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始覺


始觉

see styles
shǐ jué
    shi3 jue2
shih chüeh
 shigaku
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

姫電

see styles
 himeden
    ひめでん
(from 姫電話) highly decorated cell phone

婆訶


婆诃

see styles
pó hē
    po2 he1
p`o ho
    po ho
 baka
vāha; it means bearing, carrying, a beast of burden, but is used in the sense of a large grain-container of twenty bushels 斛; supernatural life, or adbhuta, is compared to a vāha full of hemp seed, from which one seed is withdrawn every century. Also婆訶摩.

婚期

see styles
hūn qī
    hun1 qi1
hun ch`i
    hun chi
 konki
    こんき
wedding day
marriageable age; chance of marriage

嫓摩

see styles
pì mó
    pi4 mo2
p`i mo
    pi mo
Bhīmā, terrible, fearful; name of Śiva' s wife. 'A city west of Khoten noted for a Buddha-statue, which had transported itself thither from Udjyana.' Eitel. Xuanzang's Pimo. v. 毗.

嫡傳


嫡传

see styles
dí chuán
    di2 chuan2
ti ch`uan
    ti chuan
handed down in a direct line from the founder

子忌

see styles
 neimi / nemi
    ねいみ
(obscure) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

子果

see styles
zǐ guǒ
    zi3 guo3
tzu kuo
 shika
Seed and fruit; seed-produced fruit is 子果, fruit-produced seed is 果子. The fruit produced by illusion in former incarnation is 子果, which the Hīnayāna arhat has not yet finally cut off. It is necessary to enter Nirvāṇa without remnant of mortality to be free from its "fruit", or karma.

字林

see styles
zì lín
    zi4 lin2
tzu lin
 jirin
    じりん
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
kanji dictionary

字源

see styles
zì yuán
    zi4 yuan2
tzu yüan
 jigen
    じげん
etymology (of a non-Chinese word); origin of a character
(1) origin of a character; (2) composition of a Chinese character; (3) Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

孜然

see styles
zī rán
    zi1 ran2
tzu jan
(loanword from Uyghur) cumin (Cuminum cyminum)

孤園


孤园

see styles
gū yuán
    gu1 yuan2
ku yüan
 Koen
(孤獨園); 給園; 祗洹; 逝多林 Jetavana, the seven-story abode and park presented to Śākyamuni by Anāthapiṇḍaka, who bought it from the prince Jeta. It was a favourite resort of the Buddha, and 'most of the sūtras (authentic and suppositious) date from this spot'. Eitel.

孤雁

see styles
 kogan
    こがん
solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying); (given name) Kogan

孳息

see styles
zī xī
    zi1 xi1
tzu hsi
interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)

宅男

see styles
zhái nán
    zhai2 nan2
chai nan
 takuo
    たくお
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
(personal name) Takuo

守公

see styles
 shuku
    しゅく
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

安居

see styles
ān jū
    an1 ju1
an chü
 yasuoki
    やすおき
to settle down; to live peacefully
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar); (given name) Yasuoki
Tranquil dwelling. varṣā, varṣās, or varṣāvasāna. A retreat during the three months of the Indian rainy season, and also, say some, in the depth of winter. During the rains it was 'difficult to move without injuring insect life'. But the object was for study and meditation. In Tokhara the retreat is said to have been in winter, from the middle of the 12th to the middle of the 3rd moon; in India from the middle of the 5th to the 8th, or the 6th to the 9th moons; usually from Śrāvaṇa, Chinese 5th moon, to Aśvayuja, Chinese 8th moon; but the 16th of the 4th to the 15th of the 7th moon has been the common period in China and Japan. The two annual periods are sometimes called 坐 夏 and 坐 臘 sitting or resting for the summer and for the end of the year. The period is divided into three sections, former, middle, and latter, each of a month.

安房

see styles
 yasufusa
    やすふさ
(hist) Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture); (surname, given name) Yasufusa

安然

see styles
ān rán
    an1 ran2
an jan
 annen
    あんねん
calmly; without qualms; free from worry; safe and sound
(personal name) Annen
Annen

安芸

see styles
 agei / age
    あげい
(hist) Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); (surname) Agei

宗派

see styles
zōng pài
    zong1 pai4
tsung p`ai
    tsung pai
 shuuha / shuha
    しゅうは
sect
(1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry)
Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects.

官難


官难

see styles
guān nán
    guan1 nan2
kuan nan
 kannan
In danger from the law; official oppression.

官非

see styles
guān fēi
    guan1 fei1
kuan fei
lawsuit (from Cantonese)

定休

see styles
 teikyuu / tekyu
    ていきゅう
(abbreviation) (See 定休日・ていきゅうび) regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day

定善

see styles
dìng shàn
    ding4 shan4
ting shan
 sadayoshi
    さだよし
(male given name) Sadayoshi
the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation

定日

see styles
dìng rì
    ding4 ri4
ting jih
 teijitsu; jounichi; joujitsu / tejitsu; jonichi; jojitsu
    ていじつ; じょうにち; じょうじつ
Tingri town and county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet
fixed date; appointed day

定食

see styles
dìng shí
    ding4 shi2
ting shih
 teishoku / teshoku
    ていしょく
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
set meal; special (of the day)

宛も

see styles
 adakamo
    あだかも
    atakamo
    あたかも
(adverb) (1) (kana only) as if; as it were; as though; (2) (kana only) right then; just then; at that moment

実生

see styles
 mibu
    みぶ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) seedling; plant raised from the seed; (surname, female given name) Mibu

客土

see styles
 kyakudo; kakudo
    きゃくど; かくど
land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

