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叩關 叩关 see styles |
kòu guān kou4 guan1 k`ou kuan kou kuan |
to knock at the gate (old); to make an approach; to invade; to attack the goal (sports) |
召す see styles |
mesu めす |
(transitive verb) (1) (honorific or respectful language) to call; to summon; to send for; to invite; (transitive verb) (2) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (transitive verb) (3) (honorific or respectful language) to put on; to wear; (transitive verb) (4) (honorific or respectful language) to buy; to purchase; (transitive verb) (5) (honorific or respectful language) to take (a bath); (v5s,vi) (6) (honorific or respectful language) to ride; to get in (a vehicle); to take; (transitive verb) (7) (honorific or respectful language) to catch (a cold); (transitive verb) (8) (honorific or respectful language) (as お年を召す) to put on (years); to get old; (v5s,vi) (9) (honorific or respectful language) (as お気に召す) to strike one's fancy; to please one; (transitive verb) (10) (honorific or respectful language) (See 召される・1) to do; (transitive verb) (11) (honorific or respectful language) (as お腹を召す) to commit seppuku; (aux-v,v5s) (12) (honorific or respectful language) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates respect |
召天 see styles |
shouten / shoten しょうてん |
(n,vs,vi) (See 帰天) death (of a Christian) |
合婚 see styles |
hé hūn he2 hun1 ho hun |
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) |
吉莫 see styles |
jí mò ji2 mo4 chi mo |
(old) name of a kind of leather |
吊死 see styles |
diào sǐ diao4 si3 tiao ssu |
death by hanging; to hang oneself |
同年 see styles |
tóng nián tong2 nian2 t`ung nien tung nien dounen / donen どうねん |
the same year (n,adv) that year; same year; same age |
同病 see styles |
doubyou / dobyo どうびょう |
the same sickness |
同知 see styles |
tóng zhī tong2 zhi1 t`ung chih tung chih |
government sub-prefect (old) |
同齡 同龄 see styles |
tóng líng tong2 ling2 t`ung ling tung ling |
of the same age |
名優 名优 see styles |
míng yōu ming2 you1 ming yu meiyuu / meyu めいゆう |
excellent quality; outstanding (product); abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质; (old) famous actor or actress great actor; famous actor; star |
名士 see styles |
míng shì ming2 shi4 ming shih meishi / meshi めいし |
(old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) celebrity; personage |
名木 see styles |
meiki / meki めいき |
(1) old tree of historical interest; (2) excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood; (surname) Meiki |
名臈 see styles |
míng là ming2 la4 ming la myōrō |
A monk of renown and of years. |
吐気 see styles |
hakike はきけ |
nausea; sickness in the stomach |
吐蕃 see styles |
tǔ bō tu3 bo1 t`u po tu po toban とばん |
Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD; also pr. [Tu3 fan1] (hist) Tibetan Empire (618-842 CE) Turfan |
君臣 see styles |
jun chén jun1 chen2 chün ch`en chün chen kunshin くんしん |
a ruler and his ministers (old) ruler and ruled; master and servant ruler and ministers |
吳旗 吴旗 see styles |
wú qí wu2 qi2 wu ch`i wu chi |
Wuqi town and county, Shaanxi; old spelling of Wuqi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 qi3] |
吳晗 吴晗 see styles |
wú hán wu2 han2 wu han |
Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution |
告退 see styles |
gào tuì gao4 tui4 kao t`ui kao tui |
to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused |
周忌 see styles |
zhōu jì zhou1 ji4 chou chi shuuki / shuki しゅうき |
(n-suf,n) (See 回忌) death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death 周關 The first anniversary of a death, when 周忌齋 anniversary masses are said. |
周莊 周庄 see styles |
zhōu zhuāng zhou1 zhuang1 chou chuang |
Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction |
呪う see styles |
majinau まじなう |
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) (kana only) to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (2) (kana only) to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (3) (kana only) (See まじない) to charm; to conjure; to cast a spell (on someone); (Godan verb with "u" ending) (4) (archaism) to treat illness (with a prayer) |
呱々 see styles |
koko ここ |
cry of a baby at its birth |
呱呱 see styles |
guā guā gua1 gua1 kua kua koko ここ |
(onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc cry of a baby at its birth |
命大 see styles |
mìng dà ming4 da4 ming ta |
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) |
命日 see styles |
meinichi / menichi めいにち |
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death |
和闐 和阗 see styles |
hé tián he2 tian2 ho t`ien ho tien Waten |
old way of writing 和田[He2 tian2], Hotan (prior to 1959) Khotan, Kustana, cf. 于. |
咒咀 see styles |
zhòu jǔ zhou4 ju3 chou chü jusho |
咒殺; 咒起死鬼 (or 咒起屍鬼) An incantation for raising the vetāla 畏陀羅 or corpse-demons to cause the death of another person. |
咨文 see styles |
zī wén zi1 wen2 tzu wen |
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank); report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state |
哀悼 see styles |
āi dào ai1 dao4 ai tao aitou / aito あいとう |
