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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 hagizaki
    はぎざき
Lespedeza bicolor
(1) (kana only) bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); (2) dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); (surname) Hagizaki


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cāng
    cang1
ts`ang
    tsang
 souji / soji
    そうじ
dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) blue; (2) green; (3) (abbreviation) green light; (4) black (horse coat color); (prefix) (5) immature; unripe; young; (personal name) Souji
Azure; the heavens; grey, old.

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    bu4
pu
 tobe
    とべ
(literary) to cover; to shelter; (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
{archit} latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture); (surname) Tobe

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 mitsuchi
    みつち
    mizuchi
    みずち
a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast


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    gu3
ku
 maji
    まじ
arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite
(1) (archaism) (See 蠱物) charmed and cursed; (2) something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
spell

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    pi2
p`i
    pi
subordinate; secondary; small


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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 miru
    みる
to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
(n-suf,n) (1) looking; viewing; (expression) (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb; irreg. imperative conj. of 見る) (See 見る・5) (please) try (to); (female given name) Miru
darśana, 捺喇捨曩; also dṛṣṭi; seeing, discerning, judgment, views, opinions; it is thinking, reasoning, discriminating, selecting truth, including the whole process of deducing conclusions from premises. It is commonly used in the sense of wrong or heterodox views or theories, i. e. 邪見 or 有見, especially such as viewing the seeming as real and the ego as real. There are groups of two, four, five, seven, ten and sixty-two kinds of 見.


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guàn
    guan4
kuan
 kan
Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
vipaśyanā; vidarśanā. To look into, study, examine, contemplate; contemplation, insight; a study, a Taoist monastery; to consider illusion and discern illusion, or discern the seeming from the real; to contemplate and mentally enter into truth. 覺 is defined as awakening, or awareness, 觀 as examination or study. It is also an old tr. of the word Yoga; and cf. 禪 17. Guan is especially a doctrine of the Tiantai school as shown in the 止觀 q.v.


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shei
    shei2
shei
 dare(p); daare; daare(sk) / dare(p); dare; dare(sk)
    だれ(P); だあれ; だーれ(sk)
who; also pr. [shui2]
(pronoun) (だあれ is emphatic or inquisitive) who
who?

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tuō
    tuo1
t`o
    to
nonstandard simplified variant of 託|托[tuo1]

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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 yoshi
    よし
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
(1) the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 辰の刻) hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); (3) (obsolete) east-southeast; (4) (obsolete) third month of the lunar calendar; (given name) Yoshi
Hour; time; the celestial bodies.

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féng
    feng2
feng
 ai
    あい
to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
(female given name) Ai

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yǒu
    you3
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
(1) the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; the Chicken; the Bird; (2) (obsolete) (See 酉の刻) hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); (3) (obsolete) west; (4) (obsolete) eight month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Yū

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    ye3
yeh
 yazaki
    やざき
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
(1) plain; field; (prefix noun) (2) lacking a political post; (1) plain; field; (2) hidden (structural) member; (prefix noun) (3) wild; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) plain; field; (surname) Yazaki
The country, wilderness, wild, rustic, uncultivated, rude.


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biāo
    biao1
piao
dart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort


𫟼

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    da2
ta
darmstadtium (chemistry)

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zhōng
    zhong1
chung
nonstandard simplified variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]


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rùn
    run4
jun
 jun
    じゅん
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) embolism; intercalation; (personal name) Jun
a household

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 sachiyo
    さちよ
to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) end; finish; stop; (2) bounds; limits; (3) delivery date (of a futures contract); (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); (suf,ctr) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat); (particle) (6) (kana only) only; just; (7) (kana only) since; after; (8) (kana only) remaining (in a particular state); (personal name) Sachiyo
Limit, boundary, to fix.


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yīn
    yin1
yin
 kage
    かげ
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
(archaism) female private parts; female genitals; (surname) Kage
Shade, dark, the shades, the negative as opposed to the positive principle, female, the moon, back, secret. In Buddhism it is the phenomenal, as obscuring the true nature of things; also the aggregation of phenomenal things resulting in births and deaths, hence it is used as a translation like 蘊 q.v. for skandha, the 五陰 being the five skandhas or aggregates.


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    ji4
chi
 kiwa
    きわ
border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when; (surname) Kiwa
A border, region, juncture, limit; between; to join on; then, since, now.

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    ni2
ni
 niji
    にじ
secondary rainbow
(out-dated kanji) rainbow


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ài
    ai4
ai
misty; cloudy sky; dark; obscure

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qīng
    qing1
ch`ing
    ching
 shō
variant of 青[qing1]
nīla, blue, dark-coloured; also green, black, or grey; clear.

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yīng
    ying1
ying
music of legendary emperor Gu

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tiě
    tie3
t`ieh
    tieh
dark brown horse


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    li2
li
black horse; jet steed; good horse; legendary black dragon

see styles

    xu1
hsü
dim; dark; sudden; surreptitious; Taiwan pr. [xu4]

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 surume; surume
    するめ; スルメ
(1) (kana only) dried squid; dried cuttlefish; (2) (kana only) (See 鯣烏賊) Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (prefix noun) (3) (slang) (kana only) (thing that) grows on one over time


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guì
    gui4
kuei
mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)


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zhèn
    zhen4
chen
 chin
    ちん
legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen; mythical poisonous bird (of ancient China)


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yuān
    yuan1
yüan
 en
mandarin duck
Drake of mandarin duck; v. 鴛班.


