesaki
    ほとけさき

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Buddha / Buddhism
Japanese variant of 佛
(1) (abbreviation) (See 仏陀・ぶっだ) Buddha; (2) (abbreviation) (See 仏教・ぶっきょう) Buddhism; (surname) Hotokesaki


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lái
    lai2
lai
 rai
    らい

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To Come / To Arrive
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
(female given name) Rai
āgama; āgam-; āgata. Come, the coming, future.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 yuki
    ゆき

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

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dāo
    dao1
tao
 tou / to
    とう

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Katana
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
(1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou
sword

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qiè
    qie4
ch`ieh
    chieh
 setsu
    せつ

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Che
definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch)
To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反.

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 mayaka
    まやか

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Sword
Japanese variant of 劍|剑
sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (female given name) Mayaka


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 ken
    つるぎ

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Sword
double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
(out-dated kanji) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (out-dated kanji) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart
A sword, a two-edged sword.; A sword, two-edged sword.

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jun
    jun1
chün
 kunji
    くんじ

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June
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
(suffix) (1) (after the name of a male of equal or lower status) Mr; master; boy; (suffix) (2) (after the name of a female of lower status; used by males in formal settings) Ms; miss; (suffix) (3) (archaism) (still used among members of the Japanese Diet) sir; madam; (personal name) Kunji
Prince, noble, ideal man or woman; translit. kun.

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huò
    huo4
huo
 wataru
    わたる

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Peace / Harmony
to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
(1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial; (adj-nari) (archaism) tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; calm (at sea); lull; (given name) Wataru
Harmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme.

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tiān
    tian1
t`ien
    tien
 hiroshi
    ひろし

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Heaven
day; sky; heaven
(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi
Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright.

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guǎng
    guang3
kuang
 yutaka
    ゆたか

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Hiro
Japanese variant of 廣|广
(given name) Yutaka

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    lu:4

 ritsuji
    りつじ

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Ritsu
law
(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji
vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli.

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    de2
te
 megumu
    めぐむ
Japanese variant of 德[de2]
(1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage; (given name) Megumu

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 nin
    にん

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

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    li3
li
 rei / re
    れい

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Rhee
plum
(kana only) Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum; (female given name) Rei
Plum.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 kokera
    こけら

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Persimmon
persimmon
(irregular kanji usage) (1) chopped wood; wood chips; (2) (abbreviation) thin shingles; kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); (surname) Kokera
persimmon

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méi
    mei2
mei
 mei / me
    めい

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Ume
plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Mei
The plum.

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    li2
li
 rin
    りん

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Nashi
pear; CL:個|个[ge4]
(kana only) pear (esp. Japanese pear); (female given name) Rin
The pear.


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méi
    mei2
mei
 umezaki
    うめざき

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Ume
variant of 梅[mei2]
(1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki

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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 hashibami
    はしばみ

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Hazel Tree
(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
(archaism) (See 榛の木) Japanese alder (Alnus japonica); (surname) Hashibami


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huà
    hua4
hua
 kanba
    かんば

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Birch
(botany) birch (genus Betula)
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) birch (esp. Japanese white birch); (surname) Kanba

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zhòng
    zhong4
chung
 chin; chin
    ちん; チン

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Pug / Pekingese
Pekingese
Japanese chin (dog breed); Japanese spaniel

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 mase
    ませ

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Monkey / Ape
ape
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (1) (kana only) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (2) (derogatory term) sly person; (3) (derogatory term) idiot; hick; (4) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (5) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (6) (archaism) bathhouse prostitute; (surname) Mase
monkey

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    ke1
k`o
    ko
 ke
    け

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Coe
branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
(kana only) (See 科の木・しなのき) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica); (personal name) Ke
A class, lesson, examination.

