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Simple Dictionary Definition |
襟抱 see styles |
jīn bào jin1 bao4 chin pao |
ambition; an aspiration |
覇気 see styles |
haki はき |
(1) spirit; drive; vigour; vigor; (2) ambition; aspiration |
見地 见地 see styles |
jiàn dì jian4 di4 chien ti kenchi けんち |
opinion; view; insight point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; (place-name) Kenji The stage of insight, or discernment of reality, the fourth of the ten stages of progress toward Buddhahood, agreeing with the 預流果 of Hīnayāna. |
象駕 象驾 see styles |
xiàng jià xiang4 jia4 hsiang chia zōga |
The elephant chariot, or riding forward, i.e. the eastward progress of Buddhism. |
跛行 see styles |
hakou; hikou(ik) / hako; hiko(ik) はこう; ひこう(ik) |
(n,vs,vi) (1) imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; (n,vs,vi) (2) {med} limp; claudication |
躍進 跃进 see styles |
yuè jìn yue4 jin4 yüeh chin yakushin やくしん |
to leap forward; to make rapid progress; a leap forward (n,vs,vi) making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught |
迍邅 see styles |
zhūn zhān zhun1 zhan1 chun chan |
(literary) making no progress |
退屈 see styles |
tuì qū tui4 qu1 t`ui ch`ü tui chü taikutsu たいくつ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous; (vs,vi) (2) to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of) To yield or recede, as is possible to a Bodhisattva facing the hardships of further progress. |
進み see styles |
susumi すすみ |
progress |
進む see styles |
susumu すすむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to advance; to go forward; (v5m,vi) (2) to precede; to go ahead (of); (v5m,vi) (3) to make progress; to improve; (v5m,vi) (4) to deepen; to heighten; (v5m,vi) (5) to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; (v5m,vi) (6) (See 進んで) to do of one's own free will |
進境 see styles |
shinkyou / shinkyo しんきょう |
progress; improvement |
進展 进展 see styles |
jìn zhǎn jin4 zhan3 chin chan shinten しんてん |
to make headway; to make progress (n,vs,vi) progress; development |
進度 进度 see styles |
jìn dù jin4 du4 chin tu shindo しんど |
rate of progress progress |
進捗 see styles |
shinchoku しんちょく |
(noun/participle) progress; being under way |
進步 进步 see styles |
jìn bù jin4 bu4 chin pu |
progress; improvement; to improve; to progress; CL:個|个[ge4] |
進歩 see styles |
shinpo しんぽ |
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 退歩) progress; advance; improvement; development; (personal name) Yukiho |
進益 进益 see styles |
jìn yì jin4 yi4 chin i shineki しんえき |
income; (literary) improvement; progress (given name) Shin'eki |
進行 进行 see styles |
jìn xíng jin4 xing2 chin hsing shinkou / shinko しんこう |
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance (n,vs,vi) (1) moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; making headway; (n,vs,vi) (3) progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); (4) {music} progression (e.g. chord progression); (given name) Nobuyuki |
進運 see styles |
shinun しんうん |
progress; advance |
進達 see styles |
shintatsu しんたつ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) forwarding (to a higher authority, proper office, etc.); transmission; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) (obsolete) advance; progress; (personal name) Shintatsu |
進陟 see styles |
shinchoku しんちょく |
(noun/participle) progress; being under way |
遅速 see styles |
chisoku ちそく |
speed; progress |
運び see styles |
hakobi はこび |
(n,n-suf) progress; pace; carriage; step; stage |
運ぶ see styles |
hakobu はこぶ |
(transitive verb) (1) to carry; to transport; to move; to convey; (transitive verb) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.) to come; to go; (transitive verb) (3) to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move; (transitive verb) (4) to carry out; to proceed with; to arrange; (v5b,vi) (5) to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress |
