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内縁関係

see styles
 naienkankei / naienkanke
    ないえんかんけい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage

冥顯兩界


冥显两界

see styles
míng xiǎn liǎng jiè
    ming2 xian3 liang3 jie4
ming hsien liang chieh
 myōken ryōkai
The two regions of the dead and of the living.

冬トピア

see styles
 fuyutopia
    ふゆトピア
(kana only) Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

処世哲学

see styles
 shoseitetsugaku / shosetetsugaku
    しょせいてつがく
philosophy of living; philosophy of making one's way through life

出し違う

see styles
 dashichigau
    だしちがう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to miss sending; to miss delivering

出前持ち

see styles
 demaemochi
    でまえもち
boy who delivers cooked food

分べん室

see styles
 bunbenshitsu
    ぶんべんしつ
maternity room; delivery room

分娩作用

see styles
 bunbensayou / bunbensayo
    ぶんべんさよう
delivery; parturition

判取り帳

see styles
 hantorichou / hantoricho
    はんとりちょう
chit book; delivery book

別居期間

see styles
 bekkyokikan
    べっきょきかん
period of separation; time living apart

別無長物


别无长物

see styles
bié wú cháng wù
    bie2 wu2 chang2 wu4
pieh wu ch`ang wu
    pieh wu chang wu
to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life

利樂有情


利乐有情

see styles
lì lè yǒu qíng
    li4 le4 you3 qing2
li le yu ch`ing
    li le yu ching
 riraku ujō
To bless and give joy to the living, or sentient, the work of a bodhisattva.

制限配信

see styles
 seigenhaishin / segenhaishin
    せいげんはいしん
{comp} restricted delivery

刹那主義

see styles
 setsunashugi
    せつなしゅぎ
principle of living only for the moment

勒緊褲帶


勒紧裤带

see styles
lēi jǐn kù dài
    lei1 jin3 ku4 dai4
lei chin k`u tai
    lei chin ku tai
to tighten one's belt; to live more frugally

動きだす

see styles
 ugokidasu
    うごきだす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to come alive; to get going; to start to move

動き出す

see styles
 ugokidasu
    うごきだす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to come alive; to get going; to start to move

勝手気儘

see styles
 kattekimama
    かってきまま
(noun or adjectival noun) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

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.

十二法人

see styles
shí èr fǎ rén
    shi2 er4 fa3 ren2
shih erh fa jen
 jūnihōnin
Those who follow the twelve practices of the ascetics: (1) live in a hermitage; (2) always beg for food; (3) take turns at begging food; (4) one meal a day; (5) reduce amount of food; (6) do not take a drink made of fruit or honey after midday; (7) wear dust-heap garments; (8) wear only the three clerical garments; (9) dwell among graves; (10) stay under a tree; (11) on the dewy ground; (12) sit and never lie.

十五智斷


十五智断

see styles
shí wǔ zhì duàn
    shi2 wu3 zhi4 duan4
shih wu chih tuan
 jūgo chidan
The fifteen days of the waxing moon are likened to the fifteen kinds of increasing wisdom 智, and the fifteen waning days to the fifteen kinds of deliverance from evil 斷.

十羅刹女


十罗刹女

see styles
shí luó chà nǚ
    shi2 luo2 cha4 nv3
shih lo ch`a nü
    shih lo cha nü
 jū rasetsunyo
The ten rākṣasī, or demonesses mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra 陀羅尼品. They are now represented in the temples, each as an attendant on a Buddha or bodhisattva, and are chiefly connected with sorcery. They are said to be previous incarnations of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas with whom they are associated. In their evil state they were enemies of the living, converted they are enemies of evil. There are other definitions. Their names are: (1) 藍婆 Lambā, who is associated with Śākyamuni; (2) 毘藍婆 Vilambā, who is associated with Amitābha; (3) 曲齒 Kūṭadantī, who is associated with 藥師 Bhaiṣajya; (4) 華齒 Puṣpadanti, who is associated with 多賓 Prabhūtaratna; (5) 黑齒 Makuṭadantī, who is associated with 大日 Vairocana; (6) 多髮 Keśinī, who is associated with 普賢 Samantabhadra; (7) 無厭足 ? Acalā, who is associated with 文殊 Mañjuśrī; (8) 持瓔珞 Mālādharī, who is associated with 彌勒Maitreya; (9) 皐帝 Kuntī, who is associated with 觀音 Avalokiteśvara; (10) 奪一切衆生精氣 Sarvasattvaujohārī, who is associated with 地 藏 Kṣitigarbha.