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yāng
    yang1
yang
 yō
used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]
Hen of mandarin duck, symbolizing conjugal fidelity; translit. aṅg.

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    li2
li
 rei / re
    れい
(literary) black; dark; many; multitude
(surname, female given name) Rei
Black, black-haired; cf. 離, 利, 梨, etc.

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yǒu
    you3
yu
black; dark green

see styles

    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
black; dark

see styles

    li2
li
dark; sallow color

see styles
tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
black, dark; unclear; private

see styles
àn
    an4
an
(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy


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cǎn
    can3
ts`an
    tsan
dark; dim; gloomy; bleak

5S

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 goesu
    ごエス
(from 整理、整頓、清掃、清潔、しつけ) 5S (workplace organization system); Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain

K書


K书

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k shū
    k shu1
k shu
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1])

SP

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 esu pii; esupii(sk) / esu pi; esupi(sk)
    エス・ピー; エスピー(sk)
(1) security police; special police; (2) (See スペシャル・2) special; TV special; (3) 78-rpm record; (4) standard play (VHS recording speed); SP; (5) shore patrol; (6) (See セールスプロモーション) sales promotion; (7) {baseb} (See セーブポイント) save point; (8) {figskt} (See ショートプログラム) short program; (9) {comp} (See 構造化プログラミング) structured programming; (10) (See スマートフォン) smartphone

たる

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 daru
    ダル
(adjectival noun) dull; lifeless; boring; (place-name) Daru (Papua New Guinea); Dal

だれ

see styles
 dare
    ダレ
(suffix noun) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See タレント・1) (TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; radio personality; (personal name) Darre

だろ

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 daro
    だろ
(expression) (1) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

一定

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yī dìng
    yi1 ding4
i ting
 kazusada
    かずさだ
surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
(vs,vt,vi) (1) to fix; to settle; to standardize; to regularize; (can be adjective with の) (2) constant; definite; uniform; defined; certain; prescribed; (given name) Kazusada

一聲


一声

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yī shēng
    yi1 sheng1
i sheng
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
See: 一声

一行

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yī xíng
    yi1 xing2
i hsing
 motoyuki
    もとゆき
party; delegation
(1) party; group; troop; company; (2) one act; one action; one deed; (personal name) Motoyuki
One act (of body, mouth, or mind); holding to one course; devoted. Yixing, A.D. 672-717, a celebrated monk whose secular name was 張遂 Zhang Sui, posthumous title 大慧禪師; he was versed in mathematics and astronomy, a reformer of the Chinese calendar, and author of several works.

一際


一际

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yī jì
    yi1 ji4
i chi
 issai
    ひときわ
(adverb) (kana only) conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
Of the same realm or boundary, i.e. the world and nirvāṇa are one.

七寶


七宝

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qī bǎo
    qi1 bao3
ch`i pao
    chi pao
 shichihō
sapta ratna 薩不荅羅的捺 The seven treasures, or precious things, of which there are varying descriptions, e.g. 金 suvarna, gold; 銀rūpya, silver; 鐂璃 vaiḍūrya, lapis lazuli; 玻瓈sphaṭika, crystal; 硨磲 musāragalva, agate; 赤珠 rohita-mukta, rubies or red pearls; 瑪瑙 aśmagarbha, cornelian. Also the seven royal (cakravartin) treasures―the golden wheel; elephants; dark swift horses; the divine pearl, or beautiful pearls; able ministers of the Treasury; jewels of women; and loyal generals.

七滝

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 nanadaru
    ななだる
(place-name) Nanadaru

三卿

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 sankyou / sankyo
    さんきょう
(hist) (See 御三卿) three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

三小

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sān xiǎo
    san1 xiao3
san hsiao
 mitsushou / mitsusho
    みつしょう
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
(surname) Mitsushou

三皇

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sān huáng
    san1 huang2
san huang
the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2]

上冬

see styles
 joutou / joto
    じょうとう
(obsolete) (rare) (See 孟冬,神無月) tenth month of the lunar calendar

上垂

see styles
 kamidare
    かみだれ
(place-name) Kamidare

上左

see styles
 uehidari
    うえひだり
upper left (corner)

上線


上线

see styles
shàng xiàn
    shang4 xian4
shang hsien
 jousen / josen
    じょうせん
to go online; to put something online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
overline; overscore; overbar

上聲


上声

see styles
shǎng shēng
    shang3 sheng1
shang sheng
falling and rising tone; third tone in modern Mandarin
See: 上声

下左

see styles
 shitahidari
    したひだり
lower left (corner)

不敵


不敌

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bù dí
    bu4 di2
pu ti
 futeki
    ふてき
no match for; cannot beat
(noun or adjectival noun) daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

並巾

see styles
 namihaba
    なみはば
standard-width cloth (approx. 36 cm)

