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Simple Dictionary Definition |
玩賞 玩赏 see styles |
wán shǎng wan2 shang3 wan shang |
to appreciate; to take pleasure in; to enjoy |
画舫 see styles |
gabou / gabo がぼう |
exquisitely decorated pleasure boat |
畫舫 画舫 see styles |
huà fǎng hua4 fang3 hua fang |
decorated pleasure boat See: 画舫 |
異熟 异熟 see styles |
yì shóu yi4 shou2 i shou ijuku |
vipāka, different when cooked, or matured, i.e. the effect differing from the cause, e. g. pleasure differing from goodness its cause, and pain from evil. Also, maturing or producing its effects in another life. |
粋筋 see styles |
ikisuji いきすじ |
(1) (See 花柳界・かりゅうかい) red-light district; pleasure quarters; (2) love affair; romance |
紫磨 see styles |
zǐ mó zi3 mo2 tzu mo shima |
Pure gold, hence 紫磨金; also 紫磨忍辱 the Buddha's image in attitude of calmness and indifference to pleasure or pain. |
耽楽 see styles |
tanraku たんらく |
(noun/participle) (rare) indulging in pleasure; giving oneself up to enjoyment |
聖意 圣意 see styles |
shèng yì sheng4 yi4 sheng i seii / se せいい |
(1) emperor's will; emperor's wishes; emperor's pleasure; (2) saint's will sagely intention |
色事 see styles |
irogoto いろごと |
love affair; sensual pleasures |
苦楽 see styles |
kuraku くらく |
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows |
著樂 着乐 see styles |
zhāo lè zhao1 le4 chao le jakuraku |
Attachment to bliss, or pleasure regarded as real and permanent. |
行楽 see styles |
kouraku / koraku こうらく |
outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic |
観賞 see styles |
kanshou / kansho かんしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure) |
觀賞 观赏 see styles |
guān shǎng guan1 shang3 kuan shang |
to look at something with pleasure; to watch (something marvelous); ornamental |
觸樂 触乐 see styles |
chù lè chu4 le4 ch`u le chu le sokuraku |
The pleasure produced by touch. |
買う see styles |
kau かう |
(transitive verb) (1) to buy; to purchase; (transitive verb) (2) to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize; (transitive verb) (3) to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour); (transitive verb) (4) to accept; to take on; to take up; (transitive verb) (5) to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.) |
逸楽 see styles |
itsuraku いつらく |
(noun/participle) pleasure |
逸樂 逸乐 see styles |
yì lè yi4 le4 i le |
pleasure-seeking |
逸豫 see styles |
yì yù yi4 yu4 i yü |
idleness and pleasure |
遊び see styles |
asobi あそび |
(1) play; playing; game; (2) pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion; (3) play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); (4) flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom; (5) (abbreviation) (See 遊び紙) flyleaf |
遊ぶ see styles |
asobu(p); asubu(ok) あそぶ(P); あすぶ(ok) |
(v5b,vi) (1) to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; (v5b,vi) (2) to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); (v5b,vi) (3) to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; (v5b,vi) (4) to meet up (with friends); to hang out; (v5b,vi) (5) to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.); (v5b,vi) (6) (as 〜に遊ぶ) to go to (for pleasure or for study); (v5b,vi) (7) (See もてあそぶ・2) to tease (someone); to play (with); (v5b,vi) (8) {baseb} to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration |
遊戲 游戏 see styles |
yóu xì you2 xi4 yu hsi yūge |
game; CL:場|场[chang3]; to play vikrīḍita. To roam for pleasure; play, sport. |
遊漁 see styles |
yuugyo; yuuryou / yugyo; yuryo ゆうぎょ; ゆうりょう |
sportfishing; recreational fishing; fishing for pleasure |
遊興 see styles |
yuukyou / yukyo ゆうきょう |
(noun/participle) merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures |
遊船 游船 see styles |
yóu chuán you2 chuan2 yu ch`uan yu chuan |
pleasure boat; cruise ship |
遊蕩 游荡 see styles |
yóu dàng you2 dang4 yu tang yuutou / yuto ゆうとう |
to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle (n,vs,vi) self-indulgent pleasure |
酒色 see styles |
jiǔ sè jiu3 se4 chiu se shushoku しゅしょく |
