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チワン族

see styles
 chiwanzoku
    チワンぞく
Zhuang (Chinese ethnic minority group); Chuang

ツアー客

see styles
 tsuaakyaku / tsuakyaku
    ツアーきゃく
participant in a group tour; group tourist

トロヤ群

see styles
 toroyagun
    トロヤぐん
{astron} Jupiter trojans; Trojan group

ニトロ基

see styles
 nitoroki
    ニトロき
nitro group

に向けて

see styles
 nimukete
    にむけて
(expression) (See 向ける・1) towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

ひと塊り

see styles
 hitokatamari
    ひとかたまり
one lump; one group

ビニル基

see styles
 biniruki
    ビニルき
{chem} vinyl group

フィン人

see styles
 finjin
    フィンじん
Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people

ブチル基

see styles
 buchiruki
    ブチルき
butyl group

マルボウ

see styles
 marubou / marubo
    マルボウ
(slang) yakuza group

ミスチル

see styles
 misuchiru
    ミスチル
(group) Mr. Children (Japanese band) (abbreviation)

メチル基

see styles
 mechiruki
    メチルき
methyl group

モデル群

see styles
 moderugun
    モデルぐん
{comp} model group

ユニット

see styles
 yunitto
    ユニット
(1) unit; (2) (small) group (esp. in music or entertainment); band

レッチリ

see styles
 recchiri
    レッチリ
(group) Red Hot Chili Peppers (band) (abbreviation)

一哄而起

see styles
yī hōng ér qǐ
    yi1 hong1 er2 qi3
i hung erh ch`i
    i hung erh chi
(of a group of people) to rush into action

一括購入

see styles
 ikkatsukounyuu / ikkatsukonyu
    いっかつこうにゅう
lump-sum purchase; bulk purchase; group purchase

一斉送信

see styles
 isseisoushin / issesoshin
    いっせいそうしん
(noun/participle) {comp} simultaneous transmission; sending to multiple recipients; sending a group message

七國集團


七国集团

see styles
qī guó jí tuán
    qi1 guo2 ji2 tuan2
ch`i kuo chi t`uan
    chi kuo chi tuan
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

三星集團


三星集团

see styles
sān xīng jí tuán
    san1 xing1 ji2 tuan2
san hsing chi t`uan
    san hsing chi tuan
Samsung Group

三無漏根


三无漏根

see styles
sān wú lòu gēn
    san1 wu2 lou4 gen1
san wu lou ken
 san murō kon
The three roots for the passionless life and final escape from transmigration, i.e. the last three of the 二十二根 q.v. An older group was 未知欲知根; 知根; 如巳根 v. 倶舍論 3. 智度論 23.

三陀羅尼


三陀罗尼

see styles
sān tuó luó ní
    san1 tuo2 luo2 ni2
san t`o lo ni
    san to lo ni
 san darani
The three dhāraṇī, which word from dhāra, " maintaining," "preserving," is defined as the power maintaining wisdom or knowledge. Dhāraṇī are "spells chiefly for personal use" (Eliot), as compared with mantra, which are associated with religious services. The Tiantai School interprets the "three dhāraṇī" of the Lotus Sutra on the lines of the三諦, i.e. 空, 假and中. Another group is聞持陀羅尼 the power to retain all the teaching one hears; 分別陀羅尼 unerring powers of discrimination; 入音聲陀羅尼 power to rise superior to external praise or blame.

三鹿集團


三鹿集团

see styles
sān lù jí tuán
    san1 lu4 ji2 tuan2
san lu chi t`uan
    san lu chi tuan
Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal

上部組織

see styles
 joubusoshiki / jobusoshiki
    じょうぶそしき
umbrella organization; umbrella group

中道右派

see styles
 chuudouuha / chudouha
    ちゅうどううは
(noun - becomes adjective with の) right-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre)

中道左派

see styles
 chuudousaha / chudosaha
    ちゅうどうさは
(noun - becomes adjective with の) left-of-center faction (group)

事業本部

see styles
 jigyouhonbu / jigyohonbu
    じぎょうほんぶ
corporate headquarters; (company) group

五分法身

see styles
wǔ fēn fǎ shēn
    wu3 fen1 fa3 shen1
wu fen fa shen
 gobun hosshin
pañca-dharmakāya, the five attributes of the dharmakāya or 'spiritual' body of the Tathāgata, i. e. 戒 that he is above all moral conditions; 定 tranquil and apart from all false ideas; 慧 wise and omniscient; 解脫 free, unlimited, unconditioned, which is the state of nirvana; 解脫知見 that he has perfect knowledge of this state. These five attributes surpass all conditions of form, or the five skandhas; Eitel interprets this by exemption from all materiality (rūpa); all sensations (vedana); all consciousness (saṃjñā); all moral activity (karman); all knowledge (vijñāna). The esoteric sect has its own group. See also 五種法身.

