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わたし的 see styles |
watashiteki わたしてき |
(adjectival noun) my style; my way; my opinion |
を通して see styles |
otooshite をとおして |
(expression) through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of |
一丘之貉 see styles |
yī qiū zhī hé yi1 qiu1 zhi1 he2 i ch`iu chih ho i chiu chih ho |
jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. |
一佛多佛 see styles |
yī fó duō fó yi1 fo2 duo1 fo2 i fo to fo ichibutsu tabutsu |
One Buddha or many Buddhas, i.e. some Hīnayāna Schools say only one Buddha exists in the same aeon; Mahāyāna says many Buddhas appear in the same aeon in many worlds. |
一口同音 see styles |
ikkudouon / ikkudoon いっくどうおん |
reading in unison; saying the same thing |
一因一果 see styles |
yī yīn yī guǒ yi1 yin1 yi1 guo3 i yin i kuo ichi in ikka |
same cause, same effect |
一境四心 see styles |
yī jìng sì xīn yi1 jing4 si4 xin1 i ching ssu hsin ikkyōshi shin |
Four different ways of looking at the same thing. Similar to 一水四見 i.e. one and the same reality though seen from different aspects. |
一增一減 一增一减 see styles |
yī zēng yī jiǎn yi1 zeng1 yi1 jian3 i tseng i chien ichizō ichigen |
A kalpa during which a human lifetime increases from ten years to 80,000 years and then decreases back to ten. At the end of the first century the increase is to 11 years; at the end of the second century to 12 years, and so on till a lifetime lasts 80,000 years; then decrease follows in the same ratio till 10 is reached. The whole period of accretion and declension covers a small kalpa, i.e. 16,800,000 years; also called 中刧. |
一息半步 see styles |
yī xī bàn bù yi1 xi1 ban4 bu4 i hsi pan pu issoku hanpo |
Half a step at a breathing on arising from meditation. |
一意孤行 see styles |
yī yì gū xíng yi1 yi4 gu1 xing2 i i ku hsing |
obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic |
一方交通 see styles |
ippoukoutsuu / ippokotsu いっぽうこうつう |
one-way traffic |
一方通行 see styles |
ippoutsuukou / ippotsuko いっぽうつうこう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (yoji) one-way traffic; (adj-no,n) (2) (yoji) one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided |
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 |
一時停止 see styles |
ichijiteishi / ichijiteshi いちじていし |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) suspension; pause; temporary halt; moratorium; (n,vs,vi) (2) stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.) |
一時瑜亮 一时瑜亮 see styles |
yī shí yú liàng yi1 shi2 yu2 liang4 i shih yü liang |
two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]) |
一気通貫 see styles |
ikkitsuukan / ikkitsukan いっきつうかん |
(1) {mahj} pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows; (2) streamlined production system |
一気飲み see styles |
ikkinomi いっきのみ |
(noun/participle) chugging an entire drink without stopping to take a breath |
一水四見 一水四见 see styles |
yī shuǐ sì jiàn yi1 shui3 si4 jian4 i shui ssu chien issui shiken |
The same water may be viewed in four ways— devas see it as bejewelled land, men as water, hungry ghosts as pus and blood, fish as a place to live in. Cf. 一境四心. |
一法中道 see styles |
yī fǎ zhōng dào yi1 fa3 zhong1 dao4 i fa chung tao ippō chūdō |
single dharma of the middle way |
一点張り see styles |
ittenbari いってんばり |
(1) persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; focusing on one thing; (2) (orig. meaning) always making the same bet |
一無礙道 一无碍道 see styles |
yī wú ài dào yi1 wu2 ai4 dao4 i wu ai tao ichi muge dō |
The one way without barrier, i.e. the end of reincarnations in nirvāṇa; a meditation on it. |
一知半解 see styles |
yī zhī - bàn jiě yi1 zhi1 - ban4 jie3 i chih - pan chieh icchihankai いっちはんかい |
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of something (noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) superficial knowledge; half knowledge |
一脈相承 一脉相承 see styles |
yī mài xiāng chéng yi1 mai4 xiang1 cheng2 i mai hsiang ch`eng i mai hsiang cheng |
