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一等賞 see styles |
ittoushou / ittosho いっとうしょう |
first place prize; blue ribbon |
一等車 see styles |
ittousha / ittosha いっとうしゃ |
first-class carriage (coach) |
一級品 see styles |
ikkyuuhin / ikkyuhin いっきゅうひん |
first-class goods |
一級棒 一级棒 see styles |
yī jí bàng yi1 ji2 bang4 i chi pang |
first-rate; excellent (loanword from Japanese 一番, ichiban) |
一級頭 一级头 see styles |
yī jí tóu yi1 ji2 tou2 i chi t`ou i chi tou |
first stage (diving) |
一線級 see styles |
issenkyuu / issenkyu いっせんきゅう |
(can be adjective with の) top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading |
一見客 see styles |
ichigenkyaku いちげんきゃく |
customer one has never met before; first-time customer |
一親等 see styles |
isshintou / isshinto いっしんとう |
first degree of kinship |
一限目 see styles |
ichigenme いちげんめ |
first period (e.g. first class in school day) |
丁韙良 丁韪良 see styles |
dīng wěi liáng ding1 wei3 liang2 ting wei liang |
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University |
七葉巖 七叶巖 see styles |
qī shě yán qi1 she3 yan2 ch`i she yen chi she yen shichiyō gan |
The crag at Rājagṛha on which the "seven-leaf tree" grew in the cave beneath which the first "synod" is said to have been held after the Buddha's death, to recall and determine his teaching. |
三が日 see styles |
sanganichi さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
三末多 see styles |
sān mò duō san1 mo4 duo1 san mo to sanmata |
sammata, intp. as 共許 'unanimously accorded'; i. e. name of the first king (elected) at the beginning of each world-kalpa. |
三箇日 see styles |
sanganichi さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
三輪教 三轮教 see styles |
sān lún jiào san1 lun2 jiao4 san lun chiao sanrin kyō |
The three periods of the Buddha's teaching as defined by Paramārtha: (a) 轉法輪 the first rolling onwards of the Law-wheel, the first seven years' teaching of Hīnayāna, i.e. the 四諦 four axioms and 空 unreality; (b) 照法輪 illuminating or explaining the law-wheel, the thirty years' teaching of the 般若 prajñā or wisdom sūtras, illuminating 空 and by 空 illuminating 有 reality; (c) 持法輪 maintaining the law-wheel, i.e. the remaining years of teaching of the deeper truths of 空有 both unreality and reality. Also the three-fold group of the Lotus School: (a) 根本法輪 radical, or fundamental, as found in the 華嚴經 sūtra; (b) 枝末法輪 branch and leaf, i.e. all other teaching; until (c) 攝末歸本法輪 branches and leaves are reunited with the root in the Lotus Sutra, 法華經. |
上の句 see styles |
kaminoku かみのく |
(exp,n) first part of a poem or verse |
上下巻 see styles |
jougekan / jogekan じょうげかん |
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two |
上中下 see styles |
shàng zhōng xià shang4 zhong1 xia4 shang chung hsia jouchuuge / jochuge じょうちゅうげ |
(1) excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (2) (in) three volumes (a literary work) greatest, middling, and least |
上半夜 see styles |
shàng bàn yè shang4 ban4 ye4 shang pan yeh |
first half of the night; time before midnight |
上半年 see styles |
shàng bàn nián shang4 ban4 nian2 shang pan nien |
first half (of a year) |
上半期 see styles |
kamihanki かみはんき |
(See 下半期) first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year |
上半葉 上半叶 see styles |
shàng bàn yè shang4 ban4 ye4 shang pan yeh |
the first half (of a period) |
上座部 see styles |
shàng zuò bù shang4 zuo4 bu4 shang tso pu jouzabu / jozabu じょうざぶ |
Theravada school of Buddhism Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement) 他毘梨典部; 他鞞羅部 Sthavirāḥ; Sthaviranikāya; or Āryasthāvirāḥ. The school of the presiding elder, or elders. The two earliest sections of Buddhism were this (which developed into the Mahāsthavirāḥ) and the Mahāsānghikāḥ or 大衆部. At first they were not considered to be different schools, the 上座部 merely representing the intimate and older disciples of Śākyamuni and the 大衆 being the rest. It is said that a century later under Mahādeva 大天 a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines. Three divisions are named as resulting, viz. Mahāvihāravāsinaḥ, Jetavanīyāḥ, and Abhayagiri-vāsinaḥ. These were in Ceylon. In course of time the eighteen Hīnayāna sects were developed. From the time of Aśoka four principal schools are counted as prevailing: Mahāsāṅghika, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivda, and Saṁmitīya. The following is a list of the eleven sects reckoned as of the 上座部: 說一切有部; 雪山; 犢子; 法上; 賢冑; 正量; 密林山; 化地; 法藏; 飮光; and 經量部. The Sthaviravādin is reputed as nearest to early Buddhism in its tenets, though it is said to have changed the basis of Buddhism from an agnostic system to a realistic philosophy. |
