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    fu2
fu
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
used in 仿佛[fang3fu2]
(surname) Hotoke
Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number.

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ān
    an1
an
 yasuji
    やすじ

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Calm / Tranquility
(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2])
(pref,suf) (1) cheap; (prefix) (2) (See 安請け合い) rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous; (personal name) Yasuji
Peace, tranquil, quiet, pacify; to put, place; where ? how?


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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

道場


道场

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

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

少林寺

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shào lín sì
    shao4 lin2 si4
shao lin ssu
 shourinji / shorinji
    しょうりんじ

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Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
(place-name) Shaolin Temple (China); Shourinji
The monastery at 少室 in 登封 Dengfeng xian, Henanfu, where Bodhidharma sat with his face to a wall for nine years.

根性論

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 konjouron / konjoron
    こんじょうろん

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

淨土宗


净土宗

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jìng tǔ zōng
    jing4 tu3 zong1
ching t`u tsung
    ching tu tsung
 Jōdo Shū
Pure Land Buddhism
The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan.

觀世音


观世音

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guān shì yīn
    guan1 shi4 yin1
kuan shih yin
 Kanzeon
    かんぜおん

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Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel.

諸葛亮


诸葛亮

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zhū gě liàng
    zhu1 ge3 liang4
chu ko liang
 juugaa ryan / juga ryan
    ジューガー・リャン

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Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
(person) Zhuge Liang (181-234; Chinese statesman and military strategist)

愚公移山

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yú gōng yí shān
    yu2 gong1 yi2 shan1
yü kung i shan
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way

有志竟成

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yǒu zhì jìng chéng
    you3 zhi4 jing4 cheng2
yu chih ching ch`eng
    yu chih ching cheng
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

波羅末陀


波罗末陀

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bō luó mò tuó
    bo1 luo2 mo4 tuo2
po lo mo t`o
    po lo mo to
 haramada

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Paramartha
paramārtha, the highest truth, ultimate truth, reality, fundamental meaning, 眞諦. Paramārtha, name of a famous monk from Western India, Guṇarata, v. 拘, whose title was 眞諦三藏; reached China 547 or 548, but the country was so disturbed that he set of to return by sea; his ship was driven back to Canton, where he translated some fifty works.

有志者事竟成

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yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
    you3 zhi4 zhe3 shi4 jing4 cheng2
yu chih che shih ching ch`eng
    yu chih che shih ching cheng
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

精神一到何事か成らざらん

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 seishinittounanigotokanarazaran / seshinittonanigotokanarazaran
    せいしんいっとうなにごとかならざらん
(expression) (proverb) where there is a will, there is a way

何所

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hé suǒ
    he2 suo3
ho so
 kasho
    いどこ
where; what place
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; what place; (2) how much (long, far); what extent
what

何處


何处

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hé chù
    he2 chu4
ho ch`u
    ho chu
 kasho
    いどこ
whence; where
(out-dated kanji) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; what place; (2) how much (long, far); what extent; (out-dated kanji) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; what place; (2) how much (long, far); what extent
how on earth?

所在

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suǒ zài
    suo3 zai4
so tsai
 shozai
    しょざい
place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
(n,vs,vi) location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
place

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    xi1
hsi
 makoto
    まこと
(literary) what?; where?; why?
(expression) (1) something; (exp,adj-no) (2) (kana only) what; (adverb) (3) why; how; (given name) Makoto


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ào
    ao4
ao
 fukashi
    ふかし
obscure; mysterious
(out-dated kanji) interior; inner part; inside; (surname) Fukashi
[奥] South-west corner where were the lares; retired, quiet; abstruse, mysterious; blended; warm; translit. au.

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zhūn
    zhun1
chun
 ton
    とん
used in 屯邅[zhun1zhan1]
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg) (eng:); tonne; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) gathering; place where people gather; (2) (archaism) police station; camp; barracks; (given name) Ton
Collect, mass; to quarter, camp. To sprout; very; stingy.