遐志 see styles |
xiá zhì xia2 zhi4 hsia chih |
lofty ambition; lofty aspiration |
道流 see styles |
dào liú dao4 liu2 tao liu michiru みちる |
(female given name) Michiru The stream of Truth; the flow, or progress, of Buddha, truth; the spread of a particular movement, e.g. the Chan school. |
遞進 递进 see styles |
dì jìn di4 jin4 ti chin |
gradual progress; to go forward one stage at a time |
遠志 远志 see styles |
yuǎn zhì yuan3 zhi4 yüan chih tooshi とおし |
far-reaching ambition; lofty ideal; milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine (given name) Tooshi |
那耶 see styles |
nà yé na4 ye2 na yeh naya |
naya; leading, conduct, politic, prudent, method; intp. by 正理 right principle; 乘 conveyance, i. e. mode of progress; and 道 way, or method. |
釋風 释风 see styles |
shì fēng shi4 feng1 shih feng shakufū |
The custom of Buddhism; also its 'breeze' or progress. |
野心 see styles |
yě xīn ye3 xin1 yeh hsin yashin やしん |
ambition; wild schemes; careerism (1) ambition; aspiration; (2) sinister designs; treachery |
長足 长足 see styles |
cháng zú chang2 zu2 ch`ang tsu chang tsu chousoku / chosoku ちょうそく |
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc) rapid progress; great strides; (surname) Nagaashi |
長進 长进 see styles |
zhǎng jìn zhang3 jin4 chang chin nagayuki ながゆき |
to make progress; progress (personal name) Nagayuki |
雄圖 雄图 see styles |
xióng tú xiong2 tu2 hsiung t`u hsiung tu |
grandiose plan; great ambition |
雄志 see styles |
yuushi / yushi ゆうし |
great ambition; lofty aspiration; (given name) Yūji |
非望 see styles |
hibou / hibo ひぼう |
inordinate ambition |
鞭策 see styles |
biān cè bian1 ce4 pien ts`e pien tse |
to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress) |
順分 顺分 see styles |
shùn fēn shun4 fen1 shun fen |
To follow out one's duty; to accord with one's calling; to carry out the line of bodhisattva progress according to plan. |
飛躍 飞跃 see styles |
fēi yuè fei1 yue4 fei yüeh hiyaku ひやく |
to leap (n,vs,vi) (1) leap; jump; (n,vs,vi) (2) stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; playing an active part (in); (n,vs,vi) (3) rapid progress; dramatic development; making great strides; making a leap forward; (n,vs,vi) (4) leap (of logic); jump; gap (in an argument) |
鬱勃 see styles |
utsubotsu うつぼつ |
(adj-t,adv-to) (form) pent-up (energy, enthusiasm, etc.); burning (e.g. ambition); irrepressible (e.g. desire) |
ボツる see styles |
botsuru ボツる |
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) (colloquialism) (See ボツ) to scrap (work in progress, esp. illustration); to reject; to shelve; to cancel (plans, etc.) |
三昧魔 see styles |
sān mèi mó san1 mei4 mo2 san mei mo zanmai ma |
samādhi-māra, one of the ten māras, who lurks in the heart and hinders progress in meditation, obstructs the truth and destroys wisdom. |
上がる see styles |
agaru あがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be spoken loudly; (16) to get stage fright; (17) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (18) (humble language) to go; to visit; (19) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (20) to be listed (as a candidate); (21) to serve (in one's master's home); (22) to go north; (suf,v5r) (23) indicates completion |
上坡路 see styles |
shàng pō lù shang4 po1 lu4 shang p`o lu shang po lu |
uphill road; slope up; fig. upward trend; progress |
上進心 上进心 see styles |
shàng jìn xīn shang4 jin4 xin1 shang chin hsin |
ambition; desire for self-improvement |
不退住 see styles |
bù tuì zhù bu4 tui4 zhu4 pu t`ui chu pu tui chu futai jū |
The seventh of the 十住, the stage of never receding, or continuous progress. |
事業心 事业心 see styles |
shì yè xīn shi4 ye4 xin1 shih yeh hsin |
devotion to one's work; professional ambition |
仕掛品 see styles |
shikakehin しかけひん shikakarihin しかかりひん |
work in progress; WIP; goods in process |
