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ぶり返す

see styles
 burikaesu
    ぶりかえす
(v5s,vi) to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again

ブルスク

see styles
 burusuku
    ブルスク
(abbreviation) {comp} (See ブルースクリーン) Blue Screen of Death (Windows error screen); BSoD

もふもふ

see styles
 mofumofu
    もふもふ
(adj-na,adv) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy

やり込み

see styles
 yarikomi
    やりこみ
{vidg} self-imposed challenge (e.g. speedrun, 100% completion, no deaths)

よい天気

see styles
 yoitenki
    よいてんき
(exp,n) fine weather; fair weather

リーザム

see styles
 riizamu / rizamu
    リーザム
(personal name) Leatham

リーズズ

see styles
 riizuzu / rizuzu
    リーズズ
(personal name) Leathes

レザペパ

see styles
 rezapepa
    レザペパ
(See レザーレット) coated paper; leatherette paper

一了百了

see styles
yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
    yi1 liao3 bai3 liao3
i liao pai liao
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles

一命嗚呼


一命呜呼

see styles
yī mìng wū hū
    yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1
i ming wu hu
to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost

一息つく

see styles
 hitoikitsuku
    ひといきつく
(exp,v5k) (1) to take a breather; to take a rest; (2) to catch one's breath; to take a breath

一息半步

see styles
yī xī bàn bù
    yi1 xi1 ban4 bu4
i hsi pan pu
 issoku hanpo
Half a step at a breathing on arising from meditation.

一息吐く

see styles
 hitoikitsuku
    ひといきつく
(exp,v5k) (1) to take a breather; to take a rest; (2) to catch one's breath; to take a breath

一気飲み

see styles
 ikkinomi
    いっきのみ
(noun/participle) chugging an entire drink without stopping to take a breath

一眼之龜


一眼之龟

see styles
yī yǎn zhī guī
    yi1 yan3 zhi1 gui1
i yen chih kuei
 ichigen no kame
A sea turtle with only one eye, and that underneath, entered a hollow in a floating log; the log, tossed by the waves, happened to roll over, whereupon the turtle momentarily saw the sun and moon; an illustration of the rareness of the appearance of a Buddha; also of the difficulty of being reborn as a man.

一股清流

see styles
yī gǔ qīng liú
    yi1 gu3 qing1 liu2
i ku ch`ing liu
    i ku ching liu
(fig.) a breath of fresh air

一路貨色


一路货色

see styles
yī lù huò sè
    yi1 lu4 huo4 se4
i lu huo se
(idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same cloth

七不可避

see styles
qī bù kě bì
    qi1 bu4 ke3 bi4
ch`i pu k`o pi
    chi pu ko pi
 shichi fukahi
The seven unavoidables— rebirth, old age, sickness, death, punishment (for sin), happiness (for goodness), consequences (cause and effect 因緣).

万死一生

see styles
 banshiisshou / banshissho
    ばんしいっしょう
(yoji) advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death

三種身苦


三种身苦

see styles
sān zhǒng shēn kǔ
    san1 zhong3 shen1 ku3
san chung shen k`u
    san chung shen ku
 sanshu shinku
The three duḥkha or afflictions of the body — old age, sickness, death.

三貞九烈


三贞九烈

see styles
sān zhēn jiǔ liè
    san1 zhen1 jiu3 lie4
san chen chiu lieh
(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory

三長兩短


三长两短

see styles
sān cháng liǎng duǎn
    san1 chang2 liang3 duan3
san ch`ang liang tuan
    san chang liang tuan
unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death

不免一死

see styles
bù miǎn yī sǐ
    bu4 mian3 yi1 si3
pu mien i ssu
cannot avoid being killed; cannot escape death; to be mortal

不屑一顧


不屑一顾

see styles
bù xiè yī gù
    bu4 xie4 yi1 gu4
pu hsieh i ku
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)

不生不滅


不生不灭

see styles
bù shēng bù miè
    bu4 sheng1 bu4 mie4
pu sheng pu mieh
 fushoufumetsu / fushofumetsu
    ふしょうふめつ
{Buddh} (See 生滅) neither arising nor ceasing
v. 不滅 'Neither (to be) born nor ended' is another term for 常住 permanent, eternal; nothing having been created nothing can be destroyed; Hīnayāna limits the meaning to the state of nirvana, no more births and deaths; Mahāyāna in its Mādhyamika form extends it universally, no birth and death, no creation and annihilation, see 中論.

不連続線

see styles
 furenzokusen
    ふれんぞくせん
{met} (See 前線・1) line of discontinuity; (weather) front

中陰法事


中阴法事

see styles
zhōng yīn fǎ shì
    zhong1 yin1 fa3 shi4
chung yin fa shih
 chūon hōji
The means used (by the deceased' s family) for ensuring a favorable reincarnation during the intermediate stage, between death and reincarnation.

