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語數外


语数外

see styles
yǔ shù wài
    yu3 shu4 wai4
yü shu wai
Chinese, math & English (school subjects)

說假部


说假部

see styles
shuō jiǎ bù
    shuo1 jia3 bu4
shuo chia pu
 Sekke bu
The Prajñāptivādinaḥ school, a branch of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ, which took the view of phenomenality and reality, ? founded on the Prajñāpti-śāstra.

說轉部


说转部

see styles
shuō zhuǎn bù
    shuo1 zhuan3 bu4
shuo chuan pu
 Setten bu
idem 經部 (經量部) Sautrāntika school.

調査書

see styles
 chousasho / chosasho
    ちょうさしょ
(1) written investigation; report of an investigation; (2) school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

談林派

see styles
 danrinha
    だんりんは
Danrin school (of haikai poetry)

請假條


请假条

see styles
qǐng jià tiáo
    qing3 jia4 tiao2
ch`ing chia t`iao
    ching chia tiao
leave of absence request (from work or school)

識含宗


识含宗

see styles
shì hán zōng
    shi4 han2 zong1
shih han tsung
 shikigon shū
school [advocating the view that all is] contained in consciousness

譬喩師


譬喩师

see styles
pì yù shī
    pi4 yu4 shi1
p`i yü shih
    pi yü shih
 Hiyushi
(譬喩論師) Reputed founder of the 經量部 Sautrāntika school, also known as 日出論者.

象徴派

see styles
 shouchouha / shochoha
    しょうちょうは
{art} Symbolist school; Symbolists

賢首宗


贤首宗

see styles
xián shǒu zōng
    xian2 shou3 zong1
hsien shou tsung
 Genju shū
School of Xianshou

購買部

see styles
 koubaibu / kobaibu
    こうばいぶ
school store; co-op; purchasing department

蹇尼陀

see styles
jiǎn ní tuó
    jian3 ni2 tuo2
chien ni t`o
    chien ni to
 Kennida
Kaṇāda, 蹇拏僕Kaṇābhuj, atom-eater, Kaṇāda's nickname, the reputed founder of the Vaiśeṣika school.

軍学校

see styles
 gungakkou / gungakko
    ぐんがっこう
military school; military academy

農学校

see styles
 nougakkou / nogakko
    のうがっこう
agricultural school

農学部

see styles
 nougakubu / nogakubu
    のうがくぶ
faculty of agriculture; school of agriculture; department of agriculture; (place-name) Nougakubu

迦葉遺


迦叶遗

see styles
jiā shě yí
    jia1 she3 yi2
chia she i
 Kashōyui
Kāśyapīya, a school formed on the division of the Mahāsaṅghikāḥ into five schools a century after the Nirvana. Keith gives the southern order, in the second century after the Nirvana, as Theravāda (Sthavira), Mahīśāsaka, Sarvāstivādin, Kāśyapīya. Other forms: 迦葉毘; 迦葉維; 迦葉波; 迦葉臂耶; 柯尸悲與.

通信制

see styles
 tsuushinsei / tsushinse
    つうしんせい
correspondence school education

通学帽

see styles
 tsuugakubou / tsugakubo
    つうがくぼう
hat worn by kindergarten or primary school pupils walking to school

通学服

see styles
 tsuugakufuku / tsugakufuku
    つうがくふく
school uniform

通学路

see styles
 tsuugakuro / tsugakuro
    つうがくろ
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

通学鞄

see styles
 tsuugakukaban / tsugakukaban
    つうがくかばん
school bag; school satchel

進学塾

see styles
 shingakujuku
    しんがくじゅく
(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations; cram school; prep school

進学校

see styles
 shingakkou; shingakukou / shingakko; shingakuko
    しんがっこう; しんがくこう
(1) school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; (2) (dated) school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college

運動会

see styles
 undoukai / undokai
    うんどうかい
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

運動部

see styles
 undoubu / undobu
    うんどうぶ
(See 文芸部) sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)

達磨宗


达磨宗

see styles
dá mó zōng
    da2 mo2 zong1
ta mo tsung
 darumashuu / darumashu
    だるましゅう
(1) (rare) (See 禅宗) Zen (Buddhism); (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) (See 達磨歌) confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry
The Damo, or Dharma sect, i.e. the 禪宗 Meditation, or Intuitional School.