wine and women; color of wine; drunken expression wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation |
難陀 难陀 see styles |
nán tuó nan2 tuo2 nan t`o nan to Nanda |
難陁 nanda, "happiness, pleasure, joy, felicity." M.W. Name of disciples not easy to discriminate; one is called Cowherd Nanda, an arhat; another Sundarananda, to distinguish him from Ānanda, and the above; also, of a milkman who gave Śākyamuni milk; of a poor woman who could only offer a cash to buy oil for a lamp to Buddha; of a nāga king; etc. |
青樓 青楼 see styles |
qīng lóu qing1 lou2 ch`ing lou ching lou |
(literary) brothel; pleasure quarters See: 青楼 |
鼻息 see styles |
bí xī bi2 xi1 pi hsi hanaiki(p); bisoku はないき(P); びそく |
breath (1) nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; (2) (はないき only) person's pleasure; excitement The breath of the nostrils; also the perception of smell. |
からに see styles |
karani からに |
(expression) (1) (as 〜てからに at sentence end) expresses displeasure or disapproval; (expression) (2) just from (doing); simply by |
トロ顔 see styles |
torogao トロがお |
(vulgar) (See とろん,アヘ顔・アヘがお) face lost in pleasure; face in an ecstatic trance |
三受業 三受业 see styles |
sān shòu yè san1 shou4 ye4 san shou yeh sanjū gō |
The karma or results arising from the pursuit of courses that produce pain, pleasure, or freedom from both. |
不快感 see styles |
fukaikan ふかいかん |
discomfort; displeasure |
不機嫌 see styles |
fukigen ふきげん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (See 上機嫌) pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness |
不満足 see styles |
fumanzoku ふまんぞく |
(noun or adjectival noun) dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure |
享楽的 see styles |
kyourakuteki / kyorakuteki きょうらくてき |
(adjectival noun) pleasure-seeking |
八顚倒 see styles |
bā diān dào ba1 dian1 dao4 pa tien tao hachi tendō |
The eight upside-down views: heretics believe in 常樂我淨 permanence, pleasure, personality, and purity; the two Hīnayāna vehicles deny these both now and in nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna denies them now, but asserts them in nirvāṇa. Also 八倒. |
六染心 see styles |
liù rǎn xīn liu4 ran3 xin1 liu jan hsin roku zenshin |
The six mental 'taints' of the Awakening of Faith 起心論. Though mind-essence is by nature pure and without stain, the condition of 無明 ignorance, or innocence, permits of taint or defilement corresponding to the following six phases: (1) 執相應染 the taint interrelated to attachment, or holding the seeming for the real; it is the state of 執取相 and 名字相 which is cut off in the final pratyeka and śrāvaka stage and the bodhisattva 十住 of faith; (2) 不斷相應染 the taint interrelated to the persisting attraction of the causes of pain and pleasure; it is the 相續相 finally eradicated in the bodhisattva 初地 stage of purity; (3) 分別智相應染 the taint interrelated to the 'particularizing intelligence' which discerns things within and without this world; it is the first 智相, cut off in the bodhisattva 七地 stage of spirituality; (4) 現色不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint, i. e. of the 'ignorant' mind as yet hardly discerning subject from object, of accepting an external world; the third 現相 cut of in the bodhisattva 八地 stage of emancipation from the material; (5) 能見心不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting a perceptive mind, the second 轉相, cut of in the bodhisattva 九地 of intuition, or emancipation from mental effort; (6) 根本業不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting the idea of primal action or activity in the absolute; it is the first 業相, and cut of in the 十地 highest bodhisattva stage, entering on Buddhahood. See Suzuki's translation, 80-1. |
喜ばす see styles |
yorokobasu よろこばす |
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to delight; to give pleasure |
喜んで see styles |
yorokonde よろこんで |
(adverb) with pleasure ... |
喝倒彩 see styles |
hè dào cǎi he4 dao4 cai3 ho tao ts`ai ho tao tsai |
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor) |
委ねる see styles |
yudaneru ゆだねる |
