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唯色

see styles
wéi sè
    wei2 se4
wei se
 yuishiki
All things are matter, because mind and matter are identical, for matter is mind.

問う

see styles
 tou / to
    とう
(surname, transitive verb) (1) to ask; to inquire; (2) to charge (e.g. with a crime); to accuse; (3) without regard to; to not matter; (4) to call into question; to doubt; to question

問題


问题

see styles
wèn tí
    wen4 ti2
wen t`i
    wen ti
 mondai
    もんだい
question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) question (e.g. on a test); problem; (2) problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; (3) question (i.e. doubt); (4) public discussion; controversy; (5) trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

善後


善后

see styles
shàn hòu
    shan4 hou4
shan hou
 zengo
    ぜんご
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
(usu. in compounds) (See 善後処置) careful settlement (of a matter); dealing with properly; planning for the future

固体

see styles
 kotai
    こたい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 液体,気体) solid (body); solid matter; solid-state

在於


在于

see styles
zài yú
    zai4 yu2
tsai yü
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)

外物

see styles
wài wù
    wai4 wu4
wai wu
 gaibutsu
    がいぶつ
external object; foreign matter
external things

大事

see styles
dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

大節


大节

see styles
dà jié
    da4 jie2
ta chieh
 daisetsu
    だいせつ
major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
(given name) Daisetsu
key point

実は

see styles
 jitsuha
    じつは
(exp,adv) as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

實事


实事

see styles
shí shì
    shi2 shi4
shih shih
 jitsuji
fact; actual thing; practical matter
real things

實物


实物

see styles
shí wù
    shi2 wu4
shih wu
 jitsumotsu
material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics)
matter

尋根


寻根

see styles
xún gēn
    xun2 gen1
hsün ken
to seek one's roots; to get to the bottom of a matter

小用

see styles
 koyou / koyo
    こよう
(1) (usu. こよう) trifling matter; (2) urination; urine; (place-name, surname) Koyou

小節


小节

see styles
xiǎo jié
    xiao3 jie2
hsiao chieh
 kobushi
    こぶし
a minor matter; trivia; bar (music)
(1) {music} bar; measure; (2) short pause (in writing); (3) petty principles; minor details; (surname) Kobushi

尾生

see styles
wěi shēng
    wei3 sheng1
wei sheng
 bio
    びお
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters); sb who keeps to their word no matter what
(surname) Bio

屁事

see styles
pì shì
    pi4 shi4
p`i shih
    pi shih
(vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business

巴閉


巴闭

see styles
bā bì
    ba1 bi4
pa pi
(Cantonese, Jyutping: baa1 bai3); to act high and mighty; to make big fuss over a small matter; impressive

巻頭

see styles
 makihotsu
    まきほつ
(1) beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; (2) beginning (of a matter); start; (place-name) Makihotsu

幾ら

see styles
 ikura
    いくら
(n,adv) (1) (kana only) how much; (suffix noun) (2) (kana only) (after a rounded number, esp. a sum of money) something over; and something; -odd; (adverb) (3) (kana only) (as いくら...〜ても, いくら...〜でも, etc.) however (much); no matter how

底事

see styles
dǐ shì
    di3 shi4
ti shih
 tei no ji
this matter

底定

see styles
dǐ dìng
    di3 ding4
ti ting
(literary) to quell an insurgency; (Tw) to settle (a matter)

底細


底细

see styles
dǐ xì
    di3 xi4
ti hsi
inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up

当事

see styles
 touji / toji
    とうじ
matter under concern

当然

see styles
 touzen / tozen
    とうぜん
(adj-na,adj-no) natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

後件

see styles
 kouken / koken
    こうけん
(1) (See 前件・1) (the) latter; following matter; (2) {logic} (See 前件・2) consequent

徒事

see styles
 tadagoto
    ただごと
    adagoto
    あだごと
trivial matter

微塵


微尘

see styles
wēi chén
    wei1 chen2
wei ch`en
    wei chen
 mijin(p); bijin(ok)
    みじん(P); びじん(ok)
dust; (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
(1) particle; atom; little piece; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (used with neg. verb, often as 微塵も〜ない) not at all; not the slightest
A molecule, v. above.

