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一色碁

see styles
 isshokugo
    いっしょくご
{go} one color go; go variant played with one-colored stones where players must remember which stones are theirs

不得已

see styles
bù dé yǐ
    bu4 de2 yi3
pu te i
to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must

使不得

see styles
shǐ bu de
    shi3 bu5 de5
shih pu te
cannot be used; must not (do something); unacceptable

八敬戒

see styles
bā jìng jiè
    ba1 jing4 jie4
pa ching chieh
 hakkyōkai
The eight commands given by the Buddha to his foster-mother, i.e. aunt, when she was admitted to the order, and which remain as commands to nuns: (1) even though a hundred years old a nun must pay respect to a monk, however young, and offer her seat to him; (2) must never scold a monk; (3) never accuse, or speak of his misdeeds; but a monk may speak of hers; (4) at his hands obtain reception into the order; (5) confess sin (sexual or other) before the assembly of monks and nuns; (6) ask the fraternity for a monk as preceptor; (7) never share the same summer resort with monks; (8) after the summer retreat she must report and ask for a responsible confessor. Also 八敬法; 八不可越法 (or 八不可過法) ; 八尊重法; v. 四分律 48.

Variations:

 mana
    まな
(adverb) (archaism) (usu. as …することまな) must not; may not

因同品

see styles
yīn tóng pǐn
    yin1 tong2 pin3
yin t`ung p`in
    yin tung pin
 in dōhon
(The example in logic must be) of the same order as the reason.

大風吹


大风吹

see styles
dà fēng chuī
    da4 feng1 chui1
ta feng ch`ui
    ta feng chui
"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" (鬼[gui3])

尻取り

see styles
 shiritori
    しりとり
(kana only) shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

必携品

see styles
 hikkeihin / hikkehin
    ひっけいひん
must-have; indispensable item; necessities

必読書

see styles
 hitsudokusho
    ひつどくしょ
must-read (book); required reading

明かん

see styles
 akan; akan
    あかん; アカン
(expression) (1) (kana only) (ksb:) (commonly used with adj-i inflections, e.g. あかんかった, あかんくない, etc.) useless; no good; hopeless; (expression) (2) (kana only) (ksb:) cannot; must not; not allowed

比丘尼

see styles
bǐ qiū ní
    bi3 qiu1 ni2
pi ch`iu ni
    pi chiu ni
 bikuni
    びくに
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
(1) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) (san: bhiksuni); (2) (hist) travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); (3) (hist) lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 科負い比丘尼) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
苾芻尼; 尼姑 bhikṣuṇī. A nun, or almswoman. The first woman to be ordained was the Buddha's aunt Mahāprajāpatī, who had nursed him. In the fourteenth year after his enlightenment the Buddha yielded to persuasion and admitted his aunt and women to his order of religious mendicants, but said that the admission of women would shorten the period of Buddhism by 500 years. The nun, however old, must acknowledge the superiority of every monk; must never scold him or tell his faults; must never accuse him, though he may accuse her; and must in all respects obey the rules as commanded by him. She accepts all the rules for the monks with additional rules for her own order. Such is the theory rather than the practice. The title by which Mahāprajāpatī was addressed was applied to nuns, i. e. ārya, or noble, 阿姨, though some consider the Chinese term entirely native.

無いと

see styles
 naito
    ないと
(expression) (1) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (after negative base of verb) (See ないと行けない・1) have to (verb); must (verb); (expression) (2) (See ないと行けない・2) is indispensable; absolutely necessary

無きゃ

see styles
 nakya
    なきゃ
(expression) (1) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See なければ・1) if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if (one) doesn't have ...; (exp,aux) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See なければ・2) if not ...; unless ...; (exp,aux) (3) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See なければならない) have to ...; must ...

行かん

see styles
 ikan
    いかん
(expression) (1) (kana only) not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); (expression) (2) (kana only) bad; not good; (expression) (3) (kana only) (See いけない・4) hopeless; beyond hope; (expression) (4) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb or adjective) (See いけない・2) must not (do, be); should not; ought not to

說不得


说不得

see styles
shuō bu de
    shuo1 bu5 de5
shuo pu te
to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but

飽く迄

see styles
 akumade
    あくまで
(adverb) (1) (kana only) to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost; (2) (kana only) after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

アイテム

see styles
 aidemu
    アイデム
(1) item; (2) must-have; must-have item; (3) {vidg} (inventory) item; pick-up; (personal name) AiDEM

いい度胸

see styles
 iidokyou / idokyo
    いいどきょう
(exp,n,vs) some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

すまじき

see styles
 sumajiki
    すまじき
(can act as adjective) should not be done; must not be done

だったろ

see styles
 dattaro
    だったろ
(expression) it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was)

ならない

see styles
 naranai
    ならない
(expression) (1) cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; cannot bear not to; (2) must not ...; should not ...; (3) must ...; have to ...; ought to ....