(transitive verb) (1) to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; (transitive verb) (2) to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to |
小確幸 小确幸 see styles |
xiǎo què xìng xiao3 que4 xing4 hsiao ch`üeh hsing hsiao chüeh hsing shoukakkou / shokakko しょうかっこう |
something small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store) (slang) (abbr. of 小さいけど確かな幸せ; from an essay by Haruki Murakami) simple pleasure (in life) |
屋形船 see styles |
yakatabune やかたぶね |
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed) |
已知根 see styles |
yǐ zhī gēn yi3 zhi1 gen1 i chih ken ichi kon |
ājñendriya. The second of the 三無漏根 q. v. One who already knows the indriya or roots that arise from the practical stage associated with the Four Dogmas, i. e. purpose, joy, pleasure, renunciation, faith, zeal, memory, abstract meditation, wisdom. |
御座船 see styles |
gozabune ござぶね |
(1) (archaism) boat reserved for nobles; (2) (archaism) (See 屋形船) pleasure boat |
忉利天 see styles |
dāo lì tiān dao1 li4 tian1 tao li t`ien tao li tien Tōri Ten |
trāyastriṃśas, 怛唎耶怛唎奢; 多羅夜登陵舍; the heavens of the thirty-three devas, 三十三天, the second of the desire-heavens, the heaven of Indra; it is the Svarga of Hindu mythology, situated on Meru with thirty-two deva-cities, eight on each side; a central city is 善見城 Sudarśana, or Amarāvatī, where Indra, with 1, 000 heads and eyes and four arms, lives in his palace called 禪延; 毘闍延 (or 毘禪延) ? Vaijayanta, and 'revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife' Śacī and with 119, 000 concubines. 'There he receives the monthly reports of the' four Mahārājas as to the good and evil in the world. 'The whole myth may have an astronomical' or meteorological background, e. g. the number thirty-three indicating the 'eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology. ' Eitel. Cf. 因陀羅. |
性快感 see styles |
xìng kuài gǎn xing4 kuai4 gan3 hsing k`uai kan hsing kuai kan |
sexual pleasure |
悦ばす see styles |
yorokobasu よろこばす |
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to delight; to give pleasure |
悦んで see styles |
yorokonde よろこんで |
(adverb) with pleasure ... |
悪遊び see styles |
waruasobi わるあそび |
prank; evil pleasures; gambling |
愉しみ see styles |
tanoshimi たのしみ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby; (2) anticipation; looking forward to |
憂畢叉 忧毕叉 see styles |
yōu bì chā you1 bi4 cha1 yu pi ch`a yu pi cha upisha |
upekṣā, cf. 優 indifference attained in abstraction, i.e. 'indifference to pain or pleasure, equanimity, resignation, stoicism'. Childers. 'Looking on, hedonic neutrality or indifference, zero point between joy and sorrow, disinterestedness, neutral feeling, equanimity.' Pali Text Society's Dictionary. |
揚げ屋 see styles |
ageya あげや |
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests) |
楽しみ see styles |
tanoshimi たのしみ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby; (2) anticipation; looking forward to |
歓楽街 see styles |
kanrakugai かんらくがい |
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district |
歡喜天 欢喜天 see styles |
huān xǐ tiān tiān huan1 xi3 tian1 tian1 huan hsi t`ien t`ien huan hsi tien tien kangi ten |
大聖歡喜天; 聖天; (大聖天) The joyful devas, or devas of pleasure, represented as two figures embracing each other, with elephants' heads and human bodies; the two embracing figures are interpreted as Gaṇeśa (the eldest son of Śiva) and an incarnation of Guanyin; the elephant-head represents Gaṇeśa; the origin is older than the Guanyin idea and seems to be a derivation from the Śivaitic linga-worship. |
毘訶羅 毘诃罗 see styles |
pí hē luó pi2 he1 luo2 p`i ho lo pi ho lo bikara |
vihāra, a pleasure garden, monastery, temple, intp. as 遊行處 place for walking about, and 寺 monastery, or temple. Also 鼻訶羅; 鞞訶羅; 尾賀羅. |
求める see styles |
motomeru もとめる |
(transitive verb) (1) to want; to wish for; (transitive verb) (2) to request; to demand; to require; to ask for; (transitive verb) (3) to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution); (transitive verb) (4) (polite language) (See 買う・1) to purchase; to buy |
