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処世術 see styles |
shoseijutsu / shosejutsu しょせいじゅつ |
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life |
出三界 see styles |
chū sān jiè chu1 san1 jie4 ch`u san chieh chu san chieh shussankai |
to escape from the three realms |
出囃子 see styles |
debayashi でばやし |
(1) on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; (2) shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage |
出払う see styles |
deharau ではらう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); (v5u,vi) (2) to be sold out; to have none left |
出盛る see styles |
desakaru でさかる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to come into season (of fruit, etc.); to be in season; (v5r,vi) (2) to come out in large numbers (of people); to come out in droves; to flock (to); to throng |
分別慧 分别慧 see styles |
fēn bié huì fen1 bie2 hui4 fen pieh hui funbetsu e |
discriminating wisdom |
分別覺 分别觉 see styles |
fēn bié jué fen1 bie2 jue2 fen pieh chüeh funbetsu kaku |
discriminating wisdom |
分別起 分别起 see styles |
fēn bié qǐ fen1 bie2 qi3 fen pieh ch`i fen pieh chi funbetsu ki |
Delusions arising from reasoning and teaching, in contrast with 倶生起 errors that arise naturally among people. |
分爲三 分为三 see styles |
fēn wéi sān fen1 wei2 san1 fen wei san bun i san |
to divide into three |
分相門 分相门 see styles |
fēn xiāng mén fen1 xiang1 men2 fen hsiang men fun sō mon |
The doctrine which differentiates the three vehicles from the one vehicle; as 該攝門 is that which maintains the three vehicles to be the one. |
切断厨 see styles |
setsudanchuu / setsudanchu せつだんちゅう |
(net-sl) (derogatory term) ragequitter; person who disconnects from an online game (when losing) |
切落し see styles |
kiriotoshi きりおとし |
(1) leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); end pieces; (2) clipping |
初めて see styles |
hajimete はじめて |
(adv,adj-no) (1) for the first time; (adverb) (2) only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... |
初僧祗 see styles |
chū sēng zhī chu1 seng1 zhi1 ch`u seng chih chu seng chih sho sōshi |
The first of the three asaṃkhyeya or incalculable kalpas. |
初日分 see styles |
chū rì fēn chu1 ri4 fen1 ch`u jih fen chu jih fen shonichinun |
The first of the three divisions of the day, beginning, middle, end 初中後. |
初時教 初时教 see styles |
chū shí jiào chu1 shi2 jiao4 ch`u shih chiao chu shih chiao shojikyō |
A term of the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school, the first of the three periods of the Buddha's teaching, in which he overcame the ideas of heterodox teachers that the ego is real, and preached the four noble truths and the five skandhas, etc. |
初穂料 see styles |
hatsuhoryou / hatsuhoryo はつほりょう |
{Shinto} ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony |
別れる see styles |
wakareru わかれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from; (v1,vi) (2) to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce; (v1,vi) (3) to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved |
到時候 到时候 see styles |
dào shí hòu dao4 shi2 hou4 tao shih hou |
when the moment comes; at that time |
制する see styles |
seisuru / sesuru せいする |
(vs-s,vt) (1) to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle; (vs-s,vt) (2) to get the better of; (vs-s,vt) (3) to control; to command |
前三甲 see styles |
qián sān jiǎ qian2 san1 jia3 ch`ien san chia chien san chia |
top three |
功德田 see styles |
gōng dé tián gong1 de2 tian2 kung te t`ien kung te tien kudoku den |
The field of merit and virtue, i. e. the triratna 三寳, to be cultivated by the faithful; it is one of the three fields for cultivating welfare 三福田. |
加える see styles |
kuwaeru くわえる |
(transitive verb) (1) to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex; (transitive verb) (2) to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up; (transitive verb) (3) to include; to count in; to let join; (transitive verb) (4) to inflict (damage); to deal; to give |