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suǒ
    suo3
so
 tondokoro
    とんどころ
actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
(suf,ctr) counter for places; (personal name) Tondokoro
A place; where, what, that which, he (etc. ) who.

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    he2
ho
 katsu
why; how; when; what; where
How ? What ? Why ? Translit. a, ha, ra, ro.

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cóng
    cong2
ts`ung
    tsung
a place where small streams flow into a large one

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ào
    ao4
ao
 oku
    おく
deep bay; cove; harbor
open sea; (personal name) Oku
The south-west corner of a hall where the lares were kept; secluded, deep, profound, mysterious.

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yān
    yan1
yen
 en
where; how
how? why? where?

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 koko
    ここ
therefore; consequently; thus; hence; thereupon; it follows that; where?; to change (into); ancient unit of weight and money
(1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

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    fu3
fu
 mitsuru
    みつる
(classical) barely; just; just now
(given name) Mitsuru
flat field where a seedling is grown

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nuó
    nuo2
no
 na
    な
(archaic) many; beautiful; how; old variant of 挪[nuo2]
(surname) Na
Where ? How ? What ? That. Translit. na, ne, no, nya; cf. 娜, 拏, 曩.

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kào
    kao4
k`ao
    kao
 kō
to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
resting on or in

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    ji4
chi
 motodori; tabusa; takifusa
    もとどり; たぶさ; たきふさ
hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
(archaism) place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
Topknot, tuft, the hair coiled on top.

コテ

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 gode
    ゴデ
(1) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・1) user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); (2) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・2) user who uses an online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag; (personal name) Godet

さ庭

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 saniwa
    さにわ
(1) place where a medium receives divine messages; (2) person who receives divine messages; medium; (3) (See 和琴・わごん,神楽・かぐら) wagon performer in kagura

バ先

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 basaki
    バさき
(abbreviation) (slang) (See バイト先) part-time employer; place where one works part-time

三塗


三涂

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sān tú
    san1 tu2
san t`u
    san tu
 sanzu
The 塗 mire is interpreted by 途 a road, i.e. the three unhappy gati or ways; (a) 火塗 to the fires of hell; (b) 血塗 to the hell of blood, where as animals they devour each other; (c) 刀塗 the asipattra hell of swords, where the leaves and grasses are sharp-edged swords. Cf. 三惡趣.

三照

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sān zhào
    san1 zhao4
san chao
 sanshō
The three shinings; the sun first shining on the hill-tops, then the valleys and plains. So, according to Tiantai teaching of the Huayan sūtra, the Buddha's doctrine had three periods of such shining: (a) first, he taught the Huayan sūtra, transforming his chief disciples into bodhisattvas; (b) second, the Hīnayāna sūtras in general to śrāvakas and pratyeka-buddhas in the Lumbinī garden; (c) third, the 方等 sūtras down to the 涅槃經 for all the living. See the 六十華嚴經 35, where the order is five, i.e. bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, lay disciples, and all creatures.

三界

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sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 mikai
    みかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai
Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品.

不空

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bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

中奥

see styles
 nakaoku
    なかおく
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life; (place-name, surname) Nakaoku

中宿

see styles
 nakasuka
    なかすか
(1) (archaism) inn where one rests on the way; (2) (archaism) (See 出合い宿) inn that serves as a meeting place for lovers; (3) (archaism) (See 引き手茶屋) inn that introduces clients to prostitutes; (surname) Nakasuka

丹田

see styles
dān tián
    dan1 tian2
tan t`ien
    tan tien
 nida
    にだ
pubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques); (surname) Nida
The pubic region, 2 1; 2 inches below the navel.

九地

see styles
jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kuji
    くじ
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

二酉

see styles
 niyuu / niyu
    にゆう
(archaism) large collection of books; place where many books are stored

仏土

see styles
 butsudo
    ぶつど
(1) {Buddh} (See 浄土・1) realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; (2) {Buddh} Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings

任所

see styles
rèn suǒ
    ren4 suo3
jen so
 ninsho
    にんしょ
one's office; place where one holds a post
(rare) one's place of appointment; one's post

何処

see styles
 idoko
    いどこ
    izuko
    いづこ
    izuku
    いずこ
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; what place; (2) how much (long, far); what extent; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; what place; (2) how much (long, far); what extent

何在

see styles
hé zài
    he2 zai4
ho tsai
where?; what place?

