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Simple Dictionary Definition |
增劫 see styles |
zēng jié zeng1 jie2 tseng chieh zōkō |
The kalpa of increment, during which human life increases by one year every century, from an initial life of ten years, till it reaches 84,000 (and the body from 1 foot to 8,400 feet in height), in the 滅劫 similarly diminishing. |
增高 see styles |
zēng gāo zeng1 gao1 tseng kao |
to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise |
墳典 坟典 see styles |
fén diǎn fen2 dian3 fen tien bunten |
ancient books |
壁癌 see styles |
bì ái bi4 ai2 pi ai |
persistent mold on the wall; efflorescence |
壌土 see styles |
joudo / jodo じょうど |
(1) soil; (2) loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5% |
壓場 压场 see styles |
yā chǎng ya1 chang3 ya ch`ang ya chang |
to hold the attention of an audience; to serve as the finale to a show |
壓痛 压痛 see styles |
yā tòng ya1 tong4 ya t`ung ya tung |
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated |
壞劫 坏劫 see styles |
huài jié huai4 jie2 huai chieh e kō |
saṃvarta, v. 劫 7, the periodical gradual destruction of a universe, one of its four kalpas, i.e. 成 vivarta, formation; 住 vivarta-siddha; abiding, or existence; 壞 saṃvarta, decay, or destruction; 滅 saṃvarta-siddha, final annihilation. |
士人 see styles |
shì rén shi4 ren2 shih jen shijin しじん |
scholar (1) samurai; (2) person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing a person of extensive learning |
声点 see styles |
shouten / shoten しょうてん |
tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone |
声色 see styles |
seishoku / seshoku せいしょく |
(1) voice and countenance; (2) song and women |
売店 see styles |
baiten ばいてん |
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store |
売薬 see styles |
baiyaku ばいやく urigusuri うりぐすり |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) patent medicine; nonprescription drug |
壷天 see styles |
koten こてん |
(given name) Koten |
変転 see styles |
henten へんてん |
(n,vs,vi) mutation; change; transition |
夏山 see styles |
natsuyama なつやま |
(1) summery mountain; (2) mountain that is often climbed in summer; (place-name, surname) Natsuyama |
外す see styles |
hazusu はずす |
(transitive verb) (1) to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo; (transitive verb) (2) to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel; (transitive verb) (3) to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away; (transitive verb) (4) to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season); (transitive verb) (5) (ant: 当たる・1) to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) |
外典 see styles |
wài diǎn wai4 dian3 wai tien gaiten; geten; geden(ok) がいてん; げてん; げでん(ok) |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 正典) Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (usu. げてん) (See 内典) non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings) non-Buddhist texts |
外場 外场 see styles |
wài chǎng wai4 chang3 wai ch`ang wai chang sotoba そとば |
outer area (of a place that has an inner area); dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen); outfield (baseball etc); area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium); field (maintenance, testing etc); (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage {math} external field; (place-name) Sotoba |
外延 see styles |
wài yán wai4 yan2 wai yen gaien がいえん |
extension (semantics) extension; denotation |
外文 see styles |
wài wén wai4 wen2 wai wen |
foreign language (written) |
外法 see styles |
wài fǎ wai4 fa3 wai fa sotonori そとのり |
outside measurements 外教; 外典; 外執 External doctrines; rules or tenets non-Buddhist, or heretical. |
外転 see styles |
gaiten がいてん |
(noun/participle) {anat} (See 内転) abduction; eversion; exodeviation; exstrophy |
外連 see styles |
keren; keren けれん; ケレン |
(1) (kana only) playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense; (2) (kana only) (esp. ケレン) surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean |
外道 see styles |
wài dào wai4 dao4 wai tao gedou / gedo げどう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental. |
多く see styles |
ooku おおく |
(n,adv,adj-no) (1) many; much; plenty; a lot; (2) majority (of); greater part (of); (adverb) (3) mostly; mainly; chiefly; usually; often |
多少 see styles |
duō shao duo1 shao5 to shao tashou / tasho たしょう |
how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number? (adv,adj-no) (1) a little; some; somewhat; slightly; to some degree; to some extent; (2) amount; quantity; number how many? |
多読 see styles |
tadoku たどく |
(noun, transitive verb) wide reading; extensive reading |
多麼 多么 see styles |
duō me duo1 me5 to me |
how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent |
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 |
夜天 see styles |
yaten やてん |
(See 夜空・よぞら) night sky |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
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. |
