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實歲 实岁 see styles |
shí suì shi2 sui4 shih sui |
one's age (calculated as years from birth); contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4] |
實洋 实洋 see styles |
shí yáng shi2 yang2 shih yang |
(publishing industry) revenue generated from the sale of books in an edition |
審決 审决 see styles |
shěn jué shen3 jue2 shen chüeh shinketsu しんけつ |
(noun, transitive verb) {law} trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial to decide |
寫生 写生 see styles |
xiě shēng xie3 sheng1 hsieh sheng |
to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing See: 写生 |
対酌 see styles |
taishaku たいしゃく |
(noun/participle) sitting across from each other and drinking together |
対飲 see styles |
taiin / tain たいいん |
(See 対酌) sitting across from each other and drinking together |
封閉 封闭 see styles |
fēng bì feng1 bi4 feng pi |
to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) |
對揚 对扬 see styles |
duì yáng dui4 yang2 tui yang taiyō |
One who drew out remarks or sermons from the Buddha. |
導引 导引 see styles |
dǎo yǐn dao3 yin3 tao yin douin / doin どういん |
same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]; Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage (1) guidance; showing the way; (2) (See あん摩・あんま・1) massage; (3) tao yin; Taoist Neigong; Taoist exercises To lead. |
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. |
小揚 see styles |
koage こあげ |
(1) unloading a barge; (2) small pieces of fried tofu; (3) palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district; (place-name) Koage |
小歌 see styles |
kouta / kota こうた |
(1) (hist) (See 大歌) kouta (Heian-era court lady's song accompanying the men's ōuta); court lady singing a kouta; (2) (hist) (See 小唄,端唄) ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi period to early Edo period; (3) (hist) kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often a love ballad; (4) noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs; (given name) Kōta |
小登 see styles |
xiǎo dēng xiao3 deng1 hsiao teng |
(slang) youngster; kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登[lao3 deng1], established since c. 2022) |
小腿 see styles |
xiǎo tuǐ xiao3 tui3 hsiao t`ui hsiao tui |
lower leg (from knee to ankle); shank |
少來 少来 see styles |
shǎo lái shao3 lai2 shao lai |
refrain (from doing something); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it! |
尬舞 see styles |
gà wǔ ga4 wu3 ka wu |
(slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]); (slang) to perform weird dance moves |
就此 see styles |
jiù cǐ jiu4 ci3 chiu tz`u chiu tzu |
at this point; thus; from then on |
尼犍 see styles |
ní jiān ni2 jian1 ni chien nikon |
nirgrantha, 尼健; 尼乾 (尼乾陀); 尼虔, freed from all ties, a naked mendicant, tr. by 離繋, 不繋, 無結 devotees who are free from all ties, wander naked, and cover themselves with ashes. Mahāvīra, one of this sect, called 若提 Jñāti after his family, and also 尼乾陀若提子 Nirgrantha-jñātiputra, was an opponent of Śākyamuni. His doctrines were determinist, everything being fated, and no religious practices could change one's lot. |
尾擊 尾击 see styles |
wěi jī wei3 ji1 wei chi |
attack from the rear |
尾水 see styles |
wěi shuǐ wei3 shui3 wei shui bimizu びみず |
tailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant) (surname) Bimizu |
居る see styles |
oru おる |
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) (humble language) to be (animate); to be; to exist; (aux-v,v5r) (2) (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action) to be ...-ing; (aux-v,v5r) (3) (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing state) to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; (suf,v5r) (4) (after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions) (See やがる) to (have the audacity to) do |
屏退 see styles |
bǐng tuì bing3 tui4 ping t`ui ping tui |
to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life |
山僧 see styles |
shān sēng shan1 seng1 shan seng sansō |
(1) 'Hill monk', self-deprecatory term used by monks. (2) A monk dwelling apart from monasteries. |
山外 see styles |
shān wài shan1 wai4 shan wai yamasoto やまそと |
{Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect. |
山札 see styles |
yamafuda やまふだ |
(1) {cards} deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; (2) (hist) tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period) |
山水 see styles |
shān shuǐ shan1 shui3 shan shui yamamizu やまみず |
water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape (1) mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); (2) (さんすい only) (abbreviation) (See 山水画) landscape picture; (3) mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; (4) (さんすい only) (See 築山) garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond; (surname) Yamamizu mountains and rivers |
山背 see styles |
yamase やませ |
(1) cold wind descending from the mountains; (2) cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer); (surname) Yamase |
山苞 see styles |
yamazuto やまづと |
souvenir from the mountains |
山颪 see styles |
yamaoroshi やまおろし |
wind blowing down from a mountain; (surname) Yamaoroshi |
山鯨 see styles |
yamakujira やまくじら |
(from when eating animal meat was considered taboo (pre-Meiji)) wild boar meat; mountain whale |
岡目 see styles |
okame おかめ |
looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider |
島外 see styles |
