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Simple Dictionary Definition |
倒懸 倒悬 see styles |
dào xuán dao4 xuan2 tao hsüan touken / token とうけん |
lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits hanging (someone) upside down Hanging upside down; the condition of certain condemned souls, especially for whom the Ullambana (or Lambana, cf. 盂) festival is held in the seventh month; the phrase is used as a tr. of Ullambana, and as such seems meant for Lambana. |
値遇 see styles |
zhí yù zhi2 yu4 chih yü chiguu / chigu ちぐう |
(noun/participle) being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone) To meet, happen on unexpectedly. |
假冒 see styles |
jiǎ mào jia3 mao4 chia mao |
to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) |
側臥 侧卧 see styles |
cè wò ce4 wo4 ts`e wo tse wo sokuga そくが |
to lie on one's side (n,vs,vi) (1) (form) lying down on one's side; (n,vs,vi) (2) (form) sleeping next to someone |
傲る see styles |
ogoru おごる |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to give (someone) a treat; (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; (3) (kana only) to be proud; to be haughty |
像主 see styles |
zoushu / zoshu ぞうしゅ |
(1) (rare) subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust; (2) (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art |
僭用 see styles |
senyou / senyo せんよう |
(noun/participle) using something belonging exclusively to someone else |
光一 see styles |
mitsukazu みつかず |
(1) scoring hand in hanafuda with one 20 point flower card and six 1 point flower cards; (2) something (or someone) that stands out above the rest; (given name) Mitsukazu |
八分 see styles |
hachibu はちぶ |
(1) eight-tenths; (2) (abbreviation) (See 村八分・1) ostracism; casting someone out; (3) (See 鳶ズボン) type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg |
共感 see styles |
gòng gǎn gong4 gan3 kung kan kyoukan / kyokan きょうかん |
(n,vs,vi) sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone) shared experience |
其の see styles |
sono(p); son その(P); そん |
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (kana only) (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener) (See この・1,あの,どの) that; the; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (kana only) (preceding a number) part (as in "part two"); (interjection) (3) (その only) um ...; er ...; uh ... |
其方 see styles |
sochira(p); socchi(p); sonata; sochi そちら(P); そっち(P); そなた; そち |
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (See こちら・1,あちら・1,どちら・1) that way; that direction; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) there; (pronoun) (3) (kana only) (something close to the listener) that (one); (pronoun) (4) (kana only) (そちら is polite) you; your family; your company; (pronoun) (5) (kana only) (someone close to the listener) that person |
冒す see styles |
okasu おかす |
(transitive verb) (1) to brave; to risk; to face; to venture; (transitive verb) (2) (of a disease, chemical, etc.) to harm; to afflict; to affect; (transitive verb) (3) to desecrate; to profane; (transitive verb) (4) to assume (someone else's surname); to take |
冠る see styles |
kamuru かむる kaburu かぶる |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); (2) (kana only) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; (3) (kana only) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color); (5) to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r,vi) (6) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); (7) to close; to come to an end; (8) to get a full house; to sell out; (9) (archaism) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (10) (archaism) to be deceived |
凸る see styles |
totsuru とつる |
(v5r,vi) (1) (net-sl) (See 突撃) to charge; to rush; to assault; to attack; (v5r,vi) (2) (net-sl) (See 電凸) to flood a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards); (v5r,vi) (3) (net-sl) to message (someone); to contact |
出先 see styles |
desaki でさき |
(1) one's destination; place where someone is going; place where someone has gone; (2) source (of an object); origin; (3) (abbreviation) (See 出先機関) branch office; (surname) Desaki |
分袂 see styles |
fēn mèi fen1 mei4 fen mei bunbei / bunbe ぶんべい |
to leave each other; to part company (noun/participle) parting (from someone) |
分身 see styles |
fēn shēn fen1 shen1 fen shen bunshin(p); funjin(ok) ぶんしん(P); ふんじん(ok) |
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition (1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere. |
初参 see styles |
shosan しょさん |
(noun/participle) (1) being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time; (noun/participle) (2) visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time |
別人 别人 see styles |
bié ren bie2 ren5 pieh jen betsujin(p); betsunin(ok) べつじん(P); べつにん(ok) |
other people; others; other person different person; another person; someone else; changed man an individual person |
前文 see styles |
zenbun ぜんぶん |
(1) the above sentence; the foregoing remark; (2) preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); (3) opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.) |