沒什麼 没什么 see styles |
méi shén me mei2 shen2 me5 mei shen me |
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
無動佛 无动佛 see styles |
wú dòng fó wu2 dong4 fo2 wu tung fo Mudō butsu |
Akṣobhya, cf. 阿閦婆 and 不動佛 The unperturbed Buddha, sometimes tr. as motionless, but the reference is to his calmness, serenity, and absence of passion; he is one of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas, and generally reigns over the east, his kingdom being Abhirati; realm of mystic pleasure. In the Lotus Sūtra he is named as the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñābhibhu. One of his principal characteristics is that of subduing the passions. |
甩臉子 甩脸子 see styles |
shuǎi liǎn zi shuai3 lian3 zi5 shuai lien tzu |
to grimace with displeasure; to pull a long face |
異熟因 异熟因 see styles |
yì shóu yīn yi4 shou2 yin1 i shou yin ijuku in |
vipāka-hetu heterogeneous cause, i.e. a cause producing a different effect, known as 無記 neutral, or not ethical, e.g. goodness resulting in pleasure, evil in pain. |
發噓聲 发嘘声 see styles |
fā xū shēng fa1 xu1 sheng1 fa hsü sheng |
to hiss (as a sign of displeasure) |
第四禪 第四禅 see styles |
dì sì chán di4 si4 chan2 ti ssu ch`an ti ssu chan daishi zen |
The fourth dhyāna, a degree of contemplation when the mind becomes indifferent to pleasure and pain; also the last eight rūpa heavens. |
背徳感 see styles |
haitokukan はいとくかん |
(See 罪悪感・ざいあくかん) sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness |
蘇囉多 苏囉多 see styles |
sū luó duō su1 luo2 duo1 su lo to sorata |
surata, enjoyment, amorous pleasures. |
遊冶郎 see styles |
yuuyarou / yuyaro ゆうやろう |
libertine; man of pleasure |
遊山船 see styles |
yusanbune ゆさんぶね |
excursion boat; pleasure boat |
遊覧船 see styles |
yuuransen / yuransen ゆうらんせん |
pleasure boat; sightseeing boat; tour boat; excursion boat |
醍醐味 see styles |
tí hú wèi ti2 hu2 wei4 t`i hu wei ti hu wei daigo mi だいごみ |
(1) the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm; (2) flavour of ghee; delicious taste; (3) (Buddhist term) Buddha's gracious teachings flavor of ghee |
阿世耶 see styles |
ā shì yé a1 shi4 ye2 a shih yeh aseya |
āśaya, 阿奢也, disposition, mind; pleased to, desire to, pleasure. |
飯ウマ see styles |
meshiuma; meshiuma メシウマ; めしうま |
(exp,n) (net-sl) (abbreviation) (kana only) (short for 他人の不幸で今日も飯がうまい) (See メシマズ・2) schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others |
お楽しみ see styles |
otanoshimi おたのしみ |
(polite language) enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby |
だいご味 see styles |
daigomi だいごみ |
(1) the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; the true charm; (2) flavour of ghee; delicious taste; (3) (Buddhist term) Buddha's gracious teachings |
どいたま see styles |
doitama どいたま |
(interjection) (abbreviation) (slang) (See どういたしまして) you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure |
めしうま see styles |
meshiuma めしうま |
(n,exp) (vulgar) (slang) (abbreviation) schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others |
三瓦兩舍 三瓦两舍 see styles |
sān wǎ liǎng shè san1 wa3 liang3 she4 san wa liang she |
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) |
不動無爲 不动无为 see styles |
bù dòng wú wéi bu4 dong4 wu2 wei2 pu tung wu wei fudō mui |
One of the six 無爲 kinds of inaction, or laissez aIIer, the state of being unmoved by pleasure or pain. |
二十二根 see styles |
èr shí èr gēn er4 shi2 er4 gen1 erh shih erh ken nijūni kon |
The twenty-two roots, organs, or powers, v. 根. They are: (1) 眼根 eye, cakṣurindriya; (2) 耳 根 ear, śrotrendriya; (3) 鼻根 nose, ghrāṇendriya; (4) 舌根 tongue, jihvendriya; (5) 身根 body, kāyendriya; (6) 意根 mind, manaīndriya (the above are the 六根); (7) 女根 female organ, strīndriya; (8) 男根 male organ, puruṣendriya; (9) 命根 life, jīvitendriya; (10) 苦根 suffering (or pain), duḥkhendriya; (11) 樂根 pleasure, sukhendriya; (12) 憂根 sorrow, daurmanasyendriya; (13) 喜根 joy, saumanas-yendriya; (14) 捨根 abandoning, upekṣendriya (from 10 to 14 they are the 五受); (15) 信根 faith, śraddhendriya; (16) 精進根 zeal, vīryendriya; (17) 念根 memory, smṛtīndriya; (18) 定根 meditation, or trance, samādhīndriya; (19) 慧根 wisdom, prajñendriya (these are the 信等之五根); (20) 未知當知根 the power for learning (the Four Noble Truths) anājñātamājñāsyāmīndriya; (21) 巳知根 the power of having learned (them), ājñendriya; (22) 具知根 the power of perfect knowledge (of them), ājñātādvīndriya (these three are called the 無漏根) . |