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) |
一色二順 see styles |
isshokuryanjun いっしょくリャンじゅん |
{mahj} (See 一盃口・イーペーコー) pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) |
一色同順 see styles |
isshokudoujun / isshokudojun いっしょくどうじゅん |
{mahj} (See 一盃口・イーペーコー) pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) |
一行三昧 see styles |
yī xíng sān mèi yi1 xing2 san1 mei4 i hsing san mei ichigyouzanmai / ichigyozanmai いちぎょうざんまい |
(yoji) (See 念仏三昧) complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer); one-practice absorption 眞如三昧, 一相三昧 A samādhi for realizing that the nature of all Buddhas is the same; the 起信論 says all Buddhas and all beings. Another meaning is entire concentration of the mind on Buddha. |
一觸即潰 一触即溃 see styles |
yī chù jí kuì yi1 chu4 ji2 kui4 i ch`u chi k`uei i chu chi kuei |
to collapse on the first encounter; to give way at once |
一路貨色 一路货色 see styles |
yī lù huò sè yi1 lu4 huo4 se4 i lu huo se |
(pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same cloth |
一逞獸欲 一逞兽欲 see styles |
yī chěng shòu yù yi1 cheng3 shou4 yu4 i ch`eng shou yü i cheng shou yü |
to give way to one's beastly lust |
一道法門 一道法门 see styles |
yī dào fǎ mén yi1 dao4 fa3 men2 i tao fa men ichidōhōmon |
The "a' school (Shingon) which takes a as the alpha (and even omega) of all wisdom; the way by which all escape mortality. |
一體兩面 一体两面 see styles |
yī tǐ liǎng miàn yi1 ti3 liang3 mian4 i t`i liang mien i ti liang mien |
(fig.) two sides of the same coin |
一魔萬箭 一魔万箭 see styles |
yī mó wàn jiàn yi1 mo2 wan4 jian4 i mo wan chien ichima mansen |
One demon a myriad arrows, i.e. to listen to one Māra-temptation opens the way for a myriad Māra-arrows. |
一鱗半爪 一鳞半爪 see styles |
yī lín bàn zhǎo yi1 lin2 ban4 zhao3 i lin pan chao |
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and pieces |
七種無上 七种无上 see styles |
qī zhǒng wú shàng qi1 zhong3 wu2 shang4 ch`i chung wu shang chi chung wu shang shichi shumujō |
The seven peerless qualities of a Buddha:―his body 身 with its thirty-two signs and eighty-four marks; his way 道 of universal mercy; his perfect insight or doctrine 見; his wisdom 智; his supernatural power 神 力; his ability to overcome hindrances 斷障, e.g. illusion, karma, and suffering; and his abiding place 住 i.e. Nirvana. Cf. 七勝事. |
七處八會 七处八会 see styles |
qī chù bā huì qi1 chu4 ba1 hui4 ch`i ch`u pa hui chi chu pa hui shichisho hachie |
The eight assemblies in seven different places, at which the sixty sections of the 華嚴經 Avataṃsaka-sūtra are said to have been preached; the same sutra in eighty sections is accredited to the 七處九會. 七處平等相 One of the thirty-two signs on the Budda's body—the perfection of feet, hands, shoulders, and head. |
三すくみ see styles |
sansukumi さんすくみ |
three-way deadlock |
三人三様 see styles |
sanninsanyou / sanninsanyo さんにんさんよう |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way |
三人乗り see styles |
sanninnori さんにんのり |
three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike) |
三僞一眞 三伪一眞 see styles |
sān wěi yī zhēn san1 wei3 yi1 zhen1 san wei i chen sangisshin |
The three half-true, or partial revelations of the 小乘, 中乘 and 大乘, and the true one of the Lotus Sūtra. |
三善知識 三善知识 see styles |
sān shàn zhī shì san1 shan4 zhi1 shi4 san shan chih shih san zenchishiki |
The three types of friends with whom to be intimate, i.e. a teacher (of the Way), a fellow-endeavourer and encourager, and a patron who supports by gifts (dānapati). |
三店方式 see styles |
santenhoushiki / santenhoshiki さんてんほうしき |
three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing gambling laws |
三心二意 see styles |
sān xīn èr yì san1 xin1 er4 yi4 san hsin erh i |
in two minds about something (idiom); half-hearted; shilly-shallying |
三方よし see styles |
sanpouyoshi / sanpoyoshi さんぽうよし sanbouyoshi / sanboyoshi さんぼうよし |
(expression) everybody doing well (e.g. purchaser, buyer and society); three-way satisfaction; all three parties doing well |