遠州流

see styles
 enshuuryuu / enshuryu
    えんしゅうりゅう
(1) Enshū school of tea ceremony; (2) (See 生け花・1) Enshū school of ikebana

選修課


选修课

see styles
xuǎn xiū kè
    xuan3 xiu1 ke4
hsüan hsiu k`o
    hsüan hsiu ko
optional course (in school)

醫學系


医学系

see styles
yī xué xì
    yi1 xue2 xi4
i hsüeh hsi
medical school

醫學院


医学院

see styles
yī xué yuàn
    yi1 xue2 yuan4
i hsüeh yüan
medical school

量弟子

see styles
liáng dì zǐ
    liang2 di4 zi3
liang ti tzu
 Ryō daishi
School of Correct Logic

金剛智


金刚智

see styles
jīn gāng zhì
    jin1 gang1 zhi4
chin kang chih
 kongō chi
vajramati. The indestructible and enriching diamond wisdom of the Buddha. Also the name of an Indian who came to China A.D. 619; he is said to have introduced the Yogācāra system and founded the esoteric school, but this is attributed to Amoghavajra, v. 大教. 金剛智三藏 Vajrabodhi may be the same person, but there is doubt about the matter, cf. 大教.

金剛界


金刚界

see styles
jīn gāng jiè
    jin1 gang1 jie4
chin kang chieh
 kongoukai / kongokai
    こんごうかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎.

長崎派

see styles
 nagasakiha
    ながさきは
(hist) {art} Nagasaki school of Japanese painting (Edo period)

閉校式

see styles
 heikoushiki / hekoshiki
    へいこうしき
school closing ceremony

開山祖


开山祖

see styles
kāi shān zǔ
    kai1 shan1 zu3
k`ai shan tsu
    kai shan tsu
 kaisan so
founder of a school

開成所

see styles
 kaiseijo / kaisejo
    かいせいじょ
(hist) Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

開校式

see styles
 kaikoushiki / kaikoshiki
    かいこうしき
school opening ceremony

闍崛山


阇崛山

see styles
shé jué shān
    she2 jue2 shan1
she chüeh shan
 Jakussan
Gṛdhrakūṭa, cf. 耆 Vulture peak.

阿僧伽

see styles
ā sēng qié
    a1 seng1 qie2
a seng ch`ieh
    a seng chieh
 Asōga
(阿僧) asaṅga, āryāsaṅga, intp. as 無著 unattached, free; lived 'a thousand years after the Nirvāṇa', probably the fourth century A.D., said to be the eldest brother of 天親 Vasubandhu, whom he converted to Mahāyāna. He was first a follower of the Mahīśāsaka hschool, but founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school with his Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論, which in the 三藏傳 is said to have been dictated to him by Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven, along with the 莊嚴大乘論 and the 中邊分別論. He was a native of Gandhāra, but lived mostly in Ayodhyā (Oudh).

阿含部

see styles
ā hán bù
    a1 han2 bu4
a han pu
 agon bu
Hīnayāna.

阿目佉

see styles
ā mù qiā
    a1 mu4 qia1
a mu ch`ia
    a mu chia
 Amokukya
(阿目佉跋折羅) Amogha, or Amoghavajra, 阿牟伽 (or 阿謨伽 or 阿穆伽) intp. 不空 (不空金剛) a monk from northern India, a follower of the mystic teachings of Samantabhadra. Vajramati 金剛智 is reputed to have founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school in China about A.D. 719-720. Amogha succeeded him in its leadership in 732. From a journey through India and Ceylon, 741-6, he brought to China more than 500 sutras and śāstras; introduced a new form for transliterating Sanskrit and published 108 works. He is credited with the introduction of the Ullambana fesival of All Souls, 15th of 7th moon, v. 盂. He is the chief representative of Buddhist mysticism in China, spreading it widely through the patronage of three successive emperors, Xuanzong, Suzong, who gave him the title of 大廣智三藏 q.v., and Daizong, who gave him the posthumous rank and title of a Minister of State. He died 774.

陀羅尼


陀罗尼

see styles
tuó luó ní
    tuo2 luo2 ni2
t`o lo ni
    to lo ni
 darani
    だらに
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
(or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school.

陽明学

see styles
 youmeigaku / yomegaku
    ようめいがく
Yangmingism (school of neo-Confucianism based on the teachings of Wang Yangming); School of Mind

難関校

see styles
 nankankou / nankanko
    なんかんこう
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school

雪山部

see styles
xuě shān bù
    xue3 shan1 bu4
hsüeh shan pu
 Sessenbu
Haimavatāḥ, the Himālaya school, one of the five divisions of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ.

