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    pi2
p`i
    pi
 hi
    ひ
skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)
(1) (See 革) skin; hide; pelt; fur; (2) rind; peel; husk; bark; (3) shell; sheath; wrapping; (4) (See 化けの皮) mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming; (personal name) Hi
皮革 Leather, skin, hide.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 tasuku
    たすく
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(1) aspect; appearance; look; (2) physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); (3) {gramm} aspect; (4) {physics;chem} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous); (given name) Tasuku
lakṣana 攞乞尖拏. Also, nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon 有爲法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are 生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

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shuì
    shui4
shui
 sui
    ねむり
to sleep; to lie down
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death; (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death
śaya, asleep; sleep; śay, to sleep.

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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 katsuyoshi
    かつよし
saltpeter; to tan (leather)
(male given name) Katsuyoshi

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xiáng
    xiang2
hsiang
 yoshimi
    よしみ
auspicious; propitious
(1) omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; (2) (See 小祥,大祥) first two anniversaries of a person's death; (given name) Yoshimi
Felicitous.

禿


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    tu1
t`u
    tu
 hage
    はげ
bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point); (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
(1) (hist) children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; (2) (hist) young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (3) (archaism) baldness; bald head; (surname) Hage
Bald.

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jìng
    jing4
ching
 kiwamu
    きわむ
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (given name) Kiwamu
finish

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 sasazaki
    ささざき
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.); (surname) Sasazaki


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tuò
    tuo4
t`o
    to
sheath around joints of bamboo


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zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 owari
    おわり
end; finish
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (irregular okurigana usage) the end; (female given name) Owari
End, termination, final, utmost, death, the whole; opposite of 始.


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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
 kou / ko
    こう
to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
(hist) death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
Intertwine, twist, intermingle.

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 odoshi
    おどし
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

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dào
    dao4
tao
 tou / to
    とう
    onigashira
    おにがしら
big banner; feather banner or fan
decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp

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    yu3

 hano
    はの
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
(counter) counter for birds or rabbits; (female given name) Hano
wing

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líng
    ling2
ling
tail feathers; plume

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    yi4
i
 ei
    さしば
feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
(kana only) dimness (of sight); (1) shade; shadow; (2) other side; back; background; large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
A film; screen; fan; hide, invisible; translit. e, a.

翿

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dào
    dao4
tao
feather banner or fan

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    ku3
k`u
    ku
 ku
    く
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
(1) pain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship; (2) {Buddh} (See 八苦) duhkha (suffering)
duḥkha, 豆佉 bitterness; unhappiness, suffering, pain, distress, misery; difficulty. There are lists of two, three, four, five, eight, and ten categories; the two are internal, i. e. physical and mental, and external, i. e. attacks from without. The four are birth, growing old, illness, and death. The eight are these four along with the pain of parting from the loved, of meeting with the hated, of failure in one's aims, and that caused by the five skandhas; cf. 四諦.

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tǎn
    tan3
t`an
    tan
Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)

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hōng
    hong1
hung
 kou / ko
    こう
death of a prince; swarming
death (of a nobleman, etc.)


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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 yoru
(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
To rely on, avail oneself of.

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shèn
    shen4
shen
 shin
giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings
Mirage; sea-serpent; frog.

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
 ku
    ちまた
thoroughfare
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads
A thoroughfare, a way, cf. 瞿 18.

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    ni4
ni
 akome
    あこめ
women's undergarments
(archaism) layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments)

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 akome
    あこめ
(archaism) layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments); (place-name) Akome


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    ku4
k`u
    ku
 hakama
    はかま
variant of 褲|裤[ku4]
(1) hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (2) (leaf) sheath; (3) (sake bottle) stand; (surname) Hakama


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    fu4
fu
 fu
    ふ
to report a bereavement; obituary
(See 訃報) news of someone's death


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    yi2
i
(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 貽|贻[yi2]


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zhū
    zhu1
chu
 chuu / chu
    ちゅう
to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
death penalty

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    yi4
i
breathing of pigs


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    yi2
i
to present; to bequeath


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zèng
    zeng4
tseng
 sō
to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
A present (at parting), a souvenir; posthumous honours; a title patent.

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    ju1
chü
leather ball; Taiwan pr. [ju2]

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    se4
se
leather top of a cart

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suì
    sui4
sui
 toguru
    とぐる
to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (personal name) Toguru
to achieve


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    yi2
i
 yui
    ゆい
(bound form) to leave behind
(female given name) Yui
To leave behind, bequeath, bestow, residue.