上弦月 see styles |
shàng xián yuè shang4 xian2 yue4 shang hsien yüeh |
first quarter moon |
上等品 see styles |
joutouhin / jotohin じょうとうひん |
first-class article |
下ろす see styles |
orosu おろす |
(transitive verb) (1) to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge; (2) to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off; (3) to withdraw money from an account; (4) to wear (clothing) for the first time; (5) to fillet (e.g. a fish) |
下塗り see styles |
shitanuri したぬり |
(noun, transitive verb) undercoat; first coating |
下張り see styles |
shitabari したばり |
undercoat; first coat |
不動佛 不动佛 see styles |
bù dòng fó bu4 dong4 fo2 pu tung fo Fudō Butsu |
不動如來; 阿閦鞞 or 阿閦婆, Akṣobhya, one of the 五智如來 Five Wisdom, or Dhyāni-Buddhas, viz., Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, and Amoghasiddhi. He is especially worshipped by the Shingon sect, as a disciple of Vairocana. As Amitābha is Buddha in the western heavens, so Akṣobhya is Buddha in the eastern heaven of Abhirati, the realm of joy, hence he is styled 善快 or 妙喜, also 無瞋恚 free from anger. His cult has existed since the Han dynasty, see the Akṣobhya-Tathāgatasya-vyūha. He is first mentioned in the prajnapāramitā sutra, then in the Lotus, where he is the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñā-jñānabhibhu. His dhyāni-bodhisattva is Vajrapāṇi. His appearance is variously described, but he generally sits on a lotus, feet crossed, soles upward, left hand closed holding robe, right hand fingers extended touching ground calling it as color is pale gold, some say blue a vajra is before him. His esoteric word is Hum; his element the air, his human form Kanakamuni, v. 拘. Jap. Ashuku, Fudo, and Mudo; Tib. mi-bskyod-pa, mi-'khrugs-pa (mintug-pa); Mong. Ülü küdelükci. v. 不動明王. |
不可棄 不可弃 see styles |
bù kě qì bu4 ke3 qi4 pu k`o ch`i pu ko chi Fukaki |
Not to be cast away— said to be the name of the founder of the Mahīśāsakah, or 化地 school, cast into a well at birth by his mother, saved by his father, at first brahman, afterwards a Buddhist; v. 文殊問經, but probably apocryphal. |
不殺生 不杀生 see styles |
bù shā shēng bu4 sha1 sheng1 pu sha sheng fusesshou / fusessho ふせっしょう |
{Buddh} (See アヒンサー) ahimsa; abstinence from taking life; principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. prāṇātipātād vairamaṇī (virati). The first commandment, Thou shalt not kill the living. |
不退地 see styles |
bù tuì dì bu4 tui4 di4 pu t`ui ti pu tui ti futai ji |
The first of a bodhisattva's 十地; it is also interpreted by right action and right thought. |
世界初 see styles |
sekaihatsu せかいはつ |
(adj-no,n) world's first; first in the world |
世第一 see styles |
shì dì yī shi4 di4 yi1 shih ti i se daiichi |
best (highest, first, most) in the world |
世間法 世间法 see styles |
shì jiān fǎ shi4 jian1 fa3 shih chien fa seken bō |
The world law, or law of this world, especially of birth-and-death; in this respect it is associated with the first two of the four dogmas, i, e. 苦 suffering, and 集 its accumulated consequences in karma. |
世間經 世间经 see styles |
shì jiān jīng shi4 jian1 jing1 shih chien ching Seken kyō |
A sutra discussing causality in regard to the first three of the Four Dogmas 苦諦, 集諦 and 滅諦 in the 阿含經 34. |
両立直 see styles |
dabururiichi / dabururichi ダブルリーチ |
(mahj) (kana only) declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared |
中入り see styles |
nakairi なかいり |
(noun/participle) (1) intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); (2) temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.) |
九齋日 九斋日 see styles |
jiǔ zhāi rì jiu3 zhai1 ri4 chiu chai jih ku sainichi |
the nine kinds of days of abstinence on which no food is eaten after twelve o'clock: noon and the commands are observed. They are: Every day of the first month, of the fifth month, of the ninth month, and the following six days of each month, 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th. On these days Indra and the four deva-kings investigate the conduct of men. |