企圖心 企图心 see styles |
qǐ tú xīn qi3 tu2 xin1 ch`i t`u hsin chi tu hsin |
ambition; ambitious |
伸びる see styles |
nobiru のびる |
(v1,vi) (1) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; (2) to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); (3) to grow stale (soba); (4) to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; (5) to be exhausted |
作業中 see styles |
sagyouchuu / sagyochu さぎょうちゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) work-in-progress; working state |
六種住 六种住 see styles |
liù zhǒng zhù liu4 zhong3 zhu4 liu chung chu rokushu jū |
The six Bodhisattva-stages in the Bodhisattva-bhumi sutra 菩薩地持經 are: (1) 種性住 the attainment of the Buddha-seed nature in the 十住; (2) 解行住 of discernment and practice in the 十行 and 十廻向; (3) 淨心住 of purity by attaining reality in the 初地見道; (4) 行道迹住 of progress in riddance of incorrect thinking, in the 二地 to the 七地; (5) 決定住 of powers of correct decision and judgment in the eighth and ninth 地; (6) 究竟住 of the perfect Bodhisattva stage in the tenth 地 and the 等覺位, but not including the 妙覺位 which is the Buddha-stage. |
出世欲 see styles |
shusseyoku しゅっせよく |
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world |
功名心 see styles |
koumyoushin / komyoshin こうみょうしん |
ambition; aspiration |
勉勵轉 勉励转 see styles |
miǎn lì zhuǎn mian3 li4 zhuan3 mien li chuan benrei ten |
forced progress |
十乘床 see styles |
shí shèng chuáng shi2 sheng4 chuang2 shih sheng ch`uang shih sheng chuang jūjō no yuka |
The comfort or ease of progress produced by the ten vehicle meditation 十乘觀 is compared to a couch or divan. |
十功德 see styles |
shí gōng dé shi2 gong1 de2 shih kung te jū kudoku |
(十功德論) Ten merits (or powers) commended by the Buddha to his bhikṣus—zealous progress, contentment with few desires, courage, learning (so as to teach), fearlessness, perfect observance of the commands and the fraternity, regulations, perfect meditation, perfect wisdom, perfect liberation, and perfect understanding of it. |
印順定 印顺定 see styles |
yìn shùn dìng yin4 shun4 ding4 yin shun ting injun jō |
confirming progress absorption |
向上心 see styles |
koujoushin / kojoshin こうじょうしん |
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself |
四十位 see styles |
sì shí wèi si4 shi2 wei4 ssu shih wei shijū i |
The 'forty bodhisattva positions' of the 梵網經. They are classified into four groups: (1) 十發趣 Ten initial stages, i. e. the minds 心 of abandoning things of the world, of keeping the moral law, patience, zealous progress, dhyāna, wisdom, resolve, guarding (the Law), joy, and spiritual baptism by the Buddha. These are associated with the 十住. (2) 十長養 Ten steps in the nourishment of perfection, i. e. minds of kindness, pity, joy, relinquishing, almsgiving, good discourse, benefiting, friendship, dhyāna, wisdom. These are associated with the 十行. (3) 十金剛 Ten 'diamond' steps of firmness, i. e. a mind of faith, remembrance, bestowing one's merits on others, understanding, uprighthess, no-retreat, Mahāyāna, formlessness, wisdom, indestructibility; these are associated with the 十廻向. (4) The 十地 q. v. |
夢ハラ see styles |
yumehara ゆめハラ |
pestering others about their dreams and ambition |
大進歩 see styles |
daishinpo だいしんぽ |
major progress; huge advance |
尼夜摩 see styles |
ní yè mó ni2 ye4 mo2 ni yeh mo niyama |
niyama, restraint, vow; determination, resolve; a degree of Bodhisattva progress, i. e. never turning back. |
工程表 see styles |
kouteihyou / kotehyo こうていひょう |
(See 工程・こうてい) work schedule; progress schedule; process chart |
延びる see styles |
nobiru のびる |
(v1,vi) (1) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; (2) to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); (3) to grow stale (soba); (4) to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; (5) to be exhausted; (6) to be postponed; to be prolonged |
志半ば see styles |
