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半時

see styles
 hantoki; hanji
    はんとき; はんじ
(n,adv) (1) (はんとき only) little while; short time; (2) (archaism) an hour; (3) (はんじ only) (rare) half-hour; half an hour

半晌

see styles
bàn shǎng
    ban4 shang3
pan shang
half of the day; a long time; quite a while

半期

see styles
 hanki
    はんき
(n,adv) half-term; half-time; half period

半橋


半桥

see styles
bàn qiáo
    ban4 qiao2
pan ch`iao
    pan chiao
half bridge (electronics)

半歩

see styles
 hanpo
    はんぽ
half step; half a step

半波

see styles
 hanba
    はんば
(can act as adjective) {physics} (See 半波長) half-wave; (surname) Hanba

半減

see styles
 hangen
    はんげん
(n,vs,vt,vi) reduction by half; halving

半片

see styles
 hanpen
    はんぺん
(1) (kana only) pounded fish cake; (2) half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub

半獣

see styles
 hanjuu / hanju
    はんじゅう
(See 半人半獣) half-human and half-beast

半玉

see styles
 hantama
    はんたま
{food} half portion of noodles or fried rice; half ball (of noodles)

半畳

see styles
 hanjou / hanjo
    はんじょう
(1) half tatami mat; (2) (See 半畳を入れる・はんじょうをいれる) heckling; jeering; interrupting; hissing

半目

see styles
 hanmoku
    はんもく
half a point (esp. in go)

半盲

see styles
 hanmou / hanmo
    はんもう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) half blind

半眼

see styles
 hangan
    はんがん
half-closed eyes

半睡

see styles
 hansui
    はんすい
(n,vs,adj-no) half asleep

半票

see styles
bàn piào
    ban4 piao4
pan p`iao
    pan piao
half-price ticket; half fare

半端

see styles
 hanpa
    はんぱ
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness; (2) fraction; odd sum; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) halfway; half-hearted; perfunctory; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) irresponsible; foolish

半荘

see styles
 hanchan
    ハンチャン
{mahj} half-game consisting of an east and south round (chi: bànzhuāng)

半裁

see styles
 hansai
    はんさい
(noun/participle) cutting in half or two

半角

see styles
 hankaku
    はんかく
(See 全角) half-width characters (e.g. romaji); single-byte characters; en quad

半解

see styles
 hankai
    はんかい
only half understood

半語

see styles
 hango
    はんご
{comp} half-word

半超

see styles
bàn chāo
    ban4 chao1
pan ch`ao
    pan chao
 hanchō
A deva who by devotion advances by leaps, escaping from one to thirteen of the sixteen heavens of form.

半跏

see styles
 hanka
    はんか
(abbreviation) (See 半跏趺坐) half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

半蹲

see styles
bàn dūn
    ban4 dun1
pan tun
half squat

半軸


半轴

see styles
bàn zhóu
    ban4 zhou2
pan chou
semiaxis; half axle

半載


半载

see styles
bàn zài
    ban4 zai4
pan tsai
half load

半輪

see styles
 hanrin
    はんりん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) semicircle; half-moon

半道

see styles
 hanmichi
    はんみち
(n,adv) half a ri (measure of length); halfway; (surname) Hanmichi

半邊


半边

see styles
bàn biān
    ban4 bian1
pan pien
half of something; one side of something

半里

see styles
 hanri
    はんり
half a ri (distance measure)

半量

see styles
 hanryou / hanryo
    はんりょう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) half the amount

半金

see styles
 hankin
    はんきん
half the amount

半開

see styles
 hankai
    はんかい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) half-open; partly open; (n,vs,adj-no) (2) semicivilized; semicivilised

半面

see styles
 hanmen
    はんめん
(conj,prt) (1) (after the attributive form of a verb or adjective, or the particle の) (See 反面・1) while; although; though; but; (conjunction) (2) (See 反面・2,その半面) (but) at the same time; on the other hand; then again; and yet; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (rare) half the face; profile; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) (rare) one side; a half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary; the opposite; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (5) (rare) half the surface (of)

半音

see styles
bàn yīn
    ban4 yin1
pan yin
 hanon
    はんおん
semitone
{music} semitone; half step; halftone

半響


半响

see styles
bàn xiǎng
    ban4 xiang3
pan hsiang
half the day; a long time; quite a while

半頌


半颂

see styles
bàn sòng
    ban4 song4
pan sung
 hanju
half-verse

半額

see styles
 hangaku
    はんがく
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

半顔

see styles
 hangan; hangao
    はんがん; はんがお
(See 半面・はんめん・1) half the face

半馬


半马

see styles
bàn mǎ
    ban4 ma3
pan ma
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松[ban4 cheng2 ma3 la1 song1])

半齋


半斋

see styles
bàn zhāi
    ban4 zhai1
pan chai
 hansai
Half a day's fast, i. e.. fasting all day but eating at night.