功田 see styles |
kouden / koden こうでん |
(hist) land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryō system); (place-name) Kōden |
加害 see styles |
jiā hài jia1 hai4 chia hai kagai かがい |
to injure (noun/participle) assault; violence; damaging (someone) to harm |
厭魅 厌魅 see styles |
yàn mèi yan4 mei4 yen mei Enmi えんみ |
killing someone with a magical curse 厭禱鬼 Vetāla, a demon appealed to in order to raise a corpse and with it to cause the death of an enemy. |
友録 see styles |
tomoroku; tomoroku ともろく; トモロク |
(n,vs,vi) (net-sl) (obsolete) (from 友達 + 登録) adding someone to one's friends list |
口占 see styles |
kuchiura くちうら |
(1) determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (2) (archaism) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone |
口受 see styles |
kuju くじゅ |
listening to someone talking |
口裏 see styles |
kuchiura くちうら |
(1) determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (2) (archaism) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone |
召還 see styles |
shoukan / shokan しょうかん |
(noun, transitive verb) recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home) |
叱叱 see styles |
shisshi しっしっ |
(ateji / phonetic) (interjection) (1) (kana only) shh! (used to silence someone); sh!; (2) (kana only) shoo! (used to drive off animals, etc.) |
合席 see styles |
aiseki あいせき |
(noun/participle) sharing a table (at a restaurant with someone you don't know) |
同担 see styles |
doutan / dotan どうたん |
(slang) someone who supports the same member (of an idol group, etc.) as oneself |
同行 see styles |
tóng xíng tong2 xing2 t`ung hsing tung hsing doukou / doko どうこう |
to journey together (n,vs,vi) (1) accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; (2) the same bank; the said bank Those who are practising religion together. |
吟味 see styles |
ginmi ぎんみ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) close examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry; enquiry; scrutiny; testing; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (dated) investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; (3) (abbreviation) {hanaf} (See 吟味役・2) winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (noun, transitive verb) (4) (archaism) (orig. meaning) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry |
告口 see styles |
tsugekuchi つげくち |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) tattling; telling on (someone); (surname) Tsugekuchi |
告白 see styles |
gào bái gao4 bai2 kao pai kokuhaku こくはく |
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love (noun, transitive verb) (1) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; (n,vs,vi) (2) professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} profession (of faith); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {Christn} confession (of sins) |
呑口 see styles |
nomiguchi のみぐち |
(1) taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); (2) someone who enjoys alcohol; (3) place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; (4) shape of one's mouth when drinking; (5) tap; faucet; spigot; (surname) Nomiguchi |
呪う see styles |
majinau まじなう |
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) (kana only) to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (2) (kana only) to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (3) (kana only) (See まじない) to charm; to conjure; to cast a spell (on someone); (Godan verb with "u" ending) (4) (archaism) to treat illness (with a prayer) |
呪殺 呪杀 see styles |
zhòu shā zhou4 sha1 chou sha jusatsu じゅさつ |
(noun, transitive verb) killing (someone) with a curse; putting a deadly curse on (someone) killing through curse |
命日 see styles |
meinichi / menichi めいにち |
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death |
唱導 唱导 see styles |
chàng dǎo chang4 dao3 ch`ang tao chang tao shoudou / shodo しょうどう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (See 唱道) advocacy To preach to people and lead them to conversion. |
喝破 see styles |
kappa かっぱ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; (noun, transitive verb) (2) proclaiming (the truth); expounding |
嗣ぐ see styles |
tsugu つぐ |
(transitive verb) to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance) |
回す see styles |
mawasu まわす |
(transitive verb) (1) to turn; to rotate; to gyrate; (2) to circulate; to send around; (3) to surround; (4) to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers); (suf,v5s) (5) ... around (e.g. to chase someone around); (6) to dial (e.g. telephone number); (Godan verb with "su" ending) (7) to invest; (8) to gang-rape |
国者 see styles |
kunimono くにもの |
(1) (archaism) (See 田舎者) country bumpkin; (2) (archaism) someone from the same part of the country |
圧倒 see styles |
attou / atto あっとう |
(vs,vt,n) (1) to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush; to defeat completely; (vs,vt,n) (2) (usu. in the passive as 圧倒される) to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to impress; to fill with emotion; (vs,vt,n) (3) to intimidate; to frighten; to threaten |
地雷 see styles |
dì léi di4 lei2 ti lei jirai じらい |