kokorozashinakaba こころざしなかば |
(usu. as 〜で or 〜にして) leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal |
懈怠賊 懈怠贼 see styles |
xiè dài zéi xie4 dai4 zei2 hsieh tai tsei ketai zoku |
The robber indolence, robber of religious progress. |
成行き see styles |
nariyuki なりゆき |
(1) outcome; development; course of events; progress; result; (2) (abbreviation) market order; order without limit |
挙がる see styles |
agaru あがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be arrested; (16) to turn up (of evidence, etc.); (17) to be spoken loudly; (18) to get stage fright; (19) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (20) (humble language) to go; to visit; (21) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (22) to be listed (as a candidate); (23) to serve (in one's master's home); (24) to go north; (suf,v5r) (25) indicates completion |
揚がる see styles |
agaru あがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be deep fried; (16) to be spoken loudly; (17) to get stage fright; (18) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (19) (humble language) to go; to visit; (20) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (21) to be listed (as a candidate); (22) to serve (in one's master's home); (23) to go north; (suf,v5r) (24) indicates completion |
毘梨耶 毗梨耶 see styles |
pí lí yé pi2 li2 ye2 p`i li yeh pi li yeh biriya |
vīrya, virility, strength, energy; 'well-doing,' Keith; intp. 精進 zeal, pure progress, the fourth of the ten pāramitās; it is also intp. as enduring shame. Also 毘利耶 (or 毘黎耶or 毘離耶); 尾唎也. |
民建聯 民建联 see styles |
mín jiàn lián min2 jian4 lian2 min chien lien |
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong (abbr. for 民主建港協進聯盟|民主建港协进联盟[Min2 zhu3 Jian4 gang3 Xie2 jin4 Lian2 meng2]) |
発展中 see styles |
hattenchuu / hattenchu はってんちゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) under development; in progress |
睡眠欲 see styles |
shuì mián yù shui4 mian2 yu4 shui mien yü suimin yoku |
The lust for sleep, physical and spiritual, hence 睡眠蓋 sleep, drowsiness, or sloth as a hindrance to progress. |
知位次 see styles |
zhī wèi cì zhi1 wei4 ci4 chih wei tz`u chih wei tzu chi ishi |
to know the stages of progress |
知次位 see styles |
zhī cì wèi zhi1 ci4 wei4 chih tz`u wei chih tzu wei chi jii |
to know the stages of progress |
精進力 精进力 see styles |
jīng jìn lì jing1 jin4 li4 ching chin li shōjin riki |
vīryabala. The power of unfailing progress, one of the five moral powers. |
進める see styles |
susumeru すすめる |
(transitive verb) (1) to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward; (transitive verb) (2) to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up; (transitive verb) (3) to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite) |
進度條 进度条 see styles |
jìn dù tiáo jin4 du4 tiao2 chin tu t`iao chin tu tiao |
(computing) progress bar |
進度表 进度表 see styles |
jìn dù biǎo jin4 du4 biao3 chin tu piao |
progress chart; schedule |
進步號 进步号 see styles |
jìn bù hào jin4 bu4 hao4 chin pu hao |
Progress (name of Russian spaceship) |
進行中 see styles |
shinkouchuu / shinkochu しんこうちゅう |
(can be adjective with の) ongoing; in progress; afoot |
進行形 see styles |
shinkoukei / shinkoke しんこうけい |
(1) {gramm} progressive form; (can be adjective with の) (2) (See 現在進行形・2) in progress; ongoing; underway |
開催中 see styles |
kaisaichuu / kaisaichu かいさいちゅう |
in session; in progress; under way; open |
ずんずん see styles |
zunzun ずんずん |
(adverb) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds |
もたつく see styles |
motatsuku もたつく |
(v5k,vi) to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient |
ローマン see styles |
rooman ローマン |
(1) (kana only) romance (e.g. Arthurian romances) (fre: roman); (2) (kana only) novel; (3) (kana only) romance; love affair; (4) (kana only) adventurous spirit; impossible dream; great ambition; (personal name) Lohmann; Lowman |