乍暖還寒


乍暖还寒

see styles
zhà nuǎn huán hán
    zha4 nuan3 huan2 han2
cha nuan huan han
(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold

乗りきる

see styles
 norikiru
    のりきる
(transitive verb) (1) to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; (2) to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; (v5r,vi) (3) to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

乗り切る

see styles
 norikiru
    のりきる
(transitive verb) (1) to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; (2) to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; (v5r,vi) (3) to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

乗り潰す

see styles
 noritsubusu
    のりつぶす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)

九死一生

see styles
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
    jiu3 si3 yi1 sheng1
chiu ssu i sheng
 kyuushiisshou / kyushissho
    きゅうしいっしょう
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
(yoji) narrow escape from the jaw of death

亂石砸死


乱石砸死

see styles
luàn shí zá sǐ
    luan4 shi2 za2 si3
luan shih tsa ssu
to stone to death

事故物件

see styles
 jikobukken
    じこぶっけん
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred

二種涅槃


二种涅槃

see styles
èr zhǒng niè pán
    er4 zhong3 nie4 pan2
erh chung nieh p`an
    erh chung nieh pan
 nishu nehan
Two nirvanas: (1) 有餘涅槃 also 有餘依 That with a remnant; the cause 因 has been annihilated, but the remnant of the effect 果 still remains, so that a saint may enter this nirvana during life, but have to continue to live in this mortal realm till the death of his body. (2) 無餘涅槃 or 無餘依 Remnantless nirvāṇa, without cause and effect, the connection with the chain of mortal life being ended, so that the saint enters upon perfect nirvāṇa on the death of the body; cf. 智度論 31. Another definition is that Hīnayāna has further transmigration, while Mahāyāna maintains final nirvana. "Nothing remnaining" is differently interpreted in different schools, by some literally, but in Mahāyāna generally, as meaning no further mortal suffering, i.e. final nirvāṇa.

二部五部

see styles
èr bù wǔ bù
    er4 bu4 wu3 bu4
erh pu wu pu
 nibu gobu
The two are the divisions which took place immediately after the Buddha's death into (a) the elder monks or intimate disciples, and (b) the general body of disciples, styled respectively 上座 and 大衆 q.v.; the five are the divisions, which are said to have occurred a century later, into Dharma-guptah 曇無德, Mulasarvastivadah 薩婆多, Mahisasakah 彌沙塞, Kasyapiyah迦葉遣 and Vatsiputriya 姿麤富羅.

五五百年

see styles
wǔ wǔ bǎi nián
    wu3 wu3 bai3 nian2
wu wu pai nien
 go go hyakunen
The five periods each of 500 years. In the tenth chapter of the 大集月藏經 the Buddha is reported as saying that after his death there would be five successive periods each of 500 years, strong consecutively in power (1) of salvation, (2) of meditation, (3) of learning, (4) of stūpa and temple building, and finally (5) of dissension.

五停四念

see styles
wǔ tíng sì niàn
    wu3 ting2 si4 nian4
wu t`ing ssu nien
    wu ting ssu nien
 gojō shinen
idem 五停心觀 and 四念處 i. e. the five meditations for settling the mind and ridding it of the five errors of desire, hate, ignorance, the self, and a wayward or confused mind; the five meditations are 不淨觀, 慈悲觀, 因緣觀, 界分別觀 and 數息觀 i. e. the vileness of all things, pity for all, causality, right discrimination, breathing; some substitute meditation on the Buddha in place of the fourth; another division puts breathing first, and there are other differences.

五大使者

see styles
wǔ dà shǐ zhě
    wu3 da4 shi3 zhe3
wu ta shih che
 go dai shisha
五天使者 The five dūta, i. e. great lictors, or deva-messengers— birth, old age, disease, death, earthly laws and punishments— said to be sent by Māra as warnings.

五月晴れ

see styles
 satsukibare
    さつきばれ
early-summer fine weather (during rainy season)

五風十雨

see styles
 gofuujuuu / gofujuu
    ごふうじゅうう
(yoji) seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace

亡五衆物


亡五众物

see styles
wáng wǔ zhòng wù
    wang2 wu3 zhong4 wu4
wang wu chung wu
 mōgoshu motsu
The things left behind at death by any one of the five orders of monks or nuns; clothing, etc., being divided among the other monks or nuns; valuables and land, etc., going to the establishment.

