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奴国

see styles
 nanokuni; nakoku
    なのくに; なこく
Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)

好気

see styles
 kouki / koki
    こうき
(noun - becomes adjective with の) easygoing; optimistic; conceited

好適

see styles
 kouteki / koteki
    こうてき
(noun or adjectival noun) ideal; fit; fitted; fitting; suitable

如實


如实

see styles
rú shí
    ru2 shi2
ju shih
 nyo jitsu
as things really are; realistic
Real, reality, according to reality ( yathābhūtam); true; the 眞如 zhenru, or bhūtatathatā, for which it is also used; the universal undifferentiated, i. e. 平等不二, or the primary essence out of which the phenomenal arises; 如實空 is this essence in its purity; 如實不空 is this essence in its differentiation.

如數


如数

see styles
rú shù
    ru2 shu4
ju shu
in the amount stipulated (by prior agreement); in full; in the same amount

如来

see styles
 nyorai
    にょらい
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities); (g,p) Nyorai

如題


如题

see styles
rú tí
    ru2 ti2
ju t`i
    ju ti
as the title suggests; as indicated in the title

妄執


妄执

see styles
wàng zhí
    wang4 zhi2
wang chih
 mōjū
    もうしゅう
(Buddhist term) deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
False tenets, holding on to false views.

妄心

see styles
wàng xīn
    wang4 xin1
wang hsin
 moushin; moujin / moshin; mojin
    もうしん; もうじん
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things)
A wrong, false, or misleading mind.

妄念

see styles
wàng niàn
    wang4 nian4
wang nien
 mounen / monen
    もうねん
wild fantasy; unwarranted thought
{Buddh} conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
False or misleading thoughts.

妄稱


妄称

see styles
wàng chēng
    wang4 cheng1
wang ch`eng
    wang cheng
 mōshō
to make a false and unwarranted declaration
[falsely] claiming to be something

妙心

see styles
miào xīn
    miao4 xin1
miao hsin
 myōshin
The mind or heart wonderful and profound beyond human thought. According to Tiantai the 別教 limited this to the mind 眞心 of the Buddha, while the 圓教 universalized it to include the unenlightened heart 妄心 of all men.

妙有

see styles
miào yǒu
    miao4 you3
miao yu
 tayu
    たゆ
(female given name) Tayu
The absolute reality, the incomprehensible entity, as contrasted with the superficial reality of phenomena; supernatural existence.

妙筆


妙笔

see styles
miào bǐ
    miao4 bi3
miao pi
talented, gifted or ingenious writing

妹君

see styles
 imoutogimi; imogimi; maikun / imotogimi; imogimi; maikun
    いもうとぎみ; いもぎみ; まいくん
(honorific or respectful language) (dated) (younger) sister

姉君

see styles
 anegimi
    あねぎみ
(honorific or respectful language) (dated) (elder) sister

始發


始发

see styles
shǐ fā
    shi3 fa1
shih fa
 shihatsu
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey); to start (being issued or circulated); to start (happening); originating
to initiate

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.

委靡

see styles
wěi mǐ
    wei3 mi3
wei mi
dispirited; depressed

姫菱

see styles
 himebishi; himebishi
    ひめびし; ヒメビシ
(kana only) Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

姫電

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

娘分

see styles
 musumebun
    むすめぶん
(1) treating someone as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter; (2) (archaism) woman who manages geisha (Edo period)

婆心

see styles
pó xīn
    po2 xin1
p`o hsin
    po hsin
(literary) kindheartedness

婦人


妇人

see styles
fù rén
    fu4 ren2
fu jen
 fujin
    ふじん
married woman
(sensitive word) (dated) (See 紳士) woman; lady; adult female
"Nothing is so dangerous to monastic chastity as woman"; she is the root of all misery, hindrance, destruction, bondage, sorrow, hatred, blindness, etc.

婿入

see styles
 mukoiri
    むこいり
(noun/participle) being adopted into the family of one's bride

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.