何方

see styles
hé fāng
    he2 fang1
ho fang
 donata
    どなた
where?
(pronoun) (kana only) (honorific or respectful language) who

佛刹

see styles
fó chà
    fo2 cha4
fo ch`a
    fo cha
 bussetsu
buddhakṣetra. 佛紇差怛羅 Buddha realm, land or country; see also 佛土, 佛國. The term is absent from Hīnayāna. In Mahāyāna it is the spiritual realm acquired by one who reaches perfect enlightenment, where he instructs all beings born there, preparing them for enlightenment. In the schools where Mahāyāna adopted an Ādi-Buddha, these realms or Buddha-fields interpenetrated each other, since they were coexistent with the universe. There are two classes of Buddhakṣetra: (1) in the Vairocana Schools, regarded as the regions of progress for the righteous after death; (2) in the Amitābha Schools, regarded as the Pure Land; v. McGovern, A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, pp. 70-2.

佛土

see styles
fó tǔ
    fo2 tu3
fo t`u
    fo tu
 butsudo
buddhakṣetra. 佛國; 紇差怛羅; 差多羅; 刹怛利耶; 佛刹 The land or realm of a Buddha. The land of the Buddha's birth, India. A Buddha-realm in process of transformation, or transformed. A spiritual Buddha-realm. The Tiantai Sect evolved the idea of four spheres: (1) 同居之國土 Where common beings and saints dwell together, divided into (a) a realm where all beings are subject to transmigration and (b) the Pure Land. (2) 方便有餘土 or 變易土 The sphere where beings are still subject to higher forms of transmigration, the abode of Hīnayāna saints, i.e. srota-āpanna 須陀洹; sakṛdāgāmin 斯陀含; anāgāmin 阿那含; arhat 阿羅漢. (3) 實報無障礙 Final unlimited reward, the Bodhisattva realm. (4) 常寂光土 Where permanent tranquility and enlightenment reign, Buddha-parinirvāṇa.

佛壽


佛寿

see styles
fó shòu
    fo2 shou4
fo shou
 butsu ju
Buddha's life, or age. While he only lived to eighty as a man, in his saṁbhogakāya he is without end, eternal; cf. Lotus Sutra, 壽量品, where Buddha is declared to be eternal.

佛家

see styles
fó jiā
    fo2 jia1
fo chia
 butsuke
Buddhism; Buddhist
The school or family of Buddhism; the Pure Land, where is the family of Buddha. Also all Buddhists from the srota-āpanna stage upwards.

來處


来处

see styles
lái chù
    lai2 chu4
lai ch`u
    lai chu
 raisho
where it comes from

光宅

see styles
guāng zhái
    guang1 zhai2
kuang chai
 Kōtaku
Kuang-chai, name of the temple where 法雲 Fa-yun early in the sixth century wrote his commentary on the Lotus Sutra, which is known as the 光宅疏; 光宅 became his epithet. He made a division of four yāna from the Burning House parable, the goat cart representing the śrāvaka, the deer cart the pratyekabuddha, the ox-cart the Hīnayāna bodhisattva, and the great white ox-cart the Mahāyāna bodhisattva; a division adopted by T'ien-t'ai.

兜町

see styles
 kabutochou / kabutocho
    かぶとちょう
(1) Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); (2) (colloquialism) (See 東京証券取引所) Tokyo Stock Exchange; (place-name) Kabutocho (location of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

內廷


内廷

see styles
nèi tíng
    nei4 ting2
nei t`ing
    nei ting
place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
See: 内廷

內院


内院

see styles
nèi yuàn
    nei4 yuan4
nei yüan
 naīn
inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)
The inner court— of the Tusita heaven, where Maitreya dwells and preaches; also 善法堂.

