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宿智

see styles
sù zhì
    su4 zhi4
su chih
 shuku chi
wisdom attained by the efficacy of one's religious practice in prior lifetimes

寂光

see styles
jí guāng
    ji2 guang1
chi kuang
 jakukou / jakuko
    じゃくこう
(1) {Buddh} light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana); silent illumination; (2) {Buddh} (See 寂光浄土,常寂光土) paradise; nirvana; (personal name) Jakukou
Calm and illuminating as are Truth and Knowledge; the hidden truth illuminating.

富士

see styles
fù shì
    fu4 shi4
fu shih
 fujisaki
    ふじさき
Fuji (Japanese company)
(abbreviation) (See 富士山) Mount Fuji; (surname) Fujisaki
a rich man

寒天

see styles
hán tiān
    han2 tian1
han t`ien
    han tien
 kanten
    かんてん
chilly weather; (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
(1) freezing weather; cold weather; (2) {food} agar-agar; vegetable gelatin

實智


实智

see styles
shí zhì
    shi2 zhi4
shih chih
 jitchi
The knowledge or wisdom of Reality, in contrast with knowledge of the 權 relative.

寶典


宝典

see styles
bǎo diǎn
    bao3 dian3
pao tien
 hōten
canonical text; treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
The precious records, or scriptures.

寶庫


宝库

see styles
bǎo kù
    bao3 ku4
pao k`u
    pao ku
treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)

將棋


将棋

see styles
jiàng qí
    jiang4 qi2
chiang ch`i
    chiang chi
Japanese chess (shōgi)
See: 将棋

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小川

see styles
xiǎo chuān
    xiao3 chuan1
hsiao ch`uan
    hsiao chuan
 kogawa
    こがわ
Ogawa (Japanese surname)
stream; brook; creek; (place-name, surname) Kogawa

小智

see styles
xiǎo zhì
    xiao3 zhi4
hsiao chih
 kosato
    こさと
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom; (female given name) Kosato
ignorant

小杉

see styles
 kozuki
    こずき
(1) (abbreviation) (archaism) small cedar; (2) (See 小杉原) thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period); (surname) Kozuki

小泉

see styles
xiǎo quán
    xiao3 quan2
hsiao ch`üan
    hsiao chüan
 koizumi
    こいづみ
Koizumi (name); KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
(surname) Koizumi

小淵


小渊

see styles
xiǎo yuān
    xiao3 yuan1
hsiao yüan
 kobuchi
    こぶち
Obuchi (Japanese surname)
(place-name, surname) Kobuchi

小知

see styles
 sachi
    さち
(1) superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom; (2) (archaism) small fief; (female given name) Sachi

小菊

see styles
 kogiku
    こぎく
(1) small chrysanthemum; (2) small, low-grade piece of Japanese paper (used as a kettle rest, tissue, etc.); (3) (archaism) (See 紙纏頭・3) piece of paper given as a tip in a red-light district (that can later be exchanged for money); (surname, female given name) Kogiku

小蘗

see styles
 megi
    めぎ
(kana only) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

小野

see styles
xiǎo yě
    xiao3 ye3
hsiao yeh
 sanu
    さぬ
Ono (Japanese surname and place name)
(archaism) plain; field; (surname) Sanu

少智

see styles
shǎo zhì
    shao3 zhi4
shao chih
 shō chi
limited wisdom

少飛

see styles
 shouhi / shohi
    しょうひ
(hist) (abbreviation) (See 少年飛行兵) male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)

尺八

see styles
chǐ bā
    chi3 ba1
ch`ih pa
    chih pa
 shakuhachi
    しゃくはち
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
(1) shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; (2) (slang) (vulgar) blow job; fellatio

尼桑

see styles
ní sāng
    ni2 sang1
ni sang
Nissan, Japanese car make

尾花

see styles
 obana
    おばな
(See 薄・すすき) (ear of) Japanese pampas grass; (surname, female given name) Obana

局方

see styles
 kyokuhou / kyokuho
    きょくほう
(abbreviation) (See 日本薬局方) Japanese Pharmacopoeia

局紙

see styles
 kyokushi
    きょくし
Japanese vellum

山下

see styles
shān xià
    shan1 xia4
shan hsia
 yomashita
    よました
Yamashita (Japanese surname)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (surname) Yomashita

山吹

see styles
 yamabuki
    やまぶき
(1) kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; (2) (abbreviation) bright golden yellow; (3) gold coin; (p,s,f) Yamabuki

山崎

see styles
shān qí
    shan1 qi2
shan ch`i
    shan chi
 yamanosaki
    やまのさき
Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
(place-name) Yamanosaki

山本

see styles
shān běn
    shan1 ben3
shan pen
 yamomato
    やもまと
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
(1) foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; (2) mine; colliery; (3) owner of a mountain; operator of a mine; (surname) Yamomato

