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詩吟

see styles
 shigin
    しぎん
reciting Chinese poems; (female given name) Shigin

詩書


诗书

see styles
shī shū
    shi1 shu1
shih shu
 shisho
    ししょ
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
(1) book of poetry; (2) The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

詩歌


诗歌

see styles
shī gē
    shi1 ge1
shih ko
 shiika / shika
    しいか
poem; CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
(1) Japanese and Chinese poetry; (2) poetry; poems; (female given name) Shiika

詩經


诗经

see styles
shī jīng
    shi1 jing1
shih ching
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]

詩賦

see styles
 shifu
    しふ
(See 詩・2,賦・3) (Chinese) poetry and rhymed prose

語文


语文

see styles
yǔ wén
    yu3 wen2
yü wen
literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)

語種


语种

see styles
yǔ zhǒng
    yu3 zhong3
yü chung
 goshu
    ごしゅ
language type (in a classification)
classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western

語音


语音

see styles
yǔ yīn
    yu3 yin1
yü yin
 goon
    ごおん
speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
phonemes

調號


调号

see styles
diào hào
    diao4 hao4
tiao hao
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à); (music) key signature

論藏


论藏

see styles
lùn zàng
    lun4 zang4
lun tsang
 ronzō
Thesaurus of discussions or discourses, the Abhidharma Piṭaka, one of the three divisions of the Tripiṭaka. It comprises the philosophical works. The first compilation is accredited to Mahā-Kāśyapa, disciple of Buddha, but the work is of a later period. The Chinese version is in three sections: 大乘論 the Mahāyāna philosophy; 小乘論 the Hīnayāna philosophy; 宋元續入藏諸論 The Song and Yuan Addenda, A.D. 960-1368.

論衡

see styles
 ronkou / ronko
    ろんこう
(work) Lunheng (collection of Chinese classic texts written by Wang Chong); (wk) Lunheng (collection of Chinese classic texts written by Wang Chong)

諜戰


谍战

see styles
dié zhàn
    die2 zhan4
tieh chan
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)

諸蕃

see styles
 shoban
    しょばん
(1) (derogatory term) foreign lands; (2) clans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)

譚盾


谭盾

see styles
tán dùn
    tan2 dun4
t`an tun
    tan tun
Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer

譯成


译成

see styles
yì chéng
    yi4 cheng2
i ch`eng
    i cheng
to translate into (Chinese, English etc)

護照


护照

see styles
hù zhào
    hu4 zhao4
hu chao
 goshou / gosho
    ごしょう
passport; CL:本[ben3],個|个[ge4]
(Chinese) passport

讀法


读法

see styles
dú fǎ
    du2 fa3
tu fa
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)

讀破


读破

see styles
dú pò
    du2 po4
tu p`o
    tu po
to read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3]

讀音


读音

see styles
dú yīn
    du2 yin1
tu yin
pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

豆干

see styles
dòu gān
    dou4 gan1
tou kan
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)

豆豉

see styles
dòu chǐ
    dou4 chi3
tou ch`ih
    tou chih
 touchi; touchii; douchii / tochi; tochi; dochi
    トウチ; トウチー; ドウチー
black bean; black bean sauce
(kana only) {food} (See 豆鼓醤) Chinese fermented black beans (chi: dòuchǐ)

豊干

see styles
 bukan
    ぶかん
(person) Fenggan (Tang-era Chinese monk)

豎提


竖提

see styles
shù tí
    shu4 ti2
shu t`i
    shu ti
stroke𠄌 in Chinese characters (e.g. 以[yi3])

豎直


竖直

see styles
shù zhí
    shu4 zhi2
shu chih
vertical; to erect; to set upright; vertical stroke in Chinese characters; young servant (old)

豎筆


竖笔

see styles
shù bǐ
    shu4 bi3
shu pi
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

豎鉤


竖钩

see styles
shù gōu
    shu4 gou1
shu kou
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)

象形

see styles
xiàng xíng
    xiang4 xing2
hsiang hsing
 ogata
    おがた
pictogram; one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph
(noun - becomes adjective with の) hieroglyphics; type of character representing pictures; (surname) Ogata

豬仔


猪仔

see styles
zhū zǎi
    zhu1 zai3
chu tsai
piglet; (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad

貼吧


贴吧

see styles
tiē bā
    tie1 ba1
t`ieh pa
    tieh pa
Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc.