大加 see styles |
dà jiā da4 jia1 ta chia ooga おおが |
(before a two-syllable verb) considerably; greatly (exaggerate); vehemently (oppose); severely (punish); extensively (refurbish); effusively (praise) (surname) Ooga |
大勢 大势 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih oose おおせ |
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion); (surname) Oose See 大勢至菩薩. |
大天 see styles |
dà tiān da4 tian1 ta t`ien ta tien daiten だいてん |
(surname) Daiten Mahādeva. 摩訶提婆. (1) A former incarnation of Śākyamuni as a Cakravartī. (2) A title of Maheśvara. (3) An able supporter of the Mahāsāṃghikaḥ, whose date is given as about a hundred years after the Buddha's death, but he is also described as a favorite of Aśoka, with whom he is associated as persecutor of the Sthavirāḥ, the head of which escaped into Kashmir. If from the latter school sprang the Mahāyāna, it may account for the detestation in which Mahādeva is held by the Mahāyānists. An account of his wickedness and heresies is given in 西域記 3 and in 婆沙論 99. |
大尉 see styles |
dà wèi da4 wei4 ta wei taii(p); daii / tai(p); dai たいい(P); だいい |
captain (army rank); senior captain {mil} (だいい used by Imperial Japanese Navy) captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.) |
大尽 see styles |
daijin だいじん |
(1) (occ. written 大臣) rich person; millionaire; magnate; (2) big spender; debauchee |
大悟 see styles |
dà wù da4 wu4 ta wu hirosato ひろさと |
Dawu county in Xiaogan 孝感[Xiao4 gan3], Hubei (n,vs,vi) {Buddh} enlightenment; great wisdom; (personal name) Hirosato great enlightenment |
大權 大权 see styles |
dà quán da4 quan2 ta ch`üan ta chüan daigon |
power; authority The great potentiality; or the great power of Buddhas and bodhisattvas to transform themselves into others, by which e.g. Māyā becomes the mother of 1,000 Buddhas, Rāhula the son of 1,000 Buddhas, and all beings are within the potency of the dharmakāya. |
大片 see styles |
dà piàn da4 pian4 ta p`ien ta pien ookata おおかた |
wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie (surname) Ookata |
大班 see styles |
dà bān da4 ban1 ta pan |
tai-pan; business executive; foreign business manager; top class of kindergarten or school grade |
大白 see styles |
dà bái da4 bai2 ta pai daihaku だいはく |
to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白) large cup; (place-name) Daihaku |
大篆 see styles |
dà zhuàn da4 zhuan4 ta chuan daiten だいてん |
the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts (See 六体) large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) |
大纛 see styles |
taitou / taito たいとう |
(1) (also written as 大頭) large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; (2) emperor's encampment |
大耳 see styles |
oomimi おおみみ |
(1) big ears; (n,adj-nari) (2) (archaism) listening without paying attention |
大覚 see styles |
daigaku だいがく |
(1) {Buddh} great awakening; great enlightening; (2) {Buddh} greatly awakened person; (noun/participle) (3) understanding; comprehension; (given name) Daigaku |
大覺 大觉 see styles |
dà jué da4 jue2 ta chüeh dai gaku |
The supreme bodhi, or enlightenment, and the enlightening power of a Buddha. |
大辟 see styles |
dà pì da4 pi4 ta p`i ta pi taiheki たいへき |
(literary) death sentence; decapitation (archaism) severe punishment; death penalty |
大通 see styles |
dà tōng da4 tong1 ta t`ung ta tung daitsuu / daitsu だいつう |
Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2nan2 Shi4], Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1ning2], Qinghai (surname) Daitsuu 大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7. |
大隠 see styles |
taiin / tain たいいん |
enlightened hermit |
大顚 see styles |
dà diān da4 dian1 ta tien Daiten |
Da Dian, the appellation of a famous monk and writer, named 寶通 Baotong, whom tigers followed; he died at 93 years of age in A. D. 824; author of 般若波羅蜜多心經 and 金剛經釋義. |
大鮃 see styles |
ohyou; ohyou / ohyo; ohyo おひょう; オヒョウ |
(kana only) halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis) |
天パ see styles |
tenpa; tenpa てんパ; テンパ |
(abbreviation) (slang) (See 天然パーマ) naturally curly hair |
天一 see styles |
tenitsu てんいつ |
(abbreviation) (See 天一神,陰陽道,己酉,癸巳) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (female given name) Ten'itsu |
天万 see styles |
tenman てんまん |
(place-name) Tenman |
天下 see styles |
tiān xià tian1 xia4 t`ien hsia tien hsia tenka てんか |
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule (1) the whole world; (2) the whole country; (3) society; the public; (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (can be adjective with の) (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (7) (archaism) shogun (Edo period); (given name) Tenka the world |
天与 see styles |
tenyo てんよ |
godsend; heaven's gift |
天主 see styles |
tiān zhǔ tian1 zhu3 t`ien chu tien chu tenshu てんしゅ |
God (in Catholicism); abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism Lord of Heaven; God Devapati. The Lord of devas, a title of Indra. |
天丼 see styles |
