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務所送り see styles |
mushookuri むしょおくり |
being sent to prison |
包辦婚姻 包办婚姻 see styles |
bāo bàn hūn yīn bao1 ban4 hun1 yin1 pao pan hun yin |
forced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) |
十三觀音 see styles |
shí sān guān yīn shi2 san1 guan1 yin1 shih san kuan yin |
(三十三尊觀音) The thirty-three forms in which Guanyin is represented: with willow, dragon, sutra, halo, as strolling, with white robe, as lotus-sleeping, with fishing-creel, as medicine-bestowing, with folded hands, holding a lotus, pouring water, etc. 三十三過 The thirty-three possible fallacies in the statement of a syllogism, nine in the proposition 宗 pratijñā, fourteen in the reason 因 hetu, and ten in the example 喩 udāharaṇa. |
十二因緣 十二因缘 see styles |
shí èr yīn yuán shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2 shih erh yin yüan jūni innen |
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra. |
十二火天 see styles |
shí èr huǒ tiān shi2 er4 huo3 tian1 shih erh huo t`ien shih erh huo tien jūnikaten |
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons. |
十六菩薩 十六菩萨 see styles |
shí liù pú sà shi2 liu4 pu2 sa4 shih liu p`u sa shih liu pu sa jūroku bosatsu |
十六大士 (or 十六正士) The sixteen bodhisattvas; there are two groups, one of the 顯教 exoteric, one of the 密教 esoteric cults; the exoteric list is indefinite; the esoteric has two lists, one is of four bodhisattvas to each of the Buddhas of the four quarters of the Diamond Realm; the other is of the sixteen who represent the body of bodhisattvas in a 賢 kalpa, such as the present: E. 彌勒, 不空, 除憂, 除惡; S. 香象, 大精進, 虛 空藏智幢; W. 無量光, 賢護, 網明, 月光; N. 無量意 (文殊), 辨積, 金剛藏普賢. |
十羅刹女 十罗刹女 see styles |
shí luó chà nǚ shi2 luo2 cha4 nv3 shih lo ch`a nü shih lo cha nü jū rasetsunyo |
The ten rākṣasī, or demonesses mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra 陀羅尼品. They are now represented in the temples, each as an attendant on a Buddha or bodhisattva, and are chiefly connected with sorcery. They are said to be previous incarnations of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas with whom they are associated. In their evil state they were enemies of the living, converted they are enemies of evil. There are other definitions. Their names are: (1) 藍婆 Lambā, who is associated with Śākyamuni; (2) 毘藍婆 Vilambā, who is associated with Amitābha; (3) 曲齒 Kūṭadantī, who is associated with 藥師 Bhaiṣajya; (4) 華齒 Puṣpadanti, who is associated with 多賓 Prabhūtaratna; (5) 黑齒 Makuṭadantī, who is associated with 大日 Vairocana; (6) 多髮 Keśinī, who is associated with 普賢 Samantabhadra; (7) 無厭足 ? Acalā, who is associated with 文殊 Mañjuśrī; (8) 持瓔珞 Mālādharī, who is associated with 彌勒Maitreya; (9) 皐帝 Kuntī, who is associated with 觀音 Avalokiteśvara; (10) 奪一切衆生精氣 Sarvasattvaujohārī, who is associated with 地 藏 Kṣitigarbha. |
十長養心 十长养心 see styles |
shí cháng yǎng xīn shi2 chang2 yang3 xin1 shih ch`ang yang hsin shih chang yang hsin jūchōyōshin |
The ten kinds of well-nourished heart, essential to entry into the cult of the higher patience and endurance: a heart of kindness; of pity; of joy (in progress toward salvation of others); renunciation; almsgiving; delight in telling the doctrine; benefiting or aiding others to salvation; unity, or amity; concentration in meditation; wisdom; v. 梵綱經,心地品. |
千天出合 see styles |
sentennodeai せんてんのであい |
(place-name) Sentennodeai |
千態万様 see styles |
sentaibanyou / sentaibanyo せんたいばんよう |
(yoji) great diversity of form |
千態万状 see styles |
sentaibanjou / sentaibanjo せんたいばんじょう |
(yoji) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness |
千登三子 see styles |
sentomiko せんとみこ |
(person) Sen Tomiko |
千里鵝毛 千里鹅毛 see styles |
qiān lǐ é máo qian1 li3 e2 mao2 ch`ien li o mao chien li o mao |
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] |
千頭星山 see styles |
sentouboshiyama / sentoboshiyama せんとうぼしやま |
(personal name) Sentouboshiyama |
協議離婚 see styles |
kyougirikon / kyogirikon きょうぎりこん |
divorce by consent |
博古通今 see styles |
bó gǔ tōng jīn bo2 gu3 tong1 jin1 po ku t`ung chin po ku tung chin |
conversant with things past and present; erudite and informed |
博斯沃思 see styles |
bó sī wò sī bo2 si1 wo4 si1 po ssu wo ssu |
Bosworth (name); Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009 |
厚古薄今 see styles |
hòu gǔ bó jīn hou4 gu3 bo2 jin1 hou ku po chin |