加わる see styles |
kuwawaru くわわる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to be added to; to be appended; (v5r,vi) (2) to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; (v5r,vi) (3) to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed); (v5r,vi) (4) to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted |
加備力 加备力 see styles |
jiā bèi lì jia1 bei4 li4 chia pei li kabiriki |
the Buddha's empowerment of people [to alleviate suffering] |
加威力 see styles |
jiā wēi lì jia1 wei1 li4 chia wei li kairiki |
the Buddha's empowerment of people [to alleviate suffering] |
加行智 see styles |
jiā xíng zhì jia1 xing2 zhi4 chia hsing chih kegyō chi |
wisdom [at the stage of] application |
加賀紋 see styles |
kagamon かがもん |
coloured family crest (popular amongst people from Kaga) |
勒沙婆 see styles |
lè shā pó le4 sha1 po2 le sha p`o le sha po Rokushaba |
Ṛṣabha, described as one of three famous ṛṣi, before the days of Śākyamuni, of the Nirgrantha type of naked ascetics. |
勝三修 胜三修 see styles |
shèng sān xiū sheng4 san1 xiu1 sheng san hsiu shō sanshu |
three superior methods of cultivation |
勝論宗 胜论宗 see styles |
shèng lùn zōng sheng4 lun4 zong1 sheng lun tsung Shōron shū |
The Vaiśeṣika school of Indian philosophy, whose foundation is ascribed to Kaṇāda (Ulūka); he and his successors are respectfully styled 論師 or slightingly 論外道; the school, when combined with the Nyāya, is also known as Nyāya-vaiśeṣika . |
勤務者 see styles |
kinmusha きんむしゃ |
workers; employees; people on duty |
勾股弦 see styles |
koukogen / kokogen こうこげん |
(obscure) three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse) |
化地部 see styles |
huà dì bù hua4 di4 bu4 hua ti pu Keji bu |
Mahīśāsakah, 磨醯奢婆迦部; 彌喜捨婆阿; 彌婆塞部, 正地部 an offshoot from the 說一切有部 or Sarvāstivāda school, supposed to have been founded 300 years after the nirvana. The name Mahisasakah is said to be that of a ruler who 'converted his land' or people; or 正地 'rectified his land'. The doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the 大衆部 Mahāsāṅghika; and to have maintained, inter alia, the reality of the present, but not of the past and future; also the doctrine of the void and the non-ego; the production of taint 染 by the five 識 perceptions; the theory of nine kinds of non-activity, and so on. It was also called 法無去來宗 the school which denied reality to past and future. |
化粧水 see styles |
keshoumizu / keshomizu けしょうみず |
(1) {sumo} water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (2) fresh water used when making up one's face |
北京市 see styles |
běi jīng shì bei3 jing1 shi4 pei ching shih |
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) |
区切る see styles |
kugiru くぎる |
(transitive verb) (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off; (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) |
十三仏 see styles |
juusanbutsu / jusanbutsu じゅうさんぶつ |
{Buddh} (See 不動明王,釈迦如来,文殊菩薩,普賢菩薩,地蔵菩薩,弥勒菩薩,薬師如来,観世音菩薩,勢至菩薩,阿弥陀如来,阿しゅく仏,大日如来,虚空蔵菩薩) the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings |
十三身 see styles |
shí sān shēn shi2 san1 shen1 shih san shen |
The thirty-three forms in which Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) is said to have presented himself, from that of a Buddha to that of a woman or a rakṣas. Cf. Lotus Sūtra 普門 chapter. |
十二佛 see styles |
shí èr fó shi2 er4 fo2 shih erh fo jūni butsu |
The twelve Buddhas of the esoteric sect placed three on the east, one in each of the other seven directions, and one each for zenith and nadir. |
十二獸 十二兽 see styles |
shí èr shòu shi2 er4 shou4 shih erh shou jūnishū |
The twelve animals for the "twelve horary branches" with their names, hours, and the Chinese transliterations of their Sanskrit equivalents; v. 大集經 23 and 56. There are also the thirty-six animals, three for each hour. The twelve are: Serpent 蛇 巳, 9-11 a.m. 迦若; Horse 馬午, 11-1 noon 兜羅; Sheep 羊未, 1―3 p.m. 毘梨支迦; Monkey 猴申, 3-5 p.m. 檀尼毘; Cock 鶏酉, 5-7 p.m. 摩迦羅; Dog 大戌, 7-9 p.m. 鳩槃; Boar 豕亥, 9-11 p.m.彌那; Rat 鼠子, 11-1 midnight 彌沙; Ox 牛丑 1-3 a.m. 毘利沙; Tiger (or Lion) 虎寅, 3―5 a.m. 彌倫那; Hare 兎卯, 5-7 a.m. 羯迦吒迦; Dragon 龍辰, 7-9 a.m 絲阿. |
