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ヒマ see styles |
hima ヒマ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (2) time (e.g. time it takes to do something); (noun or adjectival noun) (3) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (4) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (adjectival noun) (5) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow |
一世 see styles |
yī shì yi1 shi4 i shih hitoyo ひとよ |
generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) (1) generation; lifetime; (2) the age; the day; (n,n-suf) (3) the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); (4) issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); (female given name) Hitoyo one life |
一六 see styles |
kazuroku かずろく |
(1) (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice); (2) (abbreviation) (See 一六勝負・1) dice gambling; (3) (slang) (armed) robbery; mugging; (4) (hist) (See 一六日) Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month); (given name) Kazuroku |
一日 see styles |
yī rì yi1 ri4 i jih hitoichi ひといち |
(n,adv) (1) (dated) one day; (adv,n) (2) (dated) all day (long); the whole day; (3) (poetic term) 1st day of the month; (place-name) Hitoichi A sun, or day from sunrise to sunset. |
一旦 see styles |
yī dàn yi1 dan4 i tan ittan いったん |
in case (something happens); if; once (something happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day (adverb) (1) (kana only) once; (adverb) (2) (kana only) for a short time; briefly; temporarily; (3) (archaism) one morning; (place-name) Ittan once (something should happen...) |
一號 一号 see styles |
yī hào yi1 hao4 i hao |
first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) See: 一号 |
一食 see styles |
yī shí yi1 shi2 i shih isshoku; ichijiki いっしょく; いちじき |
(1) one meal; (2) (いちじき only) {Buddh} one meal (a day) A meal a day, one of the twelve dhūtas. |
七七 see styles |
qī qī qi1 qi1 ch`i ch`i chi chi nana なな |
(female given name) Nana The period of forty-nine days after death, when masses are said every seventh day till the seventh seventh day. |
七夕 see styles |
qī xī qi1 xi1 ch`i hsi chi hsi nayuu / nayu なゆう |
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver; (female given name) Nayū |
七夜 see styles |
nanayo ななよ |
celebration of a child's seventh day; (female given name) Nanayo |
七日 see styles |
qī rì qi1 ri4 ch`i jih chi jih nanoka なのか |
(adverbial noun) (1) the seventh day of the month; (2) seven days; (female given name) Nanoka seven days |
三元 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan miyuki みゆき |
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] (1) (See 上元,中元・1,下元) 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; (2) heaven, earth and man; (3) January 1; New Year's Day; (can act as adjective) (4) {chem} ternary; (female given name) Miyuki |
三八 see styles |
sān bā san1 ba1 san pa miya みや |
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid (1) three and eight; (2) (abbreviation) (See 三八式歩兵銃) Arisaka Type 38 rifle; (personal name) Miya (days ending with the number) 3 and 8 |
三尸 see styles |
sanshi さんし |
(See 庚申待) the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings |
三日 see styles |
sān rì san1 ri4 san jih mikkaichi みっかいち |
(1) the third day of the month; (2) three days; (place-name) Mikkaichi 3 days |
三時 三时 see styles |
sān shí san1 shi2 san shih mitoki みとき |
(adverbial noun) (1) 3 o'clock; (2) 3 o'clock snack; (personal name) Mitoki The three divisions of the day, i.e. dawn, daylight, and sunset; or morning, noon, and evening; also the three periods, after his nirvāṇa, of every Buddha's teaching, viz., 正 correct, or the period of orthodoxy and vigour, 像 semblance, or the period of scholasticism, and 末 end, the period of decline and termination. |
三河 see styles |
sān hé san1 he2 san ho mikawa みかわ |
Sanhe, county-level city in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei (hist) Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Mikawa |
三覆 三复 see styles |
sān fù san1 fu4 san fu mitsubuchi みつぶち |