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lóng
    long2
lung
 ryou / ryo
    りょう

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Dragon / Emperor Symbol
Japanese variant of 龍|龙
(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō

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    yi4
i
 yomogi
    よもぎ
variant of 刈[yi4]; variant of 乂[yi4]
(1) (See 灸) moxa (dried mugwort leaf used in moxibustion); (2) (See ヨモギ・1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); (surname) Yomogi

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huā
    hua1
hua
 ririka
    りりか

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Flower
flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful
(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka
華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit.

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    xi1
hsi
 sen
    せん

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Madder
used in the transliteration of people's names
(1) (kana only) madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); (2) madder (red color); (surname, female given name) Sen

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cào
    cao4
ts`ao
    tsao
 hajime
    はじめ

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Cao / Kusa / Grass
variant of 肏[cao4]
(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime
Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ).


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shou / sho
    しょう

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Siew
(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
(1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname) Shou
gloomy

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téng
    teng2
t`eng
    teng
 fujitsugu
    ふじつぐ

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Wisteria
rattan; cane; vine
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria; (personal name) Fujitsugu
Creepers, canes.


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bèi
    bei4
pei
 shiiru / shiru
    しぇる

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Bey
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
(1) (kana only) Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbreviation) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell); (female given name) Sheru
śaṅkha a shell, cowry, conch; valuables, riches; a large trumpet sounded to call the assembly together.

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chāo
    chao1
ch`ao
    chao
 wataru
    わたる

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Super
to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru
vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna.

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 misaki
    みさき

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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.

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dào
    dao4
tao
 wataru
    わたる

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.


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shuāng
    shuang1
shuang
 sō

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Shuang
two; double; pair; both; even (number)
A pair, couple, twin; mates, matched.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Zero
zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) zero; nought; (female given name) Rei

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Rai / Rei
Japanese variant of 靈|灵
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei

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    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
 kakeru
    かける

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Kakeru
Japanese variant of 驅|驱; to gallop
(personal name) Kakeru


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niǎo
    niao3
niao
 yanadori
    やなどり

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Bird
bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry; (surname) Yanadori
A bird.


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chún
    chun2
ch`un
    chun
 jun
    じゅん

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Uzura / Quail
(bound form) quail
(1) (kana only) quail; (2) (kana only) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica); (given name) Jun


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biē
    bie1
pieh
 kame
    かめ
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame
A turtle, tortoise.

キス

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 kisu
    キス

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Kiss
(noun/participle) kiss; (kana only) sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica); (personal name) Kiss

じゃ

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 ja
    じゃ
(cop) (1) (western Japanese; also freq. used in animation and foreign-language dubbing to indicate a person is old) (See だ) be; is; (expression) (2) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See じゃない・2) isn't it?

ルー

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 ruu / ru
    ルー

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Loo
(1) roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces) (fre:); sauce made from such a mixture; (2) (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder; (personal name) Lew; Lou; Lu; Rhue; Roux

三諦


三谛

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sān dì
    san1 di4
san ti
 santai; sandai
    さんたい; さんだい

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The Three Truths
{Buddh} threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
The three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same.

世界

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shì jiè
    shi4 jie4
shih chieh
 sekai
    せかい

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The World
world
(1) the world; society; the universe; (2) sphere; circle; world; (can be adjective with の) (3) world-renowned; world-famous; (4) {Buddh} (original meaning) realm governed by one Buddha; space; (surname, female given name) Sekai
Loka 世間; the finite world, the world, a world, which is of two kinds: (1) 衆生世界 that of the living, who are receiving their 正報 correct recompense or karma; (2) 器世界 that of the material, or that on which karma depends for expression. By the living is meant 有情 the sentient.

中山

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zhōng shān
    zhong1 shan1
chung shan
 yamanaka
    やまなか

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Zhongshan
see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); see 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
(surname) Yamanaka

中道

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zhōng dào
    zhong1 dao4
chung tao
 nakamichi
    なかみち

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The Middle Way
road through the middle; middle road; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi
The 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義.