嫡子

see styles
dí zǐ
    di2 zi3
ti tzu
 chakushi
    ちゃくし
son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3])
(1) heir; (2) legitimate child
a rightful heir

嫡親


嫡亲

see styles
dí qīn
    di2 qin1
ti ch`in
    ti chin
closely related by blood

子分

see styles
 kobun
    こぶん
(1) henchman; follower; (2) (archaism) adopted child

子璿

see styles
zǐ xuán
    zi3 xuan2
tzu hsüan
 Shisen
A famous learned monk Zixuan, of the Song dynasty whose style was 長水 Changshui, the name of his district; he had a large following; at first he specialized on the Śūraṃgama 楞嚴經; later he adopted the teaching of 賢首 Xianshou of the 華嚴宗 Huayan school.

孑然

see styles
jié rán
    jie2 ran2
chieh jan
 ketsuzen
    けつぜん
solitary; lonely; alone
(adj-t,adv-to) isolated; alone; helpless

字典

see styles
zì diǎn
    zi4 dian3
tzu tien
 jiten
    じてん
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary; CL:本[ben3]
character dictionary; kanji dictionary

字緣


字缘

see styles
zì yuán
    zi4 yuan2
tzu yüan
 jien
母音 The 12 or 14 Sanskrit vowels, as contrasted with the 35 or 36 consonants, which are 根本 radical or 字界 limited or fixed letters.

字輪


字轮

see styles
zì lún
    zi4 lun2
tzu lun
 jirin
The wheel, rotation, or interchange of words for esoteric purposes, especially the five Sanskrit signs adopted for the five elements, earth, water, fire, air, space.

存外

see styles
 zongai
    ぞんがい
(adj-na,adj-no,adv,n) beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

孝順


孝顺

see styles
xiào shùn
    xiao4 shun4
hsiao shun
 takayori
    たかより
filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
(noun or adjectival noun) obedience; filial piety; (personal name) Takayori
Obedient.

孟婆

see styles
mèng pó
    meng4 po2
meng p`o
    meng po
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life; (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind

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.

孤城

see styles
 kojou / kojo
    こじょう
solitary castle; isolated castle; (given name) Kojō

孤塁

see styles
 korui
    こるい
isolated stronghold

孤山

see styles
gū shān
    gu1 shan1
ku shan
 kozan
    こざん
isolated peak
(given name) Kozan
An isolated hill; a monastery in Kiangsu and name of one of its monks.

孤島


孤岛

see styles
gū dǎo
    gu1 dao3
ku tao
 kotou / koto
    ことう
isolated island
solitary island; isolated island; (given name) Kotō

孤立

see styles
gū lì
    gu1 li4
ku li
 koritsu
    こりつ
to isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
(n,vs,vi) isolation; being alone; being friendless

孤絕


孤绝

see styles
gū jué
    gu1 jue2
ku chüeh
isolated; solitary

孤絶

see styles
 kozetsu
    こぜつ
(n,vs,vi) being isolated; being separated; being cut off

孤軍

see styles
 kogun
    こぐん
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force

孤雁

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

学外

see styles
 gakugai
    がくがい
(adj-no,n) outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural

学法

see styles
 gakuhou / gakuho
    がくほう
(abbreviation) (See 学校法人・がっこうほうじん) (legally) incorporated educational institution

孫山


孙山

see styles
sūn shān
    sun1 shan1
sun shan
 magoyama
    まごやま
Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar
(surname) Magoyama

孰料

see styles
shú liào
    shu2 liao4
shu liao
who would have thought?; who could have imagined?; unexpectedly

學壞


学坏

see styles
xué huài
    xue2 huai4
hsüeh huai
to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples

學悔


学悔

see styles
xué huǐ
    xue2 hui3
hsüeh hui
 gakuge
Studying to repent, as when a monk having committed sin seeks to repent.

