I am shipping orders on Thursday this week. News and More Info
There are 2390 total results for your The Old Way - Old School search. I have created 24 pages of results for you. Each page contains 100 results...
<...1011121314151617181920...>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
代表人物 see styles |
dài biǎo rén wù dai4 biao3 ren2 wu4 tai piao jen wu |
representative individual (of a school of thought) |
以心傳心 以心传心 see styles |
yǐ xīn chuán xīn yi3 xin1 chuan2 xin1 i hsin ch`uan hsin i hsin chuan hsin ishin denshin |
Direct transmission from mind to mind, as contrasted with the written word; the intuitive principle of the Chan (Zen), or intuitive school. |
伊勢神道 see styles |
iseshintou / iseshinto いせしんとう |
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine) |
伊頓公學 伊顿公学 see styles |
yī dùn gōng xué yi1 dun4 gong1 xue2 i tun kung hsüeh |
Eton public school (English elite school) |
体育学校 see styles |
taiikugakkou / taikugakko たいいくがっこう |
(org) Physical Training School; (o) Physical Training School |
体験入学 see styles |
taikennyuugaku / taikennyugaku たいけんにゅうがく |
trial experience of a school; attending trial classes at a school before enrolling |
佛光國師 see styles |
fó guāng guó shī fo2 guang1 guo2 shi1 fo kuang kuo shih Bukkō Kokushi |
Chinese monk of the Linji (J. Rinzai) school 臨濟宗. Founder of the Bukkō Branch 佛光派, one of the twenty-four transmissions of Zen 禪宗二十四流 that reached Japan. Came to Japan in 1279 following the invitation by Hōjō Tokimune. Founder of the Engakuji 圓覺寺 in Kamakura. |
佛槃勢羅 佛槃势罗 see styles |
fó pán shì luó fo2 pan2 shi4 luo2 fo p`an shih lo fo pan shih lo Buppanseira |
Pūrvaśailāḥ, or Eastern Hill; one of the five divisions of the Māhāsaṇghika school. A monastery east of Dhanakaṭaka, i.e. Amarāvatī, on the R. Godavery. |
保育園児 see styles |
hoikuenji ほいくえんじ |
child in nursery school |
保護者会 see styles |
hogoshakai ほごしゃかい |
(1) legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); (2) parent-teacher's meeting |
修学旅行 see styles |
shuugakuryokou / shugakuryoko しゅうがくりょこう |
excursion; field trip; school trip |
停学処分 see styles |
teigakushobun / tegakushobun ていがくしょぶん |
(See 停学) suspension from school |
儒家思想 see styles |
rú jiā sī xiǎng ru2 jia1 si1 xiang3 ju chia ssu hsiang |
Confucian thoughts; the thinking of the Confucian school |
入不二門 入不二门 see styles |
rù bù èr mén ru4 bu4 er4 men2 ju pu erh men nyū funi mon |
To enter the school of monism, i.e. that the 一實one great reality is universal and absolute without differentiation. |
入学願書 see styles |
nyuugakugansho / nyugakugansho にゅうがくがんしょ |
application for admittance to a school |
全校生徒 see styles |
zenkouseito / zenkoseto ぜんこうせいと |
whole student body; all the pupils in the school |
全校集会 see styles |
zenkoushuukai / zenkoshukai ぜんこうしゅうかい |
school assembly |
八宗九宗 see styles |
bā zōng jiǔ zōng ba1 zong1 jiu3 zong1 pa tsung chiu tsung hasshū kushū |
八家九宗 The eight Japanese schools 八宗 with the Zen 禪 school added. The first four are almost or entirely extinct. |
八識體一 八识体一 see styles |
bā shì tǐ yī ba1 shi4 ti3 yi1 pa shih t`i i pa shih ti i hasshikitai ichi |
The eight perceptions are fundamentally unity, opposed by the 唯識 school with the doctrine 八識體別 that they are fundamentally discrete. |
公民学校 see styles |
koumingakkou / komingakko こうみんがっこう |
citizenship training school |
公立学校 see styles |
kouritsugakkou / koritsugakko こうりつがっこう |
public school |
公立學校 公立学校 see styles |
gōng lì xué xiào gong1 li4 xue2 xiao4 kung li hsüeh hsiao |
public school See: 公立学校 |
公立高校 see styles |
kouritsukoukou / koritsukoko こうりつこうこう |
public high school |
六十二見 六十二见 see styles |
liù shí èr jiàn liu4 shi2 er4 jian4 liu shih erh chien rokujūni ken |
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group. |
出世說部 出世说部 see styles |
chū shì shuō bù chu1 shi4 shuo1 bu4 ch`u shih shuo pu chu shih shuo pu Shusse setsu bu |
