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秋場所

see styles
 akibasho
    あきばしょ
{sumo} Autumn Tournament (held in Tokyo in September)

空始教

see styles
kōng shǐ jiào
    kong1 shi3 jiao4
k`ung shih chiao
    kung shih chiao
 kū shikyō
The initial teaching of the undeveloped Mahāyāna doctrines is the second of the five periods of Śākyamuni's teaching as defined by the Huayan School. This consists of two parts: 空始教 the initial doctrine of śūnya, the texts for which are the 般若, 三論, etc.; and 相始教, the initial doctrine of the essential nature as held by the esoterics; intp. in the 深密 and 瑜伽 texts.

竜華会

see styles
 ryuugee / ryugee
    りゅうげえ
{Buddh} (See 灌仏会) service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival

紀元節

see styles
 kigensetsu
    きげんせつ
(hist) (See 建国記念の日) Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)

終業式

see styles
 shuugyoushiki / shugyoshiki
    しゅうぎょうしき
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

老虎凳

see styles
lǎo hǔ dèng
    lao3 hu3 deng4
lao hu teng
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)

華嚴宗


华严宗

see styles
huá yán zōng
    hua2 yan2 zong1
hua yen tsung
 Kegon Shū
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called.

衞世師


衞世师

see styles
wèi shì shī
    wei4 shi4 shi1
wei shih shih
 Eiseishi
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy.

謝肉祭

see styles
 shanikusai
    しゃにくさい
carnival (festival held before Lent); (wk) Carnaval (Schumann); Carnival

趙紫陽


赵紫阳

see styles
zhào zǐ yáng
    zhao4 zi3 yang2
chao tzu yang
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

農運會


农运会

see styles
nóng yùn huì
    nong2 yun4 hui4
nung yün hui
China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)

遊園會


游园会

see styles
yóu yuán huì
    you2 yuan2 hui4
yu yüan hui
garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair

達磨忌


达磨忌

see styles
dá mó jì
    da2 mo2 ji4
ta mo chi
 darumaki
    だるまき
ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)
The anniversary of Bodhidharma's death, fifth of the tenth month.

都踊り

see styles
 miyakoodori
    みやこおどり
dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

酉の市

see styles
 torinoichi
    とりのいち
tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

酉の待

see styles
 torinomachi
    とりのまち
(archaism) Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November)

酉の町

see styles
 torinomachi
    とりのまち
(archaism) Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November)

里神楽

see styles
 satokagura
    さとかぐら
(See 御神楽) kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace

開催地

see styles
 kaisaichi
    かいさいち
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue

降誕会

see styles
 goutane; koutane / gotane; kotane
    ごうたんえ; こうたんえ
{Buddh} (See 灌仏会,浴仏会,竜華会) service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival

陰祭り

see styles
 kagematsuri
    かげまつり
minor festival (held when there is no regular festival)

鳥追い

see styles
 torioi
    とりおい
(1) driving off birds; (2) procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; (3) female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; (4) street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

あき場所

see styles
 akibasho
    あきばしょ
(sumo) autumn (fall) (September) tournament, held in Tokyo

リリイベ

see styles
 ririibe / riribe
    リリイベ
(abbreviation) (See リリースイベント) release event; event held to release item for sale (e.g. CD, DVD, book)

上覧相撲

see styles
 jouranzumou / joranzumo
    じょうらんずもう
{sumo} match held in front of the Emperor

不共聲聞


不共声闻

see styles
bù gòng shēng wén
    bu4 gong4 sheng1 wen2
pu kung sheng wen
 fugū shōmon
not [held] in common with direct disciples

九州場所

see styles
 kyuushuubasho / kyushubasho
    きゅうしゅうばしょ
{sumo} Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)

二十三夜

see styles
 nijuusanya / nijusanya
    にじゅうさんや
(1) 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month); (2) moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month

于蘭盆会

see styles
 urabone
    うらぼんえ
(yoji) Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana

仏涅槃忌

see styles
 butsunehanki
    ぶつねはんき
{Buddh} (See 涅槃会) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

勢力分野

see styles
 seiryokubunya / seryokubunya
    せいりょくぶんや
the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties

北方四島

see styles
 hoppouyontou / hoppoyonto
    ほっぽうよんとう
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

協会旅費

see styles
 kyoukairyohi / kyokairyohi
    きょうかいりょひ
{sumo} travel allowance paid to salaried wrestlers for tournaments held outside Tokyo

印地打ち

see styles
 injiuchi
    いんじうち
(hist) team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month

可輕可賤


可轻可贱

see styles
kě qīng kě jiàn
    ke3 qing1 ke3 jian4
k`o ch`ing k`o chien
    ko ching ko chien
 kakyō kazen
to be despised and held in disdain

唯識中道


唯识中道

see styles
wéi shì zhōng dào
    wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4
wei shih chung tao
 yuishiki chūdō
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal.