十八天 see styles |
shí bā tiān shi2 ba1 tian1 shih pa t`ien shih pa tien jūhachi ten |
Brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of form, rūpadhātu, three of the first dhyāna, 梵衆天; 梵輔天; 大梵天; three of the second, 少光天; 無量光天; 光音; three of the third, 少淨天; 無量淨天; 徧淨天; and nine of the fourth, 無雲天; 福生天; 廣果天; 無想天; 無煩天; 無熱天; 善見天; 善現,天; 色究竟天 ."Southern Buddhism knows only sixteen. Those two which Northern Buddhists added are Punya-prasava 福生 and Anabhraka 無雲." Eitel. |
十八物 see styles |
shí bā wù shi2 ba1 wu4 shih pa wu jūhachi motsu |
The eighteen things a monk should carry in the performance of his duties—willow twigs, soap, the three garments, a water-bottle, a begging-bowl, mat, staff, censer, filter, handkerchief, knife, fire-producer, pincers hammock, sutra, the vinaya, the Buddha's image, and bodhisattva image or images; cf. 梵綱經 37. |
十六國 十六国 see styles |
shí liù guó shi2 liu4 guo2 shih liu kuo jūroku koku |
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 sixteen states |
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. |
十地心 see styles |
shí dì xīn shi2 di4 xin1 shih ti hsin jūji shin |
Ten stages of mind, or mental development, i.e. (1) 四無量心 the four kinds of boundless mind; (2) 十善心 the mind of the ten good qualities; (3) 明光心 the illuminated mind; (4) 焰慧心 the mind of glowing wisdom; (5) 大勝心 the mind of mastery; (6) 現前心 the mind of the open way (above normal definitions); (7) 無生心 the mind of no rebirth; (8) 不思議心 the mind of the inexpressible; (9) 慧光心 the mind of wisdom-radiance; (10) 受位心 the mind of perfect receptivity. v. also 十心. |
十日談 十日谈 see styles |
shí rì tán shi2 ri4 tan2 shih jih t`an shih jih tan |
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] |
十無二 十无二 see styles |
shí wú èr shi2 wu2 er4 shih wu erh jūmuni |
Ten powers only possessed by Buddhas: (1) prediction; (2) knowing and fulfilling the desires of the living; (3)-(10) are various forms of omniscience, i.e. (3) of all Buddha-realms and their inhabitants; (4) their natures; (5) good roots; (6) laws; (7) wisdom; (8) every moment; (9) evolving domains, or conditions; (10) language, words, and discussions. v. 宗鏡錄 99. |
十眞如 see styles |
shí zhēn rú shi2 zhen1 ru2 shih chen ju jū shinnyo |
The ten aspects of the bhūtatathatā or reality attained by a bodhisattva during his fifty-two stages of development, cf. 十地 and 十障, each of which is associated with one of these zhenru: (1) 遍行眞如 the universality of the zhenru; (2) 最勝眞如 its superiority over all else; (3) 流眞如 its ubiquity; (4) 無攝受眞如 its independence or self-containedness; (5) 無別眞如 subjective indifferentiation; (6) 無染淨眞如 above differences of impurity and purity; (7) 法無別眞如 objective indifferentiation; (8) 不增減眞如 invariable, i.e. can be neither added to nor taken from; (9) 智自在所依 the basis of all wisdom; (10) 業自在等所依眞如 and all power. The above are the 別教 group from the 唯識論 10. Another group, of the 圓教, is the same as the 十如是 q.v. |
千如是 see styles |
qiān rú shì qian1 ru2 shi4 ch`ien ju shih chien ju shih sen nyoze |
The thousand "suchnesses" or characteristics, a term of the Tiantai sect. In each of the ten realms 十界, from Buddha to purgatory, the ten are present, totaling one hundred. These multiplied by the ten categories of existence make a thousand, and multiplied by the three categories of group existence make 3,000. |
半ケツ see styles |
hanketsu; hanketsu はんケツ; ハンケツ |
having buttock cleavage exposed (e.g. when sitting) |
半分こ see styles |
hanbunko はんぶんこ |
(noun, transitive verb) (child. language) (See こ・2) halfsies; splitting evenly between two people |
卑栗蹉 see styles |
bēi lì cuō bei1 li4 cuo1 pei li ts`o pei li tso hirisha |
蔑戻車 mlecchas, border people, hence outside the borders of Buddhism, non-Buddhist. |