乾慧地 干慧地 see styles |
gān huì dì gan1 hui4 di4 kan hui ti kan'e chi |
The dry or unfertilized stage of wisdom, the first of the ten stage. |
予備役 see styles |
yobieki よびえき |
service in the first reserve |
予審廷 see styles |
yoshintei / yoshinte よしんてい |
court of first instance |
二般若 see styles |
èr bō rě er4 bo1 re3 erh po je ni hannya |
Two kinds of prajñā, or wisdom. (1) (a) 共般若 The prajñā of the three stages of śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and imperfect Bodhisattva schools; (b) 不共般若 the prajñā of the perfect Bodhisattva teaching—a Tiantai division. (2) (a) 世間般若 temporal prajñā; (b) 出世間般若 supernatural. (3) (a) 實相般若 The first part of the Prajñāpāramitā; (b) 觀照般若 the second part. |
五佛性 see styles |
wǔ fó xìng wu3 fo2 xing4 wu fo hsing go busshō |
The five characteristics of a Buddha' s nature: the first three are the 三因佛性 q. v., the fourth is 果佛性 the fruition of perfect enlightenment, and the fifth 果果佛性 the fruition of that fruition, or the revelation of parinirvāṇa. The first three are natural attributes, the two last are acquired. |
五倶倫 五倶伦 see styles |
wǔ jù lún wu3 ju4 lun2 wu chü lun go gurin |
The five comrades, i. e. Śākyamuni's five old companions in asceticism and first converts, v. 五比丘. Also 五拘鄰. |
五文字 see styles |
gomoji; itsumoji ごもじ; いつもじ |
(1) five characters; five letters; (2) (See 和歌,連歌) five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; (3) first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc. |
五比丘 see styles |
wǔ bǐ qiū wu3 bi3 qiu1 wu pi ch`iu wu pi chiu go biku |
The first five of Buddha's converts, also called 五佛子, Ājñāta-Kauṇḍinya 憍陳如, Aśvajit 額鞞, Bhadrika 拔提, Daśabala-Kāśyapa 十力迦葉, and Mahānāma-Kulika 摩男拘利, i. e. but there are numerous other forms of their names. |
五種鈴 五种铃 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng líng wu3 zhong3 ling2 wu chung ling goshu ryō |
The five kinds of bells used by the Shingon sect in Japan, also called 金剛鈴, i. e. 五鈷鈴, 賣鈴, 一鈷. 三鈷鈴, 塔鈴; the different names are derived from their handles; the four first named, beginning with the five-pronged one, are placed each at a corner of the altar, the last in the middle. |
五部律 see styles |
wǔ bù lǜ wu3 bu4 lv4 wu pu lü gobu ritsu |
The first five Hīnayāna sects— Dharmagupta, Sarvāstivāda, Mahīśāsaka, Kāśyapīya, and Vātsīputrīya; see 五師. |
交詢社 see styles |
koujunsha / kojunsha こうじゅんしゃ |
(place-name) Kōjunsha; first social club established in Japan (1880) |
人生初 see styles |
jinseihatsu / jinsehatsu じんせいはつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (for the) first time in one's life |
今年初 see styles |
kotoshihatsu ことしはつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (for the) first time this year |
仕事始 see styles |
shigotohajime しごとはじめ |
(irregular okurigana usage) resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year |
仮繃帯 see styles |
karihoutai / karihotai かりほうたい |
first-aid dressing |
低学年 see styles |
teigakunen / tegakunen ていがくねん |
(See 高学年,中学年) lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades) |
修多羅 修多罗 see styles |
xiū duō luó xiu1 duo1 luo2 hsiu to lo sutara すたら |
(place-name) Sutara Sutra; from siv, to sew, to thread, to string together, intp. as 綖, i.e. 線 thread, string; strung together as a garland of flowers. Sutras or addresses attributed to the Buddha, usually introduced by 如是我聞 thus have I heard, Evam mayā śrutam It is intp. by 經 a warp, i.e. the threads on which a piece is woven; it is the sūtra-piṭaka, or first portion of the Tripiṭaka; but is sometimes applied to the whole canon. It is also intp. 契 or契經 scriptures. Also 修單羅; 修妬路; 修多闌; 修單蘭多; 素呾纜 (or 素怛纜); 蘇多羅 (or 蘇呾羅). A clasp on the seven-piece robe of the 眞宗 Shin sect. |
俺っ娘 see styles |
orekko おれっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore" |
俺っ子 see styles |
orekko おれっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore" |
倶留孫 倶留孙 see styles |
jù liú sūn ju4 liu2 sun1 chü liu sun Kuruson |
Krakkucchanda, fourth of the seven ancient buddhas, first of the buddhas of the present age. Cf. 拘. |