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zhèn
    zhen4
chen
 chin
    ちん
poisonous; to poison
poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen; mythical poisonous bird (of ancient China)


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yīn
    yin1
yin
 kage
    かげ
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
(archaism) female private parts; female genitals; (surname) Kage
Shade, dark, the shades, the negative as opposed to the positive principle, female, the moon, back, secret. In Buddhism it is the phenomenal, as obscuring the true nature of things; also the aggregation of phenomenal things resulting in births and deaths, hence it is used as a translation like 蘊 q.v. for skandha, the 五陰 being the five skandhas or aggregates.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
leather shoes; leather belt; thin bamboo strips

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    da2
ta
(phonetic); dressed leather

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páo
    pao2
p`ao
    pao
 kaban(p); kaban
    かばん(P); カバン
to work hides; leather bag
(kana only) bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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tiáo
    tiao2
t`iao
    tiao
reins of leather

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qiào
    qiao4
ch`iao
    chiao
 saya
    さや
scabbard; sheath
(1) scabbard; sheath; (2) (kana only) cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; sleeve; (3) (kana only) {bus} (See サヤ取り・2) margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission; (4) enclosure; outer fence; (place-name) Saya

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zhǎng
    zhang3
chang
patch of leather

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    ju1
chü
 mari
    まり
to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
(1) ball (for sport, games, etc.); (2) kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan; (surname, female given name) Mari
To nourish, exhaust, address; a ball; translit. ku, gu.

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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
crupper; leather strap; (dialect) to draw back; to shrink

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    di1
ti
leather shoes

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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
leather

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xiǎn
    xian3
hsien
leather girth on horse


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wéi
    wei2
wei
 uei / ue
    うえい
soft leather
(personal name) Uei
A thong; translit. for vi, ve, vai sounds.

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    si4
ssu
 shoku(p); jiki(ok); shi(ok)
    しょく(P); じき(ok); し(ok)
to feed (a person or animal)
(1) food; foodstuff; (2) (しょく only) eating; appetite; (n,ctr) (3) (しょく only) meal; portion
āhāra, 阿賀羅 food; to eat, feed. The rules are numerous, and seem to have changed; originally flesh food was not improper and vegetarianism was a later development; the early three rules in regard to 'clean' foods are that 'I shall not have seen the creature killed, nor heard it killed for me, nor have any doubt that it was killed for me'. The five 'unclean' foods are the above three, with creatures that have died a natural death; and creatures that have been killed by other creatures. The nine classes add to the five, creatures not killed for me; raw flesh, or creatures mauled by other creatures; things not seasonable or at the right time; things previously killed. The Laṅkavātāra Sutra and certain other sutras forbid all killed food.

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mán
    man2
man
 katsura
    かつら
(of woman's hair) beautiful; flower garland worn as an ornament
(kana only) wig; hairpiece; toupee; (female given name) Katsura
A head-dress, coiffure; a chaplet, wreath, etc.; idem 末利.

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 dojou / dojo
    どじょう
(1) (kana only) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); (2) weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)


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zhèn
    zhen4
chen
 chin
    ちん
legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen; mythical poisonous bird (of ancient China)

ふう

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 fuu / fu
    ふう
(adv,adv-to) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) huffing and puffing; gasping; with a deep breath; (female given name) Fū

ホァ

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 boa
    ボア
(Aum Shinrikyou term) death; (personal name) Boer

一息

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yī xī
    yi1 xi1
i hsi
 hitoiki
    ひといき
(1) one breath; (2) time of one breath; (3) pause; break; rest; breather; (4) (as 一息に) (doing in) one go; doing without stopping; (5) small amount of effort; a little more effort
A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation.

一抹

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 ichimatsu
    いちまつ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a wreath (of smoke, cloud, etc.); (2) a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)

一時


一时

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yī shí
    yi1 shi2
i shih
 kazutoki
    かずとき
a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
(n,adv) (1) one o'clock; (n,adv) (2) once; at one time; formerly; before; (n,adv,adj-no) (3) (in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period) for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; (4) (See 一時に) a time; one time; once; (personal name) Kazutoki
ekasmin samaye (Pali: ekaṃ samayaṃ); "on one occasion,' part of the usual opening phrase of a sūtra— "Thus have I heard, once,' etc. A period, e.g. a session of expounding a sūtra.

一気

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 kazuki
    かずき
(1) one breath; (interjection) (2) (chanted repeatedly as a party cheer) chug!; drink!; (personal name) Kazuki

丁憂


丁忧

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dīng yōu
    ding1 you1
ting yu
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

丁艱


丁艰

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dīng jiān
    ding1 jian1
ting chien
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

七七

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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.

万死

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 banshi
    ばんし
certain death

三乘

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sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

三伏

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sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 mifushi
    みふし
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
(place-name) Mifushi

三使

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sān shǐ
    san1 shi3
san shih
 sanshi
The three (divine) messengers—birth, sickness, death; v. 使. Also 三天使 .

三句

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sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanku
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence.

三有

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sān yǒu
    san1 you3
san yu
 san'u
The three kinds of bhava, or existence; idem 三界 q. v. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有 antara-bhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有爲法 The three active) functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance'; (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana.

三病

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sān bìng
    san1 bing4
san ping
 sanbyō
The three ailments: (1) (a) 貪 lust, for which the 不淨觀 meditation on uncleanness is the remedy; (b) 瞋 anger, or hate, remedy 慈悲觀 meditation on kindness and pity; (c) 癡 stupidity, or ignorance, remedy 因緣觀 meditation on causality. (2) (a) 謗 Slander of Mahāyāna; (b) 五逆罪 the five gross sins; (c) to be a "heathen" or outsider; the forms recorded seem to be icchantika, ecchantika, and aicchantika. Cf. 三毒.

