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團契


团契

see styles
tuán qì
    tuan2 qi4
t`uan ch`i
    tuan chi
Christian association; fellowship

執事


执事

see styles
zhí shi
    zhi2 shi5
chih shih
 shitsuji
    しつじ
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
(1) steward; butler; (2) court official; (3) {Christn} deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
To manage, control ; a manager.

基教

see styles
 motonori
    もとのり
(abbreviation) (See 基督教) Christianity; (given name) Motonori

堅振


坚振

see styles
jiān zhèn
    jian1 zhen4
chien chen
 kenshin
    けんしん
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
(Christian rite of) confirmation

外教

see styles
wài jiào
    wai4 jiao4
wai chiao
 gaikyou; gekyou / gaikyo; gekyo
    がいきょう; げきょう
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师); greenhorn; novice; amateurish; religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
(1) (がいきょう only) foreign religion (esp. Christianity); (2) {Buddh} (esp. げきょう) (ant: 内教) religion other than Buddhism
non-Buddhist teachings

大斎

see styles
 taisai
    たいさい
{Christn} Great Lent; Great Fast

大罪

see styles
dà zuì
    da4 zui4
ta tsui
 daizai; taizai
    だいざい; たいざい
(1) serious crime; grave sin; (2) {Christn} mortal sin; deadly sin
serious crime

天帝

see styles
tiān dì
    tian1 di4
t`ien ti
    tien ti
 tentei / tente
    てんてい
God of heaven; Celestial emperor
(1) Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); (2) {Christn} God; (3) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天・たいしゃくてん) Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka 忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to the trimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī.

天父

see styles
tiān fù
    tian1 fu4
t`ien fu
    tien fu
 tenpu
    てんぷ
Heavenly Father
{Christn} Heavenly Father; God
godlike (or majestic) father

審判


审判

see styles
shěn pàn
    shen3 pan4
shen p`an
    shen pan
 shinpan(p); shinban
    しんぱん(P); しんばん
a trial; to try sb
(noun, transitive verb) (1) judgement; judgment; decision; verdict; sentence; (noun, transitive verb) (2) refereeing; umpiring; judging; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} judgement (of God); (4) referee; umpire; judge

寶血


宝血

see styles
bǎo xuè
    bao3 xue4
pao hsüeh
(Christianity) Precious Blood (of Jesus Christ); Blood of Christ

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小罪

see styles
xiǎo zuì
    xiao3 zui4
hsiao tsui
 shouzai / shozai
    しょうざい
(1) {Christn} venial sin; lesser sin; (2) small sin; small crime
minor transgression; slight fault

布道

see styles
bù dào
    bu4 dao4
pu tao
to preach (the Christian gospel)

帰天

see styles
 kiten
    きてん
(n,vs,vi) (See 召天) death of a Christian (in Catholicism)

御子

see styles
 miko
    みこ
(1) God's son (in Christianity); (2) child of the emperor; (polite language) (someone else's) child; (surname, female given name) Miko

御心

see styles
 mikokoro
    みこころ
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (another's) spirit; (2) {Christn} God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

御血

see styles
 onchi
    おんち
(honorific or respectful language) (See 御体) blood of Christ (Eucharist)

愛徳

see styles
 naruo
    なるお
{Christn} charity; caritas; (surname) Naruo

愛餐

see styles
 aisan
    あいさん
{Christn} love feast; agape

懺悔


忏悔

see styles
chàn huǐ
    chan4 hui3
ch`an hui
    chan hui
 zange; sange
    ざんげ; さんげ
to repent; (religion) to confess
(noun, transitive verb) {Christn;Buddh} (さんげ is usu. used in Buddhism and ざんげ elsewhere) repentance; confession; penitence
chan is the translit. of kṣamā, 悔 its translation, i.e. repentance; but also the first is intp. as confession, cf. 提 deśanā, the second as repentance and reform.