tougai / togai とうがい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 島内・とうない) off an island; away from an island; off-island |
嶺颪 see styles |
neoroshi ねおろし |
(See 山颪・やまおろし) wind coming from the top of a mountain |
差物 see styles |
sashimono さしもの |
(1) cabinetwork; joinery; (2) hair ornament; hairpin; (3) (archaism) colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period |
已後 已后 see styles |
yǐ hòu yi3 hou4 i hou igo いご |
(n-adv,n-t) (1) after this; from now on; hereafter; (2) thereafter; since (verb) (after -te form of verb); after (time); since (then) after [this] |
市子 see styles |
machiko まちこ |
(1) sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (2) (archaism) child from the city; (female given name) Machiko |
市頃 市顷 see styles |
shì qǐng shi4 qing3 shih ch`ing shih ching |
unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares |
帝位 see styles |
dì wèi di4 wei4 ti wei teii / te ていい |
imperial throne imperial throne; the Crown |
帝威 see styles |
tei / te てい |
imperial majesty; (surname) Tei |
師伝 see styles |
shiden しでん |
instruction from a master |
師友 师友 see styles |
shī yǒu shi1 you3 shih yu shiyuu / shiyu しゆう |
friend from whom you can seek advice (1) teachers and friends; (2) greatly respected friend (with much to teach one); friend who is greatly respected (as one's teacher) guiding friend |
帯下 see styles |
taige たいげ koshike こしけ |
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals |
帯出 see styles |
taishutsu たいしゅつ |
(noun, transitive verb) taking out (e.g. a book from a library); removing (from the premises); borrowing |
帰園 see styles |
kien きえん |
(n,vs,vi) (1) returning to kindergarten; (n,vs,vi) (2) returning home from kindergarten |
帰朝 see styles |
kichou / kicho きちょう |
(n,vs,vi) returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan) |
帰校 see styles |
kikou / kiko きこう |
(n,vs,vi) (1) returning to school; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 下校) returning home from school |
帰陣 see styles |
kijin きじん |
(n,vs,vi) returning from the battlefield; returning to camp |
帶病 带病 see styles |
dài bìng dai4 bing4 tai ping |
to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick"); to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease |
帷子 see styles |
tobarishi とばりし |
(1) light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); (2) (abbreviation) (See 経帷子) shroud; burial clothes; (surname) Tobarishi |
常道 see styles |
cháng dào chang2 dao4 ch`ang tao chang tao tsunemichi つねみち |
normal and proper practice; conventional practice; common occurrence normal practice; proper practice; (surname, given name) Tsunemichi Eternal Tao; the way of eternity; regular ways, the regulation path. |
干拓 see styles |
kantaku かんたく |
(noun, transitive verb) land reclamation (from sea); (place-name) Kantaku |
干邑 see styles |
gān yì gan1 yi4 kan i |
Cognac; brandy 白蘭地|白兰地[bai2 lan2 di4] from the Cognac region of southwest France |
平城 see styles |
píng chéng ping2 cheng2 p`ing ch`eng ping cheng pyonson ピョンソン |
Pyongsong (city in North Korea) (hist) (See 平城京) Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara); (place-name) Pyongsong (North Korea); P'yongsong |
平愈 see styles |
píng yù ping2 yu4 p`ing yü ping yü byōyu |
recovery from illness |
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 |
幻作 see styles |
huàn zuò huan4 zuo4 huan tso gensa |
created from illusion |
幼齒 幼齿 see styles |
yòu chǐ you4 chi3 yu ch`ih yu chih |
(Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy); underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) |
幽栖 see styles |
yuusei / yuse ゆうせい |
(noun/participle) living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses |
幽棲 see styles |
yuusei / yuse ゆうせい |
(noun/participle) living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses |
広韻 see styles |
kouin / koin こういん |
(product) Guangyun (Chinese rhyme dictionary compiled from 1007 to 1011 under Emperor Zhenzong of Song); (product name) Guangyun (Chinese rhyme dictionary compiled from 1007 to 1011 under Emperor Zhenzong of Song) |
床本 see styles |
tokomoto とこもと |
(hist) (See 浄瑠璃,文楽) yukahon; books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku; (surname) Tokomoto |
序章 see styles |
xù zhāng xu4 zhang1 hsü chang joshou / josho じょしょう |
prologue; preface; preamble (1) preface; foreword; introduction; introductory chapter; (2) beginning; start |
府城 see styles |
fǔ chéng fu3 cheng2 fu ch`eng fu cheng |
capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times); prefectural seat |
府治 see styles |
fǔ zhì fu3 zhi4 fu chih |
seat of prefectural government (from Tang to Qing times) |
府連 see styles |
furen ふれん |
(Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter |
度估 see styles |
dù gū du4 gu1 tu ku |
(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) |
度姑 see styles |
dù gū du4 gu1 tu ku |
(Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) |
度脫 度脱 see styles |
dù tuō du4 tuo1 tu t`o tu to dodatsu |
To give release from the wheel of transmigration; enlightenment. |
庭訓 庭训 see styles |
tíng xùn ting2 xun4 t`ing hsün ting hsün teikin / tekin ていきん |
tuition within family; education from father (archaism) home education |
庵点 see styles |
ioriten いおりてん |
part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol |
康橋 康桥 see styles |
kāng qiáo kang1 qiao2 k`ang ch`iao kang chiao |
Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐志摩 |