五十三尊

see styles
wǔ shí sān zūn
    wu3 shi2 san1 zun1
wu shih san tsun
 gojūsan zon
The fifty-three honored ones of the Diamond group, i. e. the thirty-seven plus sixteen bodhisattvas of the present kalpa.

五增上緣


五增上缘

see styles
wǔ zēng shàng yuán
    wu3 zeng1 shang4 yuan2
wu tseng shang yüan
 go zōjō en
(種增上緣) ; 五緣 Five excellent causes, e.g. of blessedness: keeping the commandments; sufficient food and clothing; a secluded abode; cessation of worry; good friendship. Another group is: riddance of sin; protection through long life; vision of Buddha (or Amitābha, etc. ); universal salvation (by Amitābha); assurance of Amitābha's heaven.

五相成身

see styles
wǔ xiàng chéng shēn
    wu3 xiang4 cheng2 shen1
wu hsiang ch`eng shen
    wu hsiang cheng shen
 gosō jōshin
(五相成身觀) A contemplation of the five stages in Vairocana Buddhahood— entry into the bodhi-mind; maintenance of it; attainment of the diamond mind; realization of the diamond embodiment; and perfect attainment of Buddhahood. It refers also to the 五智 of the Vairocana group; also 五轉成身 (or 五法成身) .

交戦団体

see styles
 kousendantai / kosendantai
    こうせんだんたい
{law} belligerent communities; armed resistance group

交結聚會


交结聚会

see styles
jiāo jié jù huì
    jiao1 jie2 ju4 hui4
chiao chieh chü hui
 kyōketsu jue
form a party (band, group, clique) of like-minded persons

人心惶惶

see styles
rén xīn huáng huáng
    ren2 xin1 huang2 huang2
jen hsin huang huang
(idiom) everyone is anxious; (of a group of people) to feel anxious

仲間入り

see styles
 nakamairi
    なかまいり
(n,vs,vi) joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)

仲間集団

see styles
 nakamashuudan / nakamashudan
    なかましゅうだん
peer group

伊斯蘭國


伊斯兰国

see styles
yī sī lán guó
    yi1 si1 lan2 guo2
i ssu lan kuo
Muslim countries; caliphate; Islamic State group (aka IS or ISIL or ISIS)

低所得層

see styles
 teishotokusou / teshotokuso
    ていしょとくそう
low income group; low income class

作業部会

see styles
 sagyoubukai / sagyobukai
    さぎょうぶかい
working group; task force

保護団体

see styles
 hogodantai
    ほごだんたい
conservation group

先進集體


先进集体

see styles
xiān jìn jí tǐ
    xian1 jin4 ji2 ti3
hsien chin chi t`i
    hsien chin chi ti
(official accolade) pace-setting team; exemplary group

先頭集団

see styles
 sentoushuudan / sentoshudan
    せんとうしゅうだん
leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

入正定聚

see styles
rù zhèng dìng jù
    ru4 zheng4 ding4 ju4
ju cheng ting chü
 nyū shōjō shu
to join the correctly determined group

八國集團


八国集团

see styles
bā guó jí tuán
    ba1 guo2 ji2 tuan2
pa kuo chi t`uan
    pa kuo chi tuan
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

八大菩薩


八大菩萨

see styles
bā dà pú sà
    ba1 da4 pu2 sa4
pa ta p`u sa
    pa ta pu sa
 hachidai bosatsu
see 八大明王. Another group is given in the 八大菩薩曼荼羅經; another in the 樂師經 translated by Yijing; another in the 八大菩薩經 translated by Faxian; and there are other groups.