三方良し see styles |
sanpouyoshi / sanpoyoshi さんぽうよし sanbouyoshi / sanboyoshi さんぼうよし |
(expression) everybody doing well (e.g. purchaser, buyer and society); three-way satisfaction; all three parties doing well |
三段構え see styles |
sandangamae; sandankamae さんだんがまえ; さんだんかまえ |
triple; three-way; threefold |
三番稽古 see styles |
sanbangeiko / sanbangeko さんばんげいこ |
{sumo} a row of training matches with the same opponent |
三百由旬 see styles |
sān bǎi yóu xún san1 bai3 you2 xun2 san pai yu hsün sanbyaku yujun |
The 300 yojanas parable of the Magic City, erected by a leader who feared that his people would become weary and return; i.e. Hīnayāna nirvāṇa, a temporary rest on the way to the real land of precious things, or true nirvāṇa; v. 法華化城品. |
三種悔法 三种悔法 see styles |
sān zhǒng huǐ fǎ san1 zhong3 hui3 fa3 san chung hui fa sanshu kehō |
(or 三種懺法) Three modes of repentance: (a) 無生悔 to meditate on the way to prevent wrong thoughts and delusions; (b) 取相悔 to seek the presence of the Buddha to rid one of sinful thoughts and passions; (c) 作法懺 in proper form to confess one's breach of the rules before the Buddha and seek remission. |
三種淨業 三种淨业 see styles |
sān zhǒng jìng yè san1 zhong3 jing4 ye4 san chung ching yeh sanshu jōgō |
The threefold way of obtaining pure karma, idem 三福. |
三者三様 see styles |
sanshasanyou / sanshasanyo さんしゃさんよう |
(yoji) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way |
三色同刻 see styles |
sanshokudoukoku; sanshokudoukoo / sanshokudokoku; sanshokudokoo さんしょくどうこく; さんしょくどうコー |
{mahj} triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits |
三色同順 see styles |
sanshokudoujun / sanshokudojun さんしょくどうじゅん |
{mahj} triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits |
三諦相卽 三谛相卽 see styles |
sān dì xiāng jí san1 di4 xiang1 ji2 san ti hsiang chi sandai sōsoku |
The unity of 空, 假, 中, three aspects of the same reality, taught by the 圓教as distinguished from the 別教which separates them. |
三重法界 see styles |
sān zhòng fǎ jiè san1 zhong4 fa3 jie4 san chung fa chieh sanjū hokkai |
The three meditations, on the relationship of the noumenal and phenomenal, of the 華嚴宗 Huayan School: (a) 理法界 the universe as law or mind, that all things are 眞如, i.e. all things or phenomena are of the same Buddha-nature, or the Absolute; (b) 理事無礙法界 that the Buddha-nature and the thing, or the Absolute and phenomena are not mutually exclusive; (c) 事事無礙法界 that phenomena are not mutually exclusive, but in a common harmony as parts of the whole. |
三馬同槽 三马同槽 see styles |
sān mǎ tóng cáo san1 ma3 tong2 cao2 san ma t`ung ts`ao san ma tung tsao |
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof |
上位互換 see styles |
jouigokan / joigokan じょういごかん |
(adj-no,n) (1) (See 後方互換) downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; (adj-no,n) (2) (incorrect usage) upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; (adj-no,n) (3) (slang) providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games) |
上半部分 see styles |
shàng bàn bù fèn shang4 ban4 bu4 fen4 shang pan pu fen |
upper part; top half |
上弦の月 see styles |
jougennotsuki / jogennotsuki じょうげんのつき |
(exp,n) (See 下弦の月) first quarter moon; waxing half-moon |
上求本來 上求本来 see styles |
shàng qiú běn lái shang4 qiu2 ben3 lai2 shang ch`iu pen lai shang chiu pen lai jōgu honrai |
Similar to the first half of 上求菩提下化衆生 Above to seek bodhi, below to save all. 本來 means the original or Buddha-nature, which is the real nature of all beings. |
下位互換 see styles |
kaigokan かいごかん |
(adj-no,n) (1) (See 上位互換・じょういごかん・1,前方互換) upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; (adj-no,n) (2) (incorrect usage) (See 上位互換・じょういごかん・1) downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; (adj-no,n) (3) (slang) providing the same function while being less effective (esp. in games) |
下弦の月 see styles |
kagennotsuki かげんのつき |