出世部 (出世間說部) (or 出世語言部) Lokottaravādinaḥ, 盧倶多婆拖部 an offshoot of the Māhāsaṇghikāḥ division of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools; the tenets of the school are unknown, but the name, as implied by the Chinese translation, suggests if not the idea of Ādi-Buddha, yet that of supra-mundane nature. |
出張授業 see styles |
shucchoujugyou / shucchojugyo しゅっちょうじゅぎょう |
school visit |
分別說部 分别说部 see styles |
fēn bié shuō bù fen1 bie2 shuo1 bu4 fen pieh shuo pu Funbetsusetsu bu |
The Vibhajyavādins. A school the origin of which is obscure. The meaning of the term, not necessarily limited to this school, is the method of particularization in dealing with questions in debate. It is suggested that this school was established to harmonize the differences between the Sthavirās and Mahāsāṅghikas. The Abhidharma Pitaka 'as we have it in the Pali Canon, is the definite work of this school ', Keith, 153. |
分數掛帥 分数挂帅 see styles |
fēn shù guà shuài fen1 shu4 gua4 shuai4 fen shu kua shuai |
preoccupied with school grades; overemphasis on test scores |
刑名之學 刑名之学 see styles |
xíng míng zhī xué xing2 ming2 zhi1 xue2 hsing ming chih hsüeh |
xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4] |
初等教育 see styles |
chū děng jiào yù chu1 deng3 jiao4 yu4 ch`u teng chiao yü chu teng chiao yü shotoukyouiku / shotokyoiku しょとうきょういく |
primary education; junior school education elementary education |
初級中學 初级中学 see styles |
chū jí zhōng xué chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2 ch`u chi chung hsüeh chu chi chung hsüeh |
junior high school; junior middle school |
初級小學 初级小学 see styles |
chū jí xiǎo xué chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2 ch`u chi hsiao hsüeh chu chi hsiao hsüeh |
lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小[chu1 xiao3]) |
別向圓修 别向圆修 see styles |
bié xiàng yuán xiū bie2 xiang4 yuan2 xiu1 pieh hsiang yüan hsiu bekkō enshu |
The 向 of the 別教, i. e. the Separatist or Differentiating school, is the 修 of the 圓教 or Perfect school; i.e. when the 別教 Bodhisattva reaches the stage of the 十囘向, he has reached the 修 stage of the perfect nature and observance according to the 圓教 or Perfect school. |
別樹一幟 别树一帜 see styles |
bié shù yī zhì bie2 shu4 yi1 zhi4 pieh shu i chih |
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own |
別樹一旗 别树一旗 see styles |
bié shù yī qí bie2 shu4 yi1 qi2 pieh shu i ch`i pieh shu i chi |
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own |
別理隨緣 别理随缘 see styles |
bié lǐ suí yuán bie2 li3 sui2 yuan2 pieh li sui yüan betsuri zuien |
The 理 li is the 眞如 bhūtatathatā, which one school says is different in operation, while another asserts that it is the same, for all things are the chen-ju . |
制度学派 see styles |
seidogakuha / sedogakuha せいどがくは |
institutionalism; institutional school |
勤儉辦學 勤俭办学 see styles |
qín jiǎn bàn xué qin2 jian3 ban4 xue2 ch`in chien pan hsüeh chin chien pan hsüeh |
to run a school diligently and thriftily |
化制二教 see styles |
huà zhì èr jiào hua4 zhi4 er4 jiao4 hua chih erh chiao ke sei nikyō |
The twofold division of the Buddha's teaching into converting or enlightening and discipline, as made by the Vihaya School, v. 化行. |
化学学校 see styles |
kagakugakkou / kagakugakko かがくがっこう |
(org) Chemical School; (o) Chemical School |
北欧学派 see styles |
hokuougakuha / hokuogakuha ほくおうがくは |
{econ} Stockholm school |
医科大学 see styles |
ikadaigaku いかだいがく |
medical university; medical college; medical school |
十不二門 十不二门 see styles |
shí bù èr mén shi2 bu4 er4 men2 shih pu erh men jū funi mon |
The school of the ten pairs of unified opposites founded by Jingxi 荊溪 on the teaching of the Lotus sūtra. There are several books bearing the name. The unifying principle is that of the identity of contraries, and the ten apparent contraries are matter and mind, internal and external, 修證 practice and proof (or realization), cause and effect, impurity and purity, objective and subjective, self and other, 三業 action, speech, and thought, 權實 relative and absolute, the fertilized and the fertilizer (i.e. receiver and giver). There are several treatises on the subject in the Canon. |