學步


学步

see styles
xué bù
    xue2 bu4
hsüeh pu
to learn to walk; (fig.) to learn something, making unsteady progress; to get started on the learning curve

孽緣


孽缘

see styles
niè yuán
    nie4 yuan2
nieh yüan
ill-fated relationship

守職


守职

see styles
shǒu zhí
    shou3 zhi2
shou chih
to observe one's duty steadfastly; devoted to one's job

安南

see styles
ān nán
    an1 nan2
an nan
 yasuminami
    やすみなみ
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam); Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century); Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period); old name for Vietnam; Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan; Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
Annam (old name for Vietnam); (surname) Yasuminami

安廩


安廪

see styles
ān lǐn
    an1 lin3
an lin
 Anrin
Anlin, a noted monk circa A. D. 500.

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

安易

see styles
 ani
    あんい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) easy; simple; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic; irresponsible; careless; quick (to do)

安気

see styles
 anki
    あんき
(noun or adjectival noun) (dated) carefree; easy; comfortable; (surname) Anki

安直

see styles
 yasunao
    やすなお
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (negative nuance) simple; easy; simplistic; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (dated) inexpensive; cheap; (personal name) Yasunao

安芸

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

安遠


安远

see styles
ān yuǎn
    an1 yuan3
an yüan
 An En
see 安遠縣|安远县[An1 yuan3 Xian4]
Two noted monks of the 晉 Chin dynasty, i. e. 道安 Dao-an and 慧遠 Huiyuan.

宋慈

see styles
sòng cí
    song4 ci2
sung tz`u
    sung tzu
Song Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3 yuan1 Ji2 lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text

宋音

see styles
 souon / soon
    そうおん
(See 唐音・とうおん,宋・そう・1) sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)

完完

see styles
 kankan
    かんかん
(expression) (1) (often at end of document) (See 完・かん・1,以上・いじょう・5) confirmed as completed; (expression) (2) (abbreviation) (See 完全完売・かんぜんかんばい) everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

完結


完结

see styles
wán jié
    wan2 jie2
wan chieh
 kanketsu
    かんけつ
to finish; to conclude; completed
(n,vs,vi) conclusion; completion

宏量

see styles
 hirokazu
    ひろかず
(noun or adjectival noun) generous; broad-hearted; (given name) Hirokazu

宗師


宗师

see styles
zōng shī
    zong1 shi1
tsung shih
 shūshi
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
an eminent monk

宗法

see styles
zōng fǎ
    zong1 fa3
tsung fa
 souhou / soho
    そうほう
patriarchal clan system
(hist) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order; (place-name) Souhou
宗體 The thesis of a syllogism consisting of two terms, each of which has five different names: 自性 subject; 差別 its differentiation; 有法 that which acts; 法 the action; 所別 that which is differentiated; 能別 that which differentiates; 前陳 first statement; 後陳 following statement; 宗依 that on which the syllogism depends, both for subject and predicate.

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.

宗門


宗门

see styles
zōng mén
    zong1 men2
tsung men
 muneto
    むねと
(religious) denomination; sect; (given name) Muneto
Originally the general name for sects. Later appropriated to itself by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school, which refers to the other schools as 教門 teaching sects, i. e. those who rely on the written word rather than on the 'inner light'.

官兵

see styles
guān bīng
    guan1 bing1
kuan ping
 kanpei / kanpe
    かんぺい
(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
(1) government soldier; (2) officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted

官制

see styles
guān zhì
    guan1 zhi4
kuan chih
 kansei / kanse
    かんせい
the civil service system; the bureaucratic system
government-regulated organization or facility, etc. (organisation)

官吏

see styles
guān lì
    guan1 li4
kuan li
 kanri
    かんり
bureaucrat; official
(dated) government official; public servant; civil servant

官寺

see styles
guān sì
    guan1 si4
kuan ssu
 kanji
    かんじ
state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
government temple

官選

see styles
 kansen
    かんせん
(noun, transitive verb) government-appointed

定光

see styles
dìng guāng
    ding4 guang1
ting kuang
 joukou / joko
    じょうこう
(place-name) Jōkou
(1) Dīpaṃkara 提洹羯; 然燈佛, to whom Śākyamuni offered five lotuses when the latter was 儒童 Rutong Bodhisattva, and was thereupon designated as a coming Buddha. He is called the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni. He appears whenever a Buddha preaches the Lotus Sutra. (2) Crystal, or some other bright stone.