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom) |
及時行樂 及时行乐 see styles |
jí shí xíng lè ji2 shi2 xing2 le4 chi shih hsing le |
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can; carpe diem |
反対意見 see styles |
hantaiiken / hantaiken はんたいいけん |
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview |
反対投票 see styles |
hantaitouhyou / hantaitohyo はんたいとうひょう |
dissenting vote; vote of opposition; negative vote; blackballing |
取捨選択 see styles |
shushasentaku しゅしゃせんたく |
(n,vs,adj-no) (yoji) selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject |
句を切る see styles |
kuokiru くをきる |
(exp,v5r) to punctuate a sentence |
可有可無 可有可无 see styles |
kě yǒu kě wú ke3 you3 ke3 wu2 k`o yu k`o wu ko yu ko wu |
not essential; dispensable |
可能選択 see styles |
kanousentaku / kanosentaku かのうせんたく |
available choice |
史的現在 see styles |
shitekigenzai してきげんざい |
{gramm} (See 歴史的現在) historical present |
合意年齢 see styles |
gouinenrei / goinenre ごういねんれい |
age of consent |
同意年齢 see styles |
douinenrei / doinenre どういねんれい |
{law} age of consent |
同意殺人 see styles |
douisatsujin / doisatsujin どういさつじん |
(See 嘱託殺人,承諾殺人) consensual homicide; murder with consent of the victim |
同意能力 see styles |
douinouryoku / doinoryoku どういのうりょく |
{med;law} capacity to consent |
名詞止め see styles |
meishidome / meshidome めいしどめ |
ending a sentence with a noun |
吟風弄月 吟风弄月 see styles |
yín fēng nòng yuè yin2 feng1 nong4 yue4 yin feng nung yüeh gonfu rugetsu |
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) to recite poetry along with the blowing of the wind while enjoying a beautiful view of the moon |
呈示次第 see styles |
teijishidai / tejishidai ていじしだい |
(n,adv) at (upon) presentation; when presented |
呼ばれる see styles |
yobareru よばれる |
(v1,vi) (1) (passive form of 呼ぶ) to be called out; (v1,vi) (2) to be called (a name); to be referred to as; (v1,vi) (3) to be invited (to); (v1,vi) (4) to be summoned; to be called; to be sent for; (v1,vi) (5) (ksb:) to be treated to (a meal, drink, etc.) |
命の洗濯 see styles |
inochinosentaku いのちのせんたく |
(exp,n) (idiom) casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back |
命題関数 see styles |
meidaikansuu / medaikansu めいだいかんすう |
propositional (sentential) function |
咥哩若底 see styles |
dié lī ruò dǐ die2 li1 ruo4 di3 tieh li jo ti chirishachi |
trijāti, the three stages of birth, past, present, future. |
四種死生 四种死生 see styles |
sì zhǒng sǐ shēng si4 zhong3 si3 sheng1 ssu chung ssu sheng shi shu shishō |
Four kinds of rebirth dependent on present deeds: from obscurity and poverty to be reborn in the same condition; from obscurity and poverty to be reborn in light and honour; from light and honour to be reborn in obscurity and poverty; from light and honour to be reborn in the heavens. |
回線帯域 see styles |
kaisentaiiki / kaisentaiki かいせんたいいき |
{comp} line bandwidth |
回線追跡 see styles |
kaisentsuiseki かいせんついせき |
{comp} line trace |
因噎廢食 因噎废食 see styles |
yīn yē fèi shí yin1 ye1 fei4 shi2 yin yeh fei shih |
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid something essential because of a slight risk |
国民審査 see styles |
kokuminshinsa こくみんしんさ |
{law} national review; national referendum on the appointment or re-appointment of Supreme Court judges, held at the same time as general elections to the House of Representatives |
国民感情 see styles |
kokuminkanjou / kokuminkanjo こくみんかんじょう |
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling |
国籍選択 see styles |
kokusekisentaku こくせきせんたく |
choice of nationality; choice of citizenship |
圓通三昧 圆通三昧 see styles |
yuán tōng sān mèi yuan2 tong1 san1 mei4 yüan t`ung san mei yüan tung san mei entsū zanmai |
The various samādhi of supernatural powers of the twenty-five 'great ones' of the 楞嚴經 Surangama sūtra, especially of 圓通大士 the omnipresent hearer of those who call, i.e. Guanyin. |
地域代表 see styles |
chiikidaihyou / chikidaihyo ちいきだいひょう |
regional representation |
地獄変相 see styles |
jigokuhensou / jigokuhenso じごくへんそう |
(See 地獄変) picture of Hell; painting representing Hell |
執行猶予 see styles |
shikkouyuuyo / shikkoyuyo しっこうゆうよ |
(yoji) stay of execution; suspended sentence |
境界表現 see styles |
kyoukaihyougen / kyokaihyogen きょうかいひょうげん |
{comp} boundary representation |
多情多感 see styles |
tajoutakan / tajotakan たじょうたかん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) sentimental; being full of emotions; having tender sensibilities |