貼旦


贴旦

see styles
tiē dàn
    tie1 dan4
t`ieh tan
    tieh tan
female supporting actress in a Chinese opera

貼生


贴生

see styles
tiē shēng
    tie1 sheng1
t`ieh sheng
    tieh sheng
male supporting actor in a Chinese opera

賈誼


贾谊

see styles
jiǎ yì
    jia3 yi4
chia i
 kagi
    かぎ
Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
(personal name) Kagi

贔屭


赑屃

see styles
bì xì
    bi4 xi4
pi hsi
(literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times; (literary) strenuous; exerting great force

贛語


赣语

see styles
gàn yǔ
    gan4 yu3
kan yü
 kango
    かんご
Gan dialect, spoken in Jiangxi Province
Gan Chinese (language)

赤匪

see styles
chì fěi
    chi4 fei3
ch`ih fei
    chih fei
red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))

起句

see styles
 kiku
    きく
opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem

趙國


赵国

see styles
zhào guó
    zhao4 guo2
chao kuo
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)

趙薇


赵薇

see styles
zhào wēi
    zhao4 wei1
chao wei
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

趙高


赵高

see styles
zhào gāo
    zhao4 gao1
chao kao
 choukou / choko
    ちょうこう
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
(personal name) Chōkou

跨院

see styles
kuà yuàn
    kua4 yuan4
k`ua yüan
    kua yüan
lateral court (in a Chinese house)

跳棋

see styles
tiào qí
    tiao4 qi2
t`iao ch`i
    tiao chi
Chinese checkers

蹴鞠

see styles
cù jū
    cu4 ju1
ts`u chü
    tsu chü
 kemari; shuukiku / kemari; shukiku
    けまり; しゅうきく
cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

身毒

see styles
shēn dú
    shen1 du2
shen tu
 Shindoku
    しんどく
(archaism) (former Chinese name for) India
Sindhu, Scinde, v. 印度.

躲年

see styles
duǒ nián
    duo3 nian2
to nien
to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)

軍棋


军棋

see styles
jun qí
    jun1 qi2
chün ch`i
    chün chi
land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego

軫宿


轸宿

see styles
zhěn sù
    zhen3 su4
chen su
 Shinshuku
    みつかけぼし
Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(Skt. Aṣāḍhā)

軽声

see styles
 keisei / kese
    けいせい
neutral tone (in spoken Chinese)

轉注


转注

see styles
zhuǎn zhù
    zhuan3 zhu4
chuan chu
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character

辣油

see styles
 raayu / rayu
    ラーユ
(Chinese) chili oil (chi: layou); chile oil; chilli oil

辣韭

see styles
 rakkyou / rakkyo
    らっきょう
    rakkyo
    らっきょ
(1) (kana only) Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

辣韮

see styles
 rakkyou / rakkyo
    らっきょう
    rakkyo
    らっきょ
(1) (kana only) Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek

辭海


辞海

see styles
cí hǎi
    ci2 hai3
tz`u hai
    tzu hai
Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
See: 辞海

農曆


农历

see styles
nóng lì
    nong2 li4
nung li
the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar

近代

see styles
jìn dài
    jin4 dai4
chin tai
 chikayo
    ちかよ
the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
(1) present day; modern times; recent times; (2) (hist) (See 明治維新) early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II); (female given name) Chikayo
in recent times