to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death; mourning (n,vs,vt,adj-no) condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament |
品形 see styles |
shinakatachi しなかたち |
quality and shape; birth or appearance |
品秩 see styles |
pǐn zhì pin3 zhi4 p`in chih pin chih |
(old) rank and salary of an official post |
員外 员外 see styles |
yuán wài yuan2 wai4 yüan wai ingai いんがい |
landlord (old usage) non-membership |
哽死 see styles |
gěng sǐ geng3 si3 keng ssu |
(intransitive) to choke to death |
唐物 see styles |
karamono からもの |
(1) (hist) Chinese goods; imported goods; (2) (からもの only) (archaism) secondhand goods; old furniture; (place-name) Karamono |
唱喏 see styles |
chàng rě chang4 re3 ch`ang je chang je |
(old) to bow and utter polite phrases; to open the way (for a dignitary etc) |
唱寂 see styles |
chàng jí chang4 ji2 ch`ang chi chang chi shōjaku |
To cry out nirvāṇa, as the Buddha is said to have done at his death. |
商埠 see styles |
shāng bù shang1 bu4 shang pu |
commercial port; trading port; treaty port (old) |
問名 问名 see styles |
wèn míng wen4 ming2 wen ming |
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride; one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family |
啟蟄 启蛰 see styles |
qǐ zhé qi3 zhe2 ch`i che chi che |
Waking from Hibernation; old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March |
啷當 啷当 see styles |
lāng dāng lang1 dang1 lang tang |
(of age) more or less; or so; and so on |
善本 see styles |
shàn běn shan4 ben3 shan pen yoshimoto よしもと |
old book; good book; reliable book; rare book (surname) Yoshimoto Good stock, or roots, planting good seed or roots; good in the root of enlightenment. |
善生 see styles |
shàn shēng shan4 sheng1 shan sheng yoshiki よしき |
(given name) Yoshiki Sujāta, 'well born, of high birth,' M. W. Also tr. of Susaṃbhava, a former incarnation of Śākyamuni. |
喜娘 see styles |
xǐ niáng xi3 niang2 hsi niang |
matron of honor (old) |
喜蛋 see styles |
xǐ dàn xi3 dan4 hsi tan |
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby |
喝道 see styles |
hè dào he4 dao4 ho tao |
to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way |
嗊吥 唝吥 see styles |
gòng bù gong4 bu4 kung pu |
old name for Kampot province and Kampot town in Cambodia, now written 貢布|贡布[Gong4 bu4] |
嗽卑 see styles |
sòu bēi sou4 bei1 sou pei sōhi |
upāsikā, an old form, see 烏 a female disciple. |
嘉定 see styles |
jiā dìng jia1 ding4 chia ting zaadin / zadin ザーディン |
Jiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗[Ning2 zong1] (place-name) Gia Dinh (old name for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) |
噎死 see styles |
yē sǐ ye1 si3 yeh ssu |
(intransitive) to choke to death |
噩耗 see styles |
è hào e4 hao4 o hao |
news of sb's death; sad news |
噶霏 see styles |
gá fēi ga2 fei1 ka fei |
coffee (loanword) (old) |
囒噸 𪢠吨 see styles |
lán dūn lan2 dun1 lan tun |
(old) London (now written 倫敦|伦敦[Lun2dun1]) |
囘忌 回忌 see styles |
huí jì hui2 ji4 hui chi kaiki |
The days on which the day of death is remembered. |
四塔 see styles |
sì tǎ si4 ta3 ssu t`a ssu ta shitō |
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively. |
四山 see styles |
sì shān si4 shan1 ssu shan yotsuyama よつやま |
(place-name) Yotsuyama Like four closing-in mountains are birth, age, sickness, and death; another group is age, sickness, death, and decay (衰, i. e. of wealth, honours, etc., or 無常 impermanence). |
四怨 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The four enemies— the passions-and-delusion māras, death māra, the five-skandhas māras, and the supreme māra-king. |
四慧 see styles |
sì huì si4 hui4 ssu hui shie |
The four kinds of wisdom received: (1) by birth, or nature; (2) by hearing, or being taught; (3) by thought; (4) by dhyāna meditation. |
四更 see styles |
sì gēng si4 geng1 ssu keng shikou / shiko しこう |
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) (archaism) fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am) |
四有 see styles |
sì yǒu si4 you3 ssu yu shiu しう |
{Buddh} the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo four states of life |
四生 see styles |
sì shēng si4 sheng1 ssu sheng shishou / shisho ししょう |
{Buddh} the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni catur-yoni, the four forms of birth: (1) 胎 or 生 jarāyuja, viviparous, as with mammalia; (2) 卵生 aṇḍaja, oviparous, as with birds; (3) 濕生 or 寒熱和合生 saṃsvedaja, moisture, or water-born, as with worms and fishes; (4) 化生 aupapāduka, metamorphic, as with moths from the chrysalis, or with devas, or in the hells, or the first beings in a newly evolved world. |
四相 see styles |
sì xiàng si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shisou / shiso しそう |
(1) {Buddh} four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); (can act as adjective) (2) {math} four-phase; quadri-phase The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相. |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
四苦 see styles |
sì kǔ si4 ku3 ssu k`u ssu ku shiku しく |
{Buddh} the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death) The four miseries, or sufferings — birth, age, disease, and death. |
