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張旭 张旭 see styles |
zhāng xù zhang1 xu4 chang hsü |
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书 |
後夜 后夜 see styles |
hòu yè hou4 ye4 hou yeh goya ごや |
(1) period from midnight until the early morning; (2) (See 寅の刻) around 4am The third division of the night. |
怎奈 see styles |
zěn nài zen3 nai4 tsen nai |
(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however |
恩物 see styles |
onbutsu おんぶつ |
Froebel gifts (early childhood educational toy) |
捷い see styles |
hayai はやい hashikkoi はしっこい hashikoi はしこい |
(out-dated kanji) (adjective) (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature; (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; (4) easy; simple; quick; (adjective) (1) (kana only) smart; clever; (2) agile; nimble; quick |
支那 see styles |
zhī nà zhi1 na4 chih na shina しな |
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory (sensitive word) (dated) (kana only) (often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji) (See 中国・1) China; (female given name) Shina 指那, 眞丹, 至那, 斯那, 振旦, 震旦, 眞那, 振丹, 脂難, 旃丹; 摩訶至那 Cina; Maha-cina. The name by which China is referred to in the laws of Manu (which assert that the Chinese were degenerate Kṣatriya), in the Mahābharata, and in Buddhist works. This name may have been derived from families ruling in western China under such titles as 晉 Chin at Fen-chou in Shansi 1106-376 B. C., 陳 Ch'en in Honan 1122-479 B. C., 秦 Ch'in in Shensi as early as the ninth century B. C., and to this latter dynasty the designation is generally attributed. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
新樹 see styles |
niina / nina にいな |
(See 新緑,若葉) tree covered in fresh green leaves; newly green trees of early Summer; (female given name) Niina |
早々 see styles |
hayabaya はやばや hayahaya はやはや sousou / soso そうそう |
(adv,adv-to) early; quickly; promptly; (adverb) (archaism) quickly; (n-suf,n-adv) (1) as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; (adverb) (2) hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early |
早い see styles |
hayai はやい |
(adjective) (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature; (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; (4) easy; simple; quick |
早う see styles |
hayou / hayo はよう |
(adverb) (1) (See 早く・1) early; right away; at once; (2) early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.) |
早く see styles |
hayaku はやく |
(adverb) (1) early; soon; (2) quickly; swiftly; rapidly; fast |
早め see styles |
hayame はやめ |
(can be adjective with の) (1) early; (2) fast |
早よ see styles |
hayo はよ |
(n,adv) (abbreviation) early |
早上 see styles |
zǎo shang zao3 shang5 tsao shang hayakami はやかみ |
early morning; CL:個|个[ge4] (surname) Hayakami |
早世 see styles |
hayase はやせ |
(noun/participle) dying young; early death; (female given name) Hayase |
早來 早来 see styles |
zǎo lái zao3 lai2 tsao lai |
to arrive early See: 早来 |
早出 see styles |
hayade はやで |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (ant: 遅出・1) leaving early (for work); (n,vs,vi) (2) (taking the) early shift; (surname) Hayade |
早割 see styles |
hayawari はやわり |
discount for early booking |
早參 早参 see styles |
zǎo sān zao3 san1 tsao san sōsan |
Morning assembly.; The early morning assembly. |
早咲 see styles |
hayasaki はやさき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) early blooming; early flowering; (surname) Hayasaki |
早在 see styles |
zǎo zài zao3 zai4 tsao tsai |
as early as |
早天 see styles |
souten / soten そうてん |
early morning; dawn |
早孕 see styles |
zǎo yùn zao3 yun4 tsao yün |
teenage pregnancy; early stage of pregnancy |
早寝 see styles |
hayane はやね |
(n,vs,vi) go to bed early |
早年 see styles |
zǎo nián zao3 nian2 tsao nien |
many years ago; in the past; in one's early years |
早成 see styles |
sousei / sose そうせい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) early completion; maturing early; precocious |
早播 see styles |
zǎo bō zao3 bo1 tsao po |
to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring |
早教 see styles |
zǎo jiào zao3 jiao4 tsao chiao |
early education (abbr. for 早期教育[zao3 qi1 jiao4 yu4]) |
早日 see styles |
zǎo rì zao3 ri4 tsao jih |
soon; at an early date; the early days; the past |
早早 see styles |
hayabaya はやばや hayahaya はやはや sousou / soso そうそう |
(adv,adv-to) early; quickly; promptly; (adverb) (archaism) quickly; (n-suf,n-adv) (1) as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; (adverb) (2) hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early |
早晨 see styles |
zǎo chén zao3 chen2 tsao ch`en tsao chen |
early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5] |
早朝 see styles |
hayaasa / hayasa はやあさ |
(n,adv) early morning; (surname) Hayaasa |
早梅 see styles |
hayame はやめ |
early-blooming plum; (female given name) Hayame |
早歲 早岁 see styles |
zǎo suì zao3 sui4 tsao sui |
one's early years |
早版 see styles |
hayaban はやばん |
early edition (of a newspaper) |
早班 see styles |
zǎo bān zao3 ban1 tsao pan |
early shift; morning work shift |
早生 see styles |