客家

see styles
kè jiā
    ke4 jia1
k`o chia
    ko chia
 hakka
    ハッカ
Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south
Hakka; subgroup of Han Chinese living esp. in southeastern China

客賓

see styles
 maroudo / marodo
    まろうど
    marouto / maroto
    まろうと
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) visitor from afar; guest

宣紙


宣纸

see styles
xuān zhǐ
    xuan1 zhi3
hsüan chih
fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui

宵月

see styles
 yoizuki
    よいづき
(See 夕月) evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)

家信

see styles
jiā xìn
    jia1 xin4
chia hsin
 ienobu
    いえのぶ
letter to or from home or family
word from home; (surname) Ienobu

家出

see styles
 iede
    いえで
(n,vs,vi) (1) running away from home; elopement; (n,vs,vi) (2) (archaism) outing; going out; (n,vs,vi) (3) (archaism) becoming a Buddhist monk; entering the priesthood; (surname) Iede

家司

see styles
 ieji
    いえじ
(1) steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (See 政所・3) administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (personal name) Ieji

家家

see styles
jiā jiā
    jia1 jia1
chia chia
 keke
    いえいえ
each house; every house; many houses
one who goes from clan to clan

家數


家数

see styles
jiā shù
    jia1 shu4
chia shu
the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a particular school
See: 家数

家書


家书

see styles
jiā shū
    jia1 shu1
chia shu
 kasho
    かしょ
see 家信[jia1xin4]
letter from home

家法

see styles
jiā fǎ
    jia1 fa3
chia fa
 kahou / kaho
    かほう
the rules and discipline that apply within a family; stick used for punishing children or servants; traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
family code
the dharma [lifestyle] of the householder

家言

see styles
 iegoto
    いえごと
(archaism) news from home; letter from home

家風


家风

see styles
jiā fēng
    jia1 feng1
chia feng
 kafuu; iekaze / kafu; iekaze
    かふう; いえかぜ
(1) family tradition; (2) (いえかぜ only) (archaism) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
family style

宿債


宿债

see styles
sù zhài
    su4 zhai4
su chai
 shukusai
long-standing debt
The unrepaid debts from, or sins of, former incarnations.

宿六

see styles
 yadoroku
    やどろく
(colloquialism) (dated) (from 宿のろくでなし) (See ろくでなし) husband

宿善

see styles
sù shàn
    su4 shan4
su shan
 sukuzen
Good deeds done in previous existence.

宿因

see styles
sù yīn
    su4 yin1
su yin
 sukuin
Good or evil cause in previous existence.

宿執


宿执

see styles
sù zhí
    su4 zhi2
su chih
 shukushū
The character acquired in a previous existence and maintained.

宿忌

see styles
sù jì
    su4 ji4
su chi
 shukuki
The night before a fast-day.

宿根

see styles
sù gēn
    su4 gen1
su ken
 shukune
    しゅくね
perennial root (botany)
{Buddh} fate predetermined from a prior existence; (place-name) Shukune
宿植 The root of one's present lot planted in previous existence.

宿福

see styles
sù fú
    su4 fu2
su fu
 shukufuku
Happy karma from previous existence.

宿緣


宿缘

see styles
sù yuán
    su4 yuan2
su yüan
 shukuen
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
Causation or inheritance from previous existence.

宿習


宿习

see styles
sù xí
    su4 xi2
su hsi
 shuku shū
The practices, habits, or deeds of or inherited from former existence.

寄居

see styles
jì jū
    ji4 ju1
chi chü
 yorii / yori
    よりい
to live away from home
(place-name, surname) Yorii

寄跡


寄迹

see styles
jì jì
    ji4 ji4
chi chi
to live away from home temporarily

寒九

see styles
 kanku
    かんく
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)

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

寒害

see styles
 kangai
    かんがい
damage from cold weather; frost damage

寒松

see styles
 kanmatsu
    かんまつ
(1) winter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter; (2) person who does not waver from their own principles; (surname) Kanmatsu

寒食

see styles
hán shí
    han2 shi2
han shih
 kanshoku
    かんしょく
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节); the Qingming festival
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice

察訪


察访

see styles
chá fǎng
    cha2 fang3
ch`a fang
    cha fang
to make an investigative visit; to go and find out from the source

實操


实操

see styles
shí cāo
    shi2 cao1
shih ts`ao
    shih tsao
to actually do (something) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc); practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作[shi2 ji4 cao1 zuo4])

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

寧日

see styles
 neijitsu / nejitsu
    ねいじつ
peaceful day

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

寸刻

see styles
 sunkoku
    すんこく
moment

寸時

see styles
 sunji
    すんじ
moment; very short time

寸暇

see styles
 sunka
    すんか
moment's leisure; free minute

寸秒

see styles
 sunbyou / sunbyo
    すんびょう
a moment

寸陰


寸阴

see styles
cùn yīn
    cun4 yin1
ts`un yin
    tsun yin
 sunin
    すんいん
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
(usu. in 寸陰を惜しむ) moment; short time

寸隙

see styles
 sungeki
    すんげき
(1) spare time; spare moment; (2) small opening; small crack

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

対馬

see styles
 touma / toma
    とうま
(1) (hist) Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); (2) Tsushima (island); (surname) Touma

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.

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.

尽日

see styles
 jinjitsu
    じんじつ
(n,adv) (1) all day long; (n,adv) (2) last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve

尾張

see styles
 owari
    おわり
(hist) Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Owari

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

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

展望

see styles
zhǎn wàng
    zhan3 wang4
chan wang
 tenbou / tenbo
    てんぼう
outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to
(noun, transitive verb) view; outlook; prospect; (given name) Tenbou

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

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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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