千秋万歳

see styles
 senshuubanzei; senshuubanzai / senshubanze; senshubanzai
    せんしゅうばんぜい; せんしゅうばんざい
(expression) (yoji) may you live a thousand years

升斗小民

see styles
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
    sheng1 dou3 xiao3 min2
sheng tou hsiao min
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth

即日速達

see styles
 sokujitsusokutatsu
    そくじつそくたつ
same-day special delivery

卽心卽佛

see styles
jí xīn jí fó
    ji2 xin1 ji2 fo2
chi hsin chi fo
 sokushin sokubutsu
卽心是佛 (or 卽心成佛) The identity of mind and Buddha, mind is Buddha, the highest doctrine of Mahāyāna; the negative form is 非心非佛 no mind no Buddha, or apart from mind there is no Buddha; and all the living are of the one mind.

厚死薄生

see styles
hòu sǐ bó shēng
    hou4 si3 bo2 sheng1
hou ssu po sheng
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom)

厚積薄發


厚积薄发

see styles
hòu jī bó fā
    hou4 ji1 bo2 fa1
hou chi po fa
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom); good preparation is the key to success; to be well prepared

原稿稼ぎ

see styles
 genkoukasegi / genkokasegi
    げんこうかせぎ
living on one's writing

厭離穢土


厌离秽土

see styles
yàn lí huì tǔ
    yan4 li2 hui4 tu3
yen li hui t`u
    yen li hui tu
 enriedo; onriedo
    えんりえど; おんりえど
(yoji) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
escape from this defiled world

及時行樂


及时行乐

see styles
jí shí xíng lè
    ji2 shi2 xing2 le4
chi shih hsing le
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can; carpe diem

反裘負芻


反裘负刍

see styles
fǎn qiú fù chú
    fan3 qiu2 fu4 chu2
fan ch`iu fu ch`u
    fan chiu fu chu
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom); fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work; fig. to act stupidly

取上げる

see styles
 toriageru
    とりあげる
(transitive verb) (1) to pick up; to take up; (2) to adopt; to feature; to accept; to listen to; (3) to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; (4) to deliver (a child)

受け渡し

see styles
 ukewatashi
    うけわたし
delivery

受け渡す

see styles
 ukewatasu
    うけわたす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

口力外道

see styles
kǒu lì wài dào
    kou3 li4 wai4 dao4
k`ou li wai tao
    kou li wai tao
 kuriki gedō
One of the eleven heretical sects of India. which is said to have compared the mouth to the great void out of which all things were produced. The great void produced the four elements, these produced herbs, and these in turn all the living; or more in detail the void produced wind, wind fire, fire warmth, warmth water, water congealed and formed earth which produced herbs, herbs cereals and life, hence life is food; ultimately all returns to the void, which is nirvana.

召請童子


召请童子

see styles
zhào qǐng tóng zǐ
    zhao4 qing3 tong2 zi3
chao ch`ing t`ung tzu
    chao ching tung tzu
 jōshō dōshi
阿羯囉灑 The inviter, possibly etymologically connected with achāvāka; he is they youth fifth on the left of Mañjuśrī in his group of the Garbhadhātu, and is supposed to invite all the living to enlightenment.

同床異夢


同床异梦

see styles
tóng chuáng yì mèng
    tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4
t`ung ch`uang i meng
    tung chuang i meng
 doushouimu / doshoimu
    どうしょういむ
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas; strange bedfellows; marital dissension
(yoji) cohabiting but living in different worlds

名不副實


名不副实

see styles
míng bù fù shí
    ming2 bu4 fu4 shi2
ming pu fu shih
the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact; Reality does not live up to the name.; Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.

名不符實


名不符实

see styles
míng bù fú shí
    ming2 bu4 fu2 shi2
ming pu fu shih
the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation

名不虛傳


名不虚传

see styles
míng bù xū chuán
    ming2 bu4 xu1 chuan2
ming pu hsü ch`uan
    ming pu hsü chuan
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved

名前負け

see styles
 namaemake
    なまえまけ
(n,vs,vi) failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

吸引分娩

see styles
 kyuuinbunben / kyuinbunben
    きゅういんぶんべん
{med} vacuum delivery

命を繋ぐ

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

和光同塵


和光同尘

see styles
hé guāng tóng jen
    he2 guang1 tong2 jen2
ho kuang t`ung jen
    ho kuang tung jen
 wakoudoujin / wakodojin
    わこうどうじん
(yoji) mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
to dim the radiance and mingle with the dust

和痛分娩

see styles
 watsuubunben / watsubunben
    わつうぶんべん
(See 自然分娩,無痛分娩) delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)

和睦相處


和睦相处

see styles
hé mù xiāng chǔ
    he2 mu4 xiang1 chu3
ho mu hsiang ch`u
    ho mu hsiang chu
to live in harmony; to get along with each other

唾液分泌

see styles
 daekibunpitsu; daekibunpi
    だえきぶんぴつ; だえきぶんぴ
{biol} salivation; secretion of saliva