(personal name) Mitsubuchi denote a day in each of the first, fifth, and ninth months when the recording angels of the four Lokapālas report on the conduct of each individual. See also 三覆八校. |
三食 see styles |
sanshoku さんしょく |
three meals (a day) |
上元 see styles |
shàng yuán shang4 yuan2 shang yüan kamimoto かみもと |
see 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2xiao1jie2] 15th day of the 1st lunar month; (surname) Kamimoto The fifteenth of the first moon. See 孟蘭盆. |
上天 see styles |
shàng tiān shang4 tian1 shang t`ien shang tien jouten / joten じょうてん |
Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) (1) (See 下土) sky; the heavens; (2) God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being; (3) ascension (into heaven); (surname) Jōten to ascend to heaven |
上総 see styles |
jousou / joso じょうそう |
(hist) Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture); (surname) Jōsou |
上野 see styles |
shàng yě shang4 ye3 shang yeh wano わの |
Ueno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo; Ueno (Japanese surname) (hist) Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture); (place-name) Wano |
下る see styles |
sagaru さがる |
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru |
下元 see styles |
xià yuán xia4 yuan2 hsia yüan shimomoto しももと |
15th day of the 10th lunar month; (surname) Shimomoto The fifteenth of the tenth moon; cf. 孟蘭盆. |
下工 see styles |
xià gōng xia4 gong1 hsia kung shimoku しもく |
to knock off (at the end of a day's work); to finish work (place-name) Shimoku |
下旬 see styles |
xià xún xia4 xun2 hsia hsün gejun げじゅん |
last third of the month (See 上旬,中旬) last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month |
下校 see styles |
gekou / geko げこう |
(n,vs,vi) leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school |
下総 see styles |
shimofusa しもふさ |
(hist) Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures); (place-name, surname) Shimofusa |
中日 see styles |
zhōng rì zhong1 ri4 chung jih chuunichi / chunichi ちゅうにち |
China-Japan middle day (of a sumo tournament, theatrical run, etc.); (o) Chunichi Dragons (Japanese baseball team) (abbreviation) |
中旬 see styles |
zhōng xún zhong1 xun2 chung hsün chuujun / chujun ちゅうじゅん |
middle third of a month (See 上旬,下旬) middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month |
中春 see styles |
nakaharu なかはる |
(1) (obsolete) second month of the lunar calendar; (2) (obscure) 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring); (surname) Nakaharu |
中神 see styles |
nakajin なかじん |
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (surname) Nakajin |
中秋 see styles |
zhōng qiū zhong1 qiu1 chung ch`iu chung chiu nakaaki / nakaki なかあき |
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month 15th day of the 8th lunar month; (surname) Nakaaki |
中都 see styles |
zhōng dū zhong1 du1 chung tu nakato なかと |
Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing (surname) Nakato |
丹後 see styles |
tango たんご |
(hist) Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture); (s,f) Tango; (place-name) Tango (old name for north Kyoto Prefecture) |
丹波 see styles |
niwa にわ |
(hist) Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures); (surname) Niwa |
九夏 see styles |
jiǔ xià jiu3 xia4 chiu hsia kyuuka / kyuka きゅうか |
summer nine ten day periods in summer |
九日 see styles |
kokonoka ここのか |
(1) the ninth day of the month; (2) nine days; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) the ninth day of the month; (2) nine days; (place-name) Kokonoka |
二日 see styles |
futsukaichi ふつかいち |
(1) second day of the month; (2) two days; (place-name) Futsukaichi |
二號 二号 see styles |
èr hào er4 hao4 erh hao |
2nd day of the month See: 二号 |
二食 see styles |
èr shí er4 shi2 erh shih nishoku; nijiki(ok) にしょく; にじき(ok) |
two meals; (eating) two meals a day The two kinds of food: (1) (a) The joy of the Law; (b) the bliss of meditation. (2) (a)The right kind of monk's livelihood - by mendicancy; (b) the wrong kind - by any other means. |
二鼠 see styles |
èr shǔ er4 shu3 erh shu niso |
The black and white rats - night and day. |
五日 see styles |
itsukaichi いつかいち |
(1) the fifth day of the month; (2) five days; (place-name) Itsukaichi |