(exp,n) (See 上弦の月) last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon |
不一不二 see styles |
bù yī bù èr bu4 yi1 bu4 er4 pu i pu erh fuitsu funi |
neither the same nor different |
不一不異 不一不异 see styles |
bù yī bù yì bu4 yi1 bu4 yi4 pu i pu i fuichi fui |
Neither unity nor diversity, or doctrine of the 中論, v. 八不. |
不一致字 see styles |
bù yī zhì zì bu4 yi1 zhi4 zi4 pu i chih tzu |
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case); inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component) |
不二法門 不二法门 see styles |
bù èr fǎ mén bu4 er4 fa3 men2 pu erh fa men funi hōmon |
the one and only way; the only proper course to take is similar to 不二之法; also the cult of the monistic doctrine; and the immediacy of entering into the truth. |
不共世間 不共世间 see styles |
bù gòng shì jiān bu4 gong4 shi4 jian1 pu kung shih chien fugū seken |
not sharing [the same basis] with the world |
不共戴天 see styles |
bù gòng - dài tiān bu4 gong4 - dai4 tian1 pu kung - tai t`ien pu kung - tai tien |
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable |
不卽不離 不卽不离 see styles |
bù jí bù lí bu4 ji2 bu4 li2 pu chi pu li fusoku furi |
Neither the thing itself nor something apart, e. g. the water and the wave; similar to 不一不異. |
不壞道性 不坏道性 see styles |
bù huài dào xìng bu4 huai4 dao4 xing4 pu huai tao hsing fuedō shō |
indestructibility of the Way |
不相上下 see styles |
bù xiāng shàng xià bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4 pu hsiang shang hsia |
equally matched; about the same |
不眠不休 see styles |
bù mián bù xiū bu4 mian2 bu4 xiu1 pu mien pu hsiu fuminfukyuu / fuminfukyu ふみんふきゅう |
without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) no sleep or rest; working day and night |
不約而同 不约而同 see styles |
bù yuē ér tóng bu4 yue1 er2 tong2 pu yüeh erh t`ung pu yüeh erh tung |
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement |
不謀而合 不谋而合 see styles |
bù móu ér hé bu4 mou2 er2 he2 pu mou erh ho |
to agree without prior consultation; to happen to hold the same view |
世に出る see styles |
yonideru よにでる |
(Ichidan verb) (1) to become famous; (Ichidan verb) (2) to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear; to be published |
世の習い see styles |
yononarai よのならい |
(expression) the way of the world; common occurrence |
世を渡る see styles |
yoowataru よをわたる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live |
両にらみ see styles |
ryounirami / ryonirami りょうにらみ |
(noun/participle) keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time |
中論性教 中论性教 see styles |
zhōng lùn xìng jiào zhong1 lun4 xing4 jiao4 chung lun hsing chiao chūronshō kyō |
The Mādhyamika school, which has been described as a system of sophisiic nihilism, dissolving every proposition into a thesis and its antithesis, and refuting both; but it is considered by some that the refuting of both is in the interests of a third, the 中 which transcends both. |
中途半端 see styles |
chuutohanpa / chutohanpa ちゅうとはんぱ |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed |
中道實相 中道实相 see styles |
zhōng dào shí xiàng zhong1 dao4 shi2 xiang4 chung tao shih hsiang chūdō jissō |
The reality of the 'mean' is neither 有 substance or existent, nor 空 void or non-existent, but a reality which is neither, or a mean between the two extremes of materialism and nihilism; also 中實. |
中道應本 中道应本 see styles |
zhōng dào yìng běn zhong1 dao4 ying4 ben3 chung tao ying pen chūdō ōhon |
The 'mean' as the basic principle in the 別 and 圓 schools of the doctrine of the 應化身 'transformation body'. |
中長編み see styles |
chuunagaami / chunagami ちゅうながあみ |
half double crochet; HDC |
主客一體 主客一体 see styles |
zhǔ kè yī tǐ zhu3 ke4 yi1 ti3 chu k`o i t`i chu ko i ti shukyaku ittai |
lit. host and guest are the same in essence |
乗捨料金 see styles |
norisuteryoukin / norisuteryokin のりすてりょうきん |
one-way car rental fee |
九有情居 see styles |
jiǔ yǒu qíng jū jiu3 you3 qing2 ju1 chiu yu ch`ing chü chiu yu ching chü ku ujō ko |