定刻

see styles
 teikoku / tekoku
    ていこく
appointed time; timetable; schedule

定向

see styles
dìng xiàng
    ding4 xiang4
ting hsiang
to orientate; directional; directed; orienteering

定散

see styles
dìng sàn
    ding4 san4
ting san
 jōsan
A settled, or a wandering mind; the mind organized by meditation, or disorganized by distraction. The first is characteristic of the saint and sage, the second of the common untutored man. The fixed heart may or may not belong to the realm of transmigration; the distracted heart has the distinctions of good, bad, or indifferent.

定数

see styles
 sadakazu
    さだかず
(1) fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); (2) {math} (See 変数) constant; invariable; (3) {comp} literal; (4) (dated) fate; (male given name) Sadakazu

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

定時


定时

see styles
dìng shí
    ding4 shi2
ting shih
 teiji / teji
    ていじ
to fix a time; fixed time; timed (of explosive etc)
(1) fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; appointed hour; (2) fixed period; scheduled period; (surname) Teiji

定期

see styles
dìng qī
    ding4 qi1
ting ch`i
    ting chi
 teiki / teki
    ていき
at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
(1) fixed period; fixed term; (can be adjective with の) (2) regular; periodic; periodical; (3) (abbreviation) (See 定期乗車券) fixed-term commuter pass; (4) (abbreviation) (See 定期預金) fixed-term deposit; (5) (abbreviation) (See 定期取引) futures contracts; (surname) Teiki

定本

see styles
 teimoto / temoto
    ていもと
(1) revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; (2) final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author; (surname) Teimoto

定格

see styles
dìng gé
    ding4 ge2
ting ko
 teikaku / tekaku
    ていかく
to fix; to confine to; freeze frame; stop motion (filmmaking)
{engr} rated value

定水

see styles
dìng shuǐ
    ding4 shui3
ting shui
 sadamizu
    さだみず
(surname) Sadamizu
Calm waters; quieting the waters of the heart (and so beholding the Buddha, as the moon is reflected in still water).

定洞

see styles
 teidou / tedo
    ていどう
(given name) Teidou

定界

see styles
dìng jiè
    ding4 jie4
ting chieh
demarcation; boundary; delimited; bound (math.)

定說


定说

see styles
dìng shuō
    ding4 shuo1
ting shuo
 jōsetsu
to assert categorically; generally accepted view
to say definitely

定説

see styles
 teisetsu / tesetsu
    ていせつ
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

定論


定论

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dìng lùn
    ding4 lun4
ting lun
 teiron / teron
    ていろん
final conclusion; accepted argument
established theory
a settled argument

定點


定点

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dìng diǎn
    ding4 dian3
ting tien
to determine a location; designated; appointed; specific; fixed (time); fixed point (geometry); fixed-point (number)
See: 定点

実の

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 jitsuno
    じつの
(pre-noun adjective) (1) true; real; (pre-noun adjective) (2) blood-related; biological (father, etc.)

客家

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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

室韋


室韦

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shì wéi
    shi4 wei2
shih wei
 shitsui
    しつい
the Shiwei tribes who inhabited an area to the northeast of Tang-dynasty China
(hist) Shiwei (Mongolic tribe)

家台

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 yatai
    やたい
(irregular kanji usage) (1) cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; (2) festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; (3) stage prop fashioned after a large building; (4) (abbreviation) framework (of a house, etc.); (5) (archaism) house (esp. a small and miserable house)

家培

see styles
jiā péi
    jia1 pei2
chia p`ei
    chia pei
cultivated; home grown

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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