tendon てんどん |
(1) (abbreviation) {food} tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (2) (colloquialism) (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line |
天乃 see styles |
tenno てんの |
(female given name) Tenno |
天久 see styles |
tenkiyuu / tenkiyu てんきゆう |
(surname) Tenkiyū |
天乘 see styles |
tiān shèng tian1 sheng4 t`ien sheng tien sheng tenjō |
devayāna. The deva vehicle— one of the 五乘 five vehicles; it transports observers of the ten good qualities 十喜 to one of the six deva realms of desire, and those who observe dhyāna meditation to the higher heavens of form and non-form. |
天也 see styles |
tennari てんなり |
(personal name) Tennari |
天井 see styles |
tiān jǐng tian1 jing3 t`ien ching tien ching tenjou / tenjo てんじょう |
courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 (1) ceiling; (2) ceiling price; (price) ceiling; (surname) Tenjō |
天京 see styles |
tenkyou / tenkyo てんきょう |
(surname) Tenkyō |
天人 see styles |
tiān rén tian1 ren2 t`ien jen tien jen tenjin てんじん |
Man and Heaven; celestial being heavenly being; celestial being; celestial nymph; celestial maiden; (personal name) Tenjin devas and men; also a name for devas. |
天仁 see styles |
tennin てんにん |
(hist) Tennin era (1108.8.3-1110.7.13) |
天介 see styles |
tensuke てんすけ |
(personal name) Tensuke |
天仙 see styles |
tiān xiān tian1 xian1 t`ien hsien tien hsien tensen てんせん |
immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman (See 仙人・せんにん・1) heavenly immortal (in Taoism); (given name) Tensen deva-ṛṣi, or devas and rsis, or immortals. Nāgārjuna gives ten classes of ṛṣis whose lifetime is 100, 000 years, then they are reincarnated. Another category is fivefold: 天仙 deva-ṛṣis in the mountains round Sumeru: 神仙 spirit-ṛṣis who roam the air: 人仙 humans who have attained the powers of immortals; 地仙 earth ṛṣis, subterranean; 鬼仙 pretas, or malevolent ṛṣis. |
天休 see styles |
tenkyuu / tenkyu てんきゅう |
(surname) Tenkyū |
天伯 see styles |
tenpaku てんぱく |
(place-name) Tenpaku |
天位 see styles |
teni てんい |
imperial throne |
天供 see styles |
tiān gōng tian1 gong1 t`ien kung tien kung tenku |
celestials serving Indra |
天俊 see styles |
tenshun てんしゅん |
(given name) Tenshun |
天保 see styles |
tenpou / tenpo てんぽう |
(hist) Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2); (surname) Tenpou |
天信 see styles |
tenshin てんしん |
(given name) Tenshin |
天候 see styles |
tiān hòu tian1 hou4 t`ien hou tien hou tenkou / tenko てんこう |
weather weather |
天倫 天伦 see styles |
tiān lún tian1 lun2 t`ien lun tien lun tenrin てんりん |
family bonds; ethical family relations (given name) Tenrin |
天傑 see styles |
tenketsu てんけつ |
(male given name) Tenketsu |
天像 see styles |
tiān xiàng tian1 xiang4 t`ien hsiang tien hsiang tenzō |
image of heavenly being |
天元 see styles |
tenmoto てんもと |
(1) central black dot on a go board; (2) Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15); (3) {go} Tengen (professional go title); (surname) Tenmoto |
天光 see styles |
tiān guāng tian1 guang1 t`ien kuang tien kuang tenkou / tenko てんこう |
(surname, given name) Tenkou heavenly illumination—the sun |
天八 see styles |
tenpachi てんぱち |
(place-name) Tenpachi |
天兵 see styles |
tiān bīng tian1 bing1 t`ien ping tien ping tenpei / tenpe てんぺい |
celestial soldier; (old) imperial troops; (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit; (more generally) bungler; screw-up the Imperial Army; heaven-send army |
天典 see styles |
tenten てんてん |
(female given name) Tenten |
天内 see styles |
tennai てんない |
(surname) Tennai |
天冠 see styles |
tiān guàn tian1 guan4 t`ien kuan tien kuan tenkan; tengan てんかん; てんがん |
(1) imperial coronation crown; (2) celestial crown; crown worn by Buddha and celestial beings A deva-crown, surpassing human thought. |
天分 see styles |
tiān fèn tian1 fen4 t`ien fen tien fen tenbun てんぶん |
natural gift; talent one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity |
天刑 see styles |
tenkei / tenke てんけい |
divine punishment |
天則 天则 see styles |
tiān zé tian1 ze2 t`ien tse tien tse tensoku てんそく |
natural law; rule of heaven heaven's rule |
天前 see styles |
tenzen てんぜん |
(surname) Tenzen |
天功 see styles |
tenkou / tenko てんこう |
(female given name) Tenkou |
天助 see styles |
tensuke てんすけ |
divine aid; (personal name) Tensuke |
天勝 see styles |
tenkatsu てんかつ |
(surname, given name) Tenkatsu |
天北 see styles |
tenpoku てんぽく |
(place-name) Tenpoku |
天可 see styles |
tenka てんか |
(surname) Tenka |
天台 see styles |
tiān tāi tian1 tai1 t`ien t`ai tien tai tendai てんだい |
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (place-name) Tendai Tiantai |
天司 see styles |
tenshi てんし |
(surname) Tenshi |
天后 see styles |
tiān hòu tian1 hou4 t`ien hou tien hou tenkou / tenko てんこう |
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) queen of heaven Queen of Heaven, v. 摩利支. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Ten" 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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