危険日 see styles |
kikenbi きけんび |
unsafe day (when unprotected sex can to lead to conception) |
原住民 see styles |
yuán zhù mín yuan2 zhu4 min2 yüan chu min genjuumin / genjumin げんじゅうみん |
indigenous peoples; aborigine (See 先住民) native people; aboriginal; indigenous people |
參宿七 参宿七 see styles |
shēn xiù qī shen1 xiu4 qi1 shen hsiu ch`i shen hsiu chi |
Rigel (star); lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation |
双ポン see styles |
shanpon シャンポン |
(mahj) (kana only) wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand (chi:) |
取直し see styles |
torinaoshi とりなおし |
rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide) |
受け腰 see styles |
ukegoshi うけごし |
stance adopted when prepared to catch an object |
受狙い see styles |
ukenerai うけねらい |
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser |
受生時 受生时 see styles |
shòu shēng shí shou4 sheng1 shi2 shou sheng shih jushō ji |
when undergoing birth |
受益圏 see styles |
juekiken じゅえきけん |
(See 受苦圏) beneficiary zone; people who will enjoy the benefits of new public facilities, infrastructure, etc. |
受苦圏 see styles |
jukuken じゅくけん |
(See 受益圏) harm zone; people who will suffer the negative effects of new public facilities, infrastructure, etc. (e.g. pollution) |
叢がる see styles |
muragaru むらがる |
(v5r,vi) to swarm; to gather |
口寄せ see styles |
kuchiyose くちよせ |
(noun/participle) (1) spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman); (2) medium; channeler |
古代人 see styles |
kodaijin こだいじん |
the ancients; ancient people |
古墳人 see styles |
kofunjin こふんじん |
(hist) (See 古墳時代) Kofun people; people of the Kofun period |
句切る see styles |
kugiru くぎる |
(transitive verb) (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off; (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) |
台湾人 see styles |
taiwanjin たいわんじん |
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people |
各有三 see styles |
gè yǒu sān ge4 you3 san1 ko yu san kakuu san |
each has three |
合同葬 see styles |
goudousou / godoso ごうどうそう |
group funeral; mass funeral; single funeral service held for several people |
吉拉尼 see styles |
jí lā ní ji2 la1 ni2 chi la ni |
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan People's Party politician, prime minister 2008-2012 |
同人誌 see styles |
doujinshi / dojinshi どうじんし |
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine |
同好会 see styles |
doukoukai / dokokai どうこうかい |
association of like-minded people |
同好者 see styles |
doukousha / dokosha どうこうしゃ |
people of similar tastes |
同業者 see styles |
dougyousha / dogyosha どうぎょうしゃ |
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession |
吐谷渾 吐谷浑 see styles |
tǔ yù hún tu3 yu4 hun2 t`u yü hun tu yü hun |
Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1]; a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD |
含羞草 see styles |
hán xiū cǎo han2 xiu1 cao3 han hsiu ts`ao han hsiu tsao ojigisou / ojigiso おじぎそう ojigigusa おじぎぐさ |
mimosa; sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) (kana only) mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not |
呑み口 see styles |
nomiguchi のみぐち nomikuchi のみくち |
(1) taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); (2) someone who enjoys alcohol; (3) place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; (4) shape of one's mouth when drinking; (5) tap; faucet; spigot |
呑込む see styles |
nomikomu のみこむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply; (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest; (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (4) to be filled with (people); to be crowded; (5) to hold back from saying something; to swallow (one's words) |
周小川 see styles |
zhōu xiǎo chuān zhou1 xiao3 chuan1 chou hsiao ch`uan chou hsiao chuan |
Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), PRC banker and politician, governor of People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] 2002-2018 |