一切皆成

see styles
yī qiè jiē chéng
    yi1 qie4 jie1 cheng2
i ch`ieh chieh ch`eng
    i chieh chieh cheng
 issai kai jō
All beings become Buddhas, for all have the Buddha-nature and must ultimately become enlightened, i.e. 一切衆生皆悉成佛. This is the doctrine of developed Mahāyāna, or universalism, as opposed to the limited salvation of Hīnayāna and of undeveloped Mahāyāna; 法華經方便品; 若有聞法者無一不成佛 if there be any who hear the dharma, not one will fail to become Buddha.

一言為重


一言为重

see styles
yī yán wéi zhòng
    yi1 yan2 wei2 zhong4
i yen wei chung
each word carries weight; a promise must be kept (idiom)

不可或缺

see styles
bù kě huò quē
    bu4 ke3 huo4 que1
pu k`o huo ch`üeh
    pu ko huo chüeh
necessary; must have

会者定離

see styles
 eshajouri / eshajori
    えしゃじょうり
(expression) (yoji) those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part

作業ゲー

see styles
 sagyougee / sagyogee
    さぎょうゲー
(abbreviation) (slang) {vidg} game in which players must complete monotonous tasks to advance; game which requires grinding

千金一諾


千金一诺

see styles
qiān jīn yī nuò
    qian1 jin1 yi1 nuo4
ch`ien chin i no
    chien chin i no
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept

可からず

see styles
 bekarazu
    べからず
(expression) (kana only) must not; should not; do not

堪忍世界

see styles
kān rěn shì jiè
    kan1 ren3 shi4 jie4
k`an jen shih chieh
    kan jen shih chieh
 kannin sekai
The sahā world of endurance of suffering; any world of transmigration.

奇貨可居


奇货可居

see styles
qí huò kě jū
    qi2 huo4 ke3 ju1
ch`i huo k`o chü
    chi huo ko chü
 kikakakyo
    きかかきょ
    kikaokubeshi
    きかおくべし
rare commodity worth hoarding; object for profiteering
(expression) (yoji) You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price

威尊命賤


威尊命贱

see styles
wēi zūn mìng jiàn
    wei1 zun1 ming4 jian4
wei tsun ming chien
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order

娑婆世界

see styles
suō pó shì jiè
    suo1 po2 shi4 jie4
so p`o shih chieh
    so po shih chieh
 shaba sekai
the world that must be endured

嫁雞隨雞


嫁鸡随鸡

see styles
jià jī suí jī
    jia4 ji1 sui2 ji1
chia chi sui chi
If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.; We must learn to accept the people around us.

完全完売

see styles
 kanzenkanbai
    かんぜんかんばい
(expression) everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

必當作佛


必当作佛

see styles
bì dāng zuò fó
    bi4 dang1 zuo4 fo2
pi tang tso fo
 hitsu tōsa butsu
must certainly become buddhas

必經之路


必经之路

see styles
bì jīng zhī lù
    bi4 jing1 zhi1 lu4
pi ching chih lu
(idiom) the road one must follow; the only way

押平聲韻


押平声韵

see styles
yā píng shēng yùn
    ya1 ping2 sheng1 yun4
ya p`ing sheng yün
    ya ping sheng yün
to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声)

擊鼓傳花


击鼓传花

see styles
jī gǔ chuán huā
    ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1
chi ku ch`uan hua
    chi ku chuan hua
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)

會者定離


会者定离

see styles
huì zhě dìng lí
    hui4 zhe3 ding4 li2
hui che ting li
 esha jōri
those who meet must eventually part

欲擒故縱


欲擒故纵

see styles
yù qín gù zòng
    yu4 qin2 gu4 zong4
yü ch`in ku tsung
    yü chin ku tsung
In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

死出の山

see styles
 shidenoyama
    しでのやま
(exp,n) mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife

殺彘教子


杀彘教子

see styles
shā zhì jiào zǐ
    sha1 zhi4 jiao4 zi3
sha chih chiao tzu
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example

無ければ

see styles
 nakereba
    なければ
(expression) (1) (kana only) if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if (one) doesn't have ...; (exp,aux) (2) (kana only) if not ...; unless ...; (exp,aux) (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See なければならない) have to ...; must ...