五時 五时 see styles |
wǔ shí wu3 shi2 wu shih goji |
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教. |
五法 see styles |
wǔ fǎ wu3 fa3 wu fa gohō |
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc. |
五號 五号 see styles |
wǔ hào wu3 hao4 wu hao |
the fifth; fifth day of a month |
亙古 亘古 see styles |
gèn gǔ gen4 gu3 ken ku kouko / koko こうこ |
throughout time; from ancient times (up to the present) (archaism) (See 亘古) from long ago up until the present day |
交九 see styles |
jiāo jiǔ jiao1 jiu3 chiao chiu |
the coldest period of the year; three nine day periods after the winter solstice |
人日 see styles |
ninnichi; ninbi にんにち; にんび |
man-day; person-day |
今世 see styles |
jīn shì jin1 shi4 chin shih imayo いまよ |
this life; this age (1) {Buddh} (See 現世・1) this world; this life; (2) (こんせい only) (obsolete) this generation; present day; (female given name) Imayo this world |
今人 see styles |
jīn rén jin1 ren2 chin jen imajin いまじん |
modern people present-day people; people of this world; (personal name) Imajin |
今度 see styles |
kondo こんど |
(n,adv) (1) this time; now; (n,adv) (2) next time; another time; shortly; soon; (n,adv) (3) recently; lately; the other day; (surname) Kondo |
今文 see styles |
jīn wén jin1 wen2 chin wen konmon |
present-day writing |
今時 今时 see styles |
jīn shí jin1 shi2 chin shih imatoki いまとき |
(n,adv) (form) (See 今時・いまどき・1) now; currently; presently; nowadays; present day; these days; (surname) Imatoki now |
仏滅 see styles |
butsumetsu ぶつめつ |
(1) Buddha's death; (2) (See 六曜) very unlucky day (in the traditional calendar) |
他年 see styles |
tanen たねん |
(n,adv) some other year; some day |
代休 see styles |
daikyuu / daikyu だいきゅう |
(abbreviation) compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu |
令狐 see styles |
líng hú ling2 hu2 ling hu |
old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi); two-character surname Linghu |
仲秋 see styles |
zhòng qiū zhong4 qiu1 chung ch`iu chung chiu nakaaki / nakaki なかあき |
second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar (1) 15th day of the 8th lunar month; (2) (obsolete) eighth month of the lunar calendar; 15th day of the 8th lunar month; (surname) Nakaaki |
伊予 see styles |
iyo いよ |
(hist) Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture); (p,s,f) Iyo |
伊勢 see styles |
tose とせ |
(1) (hist) Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); (2) Ise (city); (surname) Tose |
伊豆 see styles |
itou / ito いとう |
(hist) Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands); (surname) Itou |
伊賀 see styles |
igasaki いがさき |
(hist) Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture); (surname) Igasaki |
休む see styles |
yasumu やすむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to be absent; to take a day off; (v5m,vi) (2) to rest; to have a break; (v5m,vi) (3) to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; (v5m,vi) (4) to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business |
休出 see styles |
kyuushutsu / kyushutsu きゅうしゅつ |
(abbreviation) (See 休日出勤) working on a day off |
休園 see styles |
kyuuen / kyuen きゅうえん |
(n,vs,vi) (1) temporary closure (of a park, zoo, kindergarten, etc.); (n,vs,vi) (2) closing for the day |
休日 see styles |
kyuujitsu / kyujitsu きゅうじつ |
holiday; day off |
休暇 see styles |
kyuuka / kyuka きゅうか |
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough |
会式 see styles |
eshiki えしき |
(1) {Buddh} memorial service; temple service; (2) (usu. as お会式) (See お会式) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism) |
伯耆 see styles |
houki / hoki ほうき |
(hist) Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Houki |
但馬 see styles |
tsushima つしま |
(hist) Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); (surname) Tsushima |
佐渡 see styles |
sawatari さわたり |
(1) (hist) Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); (2) Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Sawatari |
何日 see styles |
hé rì he2 ri4 ho jih nannichi なんにち |
when? (1) what day; (2) how many days |
佛日 see styles |
fó rì fo2 ri4 fo jih butsunichi |
The Buddha-sun which drives away the darkness of ignorance; the day of Buddha. |