四蛇 see styles |
sì shé si4 she2 ssu she shida |
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril. |
回り see styles |
mawari まわり |
(1) rotation; (2) making the rounds; (3) spreading; (4) effect; efficacy; (n-suf,n) (5) by way of; via; (suf,ctr) (6) round; turn; (7) size; (8) 12-year period; 12-year age difference |
回事 see styles |
huí shì hui2 shi4 hui shih |
(old) to report to one's master |
回忌 see styles |
kaiki かいき |
(n-suf,n) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (abbr. of 年回忌) (See 三回忌) death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death |
因循 see styles |
yīn xún yin1 xun2 yin hsün injun いんじゅん |
to continue the same old routine; to carry on just as before; to procrastinate (noun or adjectival noun) indecision; vacillation |
因襲 因袭 see styles |
yīn xí yin1 xi2 yin hsi inshuu / inshu いんしゅう |
to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines convention; tradition; long-established custom |
固陋 see styles |
korou / koro ころう |
(noun or adjectival noun) stubbornly sticking to old ways; dislike of new things; narrow-mindedness |
国忌 see styles |
kokki こっき |
anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress |
圉人 see styles |
yǔ rén yu3 ren2 yü jen |
(old) horse breeder |
國忌 国忌 see styles |
guó jì guo2 ji4 kuo chi kokki |
royal death commemoration |
圓寂 圆寂 see styles |
yuán jì yuan2 ji4 yüan chi enjaku |
death; to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc) Perfect rest, i.e. parinirvāṇa; the perfection of all virtue and the elimination of all evil, release from the miseries of transmigration and entrance into the fullest joy. |
圓融 圆融 see styles |
yuán róng yuan2 rong2 yüan jung enyū |
accommodating; (Buddhism) completely integrated Complete combination; the absolute in the relative and vice versa; the identity of apparent contraries; perfect harmony among all differences, as in water and waves, passion and enlightenment, transmigration and nirvāṇa, or life and death, etc.; all are of the same fundamental nature, all are bhūtatathatā, and bhūtatathatā is all; waves are one with waves, and water is one with water, and water and wave are one. |
團丁 团丁 see styles |
tuán dīng tuan2 ding1 t`uan ting tuan ting |
(old) member of local militia |
團練 团练 see styles |
tuán liàn tuan2 lian4 t`uan lien tuan lien |
local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) |
圧死 see styles |
asshi あっし |
(n,vs,vi) death by crushing; being crushed to death |
圧殺 see styles |
assatsu あっさつ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) crushing to death; (noun, transitive verb) (2) crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing; stifling |
地保 see styles |
dì bǎo di4 bao3 ti pao jiho ぢほ |
(old) local constable (place-name) Jiho |
地動 地动 see styles |
dì dòng di4 dong4 ti tung chidou / chido ちどう |
earthquake (old term) (1) (See 地震) (internal) movement of the earth; earthquake; (2) motions of the earth (i.e. rotation and revolution) Earthquake; the earth shaken, one of the signs of Buddha-power. |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
垂危 see styles |
chuí wēi chui2 wei1 ch`ui wei chui wei |
close to death; life-threatening (illness) |
垂老 see styles |
chuí lǎo chui2 lao3 ch`ui lao chui lao |
approaching old age |
垣衣 see styles |
yuán yī yuan2 yi1 yüan i |
moss under old walls |
堂倌 see styles |
táng guān tang2 guan1 t`ang kuan tang kuan |
(old) waiter; attendant |
報官 报官 see styles |
bào guān bao4 guan1 pao kuan |
to report a case to the authorities (old) |
報怨 报怨 see styles |
bào yuàn bao4 yuan4 pao yüan |
to pay back a score; to get revenge; to requite; (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4] |
報條 报条 see styles |
bào tiáo bao4 tiao2 pao t`iao pao tiao |
report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old); list of deaths |
塔中 see styles |
tatsuchuu / tatsuchu たつちゅう |
(Buddhist term) sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest; (place-name) Tatsuchuu |
塔頭 塔头 see styles |
tǎ tóu ta3 tou2 t`a t`ou ta tou tōtō たっちゅう |
(Buddhist term) sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest stūpa hall |
塞北 see styles |
sài běi sai4 bei3 sai pei |
territories beyond the Great Wall (old) |
塞外 see styles |
sài wài sai4 wai4 sai wai saigai さいがい |
territories beyond the Great Wall (old) (1) outside a fort; (2) (hist) outside the Great Wall of China |
墜亡 坠亡 see styles |
zhuì wáng zhui4 wang2 chui wang |
to fall to one's death |
墜死 see styles |
tsuishi ついし |
(n,vs,vi) falling to one's death |
墮樓 堕楼 see styles |
duò lóu duo4 lou2 to lou |
to jump to one's death |
壓死 压死 see styles |
yā sǐ ya1 si3 ya ssu |
to crush to death |
士子 see styles |
shì zǐ shi4 zi3 shih tzu hitoko ひとこ |
official; scholar (old) (female given name) Hitoko |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Birth Old-Age Sickness Death" 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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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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