十大論師 十大论师 see styles |
shí dà lùn shī shi2 da4 lun4 shi1 shih ta lun shih jū dai ronji |
ten masters [of the Indian Yogâcāra school] |
千の利休 see styles |
sennorikyuu / sennorikyu せんのりきゅう |
(person) Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591) (founder of the Sen School of tea ceremony) |
卒業検定 see styles |
sotsugyoukentei / sotsugyokente そつぎょうけんてい |
driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test) |
南山律宗 see styles |
nán shān lǜ zōng nan2 shan1 lv4 zong1 nan shan lü tsung Nansan risshū |
the Vinaya school of the southern mountain |
原級留置 see styles |
genkyuuryuuchi / genkyuryuchi げんきゅうりゅうち |
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition |
受験勉強 see styles |
jukenbenkyou / jukenbenkyo じゅけんべんきょう |
(noun/participle) studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations) |
只底舸部 see styles |
zhǐ dǐ gě bù zhi3 di3 ge3 bu4 chih ti ko pu Shiteika bu |
只底興世羅部; 支提加部; 支提山部; 制多山部; 住支提山部; 逝多林 (or 逝多苑); 祇桓 Jetavanīyāḥ or Jetīyaśailāḥ. School of the dwellers on Mount Jeta, or 勝林部 School of Jetṛvana. A subdivision of the Stṣṭhavirāḥ Cf. 北. |
各種学校 see styles |
kakushugakkou / kakushugakko かくしゅがっこう |
{law} miscellaneous school; legal category of schools including certain vocational schools, driving schools, cram schools, etc. |
合宿免許 see styles |
gasshukumenkyo がっしゅくめんきょ |
taking an intensive driving course while staying in accommodation provided by the driving school; driving school camp |
合縱連橫 合纵连横 see styles |
hé zòng lián héng he2 zong4 lian2 heng2 ho tsung lien heng |
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) |
吹奏楽部 see styles |
suisougakubu / suisogakubu すいそうがくぶ |
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble |
品學兼優 品学兼优 see styles |
pǐn xué jiān yōu pin3 xue2 jian1 you1 p`in hsüeh chien yu pin hsüeh chien yu |
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school); a paragon of virtue and learning |
唯識中道 唯识中道 see styles |
wéi shì zhōng dào wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4 wei shih chung tao yuishiki chūdō |
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal. |
商業学校 see styles |
shougyougakkou / shogyogakko しょうぎょうがっこう |
(hist) commercial school |
商科院校 see styles |
shāng kē yuàn xiào shang1 ke1 yuan4 xiao4 shang k`o yüan hsiao shang ko yüan hsiao |
Business school |
商船学校 see styles |
shousengakkou / shosengakko しょうせんがっこう |
merchant-marine school |
器械運動 see styles |
kikaiundou / kikaiundo きかいうんどう |
apparatus gymnastics; gymnastics (esp. at school); exercise using gymnastics equipment |
四分律宗 see styles |
sì fēn lǜ zōng si4 fen1 lv4 zong1 ssu fen lü tsung Shibunrisshū |
Four Part Vinaya School |
四箇大乘 see styles |
sì gè dà shèng si4 ge4 da4 sheng4 ssu ko ta sheng shika daijō |
The four Mahāyānas, i. e. the four great schools: (1) 華嚴 Huayan or Avataṃsaka; (2) 天台 Tiantai; (3) 眞言 Zhenyan, Shingon, or esoteric; (4) 禪 Chan, Zen, or intuitive school. Another group is the 法相, 三論, 天台, and 華嚴. |
図画工作 see styles |
zugakousaku / zugakosaku ずがこうさく |
drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts |
国民学校 see styles |
kokumingakkou / kokumingakko こくみんがっこう |
(hist) elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947) |
国際学校 see styles |
kokusaigakkou / kokusaigakko こくさいがっこう |
(See インターナショナルスクール) international school |
國民中學 国民中学 see styles |
guó mín zhōng xué guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2 kuo min chung hsüeh |
junior high school (Tw); abbr. to 國中|国中[guo2 zhong1] |
國民小學 国民小学 see styles |
guó mín xiǎo xué guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2 kuo min hsiao hsüeh |
elementary school (Tw) |
圓融三諦 圆融三谛 see styles |
yuán róng sān dì yuan2 rong2 san1 di4 yüan jung san ti enyū sandai |