(or 九有情處), 九衆生居, 九居, 九門, see also 九有, 九地, 九禪 and 九定; the nine happy abodes or states of sentient beings of the 長阿含經 9; they are the 七識住seven abodes or stages of perception or consciousness to which are added the fifth and ninth below: (1) 欲界之人天 the world and the six deva-heavens of desire in which there is variety of bodies (or personalities) and thinking (or ideas); (2) 梵衆天the three brahma heavens where bodies differ but thinking is the same, the first dhyāna heaven; (3) 極光淨天 the three bright and pure heavens where bodies are identical but thinking diners, the second dhyāna heaven; (4) 遍淨天the three universally pure heavens where bodies and thinking are the same, the third dhyāna heaven; (5) 無想天 the no-thinking or no-thought heaven, the highest of the four dhyāna heavens; (6) 空無邊處 limitless space, the first of the formless realms; (7) 識無邊處 limitless percepton, the second ditto; (8) 無所有處 nothingness, the place beyond things, the third ditto; and (9) 非想非非想beyond thought or non-thought, the fourth ditto. |
九種大禪 九种大禅 see styles |
jiǔ zhǒng dà chán jiu3 zhong3 da4 chan2 chiu chung ta ch`an chiu chung ta chan kushu daizen |
The nine kinds of Mahāyāna dhyāna for bodhisattvas, given in the 菩薩地持經 6 and in other works; they are associated with the patience 忍 pāramitā and with the dhyāna of the super-realms. The nine are meditations: (1) 自性禪 on the original nature of things, or mind as the real nature, from which all things derive; (2) 一切禪 on achieving the development of self and all others to the utmost; (3) 難禪 on the difficulties of certain dhyāna conditions; (4) 一切禪 on the entrance to all the (superior) dhyāna conditions; (5) 善人禪 on the good; (6) 一切行禪 on all Mahāyāna practices and actions; (7) 除煩惱禪 on ridding all sufferers from the miseries of passion and delusion; (8) 此世他世樂禪 on the way to bring joy to all people both in this life and hereafter; (9) 淸淨淨禪 on perfect purity in the termination of all delusion and distress and the obtaining of perfect enlightenment. |
九蓮宝燈 see styles |
chuurenpoutou / churenpoto チューレンポウトウ |
{mahj} nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit |
九連宝灯 see styles |
chuurenpaotou / churenpaoto チューレンパオトウ |
{mahj} nine gates (chi:); winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit |
予定調和 see styles |
yoteichouwa / yotechowa よていちょうわ |
(1) {phil} pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (2) (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention |
事不過三 事不过三 see styles |
shì bù guò sān shi4 bu4 guo4 san1 shih pu kuo san |
(idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again; (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times |
事倍功半 see styles |
shì bèi - gōng bàn shi4 bei4 - gong1 ban4 shih pei - kung pan |
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result |
事半功倍 see styles |
shì bàn - gōng bèi shi4 ban4 - gong1 bei4 shih pan - kung pei |
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort |
事與願違 事与愿违 see styles |
shì yǔ yuàn wéi shi4 yu3 yuan4 wei2 shih yü yüan wei |
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) |
二つ割り see styles |
futatsuwari ふたつわり |
half; cutting in two |
二つ折り see styles |
futatsuori ふたつおり |
(can be adjective with の) folded in half; doubled |
二人乗り see styles |
futarinori ふたりのり |
(noun/participle) two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike) |
二分の一 see styles |
nibunnoichi にぶんのいち |
(exp,n) a half; 50% |
二分之一 see styles |
èr fēn zhī yī er4 fen1 zhi1 yi1 erh fen chih i |
one half |
二分休符 see styles |
nibukyuufu / nibukyufu にぶきゅうふ |
{music} half rest; minim rest |
二分音符 see styles |
èr fēn yīn fú er4 fen1 yin1 fu2 erh fen yin fu nibuonpu; nibunonpu にぶおんぷ; にぶんおんぷ |
minim (music) {music} half note; minim |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "90 Miles is the Same as Stopping Half-Way" 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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