享楽生活 see styles |
kyourakuseikatsu / kyorakusekatsu きょうらくせいかつ |
life of pleasure |
俾晝作夜 俾昼作夜 see styles |
bǐ zhòu zuò yè bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4 pi chou tso yeh |
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour |
先睹為快 先睹为快 see styles |
xiān dǔ wéi kuài xian1 du3 wei2 kuai4 hsien tu wei k`uai hsien tu wei kuai |
(idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy) |
公諸同好 公诸同好 see styles |
gōng zhū tóng hào gong1 zhu1 tong2 hao4 kung chu t`ung hao kung chu tung hao |
to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts |
助人為樂 助人为乐 see styles |
zhù rén wéi lè zhu4 ren2 wei2 le4 chu jen wei le |
pleasure from helping others (idiom) |
勃然變色 勃然变色 see styles |
bó rán biàn sè bo2 ran2 bian4 se4 po jan pien se |
to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc |
卜晝卜夜 卜昼卜夜 see styles |
bǔ zhòu bǔ yè bu3 zhou4 bu3 ye4 pu chou pu yeh |
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) |
喜びの声 see styles |
yorokobinokoe よろこびのこえ |
(exp,n) shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments |
喜怒哀楽 see styles |
kidoairaku きどあいらく |
(yoji) human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings |
四人觀世 四人观世 see styles |
sì rén guān shì si4 ren2 guan1 shi4 ssu jen kuan shih shinin kanse |
The world from four points of view: that of men in general— its pleasures, thoughtlessly; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas— as a burning house, uneasily; of bodhisattvas— as an empty flower; of Buddhas— as mind, all things being for (or of) intelligent mind. |
四方四佛 see styles |
sì fāng sì fó si4 fang1 si4 fo2 ssu fang ssu fo shihō shibutsu |
The four Buddhas of the four regions — E. the world of 香積 abundant fragrance where reigns 阿閦 Akṣobhya; S. of 歡喜 pleasure, 寳相 Ratnaketu; W. of 安樂 restfulness, or joyful comfort, 無量壽 Amitābha; and N. of 蓮華莊嚴 lotus adornment, 微妙聲 ? Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. |
四無礙解 四无碍解 see styles |
sì wú ài jiě si4 wu2 ai4 jie3 ssu wu ai chieh shi muge ge |
(or 四無礙智 or 四無礙辯). pratisaṃvid, the four unhindered or unlimited bodhisattva powers of interpretation, or reasoning, i. e. in 法 dharma, the letter of the law; 義 artha, its meaning; ? nirukti, in any language, or form of expression; 樂說 pratibhāna, in eloquence, or pleasure in speaking, or argument. |
如鯁在喉 如鲠在喉 see styles |
rú gěng zài hóu ru2 geng3 zai4 hou2 ju keng tsai hou |
lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure |
婆舍跋提 see styles |
pó shè bá tí po2 she4 ba2 ti2 p`o she pa t`i po she pa ti Bashabadai |
Vaśavartin, the sixth desire-heaven, the abode of Māra, the god of lust, sin, and death; its occupants avail themselves of the merits of others for their own pleasure; it is also called the abode of Śikhin (Brahma) as lord of fire; also 他化自在天 and 婆羅尼密婆舍跋提 Paranirmitavaśavartin. |
審美快感 审美快感 see styles |
shěn měi kuài gǎn shen3 mei3 kuai4 gan3 shen mei k`uai kan shen mei kuai kan |
esomethingetic pleasure |
尋歡作樂 寻欢作乐 see styles |
xún huān zuò lè xun2 huan1 zuo4 le4 hsün huan tso le |
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation |
御楽しみ see styles |
otanoshimi おたのしみ |
(polite language) enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby |
快感中心 see styles |
kuài gǎn zhōng xīn kuai4 gan3 zhong1 xin1 k`uai kan chung hsin kuai kan chung hsin |
pleasure center |
快楽原則 see styles |
kairakugensoku かいらくげんそく |
{psych} pleasure principle |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Leasure" 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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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