The three dogmas of 空假中 as combined, as one and the same, as a unity, according to the Tiantai inclusive or perfect school. The universal 空 apart from the particular 假 is an abstraction. The particular apart from the universal is unreal. The universal realizes its true nature in the particular, and the particular derives its meaning from the universal. The middle path 中 unites these two aspects of one reality. |
土曜保育 see styles |
doyouhoiku / doyohoiku どようほいく |
Saturday childcare (e.g. at a nursery school) |
地論學派 地论学派 see styles |
dì lùn xué pài di4 lun4 xue2 pai4 ti lun hsüeh p`ai ti lun hsüeh pai Chiron gakuha |
doctrinal lineage of the School of the Treatise on the Bhūmis |
執金剛神 执金刚神 see styles |
zhí jīn gāng shén zhi2 jin1 gang1 shen2 chih chin kang shen shukongoujin; shuukongoujin; shikkongoujin / shukongojin; shukongojin; shikkongojin しゅこんごうじん; しゅうこんごうじん; しっこんごうじん |
{Buddh} (See 金剛杵,仁王) Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods) vajrapāṇi, vajradhara. Any deva-holder of the vajra. (1) Indra, who in a former incarnation took an oath to defend Buddhism, was reborn as king of the yakṣas, hence he and his yakṣas carry vajras. (2) Mañjuśrī as the spiritual reflex of the Dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya. (3) A popular deity, the terror of all enemies of Buddhist believers, specially worshipped in exorcisms and sorcery by the Yoga school. |
夏期大学 see styles |
kakidaigaku かきだいがく |
university summer school; college summer school |
夏期学校 see styles |
kakigakkou / kakigakko かきがっこう |
summer school |
夜間中学 see styles |
yakanchuugaku / yakanchugaku やかんちゅうがく |
evening middle school |
夜間学校 see styles |
yakangakkou / yakangakko やかんがっこう |
evening school; night school |
夜間高校 see styles |
yakankoukou / yakankoko やかんこうこう |
evening high school |
大中學生 大中学生 see styles |
dà zhōng xué sheng da4 zhong1 xue2 sheng5 ta chung hsüeh sheng |
university and high school students |
大学別曹 see styles |
daigakubessou / daigakubesso だいがくべっそう |
(See 大学寮,七大私学) Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto |
大曼荼羅 大曼荼罗 see styles |
dà màn tú luó da4 man4 tu2 luo2 ta man t`u lo ta man tu lo daimandara だいまんだら |
{Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅・ししゅまんだら) great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity (大曼) The great maṇḍala; one of four groups of Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the esoteric school. The esoteric word 阿 "a " is styled the great maṇḍala-king. |
大自在天 see styles |
dà zì zài tiān da4 zi4 zai4 tian1 ta tzu tsai t`ien ta tzu tsai tien daijizaiten だいじざいてん |
{Buddh} Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon) Maheśvara, 摩醯首濕伐羅 or Śiva, lord of the present chiliocosm, or universe; he is described under two forms, one as the prince of demons, the other as divine, i.e. 毘舍闍 Piśācamaheśvara and 淨居 Śuddhāvāsa- or Śuddhodanamaheśvara. As Piśāca, head of the demons, he is represented with three eyes and eight arms, and riding on a white bull; a bull or a linga being his symbol. The esoteric school takes him for the transformation body of Vairocana, and as appearing in many forms, e.g. Viṣṇu, Nārāyana (i.e. Brahmā), etc. His wife (śakti) is Bhīmā, or 大自在天婦. As Śuddhāvāsa, or Pure dwelling, he is described as a bodhisattva of the tenth or highest degree, on the point of entering Buddhahood. There is dispute as to whether both are the same being, or entirely different. The term also means the sixth or highest of the six desire heavens. |
大運動会 see styles |
daiundoukai / daiundokai だいうんどうかい |
(See 運動会) big athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day |
大阪桐蔭 see styles |
oosakatouin / oosakatoin おおさかとういん |
(org) Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbreviation); (o) Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbreviation) |
天台九神 see styles |
tiān tái jiǔ shén tian1 tai2 jiu3 shen2 t`ien t`ai chiu shen tien tai chiu shen Tentai kujin |