land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]); (fig.) sore point; weak spot (1) land mine; (2) (colloquialism) topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger; (3) (colloquialism) something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall |
堕つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
報徳 see styles |
houtoku / hotoku ほうとく |
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital; (place-name) Houtoku |
墜つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
売る see styles |
uru うる |
(transitive verb) (1) to sell; (transitive verb) (2) (See 国を売る) to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); (transitive verb) (3) (See 名を売る) to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; (transitive verb) (4) (See 喧嘩を売る,恩を売る) to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.); to provoke; to force on someone |
夜伽 see styles |
yotogi よとぎ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); (n,vs,vi) (2) sleeping with a man (at his bidding); (n,vs,vi) (3) overnight vigil before burial; (female given name) Yotogi |
奉侍 see styles |
fèng shì feng4 shi4 feng shih houji / hoji ほうじ |
(noun/participle) serving; attending on someone to wait upon |
奢り see styles |
ogori おごり |
(1) (kana only) luxury; extravagance; (2) (kana only) treat (i.e. at someone's expense) |
奢る see styles |
ogoru おごる |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) to be extravagant; to live in luxury |
奪う see styles |
ubau うばう |
(transitive verb) (1) to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp; (transitive verb) (2) (as 心を〜, 目を〜, etc.) to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle |
女君 see styles |
megimi めぎみ |
(1) someone else's daughter; (2) (honorific or respectful language) one's wife |
女姿 see styles |
onnasugata おんなすがた |
(See 男姿) woman's appearance; woman's behaviour; someone dressed as a woman |
女衒 see styles |
zegen ぜげん |
(archaism) someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution; pimp; procurer |
如き see styles |
gotoki ごとき |
(auxiliary verb) (1) (kana only) (attributive form of ごとし) (See 如し) like; similar to; (auxiliary verb) (2) (kana only) (as ...のごときは) something like ...; someone like ... |
妹分 see styles |
imoutobun / imotobun いもうとぶん |
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister |
姉分 see styles |
anebun あねぶん |
(honorific or respectful language) (See 妹分) someone who one considers as an elder sister |
娘分 see styles |
musumebun むすめぶん |
(1) treating someone as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter; (2) (archaism) woman who manages geisha (Edo period) |
娘子 see styles |
niáng zǐ niang2 zi3 niang tzu jouko / joko じょうこ |
(dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman (archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (1) (archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (2) (grown) woman; lady; (3) (someone else's) wife; (female given name) Jōko |
嫁す see styles |
kasu かす |
(Godan verb with "su" ending) (1) (See 嫁する) to wed; to be married; (Godan verb with "su" ending) (2) to shift blame to someone else |
嫁禍 嫁祸 see styles |
jià huò jia4 huo4 chia huo |
to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else |
嬢子 see styles |
jouko / joko じょうこ |
(archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (1) (archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (2) (grown) woman; lady; (3) (someone else's) wife; (female given name) Jōko |
子持 see styles |
komochi こもち |
(1) parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (2) (of a fish) containing roe (eggs); (place-name) Komochi |
安牌 see styles |
anpai あんパイ |
(1) (mahj) (abbreviation) 'safe' tile (one that won't be taken up by other players if discarded); (2) (abbreviation) someone that can be safely ignored (e.g. in some competitive situation) |
寄寓 see styles |
kiguu / kigu きぐう |
(n,vs,vi) (1) living with (someone) temporarily; staying with; (2) temporary residence |
寐る see styles |
neru ねる |
(out-dated kanji) (v1,vi) (1) to lie down; (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed; (3) to sleep (lying down); (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); (5) to lie idle |
寝る see styles |
neru ねる |
(v1,vi) (1) to lie down; (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed; (3) to sleep (lying down); (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); (5) to lie idle |
対治 see styles |
taiji たいじ |
(noun/participle) (1) extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; (2) (Buddhist term) making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; (3) curing illness |
寿盃 see styles |
juhai じゅはい |
toasting; drinking to someone's health |
尊君 see styles |
zūn jun zun1 jun1 tsun chün sonkun そんくん |
(honorific) your father (polite language) someone's father; one's companion |
尊書 see styles |
sonsho そんしょ |
(polite language) someone's letter |
尊簡 see styles |
sonkan そんかん |
(polite language) someone's letter |
届く see styles |