返り

see styles
 kaeri
    かえり
(1) turning over; flipping over; (2) reply; response; (3) marks indicating the Japanese meaning of the texts of Chinese classics; (4) lapel

送氣


送气

see styles
sòng qì
    song4 qi4
sung ch`i
    sung chi
aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)

逐水

see styles
zhú shuǐ
    zhu2 shui3
chu shui
to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)

通事

see styles
 touji / toji
    とうじ
(1) translation (esp. in court); interpretation; (2) Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese; (surname) Touji

通詞

see styles
 tsuuji / tsuji
    つうじ
(1) translation (esp. in court); interpretation; (2) Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese; (place-name) Tsuuji

通辞

see styles
 tsuuji / tsuji
    つうじ
(1) translation (esp. in court); interpretation; (2) Edo-era translation of Dutch and Chinese

造字

see styles
zào zì
    zao4 zi4
tsao tzu
 zouji / zoji
    ぞうじ
to create Chinese characters; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
kanji formation; character coinage

連寫


连写

see styles
lián xiě
    lian2 xie3
lien hsieh
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)

連山


连山

see styles
lián shān
    lian2 shan1
lien shan
 renyama
    れんやま
Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
(1) mountain range; (2) (hist) Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination); (surname) Ren'yama

連書


连书

see styles
lián shū
    lian2 shu1
lien shu
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)

進士


进士

see styles
jìn shì
    jin4 shi4
chin shih
 niigata / nigata
    にいがた
successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
(1) (See 科挙) palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; (2) (See 式部省) examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination; (surname) Niigata

過年


过年

see styles
guò nián
    guo4 nian2
kuo nien
to celebrate the Chinese New Year

道芝

see styles
 michishiba
    みちしば
(1) roadside grass; roadside weeds; (2) guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide; (3) (See 力芝) Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides); (place-name) Michishiba

達磨


达磨

see styles
dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma
    だるま
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) (kana only) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

遠志


远志

see styles
yuǎn zhì
    yuan3 zhi4
yüan chih
 tooshi
    とおし
far-reaching ambition; lofty ideal; milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
(given name) Tooshi

邯鄲


邯郸

see styles
hán dān
    han2 dan1
han tan
 kantan
    かんたん
see 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2dan1 Shi4]
tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda); (place-name) Handan; Hantan (Chinese city in Heibei province)

郎中

see styles
láng zhōng
    lang2 zhong1
lang chung
doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)

郎平

see styles
láng píng
    lang2 ping2
lang p`ing
    lang ping
Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach

郎朗

see styles
láng lǎng
    lang2 lang3
lang lang
Lang Lang (1982-), Chinese concert pianist

部首

see styles
bù shǒu
    bu4 shou3
pu shou
 bushu
    ぶしゅ
radical of a Chinese character
radical (of a kanji character)

郭嘉

see styles
 kakuka
    かくか
(person) Guo Jia (2nd century CE Chinese commander)

都護


都护

see styles
dū hù
    du1 hu4
tu hu
 togo
    とご
(old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march
(1) (hist) (See 都護府) Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); (2) (hist) (See 按察使) travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)

鄧析


邓析

see styles
dèng xī
    deng4 xi1
teng hsi
Deng Xi (545-501 BC), Chinese philosopher and rhetorician, the first lawyer of ancient China

鄭碼


郑码

see styles
zhèng mǎ
    zheng4 ma3
cheng ma
Zheng coding; original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods; also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]

酒虫

see styles
 sakamushi; sakemushi; shuchuu / sakamushi; sakemushi; shuchu
    さかむし; さけむし; しゅちゅう
(from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740) mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol)

酷派

see styles
kù pài
    ku4 pai4
k`u p`ai
    ku pai
Coolpad Group Ltd, Chinese company

酸桃

see styles
 sumomo
    すもも
(kana only) Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum

酸菜

see styles
suān cài
    suan1 cai4
suan ts`ai
    suan tsai
pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage

醉蝦


醉虾

see styles
zuì xiā
    zui4 xia1
tsui hsia
drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)

釋迦


释迦

see styles
shì jiā
    shi4 jia1
shih chia
 shaka
    しゃか
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
(personal name) Shaka
(釋迦婆) Śakra.; Śākya. the clan or family of the Buddha, said to be derived from śāka, vegetables, but intp. in Chinese as powerful, strong, and explained by 能 powerful, also erroneously by 仁charitable, which belongs rather to association with Śākyamuni. The clan, which is said to have wandered hither from the delta of the Indus, occupied a district of a few thousand square miles lying on the slopes of the Nepalese hills and on the plains to the south. Its capital was Kapilavastu. At the time of Buddha the clan was under the suzerainty of Kośala, an adjoining kingdom Later Buddhists, in order to surpass Brahmans, invented a fabulous line of five kings of the Vivartakalpa headed by Mahāsammata 大三末多; these were followed by five cakravartī, the first being Mūrdhaja 頂生王; after these came nineteen kings, the first being Cetiya 捨帝, the last Mahādeva 大天; these were succeeded by dynasties of 5,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 15,000 kings; after which long Gautama opens a line of 1,100 kings, the last, Ikṣvāku, reigning at Potala. With Ikṣvāku the Śākyas are said to have begun. His four sons reigned at Kapilavastu. 'Śākyamuni was one of his descendants in the seventh generation.' Later, after the destruction of Kapilavastu by Virūḍhaka, four survivors of the family founded the kingdoms of Udyana, Bamyam, Himatala, and Sāmbī. Eitel.

里弄

see styles
lǐ lòng
    li3 long4
li lung
lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

重文

see styles
chóng wén
    chong2 wen2
ch`ung wen
    chung wen
 shigebumi
    しげぶみ
repetitious passage; multiple variants of Chinese characters
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) {gramm} compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 重要文化財) important cultural property; important cultural asset; (given name) Shigebumi

重疊


重叠

see styles
chóng dié
    chong2 die2
ch`ung tieh
    chung tieh
to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)

金威

see styles
jīn wēi
    jin1 wei1
chin wei
Kingway (Chinese beer brand)

金文

see styles
jīn wén
    jin1 wen2
chin wen
 kanebun
    かねぶん
inscription in bronze; bell-cauldron inscription
Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties; (surname) Kanebun

金盾

see styles
 kinjun
    きんじゅん
Golden Shield Project; Chinese network-security project which operates the Great Firewall of China

鉄線

see styles
 tessen
    てっせん
(1) iron (steel) wire; (2) Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower

銅錘


铜锤

see styles
tóng chuí
    tong2 chui2
t`ung ch`ui
    tung chui
mace (weapon); (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸[tong2chui2 hua1lian3])

錯字


错字

see styles
cuò zì
    cuo4 zi4
ts`o tzu
    tso tzu
incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text)

鍾き

see styles
 shouki / shoki
    しょうき
(1) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; (2) Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

鍾馗


钟馗

see styles
zhōng kuí
    zhong1 kui2
chung k`uei
    chung kuei
 shouki / shoki
    しょうき
Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits); (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
(1) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; (2) Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

鎖吶


锁呐

see styles
suǒ nà
    suo3 na4
so na
suona, Chinese shawm; see 嗩吶|唢呐

鑼鼓


锣鼓

see styles
luó gǔ
    luo2 gu3
lo ku
gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments

長庚


长庚

see styles
cháng gēng
    chang2 geng1
ch`ang keng
    chang keng
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk

長征


长征

see styles
cháng zhēng
    chang2 zheng1
ch`ang cheng
    chang cheng
 chousei / chose
    ちょうせい
expedition; long journey
(noun/participle) (1) lengthy military expedition; (2) (hist) Long March (China, 1934-1936); (3) Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)

長芋

see styles
 nagaimo
    ながいも
(kana only) Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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