猶あらじ

see styles
 naoaraji
    なおあらじ
(expression) (archaism) must not be concluded like this; shall not finish like this

生者必滅


生者必灭

see styles
shēng zhě bì miè
    sheng1 zhe3 bi4 mie4
sheng che pi mieh
 shoujahitsumetsu / shojahitsumetsu
    しょうじゃひつめつ
(yoji) {Buddh} all living things must die
all who are born must perish

盛者必衰

see styles
 joushahissui; shoushahissui; shoujahissui; seijahissui / joshahissui; shoshahissui; shojahissui; sejahissui
    じょうしゃひっすい; しょうしゃひっすい; しょうじゃひっすい; せいじゃひっすい
(expression) (yoji) {Buddh} (from the Humane King Sutra) even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade

窮當益堅


穷当益坚

see styles
qióng dāng yì jiān
    qiong2 dang1 yi4 jian1
ch`iung tang i chien
    chiung tang i chien
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

絶対命令

see styles
 zettaimeirei / zettaimere
    ぜったいめいれい
(1) peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; (2) {phil} categorical imperative

至上命令

see styles
 shijoumeirei / shijomere
    しじょうめいれい
(yoji) unconditional command; must-obey order

至上要求

see styles
 shijouyoukyuu / shijoyokyu
    しじょうようきゅう
overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must

良い度胸

see styles
 iidokyou / idokyo
    いいどきょう
(exp,n,vs) some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

血債血償


血债血偿

see styles
xuè zhài xuè cháng
    xue4 zhai4 xue4 chang2
hsüeh chai hsüeh ch`ang
    hsüeh chai hsüeh chang
a debt of blood must be paid in blood; blood calls for blood; also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2]

行けない

see styles
 ikenai
    いけない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) bad; wrong; naughty; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb or adjective) must not (do, be); should not; ought not to; (exp,adj-i) (3) (kana only) useless; no good; bad; (exp,adj-i) (4) (kana only) hopeless; beyond hope; (exp,adj-i) (5) (kana only) (used to express sympathy) unfortunate; a shame; a pity; (exp,adj-i) (6) (kana only) unable to drink (alcohol); (exp,adj-i) (7) (kana only) (as ...(すると|しては)いけない(から|ので)) so as not to ...; so that ... (won't); in case ...; for fear that ...; lest ...

見るべき

see styles
 mirubeki
    みるべき
(pre-noun adjective) worth seeing; must-see; noticeable; noteworthy

見る可き

see styles
 mirubeki
    みるべき
(pre-noun adjective) worth seeing; must-see; noticeable; noteworthy

諸行無常


诸行无常

see styles
zhū xíng wú cháng
    zhu1 xing2 wu2 chang2
chu hsing wu ch`ang
    chu hsing wu chang
 shogyoumujou / shogyomujo
    しょぎょうむじょう
(yoji) {Buddh} (See 四法印・しほういん) all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
Whatever is phenomenal is impermanent.

責有攸歸


责有攸归

see styles
zé yǒu yōu guī
    ze2 you3 you1 gui1
tse yu yu kuei
responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

軍令如山


军令如山

see styles
jun lìng rú shān
    jun1 ling4 ru2 shan1
chün ling ju shan
military orders are like mountains (idiom); a military order must be obeyed

非死不可

see styles
fēi sǐ bù kě
    fei1 si3 bu4 ke3
fei ssu pu k`o
    fei ssu pu ko
Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")

願賭服輸


愿赌服输

see styles
yuàn dǔ fú shū
    yuan4 du3 fu2 shu1
yüan tu fu shu
lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; fig. you bet, you pay

飽くまで

see styles
 akumade
    あくまで
(adverb) (1) (kana only) to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost; (2) (kana only) after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

魚與熊掌


鱼与熊掌

see styles
yú yǔ xióng zhǎng
    yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3
yü yü hsiung chang
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it

NGワード

see styles
 enujiiwaado / enujiwado
    エヌジーワード
(See NG・1) word one must not say (in a particular situation, place, etc.); taboo word; banned word; forbidden word; prohibited word

すべからず

see styles
 subekarazu
    すべからず
(expression) (combination of する and 可からず) (See 可からず) must not do; should not do; do not do

だったろう

see styles
 dattarou / dattaro
    だったろう
(expression) it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was)

ちゃいかん

see styles
 chaikan
    ちゃいかん
(expression) (col. form of ..てはいけない) must not do

なりません

see styles
 narimasen
    なりません
(expression) (1) cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; cannot bear not to; (2) must not ...; should not ...; (3) must ...; have to ...; ought to ....