todoku とどく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound); (v5k,vi) (2) to be delivered; to arrive; (v5k,vi) (3) (as 目が届く, 神経が届く, etc.) to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough; (v5k,vi) (4) to be realized (of a desire); to be fulfilled; to get through (to someone); to be appreciated; to make an impression |
左右 see styles |
zuǒ yòu zuo3 you4 tso yu souzaki / sozaki そうざき |
left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence (1) left and right; right and left; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (asserting) control; influence; domination; (3) one's attendants; people accompanying one; (4) (serving at someone's) side; (5) equivocation; (surname) Souzaki left and right |
師資 师资 see styles |
shī zī shi1 zi1 shih tzu shishi しし |
qualified teacher relying on someone as one's teacher teacher and student |
帯同 see styles |
taidou / taido たいどう |
(noun, transitive verb) taking (someone) along |
庇う see styles |
kabau かばう |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for |
廻す see styles |
mawasu まわす |
(transitive verb) (1) to turn; to rotate; to gyrate; (2) to circulate; to send around; (3) to surround; (4) to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers); (suf,v5s) (5) ... around (e.g. to chase someone around); (6) to dial (e.g. telephone number); (Godan verb with "su" ending) (7) to invest; (8) to gang-rape |
引物 see styles |
inbutsu いんぶつ |
present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe |
強弓 see styles |
goukyuu; tsuyoyumi; kyoukyuu; kowayumi(ok) / gokyu; tsuyoyumi; kyokyu; kowayumi(ok) ごうきゅう; つよゆみ; きょうきゅう; こわゆみ(ok) |
bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow |
強飯 see styles |
gouhan / gohan ごうはん |
event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2 Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple) |
影口 see styles |
kageguchi かげぐち |
(irregular kanji usage) (noun - becomes adjective with の) malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back |
彼の see styles |
ano(p); an あの(P); あん |
(pre-noun adjective) (kana only) (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) (See どの,この・1,その・1) that; those; the |
往訪 see styles |
ouhou / oho おうほう |
(n,vs,vi) (See 来訪) going to visit (someone); calling on |
待宵 see styles |
matsuyoi まつよい |
(1) (archaism) night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come; (2) (archaism) night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar |
後塵 后尘 see styles |
hòu chén hou4 chen2 hou ch`en hou chen koujin / kojin こうじん |
lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life (See 後塵を拝する・こうじんをはいする・1) trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead |
後来 see styles |
kourai / korai こうらい |
(n,adv) (1) after this; from now on; henceforth; henceforward; (2) (archaism) coming late; someone coming late |
御嬢 see styles |
ojou / ojo おじょう |
(honorific or respectful language) (someone else's) daughter; (female given name) Ojō |
御子 see styles |
miko みこ |
(1) God's son (in Christianity); (2) child of the emperor; (polite language) (someone else's) child; (surname, female given name) Miko |
御宅 see styles |
otaku おたく |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your house; your home; your family; (2) (honorific or respectful language) your husband; (3) (honorific or respectful language) your organization; (pn,adj-no) (4) (honorific or respectful language) you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) |
御意 see styles |
gyoi ぎょい |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your will; your pleasure; your wish; (interjection) (2) (responding to someone of higher status) certainly; as you say; you are quite right |
徳利 see styles |
noritoshi のりとし |
(ateji / phonetic) (1) sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; (2) turtleneck (sweater); (3) someone who cannot swim; (personal name) Noritoshi |
徹す see styles |
toosu とおす |
(transitive verb) (1) to stick through; to force through; (2) to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; (3) to make a path between two points; (4) to proceed in a logical manner; (5) to let pass; to allow through; (6) to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; (7) to go through (a middleman); (8) to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); (9) to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); (10) to force to accept; to force agreement; (11) to continue (in a state); to persist in; (12) to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; (13) to do from beginning to end without a break; (14) to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (15) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete |
忖度 see styles |
cǔn duó cun3 duo2 ts`un to tsun to sontaku そんたく |
to speculate; to surmise; to wonder whether; to guess (noun, transitive verb) (1) surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility |
忘八 see styles |
wàng bā wang4 ba1 wang pa bouhachi / bohachi ぼうはち |
see 王八[wang2 ba1] (1) customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; (2) brothel; owner of a brothel |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Meon" 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).
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