雲門宗


云门宗

see styles
yún mén zōng
    yun2 men2 zong1
yün men tsung
 unmonshuu / unmonshu
    うんもんしゅう
{Buddh} Yunmen School
Yunmen house

面接官

see styles
 mensetsukan
    めんせつかん
(See 面接) interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)

鞞世師


鞞世师

see styles
bǐ shì shī
    bi3 shi4 shi1
pi shih shih
鞞崽迦 The Vaiśesika school of philosophy, cf. 衞.

音楽大

see styles
 ongakudai
    おんがくだい
(abbreviation) (See 音楽大学) college of music; school of music; music college; (place-name) Ongakudai

音楽院

see styles
 ongakuin
    おんがくいん
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music

順世派

see styles
 junseiha / junseha
    じゅんせいは
Charvaka (ancient school of Indian materialism); Lokayata

飮光部

see styles
yǐn guāng bù
    yin3 guang1 bu4
yin kuang pu
Mahākāśyapīyāḥ, or school of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ.

養成所

see styles
 youseijo / yosejo
    ようせいじょ
training school

養成校

see styles
 youseikou / yoseko
    ようせいこう
training school; vocational school

高中生

see styles
gāo zhōng shēng
    gao1 zhong1 sheng1
kao chung sheng
senior high school student

高体連

see styles
 koutairen / kotairen
    こうたいれん
(org) All Japan High School Athletic Federation (abbreviation); (o) All Japan High School Athletic Federation (abbreviation)

高学年

see styles
 kougakunen / kogakunen
    こうがくねん
(See 低学年,中学年) upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

高校生

see styles
 koukousei / kokose
    こうこうせい
senior high school student

高等部

see styles
 koutoubu / kotobu
    こうとうぶ
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); (surname) Kōtoubu

高野連

see styles
 kouyaren / koyaren
    こうやれん
(org) Japan High School Baseball Federation (abbreviation); (o) Japan High School Baseball Federation (abbreviation)

鳳林山

see styles
fèng lín shān
    feng4 lin2 shan1
feng lin shan
Bongnim san school

黄檗宗

see styles
 oubakushuu / obakushu
    おうばくしゅう
Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism

龍樹宗

see styles
lóng shù zōng
    long2 shu4 zong1
lung shu tsung
School of Nāgârjuna

龍猛宗

see styles
lóng měng zōng
    long2 meng3 zong1
lung meng tsung
School of Nāgârjuna

AO入試

see styles
 eeoonyuushi / eeoonyushi
    エーオーにゅうし
(See AO) university admissions process based on school grades, essays, interviews, etc. (as opposed to an entrance exam)

JK制服

see styles
j k zhì fú
    j k zhi4 fu2
j k chih fu
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform

JK製服


JK制服

see styles
j k zhì fú
    j k zhi4 fu2
j k chih fu
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform

アメスク

see styles
 amesuku
    アメスク
(abbreviation) American school

いいとこ

see styles
 iitoko / itoko
    いいとこ
(1) good thing; strong point; (2) good family; prestigious school; (3) the right moment; (can act as adjective) (4) utter; extreme; (adverbial noun) (5) at (the) best; at most

エコール

see styles
 ekooru
    エコール
school (fre: école)

シード校

see styles
 shiidokou / shidoko
    シードこう
seeded school team

シエナ派

see styles
 shienaha
    シエナは
(hist) {art} Sienese school (of art)

スクール

see styles
 sukuuru / sukuru
    スクール
school

つづり方

see styles
 tsuzurikata
    つづりかた
(1) (way of) literary composition; (2) (way of) spelling; (3) school composition

パイセン

see styles
 paisen
    パイセン
(slang) (See 先輩・せんぱい) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

ハマトラ

see styles
 hamatora
    ハマトラ
(abbreviation) style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform (wasei: Yokohama traditional)

ブラセラ

see styles
 burasera
    ブラセラ
(ik) (slang) used women's clothing such as bloomers and high-school sailor-suit uniforms (esp. as a source of sexual arousal)

ブルセラ

see styles
 burusera
    ブルセラ
(slang) used women's clothing such as bloomers and high-school sailor-suit uniforms (esp. as a source of sexual arousal)

ボンタン

see styles
 bontan
    ボンタン
(See ニッカーズボン) bontan pants; type of harem pants esp. associated with 1980s high school delinquents; (place-name) Bontang

モデル校

see styles
 moderukou / moderuko
    モデルこう
model school

ロマン派

see styles
 romanha
    ロマンは
romantic school; romanticism

ロマン的

see styles
 romanteki
    ロマンてき
(adjectival noun) romantic (school)

一乘圓宗


一乘圆宗

see styles
yī shèng yuán zōng
    yi1 sheng4 yuan2 zong1
i sheng yüan tsung
 ichijō enshū
The Tiantai, or Lotus School of the perfect teaching, or the one vehicle; v. 天台宗.