hayanari はやなり |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) early ripening rice; (2) early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); (3) person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age; (surname) Hayanari |
早番 see styles |
hayaban はやばん |
(See 遅番) early shift; morning shift; early arrival |
早発 see styles |
souhatsu / sohatsu そうはつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) early departure; leaving ahead of schedule; (n,vs,vi) (2) departing early in the morning; (n,vs,vi) (3) {med} (ant: 遅発・2) early onset; premature onset |
早目 see styles |
hayame はやめ |
(can be adjective with の) (1) early; (2) fast; (surname) Hayame |
早稲 see styles |
wase わせ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) early ripening rice; (2) early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); (3) person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age; (surname) Wase |
早稻 see styles |
zǎo dào zao3 dao4 tsao tao |
early season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe |
早起 see styles |
zǎo qǐ zao3 qi3 tsao ch`i tsao chi saki さき |
to get up early (female given name) Saki |
早車 早车 see styles |
zǎo chē zao3 che1 tsao ch`e tsao che |
morning bus; early train |
早雪 see styles |
sousetsu / sosetsu そうせつ |
early snowfall (compared to an average year); (personal name) Sousetsu |
早飯 早饭 see styles |
zǎo fàn zao3 fan4 tsao fan hayameshi はやめし |
breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] (1) fast eater; (2) early meal |
明初 see styles |
míng chū ming2 chu1 ming ch`u ming chu meisho / mesho めいしょ |
the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (abbr. of 明治初年) first year of Meiji era |
明楽 see styles |
meiraku / meraku めいらく |
(See 明・みん) Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century); (surname) Meiraku |
明相 see styles |
míng xiàng ming2 xiang4 ming hsiang myō sō |
Early dawn, the proper time for the monk's breakfast; brightness. |
春寒 see styles |
shunkan しゅんかん |
cold weather in early spring |
春山 see styles |
haruyama はるやま |
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring; (place-name, surname) Haruyama |
昨暁 see styles |
sakugyou / sakugyo さくぎょう |
(n,adv) early yesterday morning |
時雨 see styles |
jiu じう |
(1) rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; (2) (じう only) seasonable rain; (female given name) Jiu |
晚清 see styles |
wǎn qīng wan3 qing1 wan ch`ing wan ching |
the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China |
曉鐘 晓钟 see styles |
xiǎo zhōng xiao3 zhong1 hsiao chung gyōshō |
tolling of an early morning bell |
曙色 see styles |
shǔ sè shu3 se4 shu se akebonoiro あけぼのいろ |
the light of early dawn salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge |
更藥 更药 see styles |
gēng yào geng1 yao4 keng yao kōyaku |
Medicines that should be taken between dawn and the first watch, of which eight are named, v. 百一羯磨 5. |
月初 see styles |
yuè chū yue4 chu1 yüeh ch`u yüeh chu gessho げっしょ |
start of month; early in the month (See 月初め) beginning of the month |
有部 see styles |
yǒu bù you3 bu4 yu pu aribe ありべ |
(surname) Aribe 一切有部; 薩婆多 Sarvāstivāda; the school of the reality of all phenomena, one of the early Hīnayāna sects, said to have been formed, about 300 years after the Nirvāṇa, out of the Sthavira; later it subdivided into five, Dharmaguptāḥ, Mūlasarvāstivādāḥ, Kaśyapīyāḥ, Mahīśāsakāḥ, and the influential Vātsīputrīyāḥ. v. 一切有部. Its scriptures are known as the 有部律; 律書; 十誦律; 根本說一切有部毘那耶; (根本說一切有部尼陀那) 有部尼陀那; (根本說一切有部目得迦) 有部目得迦; 根本薩婆多部律攝 or 有部律攝, etc. |
朝会 see styles |
choukai; asakai / chokai; asakai ちょうかい; あさかい |
(1) (See 朝礼) morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting; (2) (あさかい only) early morning tea ceremony (on a summer day) |
朝參 朝参 see styles |
zhāo sān zhao1 san1 chao san chōsan |
early assembly |
朝方 see styles |
asagata あさがた |
(n,adv) early morning; early hours; early in the morning |
朝曦 see styles |
zhāo xī zhao1 xi1 chao hsi |
early morning sunlight |
朝活 see styles |
asakatsu あさかつ |
using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study) |
朝腹 see styles |
asahara あさはら |
(1) (See あさっぱら) early morning; (2) (archaism) empty stomach in the morning before eating breakfast; (3) (archaism) triviality; simple matter |
未き see styles |
madaki まだき |
(adverb) (kana only) a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning) |
未明 see styles |
wèi míng wei4 ming2 wei ming mimei / mime みめい |
(n,adv) (usu. from midnight to 3:00 a.m.) (See 明け方) early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning; (female given name) Mimei not [yet] explained |
李漁 李渔 see styles |
lǐ yú li3 yu2 li yü rigyo りぎょ |
Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist (person) Li Yu (1611-1680; Chinese playwright) |
染衣 see styles |
rǎn yī ran3 yi1 jan i zene ぜんえ |
black dyed garment; black dyed kimono (染色衣) Dyed garments, i. e. the kaṣāya of the early Indian monks, dyed to distinguish them from the white garments of the laity. |
楊炯 杨炯 see styles |
yáng jiǒng yang2 jiong3 yang chiung |