僕っ娘 see styles |
bokukko ぼくっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku" |
僕っ子 see styles |
bokukko ぼくっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku" |
優勝者 see styles |
yuushousha / yushosha ゆうしょうしゃ |
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder |
優婆塞 优婆塞 see styles |
yōu pó sē you1 po2 se1 yu p`o se yu po se ubasoku うばそく |
{Buddh} upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism) upāsaka, 優婆娑柯; 優波娑迦; 鄔波塞 (鄔波塞伽); 鄔波索迦 (or 鄔波素迦); 伊蒲塞. Originally meaning a servant, one of low caste, it became the name for a Buddhist layman who engages to observe the first five commandments, a follower, disciple, devotee. |
優婆夷 优婆夷 see styles |
yōu pó yí you1 po2 yi2 yu p`o i yu po i ubai うばい |
{Buddh} upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism) upāsikā. 優波夷; 優婆斯; 優婆私柯; 優波賜迦; 鄔婆斯迦 (or 鄔波斯迦) Female lay disciples who engage to observe the first five commandments. |
優婆離 优婆离 see styles |
yōu pó lí you1 po2 li2 yu p`o li yu po li Ūbari |
Upāli 優婆利; 優波利 (or 優波離); 鄔波離 A barber of śūdra caste, who became a disciple of Śākyamuni, was one of the three sthaviras of the first Synod, and reputed as the principal compiler of the Vinaya, hence his title 持戒 Keeper of the Laws. There was another Upāli, a Nirgrantha ascetic. |
元より see styles |
motoyori もとより |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; (2) (kana only) of course |
元世祖 see styles |
yuán shì zǔ yuan2 shi4 zu3 yüan shih tsu |
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294 |
元肥え see styles |
motogoe もとごえ |
first fertilizing; first fertilising |
先ずは see styles |
mazuha まずは |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (more emphatic than まず) (See まず・1) first of all; to begin with; before anything else; (adverb) (2) (kana only) probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually; (adverb) (3) (kana only) more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably; (adverb) (4) (kana only) anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being |
先不先 see styles |
xiān bù xiān xian1 bu4 xian1 hsien pu hsien |
(dialect) first of all; in the first place |
先以て see styles |
mazumotte まずもって |
(irregular okurigana usage) (adverb) (kana only) first of all; in the first place |
先入れ see styles |
sakiire / sakire さきいれ |
(expression) first in |
先出し see styles |
sakidashi さきだし |
(expression) first out |
先制点 see styles |
senseiten / senseten せんせいてん |
{sports} first goal; first point |
先取点 see styles |
senshuten せんしゅてん |
(See 先取点を挙げる) first goal; first point |
先攻め see styles |
sakizeme さきぜめ |
{baseb} (See 先攻) batting first |
先着順 see styles |
senchakujun せんちゃくじゅん |
order of arrival; first-come-first-served basis |
先買権 see styles |
senbaiken せんばいけん |
right of first refusal; (right of) preemption; purchase option |
先走る see styles |
sakibashiru さきばしる |
(v5r,vi) to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun |
先駆け see styles |
sakigake さきがけ |
(noun/participle) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
光音天 see styles |
guāng yīn tiān guang1 yin1 tian1 kuang yin t`ien kuang yin tien kōon ten |
Ābhāsvara, light and sound, or light-sound heavens, also styled 極光淨天, the heavens of utmost light and purity, i. e. the third of the second dhyāna heavens, in which the inhabitants converse by light instead of words; they recreate the universe from the hells up to and including the first dhyāna heavens after it has been destroyed by fire during he final series of cataclysms; but they gradually diminish in power and are reborn in lower states. The three heavens of the second dhyāna are 少光, 無量光, and 光音. |
入所日 see styles |
nyuushobi / nyushobi にゅうしょび |
day of admission (at a training institute, etc.); first day |
八王子 see styles |
bā wáng zǐ ba1 wang2 zi3 pa wang tzu hachiouji / hachioji はちおうじ |
Hachiōji (city); (place-name, surname) Hachiouji; Hachioji The eight sons of the last of the 20,000 shining Buddhas 燈明佛 born before he left home to become a monk; their names are given in the first chapter of the Lotus sūtra. In Japan there are also eight sons of a Shinto deity, reincarnated as one of the six Guanyin. |
八王日 see styles |
bā wáng rì ba1 wang2 ri4 pa wang jih hachi ō nichi |