並幅

see styles
 namihaba
    なみはば
standard-width cloth (approx. 36 cm)

中1

see styles
 chuuichi / chuichi
    ちゅういち
first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school

中一

see styles
 nakaichi
    なかいち
first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school; (surname) Nakaichi

中中

see styles
zhōng zhōng
    zhong1 zhong1
chung chung
 chūchū
    なかなか
middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school")
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good
middling of the middling

中冬

see styles
 chuutou / chuto
    ちゅうとう
(obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar

中学

see styles
 chuugaku / chugaku
    ちゅうがく
(abbreviation) (See 中学校) junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

中專


中专

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zhōng zhuān
    zhong1 zhuan1
chung chuan
vocational secondary school; technical secondary school; trade school; abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校

中師


中师

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zhōng shī
    zhong1 shi1
chung shih
 nakatsukasa
    なかつかさ
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校[zhong1 deng3 shi1 fan4 xue2 xiao4])
(surname) Nakatsukasa

中春

see styles
 nakaharu
    なかはる
(1) (obsolete) second month of the lunar calendar; (2) (obscure) 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring); (surname) Nakaharu

中等

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zhōng děng
    zhong1 deng3
chung teng
 chuutou / chuto
    ちゅうとう
medium
(noun - becomes adjective with の) second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade

主伴

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zhǔ bàn
    zhu3 ban4
chu pan
 shuban
Chief and attendant, principal and secondary.

主体

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 chuche
    チュチェ
(1) (kana only) (See 主体思想) Juche (North Korean political ideology) (kor:); self-reliance; (2) (kana only) Juche (North Korean calendar)

主從


主从

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zhǔ cóng
    zhu3 cong2
chu ts`ung
    chu tsung
master-slave (computing); client-server (computing); primary and secondary

主次

see styles
zhǔ cì
    zhu3 ci4
chu tz`u
    chu tzu
the important and the less important; primary and secondary

久樂

see styles
 kudara
    くだら
(surname) Kudara

乜嘢

see styles
miē yě
    mie1 ye3
mieh yeh
what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])

九惱


九恼

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jiun ǎo
    jiun3 ao3
jiun ao
 kunō
also 九難, 九橫, 九罪報 The nine distresses borne by the Buddha while in the flesh, i.e. the two women Sundarā and Cañcā; others from Devadatta, Ajātaśatru, etc.; v. 智度論 9.

乱り

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 midari
    みだり
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical

乱れ

see styles
 midare
    みだれ
disorder; disturbance; unrest

乱勝

see styles
 midarekachi
    みだれかち
(expression) undone victory; upset victory; lost victory

乱川

see styles
 midaregawa
    みだれがわ
(place-name) Midaregawa

乱箱

see styles
 midarebako
    みだればこ
(irregular okurigana usage) lidless box for clothes

乱造

see styles
 ranzou / ranzo
    らんぞう
(noun/participle) overproduction; careless manufacture; churning out (substandard goods); (personal name) Ranzou

乾鱈

see styles
 hoshidara
    ほしだら
    hidara
    ひだら
dried cod

二女

see styles
èr nǚ
    er4 nv3
erh nü
 nijo
    にじょ
second daughter
The two sisters, one the deva 功德女 "merit" or "achieving", who causes people to acquire wealth; the other, 黑闇女 the "dark" one, who causes them to spend and waste; these sisters always accompany each other.

二次

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èr cì
    er4 ci4
erh tz`u
    erh tzu
 nitsugi
    につぎ
second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
(adj-no,n) (1) second; (can act as adjective) (2) secondary; (can act as adjective) (3) {math} quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; (surname) Nitsugi

二級


二级

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èr jí
    er4 ji2
erh chi
 nikyuu / nikyu
    にきゅう
grade 2; second class; category B
(noun or adjectival noun) second grade; second class; secondary

二鳥


二鸟

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èr niǎo
    er4 niao3
erh niao
 nichou / nicho
    にちょう
(female given name) Nichō
The drake and the hen of the mandarin duck who are always together, typifying various contrasted theories and ideas, e.g. permanence and impermanence, joy and sorrow, emptiness and non-emptiness, etc.

五帝

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wǔ dì
    wu3 di4
wu ti
 gotai
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
five emperors

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

交界

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jiāo jiè
    jiao1 jie4
chiao chieh
common boundary; common border

亥月

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 itsuki
    いつき
(obsolete) tenth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Itsuki

京間

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 kyouma / kyoma
    きょうま
(1) (See 田舎間・1) standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm); (2) (See 田舎間・2) Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm); (place-name) Kyōma

人並

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 hitonami
    ひとなみ
(adj-na,n,adj-no) being average (capacity, looks, standard of living); ordinary

人皇

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rén huáng
    ren2 huang2
jen huang
 ninnou; jinnou; jinkou / ninno; jinno; jinko
    にんのう; じんのう; じんこう
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]
emperor

仏暦

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 butsureki
    ぶつれき
Buddhist calendar

仏滅

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 butsumetsu
    ぶつめつ
(1) Buddha's death; (2) (See 六曜) very unlucky day (in the traditional calendar)

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