成聖


成圣

see styles
chéng shèng
    cheng2 sheng4
ch`eng sheng
    cheng sheng
 jōshō
(Christianity) to be sanctified; to become holy
to become a sage

提多

see styles
tí duō
    ti2 duo1
t`i to
    ti to
Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul

携挙

see styles
 keikyo / kekyo
    けいきょ
{Christn} rapture

摂理

see styles
 setsuri
    せつり
(1) laws (of nature); (2) {Christn} (divine) providence

救い

see styles
 sukui
    すくい
(1) help; rescue; aid; relief; (2) salvation; solace; (source of) comfort; saving grace; (3) (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

教會


教会

see styles
jiào huì
    jiao4 hui4
chiao hui
 kyōe
Christian church
An assembly, for instruction; a congregation; a church.

教案

see styles
jiào àn
    jiao4 an4
chiao an
 kyouan / kyoan
    きょうあん
lesson plan; teaching plan; a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
lesson or teaching plan

教父

see styles
jiào fù
    jiao4 fu4
chiao fu
 kyoufu / kyofu
    きょうふ
godfather
(1) godfather; sponsor; (2) {Christn} Church Father

教職

see styles
 kyoushoku / kyoshoku
    きょうしょく
(1) the teaching profession; (2) {Christn} education of laity

新約


新约

see styles
xīn yuē
    xin1 yue1
hsin yüeh
 shinyaku
    しんやく
New Testament
(1) new contract; new agreement; (2) (abbreviation) {Christn} (See 新約聖書) New Testament

昇天

see styles
shēng tiān
    sheng1 tian1
sheng t`ien
    sheng tien
 shouten / shoten
    しょうてん
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Christn} ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Christn} death; (n,vs,vi) (3) rising to heaven
ascend to heaven

景教

see styles
jǐng jiào
    jing3 jiao4
ching chiao
 keikyou / kekyo
    けいきょう
Nestorian Christianity
(in China) (See ネストリウス派) Nestorianism
The Luminous Religion, i.e. Nestorian Christianity.

木魚


木鱼

see styles
mù yú
    mu4 yu2
mu yü
 mokugyo
    もくぎょ
mokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)
(Buddhist term) fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
The wooden fish; there are two kinds, one round for use to keep time in chanting, the other long for calling to meals. The origin of the use of a fish is unkজxample to monks to be watchful: there is no evidence of connection with the Christian ίχθύς.ί 木馬 Wooden horse, a symbol of emancipation.

本罪

see styles
běn zuì
    ben3 zui4
pen tsui
 hon zai
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
prior faults

東女

see styles
 tonjo
    トンじょ
(org) Tokyo Woman's Christian University (abbreviation); (o) Tokyo Woman's Christian University (abbreviation)

正教

see styles
zhèng jiào
    zheng4 jiao4
cheng chiao
 masanori
    まさのり
lit. true religion; orthodox religion; orthodox Christianity; Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church; (given name) Masanori
correct teaching

洋教

see styles
yáng jiào
    yang2 jiao4
yang chiao
 hironori
    ひろのり
foreign religion (esp. Western Christianity in Qing China)
(given name) Hironori

洗礼

see styles
 senrei / senre
    せんれい
(1) {Christn} baptism; christening; (2) initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; (3) one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)

火湖

see styles
huǒ hú
    huo3 hu2
huo hu
burning lake; lake of burning sulfur; inferno (in Christian mythology)

煉獄


炼狱

see styles
liàn yù
    lian4 yu4
lien yü
 rengoku
    れんごく
purgatory
{Christn} purgatory

牧会

see styles
 bokkai
    ぼっかい
{Christn} pastoral care

畜生

see styles
chù sheng
    chu4 sheng5
ch`u sheng
    chu sheng
 chikushou(p); chikishou; chikushoo(sk) / chikusho(p); chikisho; chikushoo(sk)
    ちくしょう(P); ちきしょう; チクショー(sk)
domestic animal; brute; bastard
(interjection) (1) (kana only) damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; (2) beast; animal; (3) {Buddh} (See 畜生道・1) person reborn into the animal realm; (4) brute; bastard
tiryagyoni, 底栗車; 傍生 'Born of or as an animal, ' rebirth as an animal; animals in general; especially domestic animals.