The eight royal days, i.e. the solstices, the equinoxes, and the first day of each of the four seasons. |
六染心 see styles |
liù rǎn xīn liu4 ran3 xin1 liu jan hsin roku zenshin |
The six mental 'taints' of the Awakening of Faith 起心論. Though mind-essence is by nature pure and without stain, the condition of 無明 ignorance, or innocence, permits of taint or defilement corresponding to the following six phases: (1) 執相應染 the taint interrelated to attachment, or holding the seeming for the real; it is the state of 執取相 and 名字相 which is cut off in the final pratyeka and śrāvaka stage and the bodhisattva 十住 of faith; (2) 不斷相應染 the taint interrelated to the persisting attraction of the causes of pain and pleasure; it is the 相續相 finally eradicated in the bodhisattva 初地 stage of purity; (3) 分別智相應染 the taint interrelated to the 'particularizing intelligence' which discerns things within and without this world; it is the first 智相, cut off in the bodhisattva 七地 stage of spirituality; (4) 現色不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint, i. e. of the 'ignorant' mind as yet hardly discerning subject from object, of accepting an external world; the third 現相 cut of in the bodhisattva 八地 stage of emancipation from the material; (5) 能見心不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting a perceptive mind, the second 轉相, cut of in the bodhisattva 九地 of intuition, or emancipation from mental effort; (6) 根本業不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting the idea of primal action or activity in the absolute; it is the first 業相, and cut of in the 十地 highest bodhisattva stage, entering on Buddhahood. See Suzuki's translation, 80-1. |
六欲天 see styles |
liù yù tiān liu4 yu4 tian1 liu yü t`ien liu yü tien rokuyokuten ろくよくてん |
{Buddh} (See 欲界) the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm The devalokas, i. e. the heavens of desire, i. e. with sense-organs; the first is described as half-way up Mt. Sumeru, the second at its summit, and the rest between it and the Brahmalokas; for list v. 六天. Descriptions are given in the 智度論 9 and the 倶舍論 8. They are also spoken of as 六欲天婬相, i. e. as still in the region of sexual desire. |
六種性 六种性 see styles |
liù zhǒng xìng liu4 zhong3 xing4 liu chung hsing roku shushō |
For the first five see 五種道; the sixth is the Buddha stage of 妙覺性. Cf. 六種位. |
六羅漢 六罗汉 see styles |
liù luó hàn liu4 luo2 han4 liu lo han roku rakan |
The six arhats i. e. Śākyamuni and his first five disciples, cf. 五羅漢. |
兵馬俑 兵马俑 see styles |
bīng mǎ yǒng bing1 ma3 yong3 ping ma yung heibayou / hebayo へいばよう |
figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site) (See 兵馬) terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses |
出始め see styles |
dehajime ではじめ |
first appearance (of the season) |
初キス see styles |
hatsukisu はつキス |
(See ファーストキス) first kiss |
初せり see styles |
hatsuseri はつせり |
first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.) |
初めて see styles |
hajimete はじめて |
(adv,adj-no) (1) for the first time; (adverb) (2) only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... |
初めに see styles |
hajimeni はじめに |
(expression) (1) first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning; (2) (kana only) Introduction; Preface |
初めは see styles |
hajimeha はじめは |
(expression) at first; in the beginning; originally |
初乗り see styles |
hatsunori はつのり |
(noun/participle) (1) first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); (2) base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); (3) (See 初乗り運賃) base fare; minimum fare; starting fare |
初二果 see styles |
chū èr guǒ chu1 er4 guo3 ch`u erh kuo chu erh kuo shonika |
the first two fruits of the four fruits of the lesser vehicle path |
初仕事 see styles |
hatsushigoto はつしごと |
(1) first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; (2) first task at a new job; newcomer's first job |
初会合 see styles |
hatsukaigou / hatsukaigo はつかいごう |
first meeting |
初体験 see styles |
hatsutaiken; shotaiken はつたいけん; しょたいけん |
(1) first experience (of something); (2) first sexual experience |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "First" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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