八相成道

see styles
bā xiàng chéng dào
    ba1 xiang4 cheng2 dao4
pa hsiang ch`eng tao
    pa hsiang cheng tao
 hassō jōdō
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
(八相) also 八相示現 Eight aspects of the Buddha's life, which the 起信論 gives as: (1) descent into and abode in the Tuṣita heaven; (2) entry into his mother's womb; (3) abode there visibly preaching to the devas; (4) birth from mother's side in Lumbinī; (5) leaving home at 19 (or 25) as a hermit; (6) after six years' suffering attaining enlightenment; (7) rolling the Law-wheel, or preaching; (8) at 80 entering nirvāṇa. The 四教義 group of Tiantai is slightly different — descent from Tuṣita, entry into womb, birth, leaving home, subjection of Māra, attaining perfect wisdom, preaching, nirvana. See also the two 四相, i.e. 四本相 and 四隨相.

八福生處


八福生处

see styles
bā fú shēng chù
    ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4
pa fu sheng ch`u
    pa fu sheng chu
 hachifuku shōsho
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals.

六十二見


六十二见

see styles
liù shí èr jiàn
    liu4 shi2 er4 jian4
liu shih erh chien
 rokujūni ken
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group.

六種震動


六种震动

see styles
liù zhǒng zhèn dòng
    liu4 zhong3 zhen4 dong4
liu chung chen tung
 rokushu shindō
The six earthquakes, or earth-shakings, also 六種動相, of which there are three different categories. I, Those at the Buddha's conception, birth, enlightenment, first preaching, when Māra besought him to live, and at his nirvana; some omit the fifth and after 'birth' add 'leaving home '. II. The six different kinds of shaking of the chiliocosm, or universe, when the Buddha entered into the samādhi of joyful wandering, see 大品般若經 1, i. e. east rose and west sank, and so on with w. e., n. s., s. n., middle and borders, borders and middle. III. Another group is shaking, rising, waving, reverberating, roaring, arousing, the first three referring to motion, the last three to sounds; see the above 般若經; which in later translations gives shaking, rising, reverberating, beating, roaring, crackling.

六群比丘

see styles
liù qún bǐ qiū
    liu4 qun2 bi3 qiu1
liu ch`ün pi ch`iu
    liu chün pi chiu
 rokugun biku
The six common-herd bhikṣus, to whose improper or evil conduct is attributed the laying down of many of the laws by Śākyamuni; also 六衆; different lists of names are given, the generally accepted list indicating Nanda, Upananda, Aśvaka, Punarvasu, Chanda, and Udāyin. Udāyin is probably Kalodayin, a name given in other lists.

共同作業

see styles
 kyoudousagyou / kyodosagyo
    きょうどうさぎょう
group work

共同購入

see styles
 kyoudoukounyuu / kyodokonyu
    きょうどうこうにゅう
(noun/participle) cooperative buying; group buying; joint purchase

内観療法

see styles
 naikanryouhou / naikanryoho
    ないかんりょうほう
Naikan therapy (type of group psychotherapy)

分裂組織


分裂组织

see styles
fēn liè zǔ zhī
    fen1 lie4 zu3 zhi1
fen lieh tsu chih
 bunretsusoshiki
    ぶんれつそしき
separatist group; (botany) meristem
{bot} (See 永久組織) meristematic tissue; meristem

初期メン

see styles
 shokimen
    しょきメン
(abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 初期メンバー) founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member

利権団体

see styles
 rikendantai
    りけんだんたい
special-interest group

利益集團


利益集团

see styles
lì yì jí tuán
    li4 yi4 ji2 tuan2
li i chi t`uan
    li i chi tuan
interest group

制御集団

see styles
 seigyoshuudan / segyoshudan
    せいぎょしゅうだん
{comp} control group

動感單車


动感单车

see styles
dòng gǎn dān chē
    dong4 gan3 dan1 che1
tung kan tan ch`e
    tung kan tan che
spin class; indoor cycling class (a type of group fitness class); exercise bike used in such a class; spin bike

十重禁戒

see styles
shí zhòng jīn jiè
    shi2 zhong4 jin1 jie4
shih chung chin chieh
 jū jū kinkai
The ten pārājika, or a monk's most serious sins; also 十波羅夷; 波羅闍巳迦. They are killing, stealing, adultery, lying, selling wine, talking of a monk's misdeeds, self-praise for degrading others, meanness, anger at rebuke, vilifying the Triratna. The esoteric sect has a group in regard to giving up the mind of enlightenment, renouncing the Triratna and going to heretical sects, slandering the Triratna, etc. Another group of ten is in the 大日經 9 and 17; cf. 十波羅夷.