心結


心结

see styles
xīn jié
    xin1 jie2
hsin chieh
 motoyu
    もとゆ
a matter that gnaws at one's mind; preoccupation; sore point; rancor
(female given name) Motoyu

忽微

see styles
hū wēi
    hu1 wei1
hu wei
minuscule quantity; minor matter

急務


急务

see styles
jí wù
    ji2 wu4
chi wu
 kyuumu / kyumu
    きゅうむ
urgent task; pressing matter
urgent business; pressing need; imperative

急所

see styles
 kyuusho / kyusho
    きゅうしょ
(1) vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals; (2) key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter); (3) (colloquialism) (See 金的・3) male crotch (as a target in fighting); (4) {go} vital point; critical place to make a move

怨み

see styles
 urami
    うらみ
(1) resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness; (2) matter for regret; regret

恨み

see styles
 urami
    うらみ
(1) resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness; (2) matter for regret; regret

態子


态子

see styles
tài zi
    tai4 zi5
t`ai tzu
    tai tzu
state of matter (solid, liquid or gas)

慶事

see styles
 keiji / keji
    けいじ
(ant: 弔事) happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation

憾み

see styles
 urami
    うらみ
(1) resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness; (2) matter for regret; regret

憾事

see styles
hàn shì
    han4 shi4
han shih
a matter for regret; something that is a (great) pity

戲言


戏言

see styles
xì yán
    xi4 yan2
hsi yen
 tawagoto
    たわごと
    tawakoto
    たわこと
    gigen
    ぎげん
joking matter; to go back on one's words
(out-dated kanji) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) nonsense; bullshit; silly things; joke; (out-dated kanji) nonsense; bullshit; silly things; joke

所か

see styles
 tokoroga
    ところが
(conjunction) (kana only) even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

所で

see styles
 tokorode
    ところで
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) by the way; incidentally; well; now; (prt,conj) (2) (kana only) (after the plain past form of a verb) even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

所説

see styles
 shosetsu
    しょせつ
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion

拈提

see styles
niǎn tí
    nian3 ti2
nien t`i
    nien ti
 nentei
to raise a matter for question and analysis

拘う

see styles
 kakazurau
    かかずらう
(v5u,vi) (1) (kana only) to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); (2) to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); (3) to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

接洽

see styles
jiē qià
    jie1 qia4
chieh ch`ia
    chieh chia
to discuss a matter with sb; to get in touch with; to arrange

撇清

see styles
piē qīng
    pie1 qing1
p`ieh ch`ing
    pieh ching
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear

撞車


撞车

see styles
zhuàng chē
    zhuang4 che1
chuang ch`e
    chuang che
to crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash; (of subject matter) to be the same

擺平


摆平

see styles
bǎi píng
    bai3 ping2
pai p`ing
    pai ping
to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc)

文脈

see styles
 bunmyaku
    ぶんみゃく
(1) context (of a passage); line of thought; (2) context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background

有事

see styles
yǒu shì
    you3 shi4
yu shih
 yuuji / yuji
    ゆうじ
to be occupied with something; to have something on one's mind; there is something the matter
emergency; (given name) Yūji
To have affairs, functioning, phenomenal, idem 有爲法.

有要

see styles
 yuuyou / yuyo
    ゆうよう
matter (thing, concept) of high (vital, extreme) importance

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

本件

see styles
 honken
    ほんけん
this matter; this case

本尊

see styles
běn zūn
    ben3 zun1
pen tsun
 honzon
    ほんぞん
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity); the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar; (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]); (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article; the real McCoy; the man himself; the woman herself; the original manifestation of something (not a spin-off or a clone)
(1) principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; (2) idol; icon; object of adoration; (3) (joc) (usu. as ご〜) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
? satyadevatā, 裟也地提嚩多. The original honoured one; the most honoured of all Buddhas; also the chief object of worship in a group; the specific Buddha, etc., being served.