問罪之師


问罪之师

see styles
wèn zuì zhī shī
    wen4 zui4 zhi1 shi1
wen tsui chih shih
punitive force; a person setting out to deliver severe reproach

四弘誓願


四弘誓愿

see styles
sì hóng shì yuàn
    si4 hong2 shi4 yuan4
ssu hung shih yüan
 shi ku seigan
The four universal vows of a Buddha or bodhisattva: 衆生無邊誓願度 to save all living beings without limit; 煩惱無數誓願斷 to put an end to all passions and delusions however numerous; 法門無盡誓願學 to study and learn all methods and means without end; 佛道無上誓願成 to become perfect in the supreme Buddha-law. The four vows are considered as arising one by one out of the 四諦 Four Noble Truths.

四攝菩薩


四摄菩萨

see styles
sì shè pú sà
    si4 she4 pu2 sa4
ssu she p`u sa
    ssu she pu sa
 shishō bosatsu
四攝衆; 四攝全剛 The four bodhisattvas in the Vajradhātu with the hook, the rope, the chain, and the bell, whose office is to 化他 convert the living.

国民生活

see styles
 kokuminseikatsu / kokuminsekatsu
    こくみんせいかつ
life of the people; people's lives; citizens' livelihoods

國情咨文


国情咨文

see styles
guó qíng zī wén
    guo2 qing2 zi1 wen2
kuo ch`ing tzu wen
    kuo ching tzu wen
speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to the Federal Assembly etc)

土階茅屋


土阶茅屋

see styles
tǔ jiē máo wū
    tu3 jie1 mao2 wu1
t`u chieh mao wu
    tu chieh mao wu
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)

土階茅茨


土阶茅茨

see styles
tǔ jiē máo cí
    tu3 jie1 mao2 ci2
t`u chieh mao tz`u
    tu chieh mao tzu
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)

在りし日

see styles
 arishihi
    ありしひ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days; (adj-no,n) (2) while still alive; during one's lifetime

地域生活

see styles
 chiikiseikatsu / chikisekatsu
    ちいきせいかつ
(1) community life; local life; regional life; (2) integration in the community; living in the local community (social work)

地牛翻身

see styles
dì niú fān shēn
    di4 niu2 fan1 shen1
ti niu fan shen
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)

売り食い

see styles
 urigui
    うりぐい
(n,vs,vi) living by selling off one's possessions

壽命不長


寿命不长

see styles
shòu mìng bù cháng
    shou4 ming4 bu4 chang2
shou ming pu ch`ang
    shou ming pu chang
one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.)

壽比南山


寿比南山

see styles
shòu bǐ nán shān
    shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1
shou pi nan shan
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live!

外分泌腺

see styles
wài fēn mì xiàn
    wai4 fen1 mi4 xian4
wai fen mi hsien
 gaibunpitsusen
    がいぶんぴつせん
exocrine gland; gland producing external secretion (e.g. saliva)
exocrine gland

外国生活

see styles
 gaikokuseikatsu / gaikokusekatsu
    がいこくせいかつ
life in a foreign country; living abroad

大慈恩寺

see styles
dà cí ēn sì
    da4 ci2 en1 si4
ta tz`u en ssu
    ta tzu en ssu
 daijionji
    だいじおんじ
Daci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an
(place-name) Daijionji
The monastery of "Great Kindness and Grace", built in Changan by the crown prince of Taizong C.E. 648, where Xuanzang lived and worked and to which in 652 he added its pagoda, said to be 200 feet high, for storing the scriptures and relics he had brought from India.

大般涅槃

see styles
dà bān niè pán
    da4 ban1 nie4 pan2
ta pan nieh p`an
    ta pan nieh pan
 dai han nehan
mahāparinirvāṇa, explained by 大入滅息 the great, or final entrance into extinction and cessation; or 大圓寂入 great entrance into perfect rest; 大滅度 great extinction and passing over (from mortality). It is interpreted in Mahāyāna as meaning the cessation or extinction of passion and delusion, of mortality, and of all activities, and deliverance into a state beyond these concepts. In Mahāyāna it is not understood as the annihilation, or cessation of existence; the reappearance of Dīpaṃkara 然燈 (who had long entered nirvāṇa) along with Śākyamuni on the Vulture Peak supports this view. It is a state above all terms of human expression. See the Lotus Sutra and the Nirvāṇa sūtra.

天各一方

see styles
tiān gè yī fāng
    tian1 ge4 yi1 fang1
t`ien ko i fang
    tien ko i fang
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other

天涯比隣

see styles
 tengaihirin
    てんがいひりん
(expression) (yoji) a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood

如來藏性


如来藏性

see styles
rú lái zàng xìng
    ru2 lai2 zang4 xing4
ju lai tsang hsing
 nyoraizō shō
The natures of all the living are the nature of the Tathāgata; for which v. the 如來藏經, 如來藏論, etc.