千乃正法

see styles
 chinoshouhou / chinoshoho
    ちのしょうほう
Chino Shōhō (religious group founded by Chino Yūko)

南中三教

see styles
nán zhōng sān jiào
    nan2 zhong1 san1 jiao4
nan chung san chiao
 nanchū sangyō
The three modes of Śākyamuni's teaching as expounded by the teachers south of the Yangtze after the Ch'i dynasty A.D. 479-501. (1) The 漸教 gradual method, leading the disciples step by step to nirvana. (2) The 頓教 immediate method, by which he instructed the Bodhisattvas, revealing the whole truth. (3) The 不定教 undetermined method, by which the teaching is adapted to each individual or group.

南拳媽媽


南拳妈妈

see styles
nán quán mā mā
    nan2 quan2 ma1 ma1
nan ch`üan ma ma
    nan chüan ma ma
Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group

博科聖地


博科圣地

see styles
bó kē shèng dì
    bo2 ke1 sheng4 di4
po k`o sheng ti
    po ko sheng ti
Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria

印字集団

see styles
 injishuudan / injishudan
    いんじしゅうだん
{comp} printable group

友邦保險


友邦保险

see styles
yǒu bāng bǎo xiǎn
    you3 bang1 bao3 xian3
yu pang pao hsien
AIA Group Limited, insurance company

反主流派

see styles
 hanshuryuuha / hanshuryuha
    はんしゅりゅうは
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group

召請童子


召请童子

see styles
zhào qǐng tóng zǐ
    zhao4 qing3 tong2 zi3
chao ch`ing t`ung tzu
    chao ching tung tzu
 jōshō dōshi
阿羯囉灑 The inviter, possibly etymologically connected with achāvāka; he is they youth fifth on the left of Mañjuśrī in his group of the Garbhadhātu, and is supposed to invite all the living to enlightenment.

右翼団体

see styles
 uyokudantai
    うよくだんたい
right-wing organization; right-wing group

各就各位

see styles
gè jiù gè wèi
    ge4 jiu4 ge4 wei4
ko chiu ko wei
(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom); (athletics) On your mark!

同じ仲間

see styles
 onajinakama
    おなじなかま
(expression) same group; same gang

同儕團體


同侪团体

see styles
tóng chái tuán tǐ
    tong2 chai2 tuan2 ti3
t`ung ch`ai t`uan t`i
    tung chai tuan ti
peer group

同調圧力

see styles
 douchouatsuryoku / dochoatsuryoku
    どうちょうあつりょく
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure

哈薩克族


哈萨克族

see styles
hā sà kè zú
    ha1 sa4 ke4 zu2
ha sa k`o tsu
    ha sa ko tsu
Kazakh ethnic group

四大弟子

see styles
sì dà dì zǐ
    si4 da4 di4 zi3
ssu ta ti tzu
 shi dai daishi
The four great disciples of the Buddha— Śāriputra, Mahāmaudgalyāyana, Subhūti, and Mahākāśyapa. Another group is Mahākāśyapa, Piṇḍola, Rāhula, and ? Kauṇḍinya.

四如意足

see styles
sì rú yì zú
    si4 ru2 yi4 zu2
ssu ju i tsu
 shi nyoi soku
四神足 ṛddhi-pāda; the third group of the 三十七科道品 bodhi-pakṣikadharma; the four steps to supernatural powers, making the body independent of ordinary or natural law. The four steps are said to be the 四種禪定 four kinds of dhyāna, but there are several definitions, e. g. 欲神足 chanda-ṛddhi-pāda, desire (or intensive longing, or concentration); 勤神足 virya-ṛddhi-pāda, energy (or intensified effort); 心神足 citta-ṛddhi-pāda, memory (or intense holding on to the position reached); 觀神足 mīmāṃsa-ṛddhi-pāda., meditation (or survey, the state of dhyāna).