多肢選択 see styles |
tashisentaku たしせんたく |
(can be adjective with の) multiple-choice |
大勝金剛 大胜金刚 see styles |
dà shèng jīn gāng da4 sheng4 jin1 gang1 ta sheng chin kang Daishō kongō |
Another name for 金輪佛頂, one of the incarnations of Vairocana represented with twelve arms, each hand holding one of his symbols. Also 大轉輪王; 金剛手 . |
大同団結 see styles |
daidoudanketsu / daidodanketsu だいどうだんけつ |
(n,vs,vi) (yoji) merger; (presenting a) united front |
大同小異 大同小异 see styles |
dà tóng xiǎo yì da4 tong2 xiao3 yi4 ta t`ung hsiao i ta tung hsiao i daidoushoui / daidoshoi だいどうしょうい |
virtually the same; differing only on small points (adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) essentially the same with only minor differences |
大安達羅 大安达罗 see styles |
dà ān dá luó da4 an1 da2 luo2 ta an ta lo Daiandatsura |
Mahendra, or Mahendrī, or Rāja mahendrī. A city near the mouth of the Godavery, the present Rājamundry. |
大忍法界 see styles |
dà rěn fǎ jiè da4 ren3 fa3 jie4 ta jen fa chieh dainin hōkai |
The great realm for learning patience, i.e. the present world. |
大自在天 see styles |
dà zì zài tiān da4 zi4 zai4 tian1 ta tzu tsai t`ien ta tzu tsai tien daijizaiten だいじざいてん |
{Buddh} Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon) Maheśvara, 摩醯首濕伐羅 or Śiva, lord of the present chiliocosm, or universe; he is described under two forms, one as the prince of demons, the other as divine, i.e. 毘舍闍 Piśācamaheśvara and 淨居 Śuddhāvāsa- or Śuddhodanamaheśvara. As Piśāca, head of the demons, he is represented with three eyes and eight arms, and riding on a white bull; a bull or a linga being his symbol. The esoteric school takes him for the transformation body of Vairocana, and as appearing in many forms, e.g. Viṣṇu, Nārāyana (i.e. Brahmā), etc. His wife (śakti) is Bhīmā, or 大自在天婦. As Śuddhāvāsa, or Pure dwelling, he is described as a bodhisattva of the tenth or highest degree, on the point of entering Buddhahood. There is dispute as to whether both are the same being, or entirely different. The term also means the sixth or highest of the six desire heavens. |
大阪会議 see styles |
oosakakaigi おおさかかいぎ |
(hist) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875) |
天地有情 see styles |
tenchiujou / tenchiujo てんちうじょう |
the sentient world; all sentient beings |
天災地孽 天灾地孽 see styles |
tiān zāi dì niè tian1 zai1 di4 nie4 t`ien tsai ti nieh tien tsai ti nieh |
catastrophes and unnatural phenomena; Heaven-sent warnings |
天王如來 天王如来 see styles |
tiān wáng rú lái tian1 wang2 ru2 lai2 t`ien wang ju lai tien wang ju lai Tennō Nyorai |
Devarāja-tathāgata, the name by which Devadatta, the enemy of Śākyamuni, will be known on his future appearance as a Buddha in the universe called 天道 Devasopāna; his present residence in hell being temporary for his karmaic expurgation. |
学歴詐称 see styles |
gakurekisashou / gakurekisasho がくれきさしょう |
false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career |
学級委員 see styles |
gakkyuuiin / gakkyuin がっきゅういいん |
class representative |
完全表記 see styles |
kanzenhyouki / kanzenhyoki かんぜんひょうき |
{comp} complete representation |
実刑判決 see styles |
jikkeihanketsu / jikkehanketsu じっけいはんけつ |
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution |
実践哲学 see styles |
jissentetsugaku じっせんてつがく |
practical philosophy |
宿執開發 宿执开发 see styles |
sù zhí kāi fā su4 zhi2 kai1 fa1 su chih k`ai fa su chih kai fa shukushū kaihotsu |
The present fruition of the meritorious character developed in previous existence. |
實叉難陀 实叉难陀 see styles |
shí chān án tuó shi2 chan1 an2 tuo2 shih ch`an an t`o shih chan an to Jisshananda |
Śikṣānanda. A śramaṇa of Kustana (Khotan) who in A.D. 695 introduced a new alphabet into China and translated nineteen works; the Empress Wu invited him to bring a complete copy of the Huayan sūtra to Luoyang; sixteen works in the present collection are assigned to him. Also 施乞叉難陀. |
対日感情 see styles |
tainichikanjou / tainichikanjo たいにちかんじょう |
feeling (sentiment) toward Japan |
対立感情 see styles |
tairitsukanjou / tairitsukanjo たいりつかんじょう |
feeling of antipathy (rivalry); antagonistic sentiment |
將今論古 将今论古 see styles |
jiāng jīn lùn gǔ jiang1 jin1 lun4 gu3 chiang chin lun ku |
to observe the present to study the past |
尸羅淸淨 尸罗淸淨 see styles |
shī luó qīng jìng shi1 luo2 qing1 jing4 shih lo ch`ing ching shih lo ching ching shira shōjō |