材料

see styles
cái liào
    cai2 liao4
ts`ai liao
    tsai liao
 zairyou / zairyo
    ざいりょう
(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
(1) materials; ingredients; (2) material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; (3) grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data; (4) {finc} (market) factor

某事

see styles
mǒu shì
    mou3 shi4
mou shih
something; a certain matter

核心

see styles
hé xīn
    he2 xin1
ho hsin
 kakushin
    かくしん
core; nucleus
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

案件

see styles
àn jiàn
    an4 jian4
an chien
 anken
    あんけん
case; instance; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]
(1) matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; topic; case; (2) (court) case; (3) project; enterprise; (4) (colloquialism) advertisement; sponsorship spot; promotional

案子

see styles
àn zi
    an4 zi5
an tzu
long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job

楽事

see styles
 rakuji
    らくじ
pleasant circumstances; enjoyable matter

構う

see styles
 kamau
    かまう
(v5u,vi) (1) (See 構わない) to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for; (v5u,vi) (2) to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with; (v5u,vi) (4) to interfere with; to meddle in; (transitive verb) (5) to tease; (transitive verb) (6) (archaism) to banish; to prohibit

樂子


乐子

see styles
lè zi
    le4 zi5
le tzu
 rakuko
    らくこ
fun; pleasure; laughing matter
(female given name) Rakuko

權衡


权衡

see styles
quán héng
    quan2 heng2
ch`üan heng
    chüan heng
 gonkō
to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
a scale for measuring weight

歇心

see styles
xiē xīn
    xie1 xin1
hsieh hsin
to drop the matter; to stop worrying

此事

see styles
cǐ shì
    ci3 shi4
tz`u shih
    tzu shih
 shi ji
this matter
this thing

死心

see styles
sǐ xīn
    si3 xin1
ssu hsin
to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about

死活

see styles
sǐ huó
    si3 huo2
ssu huo
 shikatsu
    しかつ
life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) life and death; life or death; (2) {go} life and death (of a group of stones)

水物

see styles
 mizumono
    みずもの
(1) liquid; beverage; drink; (2) (See 懐石・1) food with high water content (esp. sorbet or fruit served as a dessert in a kaiseki dinner); (3) gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

沙汰

see styles
 sata
    さた
(noun, transitive verb) (1) affair; state; incident; issue; matter; (noun, transitive verb) (2) verdict; sentence; (noun, transitive verb) (3) directions; orders; command; instructions; (noun, transitive verb) (4) notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update; (surname) Sata

活字

see styles
huó zì
    huo2 zi4
huo tzu
 katsuji
    かつじ
movable type
(1) (piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printing type; (2) printed word; printed matter; print

浮塵


浮尘

see styles
fú chén
    fu2 chen2
fu ch`en
    fu chen
 fujin
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface); large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
Floating dust or atoms, unstable matter, i.e. phenomena, which hide reality.

涉事

see styles
shè shì
    she4 shi4
she shih
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人[she4 shi4 san1 ren2], the three people involved); (archaic) to recount the events

淡々

see styles
 tantan
    たんたん
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; (2) plain; light; simple; bland; (3) flowing gently; (given name) Tantan

淡淡

see styles
dàn dàn
    dan4 dan4
tan tan
 tantan
    たんたん
faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; (2) plain; light; simple; bland; (3) flowing gently

深事

see styles
shēn shì
    shen1 shi4
shen shih
 shin ji
profound matter

済す

see styles
 nasu
    なす
(transitive verb) (1) (obsolete) to settle (a debt or matter); to pay back (money or goods); (transitive verb) (2) (archaism) to fulfill one's obligation of payment; to pay in full

澹々

see styles
 tantan
    たんたん
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; (2) plain; light; simple; bland; (3) flowing gently