內陣


内阵

see styles
nèi zhèn
    nei4 zhen4
nei chen
 naijin
The inner ranks, i. e. the part of a temple near the altar, where the monks sit.

全拼

see styles
quán pīn
    quan2 pin1
ch`üan p`in
    chüan pin
(computing) full pinyin (input method where the user types pinyin without tones, e.g. "shiqing" for 事情[shi4 qing5])

兩河


两河

see styles
liǎng hé
    liang3 he2
liang ho
 ryōga
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period); Mesopotamia
The 'two rivers', Nairañjanā, v. 尼, where Buddha attained enlightenment, and Hiraṇyavatī, see 尸, where he entered Nirvāṇa.

八口

see styles
 yatsukuchi
    やつくち
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); (place-name) Yatsukuchi

八難


八难

see styles
bān án
    ban1 an2
pan an
 hachinan
The eight conditions in which it is difficult to see a Buddha or hear his dharma: in the hells: as hungry ghosts; as animals; in Uttarakuru (the northern continent where all is pleasant); in the long-life heavens (where life is long and easy); as deaf, blind, and dumb; as a worldly philosopher; in the intermediate period between a Buddha and his successor. Also 八無暇.

出先

see styles
 desaki
    でさき
(1) one's destination; place where someone is going; place where someone has gone; (2) source (of an object); origin; (3) (abbreviation) (See 出先機関) branch office; (surname) Desaki

出處


出处

see styles
chū chù
    chu1 chu4
ch`u ch`u
    chu chu
source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion); origin; where something comes from

切腹

see styles
qiē fù
    qie1 fu4
ch`ieh fu
    chieh fu
 seppuku
    せっぷく
harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
(noun/participle) (1) seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; (noun/participle) (2) (hist) seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

力点

see styles
 rikiten
    りきてん
(1) emphasis; stress; main point; importance; (2) point of a lever where force is applied

北度

see styles
běi dù
    bei3 du4
pei tu
 hokudo
The pupil's position in paying respect to his master, i. e. facing the north where the master sits.

十二

see styles
shí èr
    shi2 er4
shih erh
 tooji
    とおじ
twelve; 12
12; twelve; (given name) Tooji
dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve.

十地

see styles
shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十宗

see styles
shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

升形

see styles
 masugata
    ますがた
(1) square (shape); (2) (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather); (place-name, surname) Masugata

原位

see styles
yuán wèi
    yuan2 wei4
yüan wei
original position; (in) the same place; normal position; the place where one currently is; in situ

原地

see styles
yuán dì
    yuan2 di4
yüan ti
 harachi
    はらち
(in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)
(surname) Harachi

原處


原处

see styles
yuán chù
    yuan2 chu4
yüan ch`u
    yüan chu
original spot; previous place; where it was before

合印

see styles
 aijirushi
    あいじるし
    aiin / ain
    あいいん
(1) identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship); (2) mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.); (3) verification seal; tally; verification seal; tally

合標

see styles
 aijirushi
    あいじるし
(1) identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship); (2) mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.); (3) verification seal; tally

告朔

see styles
 kousaku / kosaku
    こうさく
(archaism) ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials

呌喚


呌唤

see styles
jiào huàn
    jiao4 huan4
chiao huan
 kyōkan
Raurava; also 號呌; 呼呼. The wailing hells, the fourth of the eight hot hells, where the inmates cry aloud on account of pain.

呪法

see styles
 juhou / juho
    じゅほう
(1) {Buddh} esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; (2) magic

哪兒


哪儿

see styles
nǎ r
    na3 r5
na r
where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

哪裏


哪里

see styles
nǎ lǐ
    na3 li3
na li
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里

哪裡


哪里

see styles
nǎ lǐ
    na3 li3
na li
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment

囘鶻


囘鹘

see styles
huí gú
    hui2 gu2
hui ku
 Ekotsu
高車; 高昌. M067729彝 Uighurs, M067729胡; A branch of the Turks first heard of in the seventh century in the Orkhon district where they remained until A. D. 840, when they were defeated and driven out by the Kirghiz; one group went to Kansu, where they remained until about 1020; another group founded a kingdom in the Turfan country which survived until Mongol times. They had an alphabet which was copied from the Soghdian. Chingis Khan adopted it for writing Mongolian. A. D. 1294 the whole Buddhist canon was translated into Uighur.