The nine patriarchs of the Tiantai sect: 龍樹 Nāgārjuna; 慧文 Hui-wen of the 北齊 Northern Qi dynasty; 慧思 Huici of 南嶽 Nanyue; 智者 (or 智顗) Zhizhe, or Zhiyi; 灌頂 Guanding of 章安 Changan; 法華 Fahua; 天宮 Tiangung; 左溪 Zuoxi; and 湛然 Zhanran of 荊溪. The ten patriarchs 十祖 are the above nine with 道邃 Daosui considered a patriarch in Japan, because he was the teacher of Dengyo Daishi who brought the Tendai system to that country in the ninth century. Some name Huiwen and Huici as the first and second patriarchs of the school of thought developed by Zhiyi at Tiantai; v. 天台宗. |
天台大師 天台大师 see styles |
tiān tái dà shī tian1 tai2 da4 shi1 t`ien t`ai ta shih tien tai ta shih tendaidaishi てんだいだいし |
(personal name) Tendaidaishi The actual founder of the Tiantai 'school' 智顗 Zhiyi; his 字 was 德安 De-an, and his surname 陳 Chen, A. D. 538-597. Studying under 慧思 Huici of Hunan, he was greatly influenced by his teaching; and found in the Lotus Sutra the real interpretation of Mahayanism. In 575 he first came to Tiantai and established his school, which in turn was the foundation of important Buddhist schools in Korea and Japan. |
女子校生 see styles |
joshikousei / joshikose じょしこうせい |
student of a girls' school |
女子高校 see styles |
joshikoukou / joshikoko じょしこうこう |
(See 女子高) girls' high school |
女子高生 see styles |
joshikousei / joshikose じょしこうせい |
female high school student |
女房学校 see styles |
nyoubougakkou / nyobogakko にょうぼうがっこう |
(org) The School For Wives; (o) The School For Wives |
妙心寺派 see styles |
miào xīn sì pài miao4 xin1 si4 pai4 miao hsin ssu p`ai miao hsin ssu pai Myōshinji ha |
Myōshinji school |
妙法蓮華 妙法莲华 see styles |
miào fǎ lián huá miao4 fa3 lian2 hua2 miao fa lien hua myōhō renge |
法華 The wonderful truth as found in the Lotus Sutra. the One Vehicle Sutra; which is said to contain 實法 Buddha's complete truth as compared with his previous 權法 or 方便法, i.e. partial, or expedient teaching, but both are included in this perfect truth. The sutra is the Saddhamapuṇḍarīka 正法華經 or (添品妙法蓮華經) 妙法蓮華經, also known as 薩曇芥陀利經, of which several translations in whole or part were made from Sanskrit into Chinese, the most popular being by Kumārajīva. It was the special classic of the Tiantai school, which is sometimes known as the 蓮宗 Lotus school, and it profoundly influenced Buddhist doctrine in China, Japan, and Tibet. The commentaries and treatises on it are very numerous; two by Chih-i 智顗 of the Tiantai school being the妙法蓮華經文句 and the 玄義. |
婆蹉富羅 婆蹉富罗 see styles |
pó cuō fù luó po2 cuo1 fu4 luo2 p`o ts`o fu lo po tso fu lo Bashafura |
(婆蹉富多羅) The above school, a branch of the Sarvāstivādins, v. 犢. |
孔子家語 孔子家语 see styles |
kǒng zǐ jiā yǔ kong3 zi3 jia1 yu3 k`ung tzu chia yü kung tzu chia yü koushikego / koshikego こうしけご |
The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects; abbr. to 家語|家语[Jia1 yu3] (work) The School Sayings of Confucius; Family Sayings of Confucius; Kongzi Jiayu; (wk) The School Sayings of Confucius; Family Sayings of Confucius; Kongzi Jiayu |
学びの園 see styles |
manabinosono まなびのその |
(exp,n) (See 学びの庭) educational institution; school |
学びの庭 see styles |
manabinoniwa まなびのにわ |
(exp,n) (See 学びの園) educational institution; school |
学校保健 see styles |
gakkouhoken / gakkohoken がっこうほけん |
school health |
学校債券 see styles |
gakkousaiken / gakkosaiken がっこうさいけん |
school bond or debenture |
学校制度 see styles |
gakkouseido / gakkosedo がっこうせいど |
educational system; school system |
学校帰り see styles |
gakkougaeri / gakkogaeri がっこうがえり |
on the way home from school |
学校教育 see styles |
gakkoukyouiku / gakkokyoiku がっこうきょういく |
school education; formal education |
学校文法 see styles |
gakkoubunpou / gakkobunpo がっこうぶんぽう |
(1) school grammar; (2) system of Japanese grammar used in Japanese schools and dictionaries |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
<...1011121314151617181920...>
This page contains 100 results for "The Old Way - Old School" 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
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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.
No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.