三緣


三缘

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三銖


三铢

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sān zhū
    san1 zhu1
san chu
 sanshu
Three twenty-fourths of a tael, the weight of a deva's garments, e.g. featherweight.

三餘


三余

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sān yú
    san1 yu2
san yü
 sanyo
The three after death remainders, or continued mortal experiences, of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who mistakenly think they are going to 無餘涅槃final nirvāṇa, but will still find 煩惱餘 further passion and illusion, 業餘 further karma, and 果餘 continued rebirth, in realms beyond the 三界trailokya.

下品

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xià pǐn
    xia4 pin3
hsia p`in
    hsia pin
 shimoshina
    しもしな
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina
The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha.

下層


下层

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xià céng
    xia4 ceng2
hsia ts`eng
    hsia tseng
 kasou / kaso
    かそう
underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lower layer; layer beneath; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) lower strata (classes)

下敷

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 shimoshiki
    しもしき
(1) desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay; (2) being pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath; (3) model; pattern; (surname) Shimoshiki

下方

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xià fāng
    xia4 fang1
hsia fang
 shimogata
    しもがた
underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 上方・じょうほう) lower region; lower part; region below; (place-name) Shimogata

下水

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xià shui
    xia4 shui5
hsia shui
 shimomizu
    しもみず
offal; viscera; tripe
(1) water flowing underneath; one's true feelings; (2) (as in 泰) kanji "water" radical at bottom (radical 85); (surname) Shimomizu

下草

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 shimokusa
    しもくさ
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree; (surname) Shimokusa

下見

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 shimomiru
    しもみる
(noun, transitive verb) (1) preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); (3) (See 下見板) siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard; (place-name) Shimomiru

不屑

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bù xiè
    bu4 xie4
pu hsieh
to disdain to do something; to think something not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity

不幸

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bù xìng
    bu4 xing4
pu hsing
 fukou / fuko
    ふこう
misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; (2) death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

不死

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bù sǐ
    bu4 si3
pu ssu
 fushi
    ふし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) immortality; eternal life; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (usu. in RPGs, etc.) undeath; undead
Undying, immortal.

不空

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bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

中有

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zhōng yǒu
    zhong1 you3
chung yu
 chuuu / chuu
    ちゅうう
{Buddh} (See 中陰,四有) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
One of the 四有, i. e. the antarā-bhāva or intermediate state of existence between death and reincarnation; hence 中有之旅 is an unsettled being in search of a new habitat or reincarnation; v. 中陰.

中蘊


中蕴

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zhōng yùn
    zhong1 yun4
chung yün
 chuuun / chuun
    ちゅううん
{Buddh} (See 中陰) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
intermediate aggregate

中陰


中阴

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zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 nakakage
    なかかげ
{Buddh} bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days); (place-name) Nakakage
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation, a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days, when the karma-body will certainly be reborn; v. 中有.

之下

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zhī xià
    zhi1 xia4
chih hsia
under; beneath; less than

乘涼


乘凉

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chéng liáng
    cheng2 liang2
ch`eng liang
    cheng liang
to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)

乙矢

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 otoya
    おとや
arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired); (surname) Otoya

九死

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 kyuushi / kyushi
    きゅうし
narrowly averting death

乾燥


干燥

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gān zào
    gan1 zao4
kan tsao
 kansou / kanso
    かんそう
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (See 無味乾燥) insipidity

五七

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wǔ qī
    wu3 qi1
wu ch`i
    wu chi
 goshichi
    ごしち
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
(1) five and seven; (2) (abbreviation) (See 五七日) 35th day after a person's death

五刑

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wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

五官

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wǔ guān
    wu3 guan1
wu kuan
 gokan
    ごかん
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
the five sense organs; (place-name) Gokan
The five controlling powers, v. 五大使, birth, old age, sickness, death, and the (imperial) magistrate.

五罪

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 gozai
    ござい
(1) (hist) (See 五刑・2) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death); (2) (hist) (See 五刑・1) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

五苦

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wǔ kǔ
    wu3 ku3
wu k`u
    wu ku
 goku
The five forms of suffering: I. (1) Birth, age, sickness, death; (2) parting with those loved; (3) meeting with the hated or disliked; (4) inability to obtain the desired; (5) the five skandha sufferings, mental and physical. II. Birth, age, sickness, death, and the shackles (for criminals). III. The sufferings of the hells, and as hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, and human beings.

五衰

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wǔ shuāi
    wu3 shuai1
wu shuai
 gosui
    ごすい
{Buddh} five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being
The five signs of decay or approaching death, of which descriptions vary. e. g. uncontrolled discharges, flowers on the head wither. unpleasant odor, sweating armpits, uneasiness (or anxiety); Nirvana Sutra 19.

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