庾信 see styles |
yǔ xìn yu3 xin4 yü hsin |
Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋 |
廃石 see styles |
haiseki はいせき |
mullock (waste rock from a mine); muck; debris; tailing |
廣教 广教 see styles |
guǎng jiào guang3 jiao4 kuang chiao kōkyō |
Full or detailed teaching by the Buddha about the duties of the order, in contrast with 略教 general or summarized teaching; the detailed teaching resulting from errors which had crept in among his disciples. |
廣雅 广雅 see styles |
guǎng yǎ guang3 ya3 kuang ya |
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries |
廣韻 广韵 see styles |
guǎng yùn guang3 yun4 kuang yün |
Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書|韵书[yun4 shu1] from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries |
弔詭 吊诡 see styles |
diào guǐ diao4 gui3 tiao kuei |
bizarre; paradoxical; a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
引く see styles |
hiku ひく |
(v5k,vi,vt) (1) to pull; (2) to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); (3) to draw back; (4) to draw (a card); (5) to draw (plan, line, etc.); (6) to catch (cold); (7) to play (string instr.); (8) to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; (transitive verb) (9) to haul; to pull (vehicles); (10) to subtract; (11) to ebb; to fade; (12) to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); (13) to quote; to raise (as evidence); (14) to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable) |
引っ see styles |
hi ひっ |
(prefix) (from 引き) (See 引っ抱える) goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis |
引導 引导 see styles |
yǐn dǎo yin3 dao3 yin tao indou / indo いんどう |
to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer (1) {Buddh} last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; (2) {Buddh} converting people to Buddhism To lead men into Buddha-truth); also a phrase used at funerals implying the leading of the dead soul to the other world, possibly arising from setting alight the funeral pyre. |
引退 see styles |
yǐn tuì yin3 tui4 yin t`ui yin tui intai いんたい |
to retire from office; to resign (n,vs,vi) retirement |
引進 引进 see styles |
yǐn jìn yin3 jin4 yin chin |
to recommend; to introduce (from outside) |
弟姫 see styles |
otohime おとひめ |
(1) younger princess; (2) Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime |
張揖 张揖 see styles |
zhāng yī zhang1 yi1 chang i |
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works |
張華 张华 see styles |
zhāng huá zhang1 hua2 chang hua |
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention |
張袴 see styles |
haribakama はりばかま |
(archaism) rigid hakama (for women); hakama made from stiff cloth |
弾発 see styles |
danpatsu だんぱつ |
(abbreviation) (from 弾力 and 発条) elasticity; elastic material (spring, etc.) |
彈出 弹出 see styles |
tán chū tan2 chu1 t`an ch`u tan chu |
to eject; to exit from; to pop up |
彈射 弹射 see styles |
tán shè tan2 she4 t`an she tan she |
to catapult; to launch; to eject (from a plane); to shoot |
彌樓 弥楼 see styles |
mí lóu mi2 lou2 mi lou Mirō |
Meru, 'the Olympus of Hindu mythology.' M.W. Sumeru, cf. 須; but there is dispute as to the identity of the two. Meru also refers to the mountains represented by the Himālayas, in this not differing from Sumeru. It also has the general meaning of 'lofty'. |
当分 see styles |
toubun / tobun とうぶん |
(adv,n) (1) for the present; for the time being; (adv,n) (2) for a while (from now); for some time (to come) |
形ク see styles |
keiku / keku けいク |
(abbreviation) {gramm} (from 形容詞ク活用, used in dictionaries) (See ク活用) ku classical inflection form of i-adjectives |
形臨 see styles |
keirin / kerin けいりん |
(See 臨書) copying calligraphy from a model |
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") |
形量 see styles |
xíng liáng xing2 liang2 hsing liang gyōryō |
inference from circumstances |
影壁 see styles |
yǐng bì ying3 bi4 ying pi |
(traditional Chinese architecture) spirit wall – a screen wall placed inside or outside a main gate, shielding the courtyard from view |
彼の see styles |
ano(p); an あの(P); あん |
(pre-noun adjective) (kana only) (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) (See どの,この・1,その・1) that; those; the |
彼ら see styles |
karera かれら arera あれら |
(pn,adj-no) they (usually male); them; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) those (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener, or something understood without naming it directly); (2) (archaism) they (of people) (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) |
彼処 see styles |
kashiko かしこ asoko あそこ asuko あすこ ashiko あしこ ako あこ |
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (2) (colloquialism) genitals; (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point; (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (2) (colloquialism) genitals; (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (2) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point |
彼所 see styles |
bǐ suǒ bi3 suo3 pi so hisho かしこ |
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (2) (colloquialism) genitals; (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; (2) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point that |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Daodejing Tao Te Ching - Except From Chapter 67" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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