山梨

see styles
shān lí
    shan1 li2
shan li
 yamanashi
    やまなし
rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus)
(1) Yamanashi (city, prefecture); (2) (kana only) wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear; (place-name, surname) Yamanashi

山椒

see styles
 sanshou; sansho; sanshou / sansho; sansho; sansho
    さんしょう; さんしょ; サンショウ
(kana only) Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

山漆

see styles
 yamaurushi; yamaurushi
    やまうるし; ヤマウルシ
(kana only) Japanese sumac (Rhus trichocarpa)

山犬

see styles
 yamainu
    やまいぬ
(1) Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); (2) wild dog

山繭

see styles
 yamamayu
    やままゆ
    tensan
    てんさん
(kana only) Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

山艾

see styles
 yamayomogi
    やまよもぎ
(1) (kana only) Artemisia montana; (2) (kana only) Japanese mugwort

山芋

see styles
shān yù
    shan1 yu4
shan yü
 yamaimo
    やまいも
sweet potato
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

山蓬

see styles
 yamayomogi
    やまよもぎ
(1) (kana only) Artemisia montana; (2) (kana only) Japanese mugwort

山蕗

see styles
 yamabuki
    やまぶき
(1) (See 蕗) wild giant butterbur; (2) (See 石蕗) Japanese silverleaf

山鳴

see styles
 sanna
    さんな
(kana only) Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii); (female given name) Sanna

山鼠

see styles
 yamanemizu
    やまねみず
    yamane
    やまね
(kana only) Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

岡本


冈本

see styles
gāng běn
    gang1 ben3
kang pen
 okamotozaki
    おかもとざき
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
(surname) Okamotozaki

岡田


冈田

see styles
gāng tián
    gang1 tian2
kang t`ien
    kang tien
 nakakura
    なかくら
Okada (Japanese surname)
(personal name) Nakakura

岩倉


岩仓

see styles
yán cāng
    yan2 cang1
yen ts`ang
    yen tsang
 iwagura
    いわぐら
Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name
(kana only) caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods; (surname) Iwagura

岩国

see styles
 iwakoku
    いわこく
(work) Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten) (abbreviation); (wk) Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten) (abbreviation)

岩崎

see styles
yán qí
    yan2 qi2
yen ch`i
    yen chi
 minkizeyasu
    みんきぜやす
Iwasaki (Japanese surname)
(personal name) Minkizeyasu

峰桜

see styles
 minezakura
    みねざくら
(kana only) Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

嶺桜

see styles
 minezakura
    みねざくら
(kana only) Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

川獺

see styles
 kawauso
    かわうそ
(1) (kana only) otter (Lutra lutra); (2) (kana only) Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

川竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

川骨

see styles
 kouhone / kohone
    こうほね
    kawahone
    かわほね
(kana only) Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)

川鼠

see styles
 kawanezumi
    かわねずみ
(kana only) Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)

工口

see styles
ei luó
    ei1 luo2
ei lo
 kukuchi
    くくち
erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced "ero")
(noun or adjectival noun) (slang) (joc) (glyphic approximation of エロ using Chinese characters) (See エロ・1) erotic; pornographic; obscene; (surname) Kukuchi

工藤

see styles
gōng téng
    gong1 teng2
kung t`eng
    kung teng
 fudou / fudo
    ふどう
Kudō (Japanese surname)
(surname) Fudō

巻煎

see styles
 kenchan
    けんちん
    kenchiin / kenchin
    けんちゃん
(1) fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; (2) (abbreviation) Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (3) (archaism) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed

巻繊

see styles
 kenchan
    けんちん
    kenchiin / kenchin
    けんちゃん
(1) fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; (2) (abbreviation) Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (3) (archaism) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed

巻纓

see styles
 kenei; kanei; makiei / kene; kane; makie
    けんえい; かんえい; まきえい
rolled tail (of a traditional Japanese hat); looped tail

布団

see styles
 futon
    ふとん
(ateji / phonetic) (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

帆立

see styles
 hotate; hotate
    ほたて; ホタテ
(kana only) (abbreviation) (See 帆立貝・ほたてがい) Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

帆脚

see styles
 hoashi
    ほあし
rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

帆足

see styles
 hoharu
    ほはる
rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship); (surname) Hoharu

帰米

see styles
 kibei / kibe
    きべい
(noun/participle) (1) returning to the United States; (2) (See 二世・にせい・1) kibei; Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to America

平入

see styles
 hirairi
    ひらいり
(irregular okurigana usage) Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge; (surname) Hirairi

平声

see styles
 hyoushou / hyosho
    ひょうしょう
(1) first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone; (2) (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

平板

see styles
píng bǎn
    ping2 ban3
p`ing pan
    ping pan
 heiban / heban
    へいばん
slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level; (fig.) dull; monotonous; tablet computer (abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2 ban3 dian4 nao3]); phablet (large smartphone combining features of phone and tablet) (abbr. for 平板手機|平板手机[ping2 ban3 shou3 ji1])
(1) flat board; slab; slat; plane table; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) monotonous; dull; flat; boring; (3) (abbreviation) {ling} (See 平板型) even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch

平野

see styles
píng yě
    ping2 ye3
p`ing yeh
    ping yeh
 hirano
    ひらの
Hirano (Japanese surname)
plain; open field; (place-name, surname) Hirano

年号

see styles
 nengou / nengo
    ねんごう
(See 元号) name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

幹竹

see styles
 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

幽明

see styles
yōu míng
    you1 ming2
yu ming
 yuumei / yume
    ゆうめい
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light; (given name) Yūmei
darkness and light

庇髪

see styles
 hisashigami
    ひさしがみ
(obscure) classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

座敷

see styles
 zashiki
    ざしき
(1) tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; (2) dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

庭常

see styles
 niwatoko
    にわとこ
(kana only) red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana); Japanese elderberry

康徳

see styles
 yasunori
    やすのり
(hist) Kangde era (of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; 1934-1945); (given name) Yasunori

廃家

see styles
 haika; haike
    はいか; はいけ
(1) deserted house; ruined house; (noun/participle) (2) abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

廣慧


广慧

see styles
guǎng huì
    guang3 hui4
kuang hui
 kōe
vipulaprajñā, or vipulamati, vast wisdom, an epithet of a Buddha, one able to transform all beings.

廣智


广智

see styles
guǎng zhì
    guang3 zhi4
kuang chih
 kōchi
vast wisdom

弁士

see styles
 benshi
    べんし
(1) lecturer; rhetorician; orator; (2) narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

弁天

see styles
 benten
    べんてん
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom); (place-name, surname) Benten

弁当

see styles
 bentou / bento
    べんとう
bento; Japanese box lunch

弁當

see styles
 bentou / bento
    べんとう
(out-dated kanji) bento; Japanese box lunch

弁財

see styles
 benzai
    べんざい
(abbreviation) large Japanese junk; (place-name) Benzai

式台

see styles
 shikidai
    しきだい
step in a Japanese entranceway

引目

see styles
 hikime
    ひきめ
large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits); (place-name) Hikime

弦鋸

see styles
 tsurunoko
    つるのこ
traditional Japanese woodworking saw; bow saw

形動

see styles
 keidou / kedo
    けいどう
(abbreviation) {ling} (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 形容動詞) adjectival noun (in Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective

形譯


形译

see styles
xíng yì
    xing2 yi4
hsing i
derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")

征露

see styles
 seiro / sero
    せいろ
(archaism) (term used primarily during the Russo-Japanese war) (See 日露戦争) attacking Russia; (given name) Seiro

律旋

see styles
 ritsusen; rissen
    りつせん; りっせん
(See 呂旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)

後藤


后藤

see styles
hòu téng
    hou4 teng2
hou t`eng
    hou teng
 dotou / doto
    どとう
Gotō (Japanese surname)
(surname) Dotō

御数

see styles
 okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

御煎

see styles
 osen
    おせん
(See 煎餅) var. of Japanese cracker

御菜

see styles
 osai
    おさい
    okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming); (1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

德川

see styles
dé chuān
    de2 chuan1
te ch`uan
    te chuan
Tokugawa, Japanese shogunal clan (1603–1867)

心慧

see styles
xīn huì
    xin1 hui4
hsin hui
 shine
wisdom, i. e. mind or heart wisdom, e. g. 身戒心慧 controlled in body and wise in mind.

心智

see styles
xīn zhì
    xin1 zhi4
hsin chih
 misato
    みさと
wisdom
(female given name) Misato
Mind and knowledge, or the wisdom of the mind, mind being the organ, knowing the function.

忍冬

see styles
rěn dōng
    ren3 dong1
jen tung
 nintou / ninto
    にんとう
honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica); (given name) Nintou

忍智

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rěn zhì
    ren3 zhi4
jen chih
 ninchi
Patience and wisdom. In the Hīnayāna, patience is cause, wisdom effect; in Mahāyāna, the two are merged, though patience precedes wisdom.

念慧

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niàn huì
    nian4 hui4
nien hui
 nen'e
mindfulness and wisdom

思惟

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sī wéi
    si1 wei2
ssu wei
 shiyui
    しゆい
variant of 思維|思维[si1 wei2]
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (esp. しい) thought; thinking; contemplation; consideration; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) {Buddh} (esp. しゆい) using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation; concentrated thought; deliberating; pondering; reflecting; (female given name) Shiyui
To consider or reflect on an object with discrimination; thought, reflection.

思慧

see styles
sī huì
    si1 hui4
ssu hui
 shie
The wisdom attained by meditating (on the principles and doctrines of Buddhism).

悟道

see styles
wù dào
    wu4 dao4
wu tao
 norimichi
    のりみち
to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened
{Buddh} (the path of spiritual) enlightenment; attainment of supreme wisdom; water of life; philosophy; (given name) Norimichi
To awaken to the truth.

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

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Information about this dictionary:

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

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

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

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



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