二月

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èr yuè
    er4 yue4
erh yüeh
 futatsuki
    ふたつき

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February
February; second month (of the lunar year)
two months
second moon

二段

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 nidan
    にだん

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Ni-Dan
(can be adjective with の) (1) double; two-stage; (2) second dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); (3) {gramm} (See 五段・1) nidan (verb, verb inflection); (surname) Nidan

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.

侘寂

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 wabisabi
    わびさび

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Wabi Sabi
(kana only) aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement

剣道

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 kendou / kendo
    けんどう

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Kendo / The Way of the Sword
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords; (surname) Kendō

加藤

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jiā téng
    jia1 teng2
chia t`eng
    chia teng
 katoo
    かとお

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Kato
Katō (Japanese surname)
(surname) Katoo

司馬


司马

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sī mǎ
    si1 ma3
ssu ma
 shime
    しめ

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Sima
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China); (given name) Shime

合十

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hé shí
    he2 shi2
ho shih
 gōjū

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Namaste - Greeting
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
合爪; 合掌 To bring the ten fingers or two palms together; a monk's salutation.

吉田

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jí tián
    ji2 tian2
chi t`ien
    chi tien
 raide
    らいで

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Yoshida
Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
(surname) Raide

四諦


四谛

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
    したい

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

土龍

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 doryuu / doryu
    どりゅう

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Earth Dragon
(out-dated kanji) (gikun reading) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (out-dated kanji) (gikun reading) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (out-dated kanji) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (given name) Doryū

地方

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dì fang
    di4 fang5
ti fang
 chikata
    ちかた

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Jikata
place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]
(1) district; region; area; locality; (2) (See 中央・2) the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area; (3) (obsolete) (Imperial Japanese Army jargon) civilian society; (surname) Chikata

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
(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.

堅忍


坚忍

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jiān rěn
    jian1 ren3
chien jen
 kennin
    けんにん

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Perseverance / Fortitude
persevering; tenacious
(n,vs,vt,vi) perseverance

大名

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dà míng
    da4 ming2
ta ming
 daimyou / daimyo
    だいみょう

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Daimyo / Great Name
famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name; (Japanese history) daimyo
(hist) (See 小名) daimyo (Japanese feudal lord); (place-name) Daimyou
Mahānāman

如來


如来

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rú lái
    ru2 lai2
ju lai
 nyorai
    にょらい

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Tathagata
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
(out-dated kanji) Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; 怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 rulai.

宮本


宫本

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gōng běn
    gong1 ben3
kung pen
 miyamoto
    みやもと

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Miyamoto
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
(place-name, surname) Miyamoto

将棋

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 shougi / shogi
    しょうぎ

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Shogi
shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi

小林

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xiǎo lín
    xiao3 lin2
hsiao lin
 hirokazu
    ひろかず

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Kobayashi / Shobayashi
Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
(personal name) Hirokazu

山田

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shān tián
    shan1 tian2
shan t`ien
    shan tien
 yomada
    よまだ

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Yamada
Yamada (Japanese surname)
(surname) Yomada

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuho
    ふほ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

弓術

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 kyuujutsu / kyujutsu
    きゅうじゅつ

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Archery
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (Japanese) archery

弓道

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 yudou / yudo
    ゆどう

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Kyodo
kyudo; Japanese archery; (place-name) Yudō

忍耐

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rěn nài
    ren3 nai4
jen nai
 nintai
    にんたい
to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
(noun, transitive verb) endurance; perseverance; patience
forbearance

情報


情报

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qíng bào
    qing2 bao4
ch`ing pao
    ching pao
 jouhou / joho
    じょうほう

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Intelligence / Information-Gathering
information; intelligence
(1) information; news; report; intelligence; (2) information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); (3) informatics (as a subject)

我慢

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wǒ màn
    wo3 man4
wo man
 gaman
    がまん

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Gaman
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something); (n,vs,vi) (2) self-control; self-restraint; (surname) Gaman
abhimāna, ātma-mada. Egoism exalting self and depreciating others; self-intoxication, pride.