人工吹氣


人工吹气

see styles
rén gōng chuī qì
    ren2 gong1 chui1 qi4
jen kung ch`ui ch`i
    jen kung chui chi
to inflate using one's breath; (in CPR) to give a rescue breath

人工皮革

see styles
 jinkouhikaku / jinkohikaku
    じんこうひかく
artificial leather

人琴俱亡

see styles
rén qín jù wáng
    ren2 qin2 ju4 wang2
jen ch`in chü wang
    jen chin chü wang
person and lute have both vanished (idiom); death of a close friend

人的損失

see styles
 jintekisonshitsu
    じんてきそんしつ
loss of life; human losses; death

人身事故

see styles
rén shēn shì gù
    ren2 shen1 shi4 gu4
jen shen shih ku
 jinshinjiko
    じんしんじこ
accident causing injury or death
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

人造皮革

see styles
 jinzouhikaku / jinzohikaku
    じんぞうひかく
artificial leather; synthetic leather; faux leather

今わの際

see styles
 imawanokiwa
    いまわのきわ
verge of death; dying moments

今際の際

see styles
 imawanokiwa
    いまわのきわ
verge of death; dying moments

仏涅槃忌

see styles
 butsunehanki
    ぶつねはんき
{Buddh} (See 涅槃会) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

仰人鼻息

see styles
yǎng rén bí xī
    yang3 ren2 bi2 xi1
yang jen pi hsi
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living

休息時間

see styles
 kyuusokujikan / kyusokujikan
    きゅうそくじかん
recess; break; breathing spell

偕老同穴

see styles
 kairoudouketsu; kairoudouketsu / kairodoketsu; kairodoketsu
    かいろうどうけつ; カイロウドウケツ
(1) (かいろうどうけつ only) (yoji) happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; (2) (kana only) Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)

停滞前線

see styles
 teitaizensen / tetaizensen
    ていたいぜんせん
stationary weather front

偽袋鼯鼠

see styles
 nisefukuromomonga; nisefukuromomonga
    にせふくろももんが; ニセフクロモモンガ
(kana only) feathertail possum (Distoechurus pennatus); feather-tailed possum

傷害致死

see styles
 shougaichishi / shogaichishi
    しょうがいちし
{law} manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death

傷心致死


伤心致死

see styles
shāng xīn zhì sǐ
    shang1 xin1 zhi4 si3
shang hsin chih ssu
to grieve to death; to die of a broken-heart

全天候型

see styles
 zentenkougata / zentenkogata
    ぜんてんこうがた
(adj-no,n) all-weather; weather-proof

八不正觀


八不正观

see styles
bā bù zhèng guān
    ba1 bu4 zheng4 guan1
pa pu cheng kuan
 happu shōkan
Meditation on the eight negations 八不. These eight, birth, death, etc., are the 八迷 eight misleading ideas, or 八計 eight wrong calculations. No objection is made to the terms in the apparent, or relative, sense 俗諦, but in the real or absolute sense 眞諦 these eight ideas are incorrect, and the truth lies between them ; in the relative, mortality need not be denied, but in the absolute we cannot speak of mortality or immortality. In regard to the relative view, beings have apparent birth and apparent death from various causes, but are not really born and do not really die, i.e. there is the difference of appearance and reality. In the absolute there is no apparent birth and apparent death. The other three pairs are similarly studied.

八十誦律


八十诵律

see styles
bā shí sòng lǜ
    ba1 shi2 song4 lv4
pa shih sung lü
 hachijū shōritsu
The original Vinaya recited by the Buddha's disciple Upāli eighty times during the summer retreat, while the Tripiṭaka was being composed after the Buddha's death.

八重眞寶


八重眞宝

see styles
bā zhòng zhēn bǎo
    ba1 zhong4 zhen1 bao3
pa chung chen pao
 hachijū(no)shinpō
The eight weighty and truly precious things, i.e. the eight metals, which depend for evaluation on gold, the highest and greatest, used to illustrate the Buddha as supreme and the other classes in grades beneath him. Also 八重無價, i.e. the eight priceless things.

凍え死に

see styles
 kogoejini
    こごえじに
(noun/participle) (sensitive word) death from cold; freezing to death

凍え死ぬ

see styles
 kogoeshinu; kogoejinu
    こごえしぬ; こごえじぬ
(v5n,vi) to freeze to death; to die of cold

切り死に

see styles
 kirijini
    きりじに
(noun/participle) (sensitive word) fighting to the death (with swords)

刹那無常


刹那无常

see styles
chàn à wú cháng
    chan4 a4 wu2 chang2
ch`an a wu ch`ang
    chan a wu chang
 setsu namujō
Not a moment is permanent, but passes through the stages of birth, stay, change, death.