作擧 作举 see styles |
zuò jǔ zuo4 ju3 tso chü sako |
The accusation of sin made against particular monks by the virtuous monk who presides at the pravāraṇa gathering on the last day of the summer's rest. |
佳日 see styles |
keihi / kehi けいひ |
auspicious day; good day; lucky day; beautiful day; (female given name) Keihi |
佳期 see styles |
jiā qī jia1 qi1 chia ch`i chia chi |
wedding day; day of tryst |
佳節 佳节 see styles |
jiā jié jia1 jie2 chia chieh kasetsu かせつ |
festive day; holiday auspicious occasion; (given name) Kasetsu |
佳辰 see styles |
yoshitatsu よしたつ |
lucky day; auspicious occasion; happy day; (given name) Yoshitatsu |
來日 来日 see styles |
lái rì lai2 ri4 lai jih rainichi |
future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days next day |
例日 see styles |
reijitsu / rejitsu れいじつ |
(n,adv) week day; ordinary day; appointed day |
例湯 例汤 see styles |
lì tāng li4 tang1 li t`ang li tang |
soup of the day |
保姆 see styles |
bǎo mǔ bao3 mu3 pao mu hobo ほぼ |
nanny; babysitter; housekeeper day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc. |
保母 see styles |
bǎo mǔ bao3 mu3 pao mu yasubo やすぼ |
variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3] day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc.; (surname) Yasubo |
保育 see styles |
bǎo yù bao3 yu4 pao yü hoiku ほいく |
to look after (children); childcare; to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc); conservation (noun, transitive verb) nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care |
信濃 see styles |
shinnou / shinno しんのう |
(hist) Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture); (surname) Shinnou |
值日 see styles |
zhí rì zhi2 ri4 chih jih |
on day duty |
假日 see styles |
jià rì jia4 ri4 chia jih |
a holiday; a day off |
偏西 see styles |
piān xī pian1 xi1 p`ien hsi pien hsi |
inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day) |
健南 see styles |
jiàn nán jian4 nan2 chien nan gonnan |
ghana, a mass, also 健男; 鍵南 (or 蹇南 or 羯南) ; it is intp. as a hard, solid lump, the human embryo formed from the fourth to the seventh day. |
備中 备中 see styles |
bèi zhōng bei4 zhong1 pei chung binnaka びんなか |
remarks (hist) Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture); (surname) Binnaka |
備前 see styles |
bizen びぜん |
(hist) Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Bizen |
備後 see styles |
bingo びんご |
(hist) Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Bingo; old name for east Hiroshima Prefecture |
像法 see styles |
xiàng fǎ xiang4 fa3 hsiang fa zoubou / zobo ぞうぼう |
{Buddh} age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma saddharma-pratirūpaka; the formal or image period of Buddhism; the three periods are 正像末, those of the real, the formal, and the final; or correct, semblance, and termination. The first period is of 500 years; the second of 1,000 years; the third 3,000 years, when Maitreya is to appear and restore all things. There are varied statements about periods and dates, e.g. there is a division of four periods, that while the Buddha was alive, the early stage after his death, then the formal and the final periods. |
元夕 see styles |
genseki げんせき |
(See 元宵) night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar |
元宵 see styles |
yuán xiāo yuan2 xiao1 yüan hsiao genshou / gensho げんしょう |
Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar |
元日 see styles |
motoka もとか |
New Year's Day; (given name) Motoka |
元正 see styles |
motomasa もとまさ |
(rare) (See 元日) New Year's Day; (surname, given name) Motomasa |
先勝 see styles |
senshou; senkachi; sakigachi / sensho; senkachi; sakigachi せんしょう; せんかち; さきがち |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (せんしょう only) scoring the first point; winning the first game; (2) (See 六曜) day that is lucky in the morning, but not in the afternoon (in the traditional calendar) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Day" 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
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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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