南半

see styles
 minamihan
    みなみはん
southern half; (place-name) Minamihan

単騎

see styles
 tanki
    たんき
(1) single horseman; (2) {mahj} (See 単騎待ち・たんきまち) wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

博叉

see styles
bó chā
    bo2 cha1
po ch`a
    po cha
 hakusha
Vaṅkṣu; Vakṣu; v. 縛 the Oxus.

參半


参半

see styles
cān bàn
    can1 ban4
ts`an pan
    tsan pan
half; half and half; both ... and ...; just as much ... as ...; equally

叔離


叔离

see styles
shú lí
    shu2 li2
shu li
 shukuri
Śukla, or Śukra, white, silvery; the waxing half of the moon, or month; one of the asterisms, 'the twenty-fourth of the astronomical Yogas, ' M. W.; associated with Venus.

取札

see styles
 torifuda
    とりふだ
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)

合決

see styles
 aijakuri
    あいじゃくり
half lap joint between parallel boards

吽形

see styles
 ungyou / ungyo
    うんぎょう
{Buddh} closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")

四爐


四炉

see styles
sì lú
    si4 lu2
ssu lu
 shiro
The four furnaces, or altars of the esoteric cult, each differing in shape: earth, square; water, round; fire, triangular; wind, half-moon shape.

四維


四维

see styles
sì wéi
    si4 wei2
ssu wei
 yotsui
    よつい
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional
(1) (See 四隅・2) four ordinal directions; (2) (しい only) (from Guanzi) four cardinal principles of the state (propriety, justice, integrity, sense of shame); (surname) Yotsui
The four half points of the compass, N. E., N. W., S. E., S. W.

夢現

see styles
 yumeutsutsu
    ゆめうつつ
(1) half asleep and half awake; trance; (2) dream and reality

大夜

see styles
dà yè
    da4 ye4
ta yeh
 daiya
the second half of the night; early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3 ye4], evening); (fig.) eternal rest; death; (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk
The great night, i.e. that before the funeral pyre of a monk is lighted; also 迨夜; 宿夜.

天竺

see styles
tiān zhú
    tian1 zhu2
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenjiku
    てんじく
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
(1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku
(天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow.

太半

see styles
tài bàn
    tai4 ban4
t`ai pan
    tai pan
more than half; a majority; most; mostly

夾生


夹生

see styles
jiā shēng
    jia1 sheng1
chia sheng
half-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc; Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]

封戸

see styles
 fube
    ふべ
(hist) (See 食封) household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryō system); vassal household allotted to a courtier; (surname) Fube

對半


对半

see styles
duì bàn
    dui4 ban4
tui pan
half-and-half; 50-50; to double

小半

see styles
xiǎo bàn
    xiao3 ban4
hsiao pan
 kohan
    こはん
a portion smaller than a half; the lesser part; the smaller part
(surname) Kohan

小夜

see styles
xiǎo yè
    xiao3 ye4
hsiao yeh
 serenaade / serenade
    せれなーで
the first half of the night; evening (cf. 大夜[da4 ye4], early morning)
evening; (female given name) Serena-de

小爪

see styles
 kozume
    こづめ
{anat} lunula; half-moon (of a fingernail); (place-name) Kozume

年弱

see styles
 toshiyowa
    としよわ
(noun or adjectival noun) child born in last half of the year

年強

see styles
 toshizuyo
    としづよ
(noun or adjectival noun) being older or a senior; the first half of the year

弔旗

see styles
 chouki / choki
    ちょうき
mourning flag; flag draped in black; flag at half-mast

往信

see styles
 oushin / oshin
    おうしん
first half of a reply card

後座


后座

see styles
hòu zuò
    hou4 zuo4
hou tso
 goza
    ござ
back seat; pillion
(1) main performance; headliner; (2) (See 初座) latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed)

後期


后期

see styles
hòu qī
    hou4 qi1
hou ch`i
    hou chi
 kouki / koki
    こうき
late stage; later period
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (ant: 前期) latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

從僧


从僧

see styles
cóng sēng
    cong2 seng1
ts`ung seng
    tsung seng
 zusō
A 'half-monk', a neophyte.