按摩

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àn mó
    an4 mo2
an mo
 anma
    あんま

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Massage
massage; to massage
(noun/participle) (1) massage, esp. the Anma Japanese type of massage; (2) (sensitive word) masseur; masseuse; massager; (3) (archaism) (colloquialism) blind person (as many were traditionally massagers)
massaging [the body with oil]

推手

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tuī shǒu
    tui1 shou3
t`ui shou
    tui shou

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Pushing Hands / Tui Sau
promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)

改善

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gǎi shàn
    gai3 shan4
kai shan
 kaizen
    かいぜん

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Kai Zen / Kaizen
to make better; to improve
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) betterment; improvement; (2) (kana only) (oft. written カイゼン) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

新井

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xīn jǐng
    xin1 jing3
hsin ching
 niii / nii
    にいい

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Arai
Arai (Japanese surname)
(place-name, surname) Niii

日光

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rì guāng
    ri4 guang1
jih kuang
 himi
    ひみ

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Sunshine / Sunlight
sunlight
(1) sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams; (2) Nikkō (city in Tochigi); (3) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 日光菩薩) Suryaprabha (bodhisattva); (female given name) Himi
(日光菩薩); 蘇利也波羅皮遮那 Sūrya-prabhāsana. Sunlight, and 月光 (月光菩薩) Moonlight, name of two Bodhisattva assistants of 藥師 the Master of Healing; Sunlight is the ninth in the Dizang Court of the Garbhadhātu group.

日方

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rì fāng
    ri4 fang1
jih fang
 hinata
    ひなた
the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
(personal name) Hinata

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.

本田

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běn tián
    ben3 tian2
pen t`ien
    pen tien
 motoda
    もとだ

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Honda
Honda (Japanese name)
rice paddy; (surname) Motoda

柴田

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chái tián
    chai2 tian2
ch`ai t`ien
    chai tien
 tsubata
    つばた

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Shibata / Shida
Shibata (Japanese surname and place name)
(surname) Tsubata

櫻花


樱花

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yīng huā
    ying1 hua1
ying hua
 sakura
    さくら

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Cherry Blossom
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom; also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry
(female given name) Sakura

武田

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wǔ tián
    wu3 tian2
wu t`ien
    wu tien
 muta
    むた

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Takeda
Takeda (Japanese surname)
(surname) Muta

毅力

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yì lì
    yi4 li4
i li

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Perseverance / Will-Power
perseverance; willpower

渡邊


渡边

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dù biān
    du4 bian1
tu pien
 watabe
    わたべ
Watanabe (Japanese surname)
(surname) Watabe

漫才

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 manzai
    まんざい

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Manzai
two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit); comic dialogue

漫畫


漫画

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màn huà
    man4 hua4
man hua

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Manhua
caricature; cartoon; Japanese manga
See: 漫画

琉球

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liú qiú
    liu2 qiu2
liu ch`iu
    liu chiu
 ryuukyuu / ryukyu
    りゅうきゅう

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Ryukyu
Ryūkyū; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan; Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
(See 沖縄) Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture; (place-name) Ryūkyū

石川

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shí chuān
    shi2 chuan1
shih ch`uan
    shih chuan
 nakawa
    なかわ

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Ishikawa
Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
Ishikawa (prefecture); (surname) Nakawa

石田

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shí tián
    shi2 tian2
shih t`ien
    shih tien
 sekiden
    せきでん

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Ishida
Ishida (Japanese surname and place name)
(given name) Sekiden

神道

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

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

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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

芸者

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 geisha / gesha
    げいしゃ

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Geisha
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl

茶道

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chá dào
    cha2 dao4
ch`a tao
    cha tao
 chadou / chado
    ちゃどう

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The Way of Tea
Japanese tea ceremony; sado
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō; (place-name) Chadō
the way of tea

荒井

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huāng jǐng
    huang1 jing3
huang ching
 arae
    あらえ

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Arai
Arai (Japanese surname)
(personal name) Arae

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Information about this dictionary:

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

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

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

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

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



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

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