四土

see styles
sì tǔ
    si4 tu3
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shido
    しど
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake.

四種


四种

see styles
sì zhǒng
    si4 zhong3
ssu chung
 shishu
    ししゅ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) four kinds; four sorts
Four kinds; where phrases containing the 種 are not found here, they may occur direct, e. g. 四法界.

四苑

see styles
sì yuàn
    si4 yuan4
ssu yüan
 shion
The pleasure grounds outside 善見城 Sudarśana, the heavenly city of Indra: E. 衆車苑 Caitrarathavana, the park of chariots; S. 麤惡苑 Parūṣakavana, the war park; W. 雜林苑 Miśrakāvana, intp. as the park where all desires are fulfilled; N. 喜林苑 Nandanavana, the park of all delights. Also 四園.

四蛇

see styles
sì shé
    si4 she2
ssu she
 shida
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril.

固定

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gù dìng
    gu4 ding4
ku ting
 kotei / kote
    こてい
to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; (n,vs,vt,vi) (3) {biol} fixation (histology); (4) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・1) user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); (5) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (See 固定ハンドル・2) user of an online handle (instead of posting anonymously)

在地

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zài dì
    zai4 di4
tsai ti
 zaichi
    ざいち
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
(1) place where one lives; (2) countryside; the country

場面


场面

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chǎng miàn
    chang3 mian4
ch`ang mien
    chang mien
 bamen
    ばめん
scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
(1) scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case; (2) scene (in a movie, play); shot; (3) state of the market

墳塋


坟茔

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fén yíng
    fen2 ying2
fen ying
 funei / fune
    ふんえい
grave; tomb; graveyard; cemetery; fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried)
(archaism) grave; tomb; graveyard

売場

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 uriba
    うりば
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop); (2) favorable time to sell; good time to sell; (surname) Uriba

外地

see styles
wài dì
    wai4 di4
wai ti
 sotochi
    そとち
parts of the country other than where one is
(1) foreign land; overseas land; (2) (hist) overseas territories of the Empire of Japan (e.g. Korea, Taiwan); (surname) Sotochi

外廷

see styles
 gaitei / gaite
    がいてい
public area of the Imperial Palace where the emperor carries out official business

外朝

see styles
 gaichou / gaicho
    がいちょう
(1) public area of the Imperial Palace where the emperor carries out official business; (2) imperial palace of a foreign country

夢枕

see styles
 yumemakura
    ゆめまくら
at the bedside where one dreams; (surname) Yumemakura

天王

see styles
tiān wáng
    tian1 wang2
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
(1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou
Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler.

天竺

see styles
tiān zhú
    tian1 zhu2
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenjiku
    てんじく
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
(1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku
(天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow.

天道

see styles
tiān dào
    tian1 dao4
t`ien tao
    tien tao
 tendou / tendo
    てんどう
natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect)
(1) (てんとう only) the sun; (2) god of heaven and the earth; (3) laws governing the heavens; (4) {astron} celestial path; celestial motion; (5) {Buddh} (See 六道) deva realm (svarga); (surname, given name) Tendō
deva-gati, or devasopāna, 天趣. (1) The highest of the six paths 六道, the realm of devas, i. e. the eighteen heavens of form and four of formlessness. A place of enjoyment, where the meritorious enjoy the fruits of good karma, but not a place of progress toward bodhisattva perfection. (2) The Dao of Heaven, natural law, cosmic energy; according to the Daoists, the origin and law of all things.

夫家

see styles
fū jiā
    fu1 jia1
fu chia
husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)

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