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天灯 see styles |
tentou / tento てんとう |
sky lantern (light paper lantern elevated by hot air from the flame) |
天色 see styles |
tiān sè tian1 se4 t`ien se tien se tenshoku てんしょく |
color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather weather; sky colour; sky color |
天親 天亲 see styles |
tiān qīn tian1 qin1 t`ien ch`in tien chin amachika あまちか |
one's flesh and blood (surname) Amachika Vasubandhu, 伐蘇畔度; 婆藪槃豆 (or 婆修槃豆) (or 婆修槃陀) 'akin to the gods ', or 世親 'akin to the world'. Vasubandhu is described as a native of Puruṣapura, or Peshawar, by Eitel as of Rājagriha, born '900 years after the nirvana', or about A. D. 400; Takakusu suggests 420-500, Peri puts his death not later than 350. In Eitel's day the date of his death was put definitely at A. D. 117. Vasubandhu's great work, the Abhidharmakośa, is only one of his thirty-six works. He is said to be the younger brother of Asaṅga of the Yogācāra school, by whom he was converted from the Sarvāstivāda school of thought to that of Mahāyāna and of Nāgārjuna. On his conversion he would have 'cut out his tongue' for its past heresy, but was dissuaded by his brother, who bade him use the same tongue to correct his errors, whereupon he wrote the 唯識論 and other Mahayanist works. He is called the twenty-first patriarch and died in Ayodhya. |
天魔 see styles |
tiān mó tian1 mo2 t`ien mo tien mo tenma てんま |
demonic; devil {Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good deva-māra, 魔羅 one of the four Māras, who dwells in the sixth heaven. Paranirmita-vaśa-vartin, at the top of the Kāmadhātu, with his innumerable host, whence he constantly obstructs the Buddha-truth and its followers. He is also styled 殺者 the slayer; also 波旬 explained by 惡愛 sinful love or desire, as he sends his daughters to seduce the saints; also 波卑 (波卑夜) Papiyan, the evil one. He is the special Māra of the Śākyamuni period; other Buddhas suffer from other Māras; v. 魔. |
太子 see styles |
tài zǐ tai4 zi3 t`ai tzu tai tzu takako たかこ |
crown prince (1) crown prince; (2) (abbreviation) (from 聖徳太子) Prince Shōtoku; (female given name) Takako Kumaararāja. Crownprince. An epithet of Buddhas, and of Mañjuśrī. |
太客 see styles |
futokyaku ふときゃく |
(slang) (nightlife industry jargon; from 太っ腹な客) big spender |
太織 see styles |
futoori ふとおり |
thick silk cloth; coarse silk cloth; silk cloth made from coarse fibers (futoito, tamaito or noshiito) |
失散 see styles |
shī sàn shi1 san4 shih san |
to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from |
失眠 see styles |
shī mián shi1 mian2 shih mien |
to suffer from insomnia |
失脚 see styles |
shikkyaku しっきゃく |
(n,vs,vi) losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown |
失道 see styles |
shī dào shi1 dao4 shih tao |
(literary) to lose one's way; to get lost; (literary) to stray from the proper course |
夾擊 夹击 see styles |
jiā jī jia1 ji1 chia chi |
pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks |
夾攻 夹攻 see styles |
jiā gōng jia1 gong1 chia kung |
attack from two sides; pincer movement; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks |
夾當 夹当 see styles |
jiā dāng jia1 dang1 chia tang |
crucial moment; critical time |
奔る see styles |
hashiru はしる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to run; (2) to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; (3) to hurry to; (4) to retreat (from battle); to take flight; (5) to run away from home; (6) to elope; (7) to tend heavily toward; (8) to flash; to streak; to shoot through (e.g. pain) |
奔騰 奔腾 see styles |
bēn téng ben1 teng2 pen t`eng pen teng hontou / honto ほんとう |
(of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop (n,vs,vi) soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride |
套用 see styles |
tào yòng tao4 yong4 t`ao yung tao yung |
to apply (something hitherto used in a different context); to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation); to borrow (a phrase); (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) |
奧客 奥客 see styles |
ào kè ao4 ke4 ao k`o ao ko |
(Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo pr. [àu-kheh]) |
女書 女书 see styles |
nǚ shū nu:3 shu1 nü shu nyosho にょしょ |
nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan Nüshu script; syllabic script derived from Chinese characters |
奶昔 see styles |
nǎi xī nai3 xi1 nai hsi |
milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) |
奶汁 see styles |
nǎi zhī nai3 zhi1 nai chih |
milk from a woman's breast; milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce) |
好報 好报 see styles |
hǎo bào hao3 bao4 hao pao |
karmic reward (resulting from good deeds, in contrast to karmic retribution 惡報|恶报[e4 bao4]) |
好康 see styles |
hǎo kāng hao3 kang1 hao k`ang hao kang yoshiyasu よしやす |
(Tw) benefit; advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang]) (personal name) Yoshiyasu |
如是 see styles |
rú shì ru2 shi4 ju shih nyoze にょぜ |
thus (1) {Buddh} (See 如是我聞) ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); (2) (abbreviation) (See 十如是) ten thusnesses (in Tendai); (given name) Nyoze evam; thus, so; so it is; so let it be; such and such; (as)... so. Most of the sūtras open with the phrase如是我聞 or 聞如是 Thus have I heard, i. e. from the Buddha. |
妙中 see styles |
miào zhōng miao4 zhong1 miao chung taenaka たえなか |
(surname) Taenaka The profound medium (madhya); the universal life essence, the absolute, the bhūtatathatā which expresses the unity of all things, i.e. the doctrine held by Tiantai as distinguished from the 別教 which holds the madhya doctrine but emphasizes the dichotomy of the 空 transcendental and 假 phenomenal. |
妙假 see styles |
miào jiǎ miao4 jia3 miao chia myōke |
The profound meaning of phenomena of Tiantai, that they are the bhūtatathatā (e.g. water and wave) as distinguished from the 別教 view; cf. 妙中. |
妥壩 妥坝 see styles |
tuǒ bà tuo3 ba4 t`o pa to pa |
former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet; replaced by Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999 |
始從 始从 see styles |
shǐ cóng shi3 cong2 shih ts`ung shih tsung shijū |
starting from... |
始発 see styles |
shihatsu しはつ |
(1) (See 終発) first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; (2) (See 終着) departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.) |
始終 始终 see styles |
shǐ zhōng shi3 zhong1 shih chung shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
from beginning to end; all along (adv,n) continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last Beginning and end, first and last. |
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 (form) 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[jia1 xin4] 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 |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "From This Moment Forward - From This Day Forward" 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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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