一日千里 see styles |
yī rì qiān lǐ yi1 ri4 qian1 li3 i jih ch`ien li i jih chien li |
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress |
一貫教育 see styles |
ikkankyouiku / ikkankyoiku いっかんきょういく |
integrated education; integrated school system; system where students can progress from elementary through secondary levels without entrance examinations |
七菩提分 see styles |
qī pú tí fēn qi1 pu2 ti2 fen1 ch`i p`u t`i fen chi pu ti fen shichi bodai bun |
saptabodhyaṅga, also 七菩提寶, 七覺分, 七覺支, 七等覺支. Seven characteristics of bodhi; the sixth of the 七科七道品 in the seven categories of the bodhipakṣika dharma, v. 三十七菩提分 it represents seven grades in bodhi,viz,(1)擇法覺支(or 擇法菩提分 and so throughout), dharma-pravicaya-saṃbodhyaṇga, discrimination of the true and the fa1se : (2) 精進 vīrya-saṃbodhyaṇga, zeal, or undeflected progress;(3) 喜prīti-saṃbodhyaṇga., joy, delight; (4) 輕安 or 除 praśrabdhi-saṃbodhyaṇga. Riddance of all grossness or weight of body or mind, so that they may be light, free, and at ease; (5) 念 smrti-saṃbodhyaṇga, power of remembering the various states passed through in contemplation; (6) 定 samādhi-saṃbodhyaṇga.the power to keep the mind in a given realm undiverted; (7) 行捨 or 捨 upekṣā-saṃbodhyaṇga or upekṣaka, complete abandonment, auto-hypnosis, or indifference to all disturbances of the sub-conscious or ecstatic mind. |
上昇志向 see styles |
joushoushikou / joshoshiko じょうしょうしこう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world |
中間集計 see styles |
chuukanshuukei / chukanshuke ちゅうかんしゅうけい |
preliminary results; intermediate results; in-progress total |
人窮志短 人穷志短 see styles |
rén qióng zhì duǎn ren2 qiong2 zhi4 duan3 jen ch`iung chih tuan jen chiung chih tuan |
poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition |
仕掛け品 see styles |
shikakehin しかけひん |
work in progress; WIP; goods in process |
仕掛り品 see styles |
shikakarihin しかかりひん |
work in progress; WIP; goods in process |
伸び悩む see styles |
nobinayamu のびなやむ |
(v5m,vi) to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected |
六種決定 六种决定 see styles |
liù zhǒng jué dìng liu4 zhong3 jue2 ding4 liu chung chüeh ting roku shu ketsujō |
The six kinds of certainty resulting from observance of the six pāramitās: 財成決定 the certainty of wealth; 生勝決定 of rebirth in honorable families; 不退決定 of no retrogression (to lower conditions); 修習決定 of progress in practice; 定業決定 of unfailingly good karma; 無功用決定 of effortless abode in truth and wisdom. 大乘莊嚴論 12. |
勇猛精進 勇猛精进 see styles |
yǒng měng jīng jìn yong3 meng3 jing1 jin4 yung meng ching chin yuumyoushoujin; yuumoushoujin / yumyoshojin; yumoshojin ゆうみょうしょうじん; ゆうもうしょうじん |
(noun/participle) (yoji) engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit Bold advance, or progress. |
十波羅蜜 十波罗蜜 see styles |
shí bō luó mì shi2 bo1 luo2 mi4 shih po lo mi jū haramitsu |
(or 密多) The ten are the six pārāmitas with four added. The six are charity (or almsgiving), purity (or morality), patience, zealous progress, meditation, wisdom; i.e. 施, 戒, 忍, 辱, 精進, 禪, 慧. The four additions are 方便; 願; 力 and 智 upāya, adaptability (or, teaching as suited to the occasion and hearer): praṇidhāna, vows; bala, force of purpose; and jñāna, knowledge. Also 十度. |
十發趣心 十发趣心 see styles |
shí fā qù xīn shi2 fa1 qu4 xin1 shih fa ch`ü hsin shih fa chü hsin jū hosshu shin |
The ten directional decisions: (1) renouncement of the world; (2) observance of the commandments; (3) patience or endurance; (4) zealous progress; (5) meditation; (6) wisdom or understanding; (7) 願心 the will for good for oneself and others; (8) 護心 protection (of Buddha, Dharma, Sangha); (9) 喜心 joy; (10) 頂心 highest wisdom. v. 梵綱經, 心地品. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Progress - Ambition" 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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