一切有部

see styles
yī qiè yǒu bù
    yi1 qie4 you3 bu4
i ch`ieh yu pu
    i chieh yu pu
 Issai u bu
The realistic School, Sarvāstivādaḥ, a branch of the Vaibhāṣika, claiming Rāhula as founder, asserting the reality of all phenomena: 說一切有部; 薩婆多部; 薩婆阿私底婆拖部; 一切語言部. It divided, and the following seven schools are recorded, but the list is doubtful: — Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ 一切有根本部. Kāśyapīyaḥ 迦葉毘維, also known as Suvarṣakāḥ 蘇跋梨柯部; 遊梨沙部; 蘇梨沙部; and 善歲部. Dharmaguptāḥ 法密部; 法藏部; 法護部. Mahīśāsakāḥ or Mahīśāsikāḥ 摩醯奢婆迦部; 彌喜捨婆阿部; 彌沙塞部; 化地部; 正地部. Tāmraṣāṭīyāḥ. Vibhajyavādinaḥ 分別說部. Bahuśrutīyāḥ 婆收婁多柯 or 多聞部.

一實圓宗


一实圆宗

see styles
yī shí yuán zōng
    yi1 shi2 yuan2 zong1
i shih yüan tsung
 ichijitsuen shū
The one real and perfect school, i.e. the Tiantai or Lotus School.

一貫教育

see styles
 ikkankyouiku / ikkankyoiku
    いっかんきょういく
integrated education; integrated school system; system where students can progress from elementary through secondary levels without entrance examinations

一道法門


一道法门

see styles
yī dào fǎ mén
    yi1 dao4 fa3 men2
i tao fa men
 ichidōhōmon
The "a' school (Shingon) which takes a as the alpha (and even omega) of all wisdom; the way by which all escape mortality.

三權一實


三权一实

see styles
sān quán yī shí
    san1 quan2 yi1 shi2
san ch`üan i shih
    san chüan i shih
 sangon ichijitsu
The Tiantai division of the schools of Buddhism into four, three termed 權temporary, i. e. 藏, 通 and 別 q.v. v. e fourth is the 實 or圓real or perfect School of SaIvation by faith to Buddhahood, especially as revealed in the Lotus Sutra, see 一實.

三田国際

see styles
 mitakokusai
    みたこくさい
(org) Mita International School (abbreviation); (o) Mita International School (abbreviation)

三重法界

see styles
sān zhòng fǎ jiè
    san1 zhong4 fa3 jie4
san chung fa chieh
 sanjū hokkai
The three meditations, on the relationship of the noumenal and phenomenal, of the 華嚴宗 Huayan School: (a) 理法界 the universe as law or mind, that all things are 眞如, i.e. all things or phenomena are of the same Buddha-nature, or the Absolute; (b) 理事無礙法界 that the Buddha-nature and the thing, or the Absolute and phenomena are not mutually exclusive; (c) 事事無礙法界 that phenomena are not mutually exclusive, but in a common harmony as parts of the whole.

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.

上乘密宗

see styles
shàng shèng mì zōng
    shang4 sheng4 mi4 zong1
shang sheng mi tsung
 jōjō misshū
The Mahāyāna esoteric school, especially the 眞言 Shingon.

上山下鄉


上山下乡

see styles
shàng shān xià xiāng
    shang4 shan1 xia4 xiang1
shang shan hsia hsiang
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals

不可棄部


不可弃部

see styles
bù kě qì bù
    bu4 ke3 qi4 bu4
pu k`o ch`i pu
    pu ko chi pu
 Fukaki Bu
Mahīśāsaka school

不登校児

see styles
 futoukouji / futokoji
    ふとうこうじ
truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school

不立文字

see styles
bù lì wén zì
    bu4 li4 wen2 zi4
pu li wen tzu
 furyuumonji; furitsumonji / furyumonji; furitsumonji
    ふりゅうもんじ; ふりつもんじ
(expression) (yoji) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
(不立文字教) The 禪 ch'an or intuitive School does 'not set up scriptures'; it lays stress on meditation and intuition rather than on books and other external aids: cf. Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra.

不顧論宗


不顾论宗

see styles
bù gù lùn zōng
    bu4 gu4 lun4 zong1
pu ku lun tsung
 fu koron shū
One of the 因明四宗, a philosophical school, whose rule was self-gratification, 'not caring for' others.

世間ずれ

see styles
 sekenzure
    せけんずれ
(noun/participle) worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

世間擦れ

see styles
 sekenzure
    せけんずれ
(noun/participle) worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

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

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