澹澹

see styles
 tantan
    たんたん
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) uninterested; unconcerned; indifferent; dispassionate; matter-of-fact; detached; (2) plain; light; simple; bland; (3) flowing gently

無妨


无妨

see styles
wú fáng
    wu2 fang2
wu fang
no harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.; no matter; it's no bother

無機


无机

see styles
wú jī
    wu2 ji1
wu chi
 muki
    むき
inorganic (chemistry)
(can act as adjective) (1) (See 有機・1) inorganic; (2) (abbreviation) (See 無機化学) inorganic chemistry; (3) (abbreviation) (See 無機化合物) inorganic compound; (4) (abbreviation) (See 無機物・1) inorganic matter

無論


无论

see styles
wú lùn
    wu2 lun4
wu lun
 muron
    むろん
no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
(adverb) (See 勿論・もちろん) of course; certainly; naturally

煤塵

see styles
 baijin
    ばいじん
dust and soot; particulate matter

熟慮


熟虑

see styles
shú lǜ
    shu2 lu:4
shu lü
 jukuryo
    じゅくりょ
careful thought
(1) deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; (vs,vt) (2) to consider a matter carefully

物の

see styles
 monono
    ものの
(pre-noun adjective) only ...; no more than ...; a matter of

物事

see styles
wù shì
    wu4 shi4
wu shih
 monogoto
    ものごと
(literary) affair; matter; business; (dialect) item; thing; stuff
things; everything

物性

see styles
 bussei / busse
    ぶっせい
physical properties; properties of matter; physicality

物態


物态

see styles
wù tài
    wu4 tai4
wu t`ai
    wu tai
(physics) state of matter

瓦斯

see styles
wǎ sī
    wa3 si1
wa ssu
 gasu
    ガス
gas (loanword)
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (kana only) gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas) (dut:, eng:); (2) (kana only) gasoline; gas; petrol; (3) (kana only) dense fog; thick fog; (4) (kana only) (abbreviation) gas stove; gas cooker; gas range; (5) (kana only) (colloquialism) flatulence; gas; wind; fart

用滅


用灭

see styles
yòng miè
    yong4 mie4
yung mieh
 yōmetsu
Function or activity ceasing; i. e. matter (or the body 體) does not cease to exist, but only its varying functions or activities.

甭管

see styles
béng guǎn
    beng2 guan3
peng kuan
(coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc)

画材

see styles
 gazai
    がざい
(1) subject matter of a painting; (2) art supplies; art materials

異事


异事

see styles
yì shì
    yi4 shi4
i shih
something else; a separate matter; not the same thing; with different jobs (not colleagues); a remarkable thing; something special; an odd thing; something strange or incomprehensible

異物


异物

see styles
yì wù
    yi4 wu4
i wu
 ibutsu
    いぶつ
rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter; alien body; the dead; ghost; monstrosity; alien life-form
(1) foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material; (2) strange object; unusual object; (3) (archaism) dead body; corpse; remains

當事


当事

see styles
dàng shì
    dang4 shi4
tang shih
 koto ni ataru
to consider as a matter of importance; to be of importance
this matter

白質

see styles
 hakushitsu
    はくしつ
{anat} white matter (e.g. in the brain); substantia alba

皮脂

see styles
 hishi
    ひし
sebum; sebaceous matter

盤錯


盘错

see styles
pán cuò
    pan2 cuo4
p`an ts`o
    pan tso
intertwined (of tree roots or branches); fig. an intricate matter

相態


相态

see styles
xiàng tài
    xiang4 tai4
hsiang t`ai
    hsiang tai
phase (state of matter)

破事

see styles
pò shì
    po4 shi4
p`o shih
    po shih
trivial matter; trifle; annoying thing

破家

see styles
pò jiā
    po4 jia1
p`o chia
    po chia
 baka
    ばか
to destroy one's family
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (kana only) fool; idiot; (2) (kana only) trivial matter; folly; absurdity; (adjectival noun) (3) (kana only) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; (4) (abbreviation) (kana only) Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

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

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

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