孑遺生物


孑遗生物

see styles
jié yí shēng wù
    jie2 yi2 sheng1 wu4
chieh i sheng wu
living fossil

孤魂野鬼

see styles
gū hún yě guǐ
    gu1 hun2 ye3 gui3
ku hun yeh kuei
wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on

宅配ピザ

see styles
 takuhaipiza
    たくはいピザ
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza

宅配業者

see styles
 takuhaigyousha / takuhaigyosha
    たくはいぎょうしゃ
package delivery company

安土重遷


安土重迁

see styles
ān tǔ zhòng qiān
    an1 tu3 zhong4 qian1
an t`u chung ch`ien
    an tu chung chien
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long; to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it

実データ

see styles
 jitsudeeta
    じつデータ
{comp} live data; actual data

実写映画

see styles
 jisshaeiga / jisshaega
    じっしゃえいが
(1) live-action film; (2) film that uses footage of real scenes and events

実弾射撃

see styles
 jitsudanshageki
    じつだんしゃげき
firing practice with live ammunition

実弾演習

see styles
 jitsudanenshuu / jitsudanenshu
    じつだんえんしゅう
live-ammunition exercise

実況中継

see styles
 jikkyouchuukei / jikkyochuke
    じっきょうちゅうけい
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast

実況放送

see styles
 jikkyouhousou / jikkyohoso
    じっきょうほうそう
on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report

実況配信

see styles
 jikkyouhaishin / jikkyohaishin
    じっきょうはいしん
live streaming; live broadcasting (over the Internet)

実況録音

see styles
 jikkyourokuon / jikkyorokuon
    じっきょうろくおん
live (audio) recording

家畜登録

see styles
 kachikutouroku / kachikutoroku
    かちくとうろく
registration of livestock

寄人籬下


寄人篱下

see styles
jì rén lí xià
    ji4 ren2 li2 xia4
chi jen li hsia
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

寅吃卯糧


寅吃卯粮

see styles
yín chī mǎo liáng
    yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2
yin ch`ih mao liang
    yin chih mao liang
lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later

實況照片


实况照片

see styles
shí kuàng zhào piàn
    shi2 kuang4 zhao4 pian4
shih k`uang chao p`ien
    shih kuang chao pien
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)

實況轉播


实况转播

see styles
shí kuàng zhuǎn bō
    shi2 kuang4 zhuan3 bo1
shih k`uang chuan po
    shih kuang chuan po
to broadcast live from the scene; live relay

實況錄音


实况录音

see styles
shí kuàng lù yīn
    shi2 kuang4 lu4 yin1
shih k`uang lu yin
    shih kuang lu yin
live recording

小取回し

see styles
 kodorimawashi
    こどりまわし
    kotorimawashi
    ことりまわし
lively or quick witted person

居住空間

see styles
 kyojuukuukan / kyojukukan
    きょじゅうくうかん
living space

居候生活

see styles
 isourouseikatsu / isorosekatsu
    いそうろうせいかつ
living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

履舄交錯


履舄交错

see styles
lǚ xì jiāo cuò
    lu:3 xi4 jiao1 cuo4
lü hsi chiao ts`o
    lü hsi chiao tso
lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go; a lively party

川向こう

see styles
 kawamukou / kawamuko
    かわむこう
(1) the other side of a river; (2) (sensitive word) the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live

帰国子女

see styles
 kikokushijo
    きこくしじょ
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

帰国生徒

see styles
 kikokuseito / kikokuseto
    きこくせいと
(more usu. 帰国子女) (See 帰国子女) school student who has returned to Japan after living abroad

年金生活

see styles
 nenkinseikatsu / nenkinsekatsu
    ねんきんせいかつ
(living on a) pension; annuity

座位分娩

see styles
 zaibunben
    ざいぶんべん
{med} delivery in a sitting position; giving birth sitting

引き渡し

see styles
 hikiwatashi
    ひきわたし
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

引き渡す

see styles
 hikiwatasu
    ひきわたす
(transitive verb) to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

引出佛性

see styles
yǐn chū fó xìng
    yin3 chu1 fo2 xing4
yin ch`u fo hsing
    yin chu fo hsing
 inshutsu busshō
One of the 三佛性 q. v. the Buddha-nature in all the living to be developed by proper processes.

彈多落迦


弹多落迦

see styles
dàn duō luò jiā
    dan4 duo1 luo4 jia1
tan to lo chia
 Dantaraka
Dantalokagiri, a mountain (the montes Daedali of Justinian) near Varuṣa with its cavern (now called Kashmiri-Ghār), where Sudāna lived.

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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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).



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