憖い

see styles
 namajii / namaji
    なまじい
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (See なまじ・1) thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; half-heartedly; (adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) (See なまじ・2) halfway; half-done; incomplete

戻る

see styles
 modoru
    もどる
(v5r,vi) (1) to turn back (e.g. half-way); (v5r,vi) (2) to return; to go back; (v5r,vi) (3) to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; (v5r,vi) (4) to rebound; to spring back

折半

see styles
zhé bàn
    zhe2 ban4
che pan
 seppan
    せっぱん
to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
(noun, transitive verb) halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally

散漫

see styles
sǎn màn
    san3 man4
san man
 sanman
    さんまん
undisciplined; unorganized
(noun or adjectival noun) vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse; scattered

敷衍

see styles
fū yǎn
    fu1 yan3
fu yen
 fuen
    ふえん
to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do something half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
(noun/participle) expatiation; amplification (upon); elaboration

斬斷


斩断

see styles
zhǎn duàn
    zhan3 duan4
chan tuan
to cut off; to chop something in half

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

明末

see styles
míng mò
    ming2 mo4
ming mo
 akesue
    あけすえ
late Ming; first half of the 17th century
(surname) Akesue

時半

see styles
 jihan
    じはん
(suffix) (as 六時半, etc.) half past (the hour)

有半

see styles
 yuuhan / yuhan
    ゆうはん
half again of a designated unit

本門


本门

see styles
běn mén
    ben3 men2
pen men
 motokado
    もとかど
(1) (rare) main gate; front gate; (2) {Buddh} (See 迹門) latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha; (surname) Motokado
v. 本迹.

東半

see styles
 touhan / tohan
    とうはん
the eastern half

横足

see styles
 yokoashi
    よこあし
half-pass (horse gait)

欠身

see styles
qiàn shēn
    qian4 shen1
ch`ien shen
    chien shen
to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)

泰半

see styles
tài bàn
    tai4 ban4
t`ai pan
    tai pan
more than half; a majority; most; mostly

混一

see styles
hùn yī
    hun4 yi1
hun i
 honitsu; honichi
    ホンイツ; ホンイチ
to amalgamate; to mix together as one
(abbreviation) (kana only) {mahj} (See 混一色・1) half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles

混事

see styles
hùn shì
    hun4 shi4
hun shih
to work half-heartedly; to get by in a job with the minimum effort

減半


减半

see styles
jiǎn bàn
    jian3 ban4
chien pan
to reduce by half

溫吞


温吞

see styles
wēn tūn
    wen1 tun1
wen t`un
    wen tun
tepid; lukewarm; (fig.) apathetic; half-hearted; sluggish; mild-tempered

滿字


满字

see styles
mǎn zì
    man3 zi4
man tzu
 manji
The complete word, i.e. Mahāyāna, as compared with the 半字 half word, or incomplete word of Hīnayāna.

玄奘

see styles
xuán zàng
    xuan2 zang4
hsüan tsang
 genjou / genjo
    げんじょう
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
(given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664)
Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year.

甘い

see styles
 amai
    あまい
(adjective) (1) sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared; (adjective) (2) fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); (adjective) (3) lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy; (adjective) (4) (See 甘く見る) naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient; (adjective) (5) half-hearted; not finished properly; (adjective) (6) insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose; (adjective) (7) mild; (adjective) (8) (See 甘い言葉) tempting; enticing; luring

甘酒

see styles
gān jiǔ
    gan1 jiu3
kan chiu
 kanshu
    あまざけ
(food term) sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
sweet alcoholic beverages

生半

see styles
 namanaka
    なまなか
(adjectival noun) (1) halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-hearted; (adverb) (2) half-heartedly; insufficiently

生節

see styles
 namaribushi
    なまりぶし
    namabushi
    なまぶし
boiled and half-dried bonito

異父


异父

see styles
yì fù
    yi4 fu4
i fu
 ifu
    いふ
with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
(See 同父,異父姉妹,異父兄弟) different father

白月

see styles
bái yuè
    bai2 yue4
pai yüeh
 shirotsuki
    しろつき
(surname) Shirotsuki
śuklapakṣa 自分; the bright, i. e. first half of the month, as contrasted with the 黑分 kṛṣṇapakṣa, dark or latter half.

盆暗

see styles
 bonkura; bonkura
    ぼんくら; ボンクラ
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; thickheaded; (2) (kana only) blockhead; idiot; dimwit

相決

see styles
 aijakuri
    あいじゃくり
half lap joint between parallel boards

約分


约分

see styles
yuē fēn
    yue1 fen1
yüeh fen
 yakubun
    やくぶん
reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths); to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator
(noun, transitive verb) {math} reduction (of a fraction to its lowest terms)

紙鍋

see styles
 kaminabe
    かみなべ
{food} paper hotpot; hot pot dish cooked half-wrapped in paper

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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