四箇大乘

see styles
sì gè dà shèng
    si4 ge4 da4 sheng4
ssu ko ta sheng
 shika daijō
The four Mahāyānas, i. e. the four great schools: (1) 華嚴 Huayan or Avataṃsaka; (2) 天台 Tiantai; (3) 眞言 Zhenyan, Shingon, or esoteric; (4) 禪 Chan, Zen, or intuitive school. Another group is the 法相, 三論, 天台, and 華嚴.

団体保険

see styles
 dantaihoken
    だんたいほけん
group insurance

団体割引

see styles
 dantaiwaribiki
    だんたいわりびき
group discount (rate, reduction)

団体旅行

see styles
 dantairyokou / dantairyoko
    だんたいりょこう
group travel

団体行動

see styles
 dantaikoudou / dantaikodo
    だんたいこうどう
(noun/participle) (ant: 別行動・べつこうどう) acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action

団体賞与

see styles
 dantaishouyo / dantaishoyo
    だんたいしょうよ
group bonus

團體冠軍


团体冠军

see styles
tuán tǐ guàn jun
    tuan2 ti3 guan4 jun1
t`uan t`i kuan chün
    tuan ti kuan chün
group championship

圧力団体

see styles
 atsuryokudantai
    あつりょくだんたい
pressure group; lobby

地慧童子

see styles
dì huì tóng zǐ
    di4 hui4 tong2 zi3
ti hui t`ung tzu
    ti hui tung tzu
 Chie Dōshi
(or 持慧童子 or 財慧童子) The youth who controls earthly possessions, the fourth on the left of the messengers of Mañjuśrī in the Garbhadhātu group.

地縁集団

see styles
 chienshuudan / chienshudan
    ちえんしゅうだん
(See 血縁集団) social group with common ties to a region

報告集団

see styles
 houkokushuudan / hokokushudan
    ほうこくしゅうだん
{comp} report group

塔吉克族

see styles
tǎ jí kè zú
    ta3 ji2 ke4 zu2
t`a chi k`o tsu
    ta chi ko tsu
Tajik ethnic group

塔塔爾族


塔塔尔族

see styles
tǎ tǎ ěr zú
    ta3 ta3 er3 zu2
t`a t`a erh tsu
    ta ta erh tsu
Tatar ethnic group

外金剛部


外金刚部

see styles
wài jīn gāng bù
    wai4 jin1 gang1 bu4
wai chin kang pu
 ge kongō bu
The external twenty devas in the Vajradhātu group, whose names, many of them doubtful, are given as Nārāyaṇa, Kumāra, Vajragoḍa, Brahmā, Śakra, Āditya, Candra, Vajramāha, ? Musala, Piṅgala, ? Rakṣalevatā, Vāyu, Vajravāsin, Agni, Vaiśravaṇa, Vajrāṅkuśa, Yama, Vajrājaya, Vināyaka, Nāgavajra.

大力金剛


大力金刚

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dà lì jīn gāng
    da4 li4 jin1 gang1
ta li chin kang
 dairiki kongō
The mighty "diamond" or Vajra-mahārāja in the Garbhadhātu group, a fierce guardian and servant of Buddhism, see below.

大輪金剛


大轮金刚

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dà lún jīn gāng
    da4 lun2 jin1 gang1
ta lun chin kang
 Dairin kongō
One of the thirty-three bodhisattvas in the 金剛手 court of the Garbhadhātu group, destroyer of delusion. Also 大輪明王.

奉仕団体

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 houshidantai / hoshidantai
    ほうしだんたい
service organization; service club; volunteer group

女性団体

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 joseidantai / josedantai
    じょせいだんたい
women's organization; women's group; women's movement

孤軍奮戰


孤军奋战

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gū jun fèn zhàn
    gu1 jun1 fen4 zhan4
ku chün fen chan
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

宇宙少女

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 uchuushoujo / uchushojo
    うちゅうしょうじょ
(group) WJSN (South Korean-Chinese girl group); Cosmic Girls

宗教団体

see styles
 shuukyoudantai / shukyodantai
    しゅうきょうだんたい
religious group

対象年齢

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 taishounenrei / taishonenre
    たいしょうねんれい
relevant age group; target age; age group concerned

少数民族

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 shousuuminzoku / shosuminzoku
    しょうすうみんぞく
minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race

峇峇娘惹

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bā bā niáng rě
    ba1 ba1 niang2 re3
pa pa niang je
Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)

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

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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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