痛悔

see styles
 tsuukai / tsukai
    つうかい
(1) contrition; extreme regret; (2) {Christn} contrition (in Catholicism)

監牧


监牧

see styles
jiān mù
    jian1 mu4
chien mu
shepherd; Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry; pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish)

礼拝

see styles
 raihai
    らいはい
(noun, transitive verb) worship (esp. Christian); (church) service; (place-name) Raihai

祓魔

see styles
 futsuma
    ふつま
{Christn} exorcism

祭服

see styles
 saifuku
    さいふく
vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)

福者

see styles
 fukusha
    ふくしゃ
(suffix noun) {Christn} (the) Blessed

童貞


童贞

see styles
tóng zhēn
    tong2 zhen1
t`ung chen
    tung chen
 doutei / dote
    どうてい
virginity; chastity
(1) (See 処女・1) virginity (of a male); (masculine speech) virgin; (2) {Christn} (Catholic) nun; sister

耶蘇

see styles
 yaso; yaso
    やそ; ヤソ
(1) (See イエスキリスト) Jesus (Christ); (2) Christianity; Christian; (h,g) Jesus; Iesu

聖下

see styles
 hijirishita
    ひじりした
(pronoun) {Christn} His Holiness; Your Holiness; (place-name) Hijirishita

聖事


圣事

see styles
shèng shì
    sheng4 shi4
sheng shih
Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Catholic); also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants

聖体

see styles
 seitai / setai
    せいたい
(1) the emperor's person; (2) {Christn} the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion

聖像


圣像

see styles
shèng xiàng
    sheng4 xiang4
sheng hsiang
 seizou / sezo
    せいぞう
(old) image of Confucius; holy image (of Buddha or Jesus Christ etc)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sacred image; icon

聖化


圣化

see styles
shèng huà
    sheng4 hua4
sheng hua
 seika / seka
    せいか
sanctify; sanctification; consecrate
{Christn} sanctification; consecration

聖卓

see styles
 seitaku / setaku
    せいたく
altar (esp. Christian)

聖告

see styles
 seikoku / sekoku
    せいこく
(rare) (abbreviation) {Christn} (See 受胎告知) Annunciation

聖夜

see styles
 miya
    みや
(1) (See クリスマスイブ) Christmas Eve; (2) holy night; (female given name) Miya

聖嬰


圣婴

see styles
shèng yīng
    sheng4 ying1
sheng ying
El Niño (meteorology); Holy Infant (Christianity)

聖子


圣子

see styles
shèng zǐ
    sheng4 zi3
sheng tzu
 minako
    みなこ
Holy Son; Jesus Christ; God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
(female given name) Minako

聖寵

see styles
 seichou / secho
    せいちょう
{Christn} grace (of God)

聖徒


圣徒

see styles
shèng tú
    sheng4 tu2
sheng t`u
    sheng tu
 kiyoto
    きよと
saint
(1) (See 聖人・1) saint; (2) (See キリスト教徒) Christian; (personal name) Kiyoto

聖心


圣心

see styles
shèng xīn
    sheng4 xin1
sheng hsin
 mimiko
    みみこ
Sacred Heart (Christian)
{Christn} Sacred Heart; (female given name) Mimiko
The holy mind, that of Buddha.

聖教


圣教

see styles
shèng jiào
    sheng4 jiao4
sheng chiao
 seikyou / sekyo
    せいきょう
(1) sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; (2) Christianity; (3) Buddhism; (personal name) Seikyō
The teaching of the sage, or holy one; holy teaching.

聖樹

see styles
 masaki
    まさき
(1) holy tree; sacred tree; (2) (See クリスマスツリー) Christmas tree; (given name) Masaki

聖油


圣油

see styles
shèng yóu
    sheng4 you2
sheng yu
 seiyu / seyu
    せいゆ
chrism; holy anointing oil
holy oil

聖洗


圣洗

see styles
shèng xǐ
    sheng4 xi3
sheng hsi
baptism (Christian ceremony)

聖爵

see styles
 seishaku / seshaku
    せいしゃく
(rare) {Christn} (See カリス) chalice

聖父


圣父

see styles
shèng fù
    sheng4 fu4
sheng fu
 shōfu
Holy Father; God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)
the saintly Father

聖神


圣神

see styles
shèng shén
    sheng4 shen2
sheng shen
 maria
    まりあ
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor; general term for saint in former times; term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国; Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
(female given name) Maria

聖禮


圣礼

see styles
shèng lǐ
    sheng4 li3
sheng li
Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Protestant); also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics

聖経

see styles
 seikyou; seikei; shougyou(ok) / sekyo; seke; shogyo(ok)
    せいきょう; せいけい; しょうぎょう(ok)
(1) sutra; holy writings; holy; (2) (せいきょう, せいけい only) writings of a sage; (3) (せいきょう, せいけい only) (dated) {Christn} Bible

聖菓

see styles
 seika / seka
    せいか
(rare) (See クリスマスケーキ・1) Christmas cake

聖血

see styles
 seiketsu / seketsu
    せいけつ
blood of Christ

聖釘

see styles
 seitei / sete
    せいてい
{Christn} Holy Nail; relics claimed to be the nails used for Christ's crucifixion

聖霊

see styles
 seirei / sere
    せいれい
{Christn} the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

聖餐


圣餐

see styles
shèng cān
    sheng4 can1
sheng ts`an
    sheng tsan
 seisan; seizan / sesan; sezan
    せいさん; せいざん
Holy Communion; Eucharist
{Christn} Holy Communion; Lord's Supper; Eucharist

聖體


圣体

see styles
shèng tǐ
    sheng4 ti3
sheng t`i
    sheng ti
 shōtai
the Emperor's body; Jesus' body; communion wafer (in Christian mass)
a holy body

聴罪

see styles
 chouzai / chozai
    ちょうざい
(noun, transitive verb) {Christn} hearing confessions

自罪

see styles
zì zuì
    zi4 zui4
tzu tsui
 ji zai
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪); conscious sin
one's own crime(s)

西元

see styles
xī yuán
    xi1 yuan2
hsi yüan
 nishimoto
    にしもと
(Tw) Christian era; Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini)
(place-name, surname) Nishimoto

西教

see styles
 saikiyou / saikiyo
    さいきよう
Western religion; Christianity; (surname) Saikiyou

西暦

see styles
 seireki / sereki
    せいれき
(1) Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD; (2) Western (Gregorian) calendar

西紀

see styles
 nishiki
    にしき
Christian era; (place-name, surname) Nishiki

証し

see styles
 shirushi
    しるし
    akashi
    あかし
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) mark; sign; (2) symbol; emblem; (3) badge; crest; flag; (4) evidence; proof; (5) (kana only) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.); (1) proof (e.g. of love, of innocence); evidence; testimony; vindication (of innocence); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

該隱


该隐

see styles
gāi yǐn
    gai1 yin3
kai yin
Cain (name); Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology

贖宥

see styles
 shokuyuu / shokuyu
    しょくゆう
{Christn} (See 免罪符・1) indulgence (in the Catholic Church)

起名

see styles
qǐ míng
    qi3 ming2
ch`i ming
    chi ming
to name; to christen; to take a name

踏絵

see styles
 fumie
    ふみえ
tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; (given name) Fumie

転び

see styles
 korobi
    ころび
(1) falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground; (2) failure; failing; (3) renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy; (4) batter (construction technique)

転ぶ

see styles
 korobu(p); marobu
    ころぶ(P); まろぶ
(v5b,vi) (1) to fall down; to fall over; (v5b,vi) (2) (ころぶ only) (oft. as どう転んでも) to turn out; to play out; (v5b,vi) (3) (ころぶ only) (in early Japanese Christianity) to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize; (v5b,vi) (4) (See ころがる・1) to roll; to tumble; (v5b,vi) (5) (archaism) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

邪宗

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xié zōng
    xie2 zong1
hsieh tsung
 jashuu / jashu
    じゃしゅう
(1) heresy; dangerous religion; (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) Christianity
mistaken teaching

銘名

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 meimei / meme
    めいめい
(irregular kanji usage) (n,vs,adj-no) naming; christening

開恩


开恩

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kāi ēn
    kai1 en1
k`ai en
    kai en
to give a favor (used of Christian God)

院牧

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yuàn mù
    yuan4 mu4
yüan mu
abbot (Christian)

雙旦


双旦

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shuāng dàn
    shuang1 dan4
shuang tan
Christmas and New Year's Day

霊名

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 reimei / reme
    れいめい
Christian name; baptismal name

靈恩


灵恩

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líng ēn
    ling2 en1
ling en
Charismatic Christianity

黙示

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 mokushi
    もくし
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (tacitly) implying; implication; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Christn} revelation

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

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.

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