Moral purity, essential to enter into samadhi. |
居合せる see styles |
iawaseru いあわせる |
(v1,vi) to happen to be present |
差しだす see styles |
sashidasu さしだす |
(transitive verb) to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out |
差し入れ see styles |
sashiire / sashire さしいれ |
(noun/participle) (1) insertion; letter drop; (2) things sent to a prisoner; (3) supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task |
差し出す see styles |
sashidasu さしだす |
(transitive verb) to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out |
差し詰め see styles |
sashizume さしづめ |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) after all; when all's said and done; (2) for the time being; at present |
差当たり see styles |
sashiatari さしあたり |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) for the time being; at present; (2) (archaism) hindrance |
差当って see styles |
sashiatatte さしあたって |
(adverb) (kana only) for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime |
庶民感覚 see styles |
shominkankaku しょみんかんかく |
sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment |
弥生狂言 see styles |
yayoikyougen / yayoikyogen やよいきょうげん |
(archaism) kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period) |
強調構文 see styles |
kyouchoukoubun / kyochokobun きょうちょうこうぶん |
{ling} emphatic (sentence) construction |
当代無双 see styles |
toudaimusou / todaimuso とうだいむそう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) being unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present |
当代無比 see styles |
doudaimuhi / dodaimuhi どうだいむひ |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) being unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present |
当分の間 see styles |
toubunnoaida; toubunnokan / tobunnoaida; tobunnokan とうぶんのあいだ; とうぶんのかん |
(exp,adv) for the present; for the time being |
当営業所 see styles |
toueigyousho / toegyosho とうえいぎょうしょ |
our (the present) business office |
当選基数 see styles |
tousenkisuu / tosenkisu とうせんきすう |
electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system) |
当選当確 see styles |
tousentoukaku / tosentokaku とうせんとうかく |
(from 当選及び当選確実) candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected |
当面の間 see styles |
toumennoaida / tomennoaida とうめんのあいだ |
(exp,adv) for the present; for the time being |
形象大使 see styles |
xíng xiàng dà shǐ xing2 xiang4 da4 shi3 hsing hsiang ta shih |
person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador |
徧一切處 徧一切处 see styles |
biàn yī qiè chù bian4 yi1 qie4 chu4 pien i ch`ieh ch`u pien i chieh chu hen issai sho |
Pervading everywhere, omnipresent, an epithet for Vairocana. |
復活当選 see styles |
fukkatsutousen / fukkatsutosen ふっかつとうせん |
(noun/participle) failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency |
心不在焉 see styles |
xīn bù zài yān xin1 bu4 zai4 yan1 hsin pu tsai yen |
absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering |
心無所住 心无所住 see styles |
xīn wú suǒ zhù xin1 wu2 suo3 zhu4 hsin wu so chu shin mu shojū |
The mind without resting-place, i. e. detached from time and space, e. g. the past being past may be considered as a 'non-past' or non-existent, so with present and future, thus realizing their unreality. The result is detachment, or the liberated mind, which is the Buddha-mind, the bodhi-mind, 無生心 the mind free from ideas of creation and extinction, of beginning and end, recognizing that all forms and natures are of the Void, or Absolute. |
心的表示 see styles |
shintekihyouji / shintekihyoji しんてきひょうじ |
mental representation |
必ずしも see styles |
kanarazushimo かならずしも |
(adverb) (with neg. sentence) (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all |
必不可少 see styles |
bì bù kě shǎo bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3 pi pu k`o shao pi pu ko shao |
absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential |
必須条件 see styles |
hissujouken / hissujoken ひっすじょうけん |
essential condition |
応募作品 see styles |
oubosakuhin / obosakuhin おうぼさくひん |
work sent to a competition; competition entry |
思わしい see styles |
omowashii / omowashi おもわしい |
(adjective) (1) (usu. with neg. sentence) satisfactory; desirable; favourable; good; suitable; (adjective) (2) (as ...と〜) seeming (to be); appearing |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Sent" 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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