に違いない

see styles
 nichigainai
    にちがいない
(expression) I am sure; no doubt that; must; must have (done)

ねばならぬ

see styles
 nebanaranu
    ねばならぬ
(expression) have to do; must; should; ought to

べからざる

see styles
 bekarazaru
    べからざる
(expression) (See 可からず) cannot; must not

マストバイ

see styles
 masutobai
    マストバイ
must-buy

作業ゲーム

see styles
 sagyougeemu / sagyogeemu
    さぎょうゲーム
{vidg} (See 作業ゲー) game in which players must complete monotonous tasks to advance; game which requires grinding

可かりけり

see styles
 bekarikeri
    べかりけり
(expression) (archaism) (kana only) (See べき) should; must; ought to

同品定有性

see styles
tóng pǐn dìng yǒu xìng
    tong2 pin3 ding4 you3 xing4
t`ung p`in ting yu hsing
    tung pin ting yu hsing
 dōhon jōu shō
the reason must definitely have same qualities as the proposition

嘸(rK)

 sazo
    さぞ
(adverb) (kana only) surely; certainly; no doubt; must

女大不中留

see styles
nǚ dà bù zhōng liú
    nu:3 da4 bu4 zhong1 liu2
nü ta pu chung liu
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

小袋と小娘

see styles
 kobukurotokomusume
    こぶくろとこむすめ
(expression) (1) (proverb) to raise a girl is costlier than one would expect (like how a small bag can hold more than it seems); small bag and young woman; (expression) (2) (proverb) young women are fragile and great care must be taken with them (just as with small bags)

救場如救火


救场如救火

see styles
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
    jiu4 chang3 ru2 jiu4 huo3
chiu ch`ang ju chiu huo
    chiu chang ju chiu huo
the show must go on (idiom)

永久保存版

see styles
 eikyuuhozonban / ekyuhozonban
    えいきゅうほぞんばん
version for permanent preservation; version worth preserving forever; (must-have) collector's edition

灯台下暗し

see styles
 toudaimotokurashi / todaimotokurashi
    とうだいもとくらし
(expression) it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

無風不起浪


无风不起浪

see styles
wú fēng bù qǐ làng
    wu2 feng1 bu4 qi3 lang4
wu feng pu ch`i lang
    wu feng pu chi lang
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire

罷りならぬ

see styles
 makarinaranu
    まかりならぬ
(expression) (kana only) not be allowed; must not

罷り成らぬ

see styles
 makarinaranu
    まかりならぬ
(expression) (kana only) not be allowed; must not

若葉マーク

see styles
 wakabamaaku / wakabamaku
    わかばマーク
(colloquialism) (See 初心者マーク,初心運転者標識) novice driver mark; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

行けません

see styles
 ikemasen
    いけません
(expression) (1) (kana only) (See いけない・1) wrong; not good; of no use; (expression) (2) (kana only) (See いけない・4) hopeless; past hope; (expression) (3) (kana only) (See いけない・2) must not do; (expression) (4) cannot go

要チェック

see styles
 youchekku / yochekku
    ようチェック
(noun - becomes adjective with の) requiring a check; needing to be checked out; being a must-see

說話要算數


说话要算数

see styles
shuō huà yào suàn shù
    shuo1 hua4 yao4 suan4 shu4
shuo hua yao suan shu
promises must be kept

頑張りズム

see styles
 ganbarizumu; ganbarizumu
    ガンバリズム; がんばりズム
(kana only) attitude that one must keep going no matter what

ガンバリズム

see styles
 ganbarizumu
    ガンバリズム
attitude that one must keep going no matter what (wasei: gambarism)

ざるべからず

see styles
 zarubekarazu
    ざるべからず
(exp,aux) (archaism) (attaches to the imperfective form; from ざり + べし) (See なければならない,なくてはならない・2) must (do, be)

しいて言えば

see styles
 shiiteieba / shiteeba
    しいていえば
(expression) if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

せねばならぬ

see styles
 senebanaranu
    せねばならぬ
(expression) ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

ねばならない

see styles
 nebanaranai
    ねばならない
(expression) have to do; must; should; ought to

べきではない

see styles
 bekidehanai
    べきではない
(expression) should not; must not

内裸でも外錦

see styles
 uchihadakademosotonishiki
    うちはだかでもそとにしき
(expression) (proverb) we must keep up appearances to go through the world

初心者マーク

see styles
 shoshinshamaaku / shoshinshamaku
    しょしんしゃマーク
(See 若葉マーク,初心運転者標識) novice driver mark; beginner symbol; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

可き(rK)

 beki
    べき
(auxiliary) (kana only) (after the dictionary form of a verb) should; must; ought to

可く(rK)

 beku
    べく
(aux,conj) (1) (kana only) in order to; for the purpose of; (aux,conj) (2) (kana only) (See べき,べし・1) must; should

可し(rK)

 beshi
    べし
(aux,adj-ku) (1) (form) (kana only) (See べき) must; should; ought to; (aux-adj,adj-ku) (2) (form) (kana only) will (surely); be bound to; must; (aux,adj-ku) (3) (form) (kana only) (indicates volition) will (do); shall

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

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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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