哥薩克 哥萨克 see styles |
gē sà kè ge1 sa4 ke4 ko sa k`o ko sa ko |
Cossack (people) |
唐鋤星 see styles |
karasukiboshi からすきぼし |
(obscure) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
唯識觀 唯识观 see styles |
wéi shì guān wei2 shi4 guan1 wei shih kuan yuishiki kan |
The three subjects of idealistic refection: that the ego and things are realities; that things are produced by cause and circumstance; that the bhūtatathatā is the only reality. Also called 唯識三性觀, cf. 三性. |
問わず see styles |
towazu とわず |
(expression) (See 問う・3) regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) |
喀爾喀 喀尔喀 see styles |
kā ěr kā ka1 er3 ka1 k`a erh k`a ka erh ka |
Khalkha, largest subgroup of Mongol people |
善慧地 see styles |
shàn huì dì shan4 hui4 di4 shan hui ti zene ji |
sādhumatī, v. 十地. |
善權慧 善权慧 see styles |
shàn quán huì shan4 quan2 hui4 shan ch`üan hui shan chüan hui zengon e |
the wisdom concerning expedient devices |
善等三 see styles |
shàn děng sān shan4 deng3 san1 shan teng san zen tō san |
three (qualities) of wholesomeness and so forth |
喜當爹 喜当爹 see styles |
xǐ dāng diē xi3 dang1 die1 hsi tang tieh |
(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover |
喜見城 喜见城 see styles |
xǐ jiàn chéng xi3 jian4 cheng2 hsi chien ch`eng hsi chien cheng kikenjou / kikenjo きけんじょう |
(surname, given name) Kikenjō Sudarśana, the city, beautiful, the chief city or capital, of the thirty-three Indra-heavens; also 善見域. |
喜見天 喜见天 see styles |
xǐ jiàn tiān xi3 jian4 tian1 hsi chien t`ien hsi chien tien Kiken ten |
The Trāyastriṃśas, or thirty-three devas or gods of Indra's heaven, on the summit of Meru. |
喬巴山 乔巴山 see styles |
qiáo bā shān qiao2 ba1 shan1 ch`iao pa shan chiao pa shan |
Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod; Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952) |
單三衣 单三衣 see styles |
dān sān yī dan1 san1 yi1 tan san i tan sanne |
The only proper garments of a monk. |
嘟嘟車 嘟嘟车 see styles |
dū dū chē du1 du1 che1 tu tu ch`e tu tu che |
tuk tuk (three wheeler taxi) (loanword) |
四不成 see styles |
sì bù chéng si4 bu4 cheng2 ssu pu ch`eng ssu pu cheng shi fujō |
Four forms of asiddha or incomplete statement, part of the thirty-three fallacies in logic. |
四不退 see styles |
sì bù tuì si4 bu4 tui4 ssu pu t`ui ssu pu tui shi futai |
The four kinds of non-backsliding, which includes three kinds of non-backsliding 三不退, on top of which the Pure Land sect adds another 處 place or abode, i. e. that those who reach the Pure Land never fall away, for which five reasons are given termed 五種不退. The 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect makes their four 信, 位, 證, and 行, faith, position attained, realization, and accordant procedure. |
四人組 see styles |
yoningumi よにんぐみ |
(1) foursome; group of four people; (2) (hist) Gang of Four (Maoist political faction) |
四住地 see styles |
sì zhù dì si4 zhu4 di4 ssu chu ti shi jūji |
(四住) The four states or conditions found in mortality; wherein are the delusions of misleading views and desires. They are (1) 見一切住地 the delusions arising from seeing things as they seem, not as they really are. (2) 欲愛住地 the desires in the desire-realm. (3) 色愛住地 the desires in the form-realm. (4) 有愛住地 the desires in the formless realm. When 無明住地 the state of ignorance is added we have the 五住地 five states. These five states condition all error, and are the ground in which spring the roots of the countless passions and delusions of all mortal beings. |
四勝身 四胜身 see styles |
sì shèng shēn si4 sheng4 shen1 ssu sheng shen shi shōshin |
The four with victorious bodies, who were transformed independently of normal rebirth; also styled 解行身 bodies set free from all physical taint, thus attaining to Buddhahood. The four are the 龍女 dragon daughter of the Lotus Sutra, who instantly became a male bodhisattva; and three others of the 華嚴 Huayan sutra, i. e. 善財童子; 兜率天子, and 普莊嚴童子. |
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