刺し殺す

see styles
 sashikorosu
    さしころす
(transitive verb) to stab to death

労働災害

see styles
 roudousaigai / rodosaigai
    ろうどうさいがい
work-related injury or death

動人心魄


动人心魄

see styles
dòng rén xīn pò
    dong4 ren2 xin1 po4
tung jen hsin p`o
    tung jen hsin po
(idiom) breathtaking; deeply affecting

十七回忌

see styles
 juushichikaiki / jushichikaiki
    じゅうしちかいき
16th anniversary of one's death

十三回忌

see styles
 juusankaiki / jusankaiki
    じゅうさんかいき
12th anniversary of one's death

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十二眞如

see styles
shí èr zhēn rú
    shi2 er4 zhen1 ru2
shih erh chen ju
 jūni shinnyo
The twelve aspects of the bhūtatathhatā or the ultimate, which is also styled the 十二無為 "inactive" or nirvana-like: and the 十二空 "void" or immaterial: (1) The chen ju itself; (2) 法界 as the medium of all things; (3) 法性 as the nature of all things; (4) 不虛妄性 its reality contra the unreality of phenomena; (5) 不變異性 its immutability contra mortality and phenomenal variation; (6) 平等性 as universal or undifferentiated; (7) 離生性 as immortal, i.e. apart from birth and death, or creation and destruction; (8) 法定 as eternal, its nature ever sure; (9) 法住 as the abode of all things; (10) 實際 as the bounds of all reality; (11) 虛空界 as the realm of space, the void, or immateriality; (12)不思議界 as the realm beyond thought or expression.

十死一生

see styles
 jisshiisshou / jisshissho
    じっしいっしょう
(1) (yoji) narrow escape from the jaws of death; (2) there being barely a chance of escaping death

千里鵝毛


千里鹅毛

see styles
qiān lǐ é máo
    qian1 li3 e2 mao2
ch`ien li o mao
    chien li o mao
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]

半革装丁

see styles
 hankawasoutei / hankawasote
    はんかわそうてい
half-leather binding

危急存亡

see styles
 kikyuusonbou / kikyusonbo
    ききゅうそんぼう
(yoji) life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened

却入生死

see styles
quer u shēng sǐ
    quer4 u4 sheng1 si3
quer u sheng ssu
 kakunyū shōji
To leave his perfect life to enter into the round of births and deaths, as a Bodhisattva does.

卵天狗茸

see styles
 tamagotengutake; tamagotengutake
    たまごてんぐたけ; タマゴテングタケ
(kana only) death cap (Amanita phalloides); death cup

厳寒の候

see styles
 genkannokou / genkannoko
    げんかんのこう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) the coldest season (weather)

取り殺す

see styles
 torikorosu
    とりころす
(transitive verb) to haunt to death; to possess and kill

口が臭い

see styles
 kuchigakusai
    くちがくさい
(exp,adj-i) having bad breath; having halitosis

叩き殺す

see styles
 tatakikorosu
    たたきころす
(transitive verb) to beat to death

台風一過

see styles
 taifuuikka / taifuikka
    たいふういっか
(yoji) clear weather after a typhoon has passed

司馬穰苴


司马穰苴

see styles
sī mǎ ráng jū
    si1 ma3 rang2 ju1
ssu ma jang chü
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

合成皮革

see styles
 gouseihikaku / gosehikaku
    ごうせいひかく
synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette

吐故納新


吐故纳新

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tǔ gù nà xīn
    tu3 gu4 na4 xin1
t`u ku na hsin
    tu ku na hsin
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

吸いこむ

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 suikomu
    すいこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to imbibe; (2) to absorb; to soak up

吸い込む

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 suikomu
    すいこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to imbibe; (2) to absorb; to soak up

吹きこむ

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 fukikomu
    ふきこむ
(v5m,vi,vt) (1) to blow into; to breathe into; (transitive verb) (2) to inspire; to indoctrinate; (3) to record (music, video, etc.)

吹き込む

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 fukikomu
    ふきこむ
(v5m,vi,vt) (1) to blow into; to breathe into; (transitive verb) (2) to inspire; to indoctrinate; (3) to record (music, video, etc.)

吹掛ける

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 fukikakeru
    ふきかける
(transitive verb) (1) to blow upon; to breathe on; to spray; (2) to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); (3) to exaggerate; to overcharge

呪い殺す

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 noroikorosu
    のろいころす
(transitive verb) to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone

呼吸停止

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 kokyuuteishi / kokyuteshi
    こきゅうていし
{med} cessation of breathing; respiratory arrest

呼吸困難

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 kokyuukonnan / kokyukonnan
    こきゅうこんなん
{med} labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea

呼哧呼哧

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hū chi hū chi
    hu1 chi5 hu1 chi5
hu ch`ih hu ch`ih
    hu chih hu chih
(onom.) rapid breathing

呼気検査

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 kokikensa
    こきけんさ
breath test; breathalyzer test

命を削る

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 inochiokezuru
    いのちをけずる
(exp,v5r) to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

命を拾う

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 inochiohirou / inochiohiro
    いのちをひろう
(exp,v5u) to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death

命を繋ぐ

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 inochiotsunagu
    いのちをつなぐ
(exp,v5g) to survive; to continue living; to escape death

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

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