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
段袋 see styles |
danbukuro だんぶくろ |
(1) large cloth sack; (2) baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising) |
水絵 see styles |
minae みなえ |
(1) {art} (See 水彩画) watercolor painting; watercolour painting; (2) (hist) {art} (See 浮世絵) mizu-e; early type of ukiyo-e with faintly printed outlines; (female given name) Minae |
江湖 see styles |
jiāng hú jiang1 hu2 chiang hu kouko / koko こうこ |
rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld Zen disciples; (surname) Kōko Kiangsi and Hunan, where and whence the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive movement had its early spread, the title being applied to followers of this cult. |
洋学 see styles |
yougaku / yogaku ようがく |
(hist) Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods) |
洋銀 see styles |
yougin / yogin ようぎん |
(1) German silver; nickel silver; (2) (hist) silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods |
浅い see styles |
asai あさい |
(adjective) (1) (ant: 深い・1) shallow; superficial; (adjective) (2) slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge); (adjective) (3) short (time); early; young |
清晨 see styles |
qīng chén qing1 chen2 ch`ing ch`en ching chen |
early morning |
清楽 see styles |
seira / sera せいら |
(See 清・しん) Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century); (personal name) Seira |
炎昼 see styles |
enchuu / enchu えんちゅう |
hot summer early afternoon |
点心 see styles |
tenshin; tenjin てんしん; てんじん |
(1) Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; (2) simple Chinese food; dim sum |
玉露 see styles |
yù lù yu4 lu4 yü lu gyokuro ぎょくろ |
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea); (old) early-morning autumn dew; fine liquor (1) (See 煎茶・2,番茶) high-quality green tea; (2) (orig. meaning) jewel-like dewdrop |
王勃 see styles |
wáng bó wang2 bo2 wang po |
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
琳派 see styles |
rinpa りんぱ |
(abbreviation) (See 光琳派) Rimpa school (of painting, 17th-early 20th century) |
男舞 see styles |
otokomai おとこまい |
(1) dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); (2) noh dance performed by a man without a mask |
疾い see styles |
hayai はやい |
(out-dated kanji) (adjective) (1) fast; quick; hasty; brisk; (2) early (in the day, etc.); premature; (3) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; (4) easy; simple; quick |
督軍 督军 see styles |
dū jun du1 jun1 tu chün |
provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |
短甲 see styles |
tankou / tanko たんこう |
(hist) short metal body armor (early Kofun to early Heian periods) |
福笹 see styles |
fukuzasa ふくざさ |
lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January) |
秉燭 秉烛 see styles |
bǐng zhú bing3 zhu2 ping chu heishoku / heshoku へいしょく |
variant of 炳燭|炳烛[bing3 zhu2] (1) holding a lamp in one's hand; (2) early evening; dusk |
稍早 see styles |
shāo zǎo shao1 zao3 shao tsao |
a little early |
終朝 see styles |
shuuchou / shucho しゅうちょう |
(archaism) early morning (from dawn to breakfast) |
緑雨 see styles |
ryokuu / ryoku りょくう |
early-summer rain; (given name) Ryokuu |
緑風 see styles |
ryokufuu / ryokufu りょくふう |
early-summer breeze; (given name) Ryokufū |
緣覺 缘觉 see styles |
yuán jué yuan2 jue2 yüan chüeh engaku |
pratyekabuddha 辟支佛; 辟支迦佛; 鉢剌翳伽陀 (鉢剌翳伽佛陀) In the early translations it was rendered 緣覺, i.e. enlightened through reasoning on the riddle of life, especially as defined in the twelve nidānas. Later it was rendered 獨覺 or individual enlightenment, i.e. one who lives apart from others and attains enlightenment alone, or for himself, in contrast with the altruism of the bodhisattva principle. The term pratyekabuddha is not limited to Buddhists, but is also general for recluses pondering alone over the meaning of life, an illustration being the rhinoceros, which lives in isolation. The non-Buddhist enlightenment is illusion, e.g. from observing the 'flying flowers and falling leaves'; the Buddhist enlightenment arises from pondering over the twelve nidānas. As a degree of saintship it is undefined by early Buddhism, receiving its definition at a later period. |
美帝 see styles |
měi dì mei3 di4 mei ti |
(in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation); (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States |
翹班 翘班 see styles |
qiào bān qiao4 ban1 ch`iao pan chiao pan |
to skip work; to sneak out of work early |
聯俄 联俄 see styles |
lián é lian2 e2 lien o |
alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists) |
草創 草创 see styles |
cǎo chuàng cao3 chuang4 ts`ao ch`uang tsao chuang kusawake くさわけ |
to be in the early stages of establishing (noun/participle) beginning; inauguration; (surname) Kusawake Newly or roughly built, unfinished. |
薄明 see styles |
bó míng bo2 ming2 po ming hakumei / hakume はくめい |
dim light; early dawn twilight; dusk; faint light |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Early" 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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