問い上げ

see styles
 toiage
    といあげ
(Buddhist term) last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

問い切り

see styles
 toikiri
    といきり
(Buddhist term) last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

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

地方場所

see styles
 chihoubasho / chihobasho
    ちほうばしょ
{sumo} provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo

夏越の祓

see styles
 nagoshinoharae
    なごしのはらえ
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

外道空見


外道空见

see styles
wài dào kōng jiàn
    wai4 dao4 kong1 jian4
wai tao k`ung chien
    wai tao kung chien
 gedō kūken
views of emptiness held by non-Buddhists

大感謝祭

see styles
 daikanshasai
    だいかんしゃさい
great customer appreciation sale (held at year-end, on a company anniversary, etc.)

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)

天気祭り

see styles
 tenkimatsuri
    てんきまつり
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

天覧試合

see styles
 tenranjiai
    てんらんじあい
game held with the Emperor in attendance

奉納相撲

see styles
 hounouzumou / honozumo
    ほうのうずもう
{sumo} ritual matches held at a shrine

小松引き

see styles
 komatsuhiki
    こまつひき
(See 子の日の遊び) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)

弔い上げ

see styles
 tomuraiage
    とむらいあげ
    toburaiage
    とぶらいあげ
    toiage
    といあげ
(Buddhist term) last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

引退相撲

see styles
 intaizumou / intaizumo
    いんたいずもう
{sumo} exhibition match held at a wrestler's retirement ceremony

御前試合

see styles
 gozenjiai
    ごぜんじあい
(1) (hist) contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; (2) match attended by the team's owner

御歌会始

see styles
 outakaihajime / otakaihajime
    おうたかいはじめ
annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

忘新年会

see styles
 boushinnenkai / boshinnenkai
    ぼうしんねんかい
(See 忘年会,新年会) year-end parties (held in December) and New Year parties (held in January)

懸腕直筆

see styles
 kenwanchokuhitsu
    けんわんちょくひつ
(yoji) (See 直筆・ちょくひつ・1,懸腕) calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body

手のもの

see styles
 tenomono
    てのもの
(1) one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(surname); (2) one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

手抓羊肉

see styles
shǒu zhuā yáng ròu
    shou3 zhua1 yang2 rou4
shou chua yang jou
hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)

拈花微笑

see styles
niǎn huā wēi xiào
    nian3 hua1 wei1 xiao4
nien hua wei hsiao
 nenge mishō
Buddha held up a flower and Kāśyapa smiled'. This incident does not appear till about A. D. 800, but is regarded as the beginning of the tradition on which the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional sect based its existence.

持合い株

see styles
 mochiaikabu
    もちあいかぶ
cross-held shares; cross-holdings

振り替え

see styles
 furikae
    ふりかえ
(1) transfer; switching over; change; (2) money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person); (3) (abbreviation) postal transfer

新年宴会

see styles
 shinnenenkai
    しんねんえんかい
(1) (See 新年会) New Year's party; (2) (hist) New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on January 5, prior to WWII)

星まつり

see styles
 hoshimatsuri
    ほしまつり
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata

時代祭り

see styles
 jidaimatsuri
    じだいまつり
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

有情不共

see styles
yǒu qíng bù gòng
    you3 qing2 bu4 gong4
yu ch`ing pu kung
    yu ching pu kung
 ujō fugū
not held in common with sentient beings

杞人之憂


杞人之忧

see styles
qǐ rén zhī yōu
    qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1
ch`i jen chih yu
    chi jen chih yu
lit. the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom); fig. groundless fears

比良八講

see styles
 hirahakkou / hirahakko
    ひらはっこう
Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

水無月祓

see styles
 minazukibarae
    みなづきばらえ
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

涅槃西風

see styles
 nehannishi; nehannishikaze
    ねはんにし; ねはんにしかぜ
{Buddh} wind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month)

満漢全席

see styles
 mankanzenseki
    まんかんぜんせき
(hist) Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty

無學正念


无学正念

see styles
wú xué zhèng niàn
    wu2 xue2 zheng4 nian4
wu hsüeh cheng nien
 mugaku shōnen
right mindfulness as held by the adepts

無憂伽藍


无忧伽蓝

see styles
wú yōu qié lán
    wu2 you1 qie2 lan2
wu yu ch`ieh lan
    wu yu chieh lan
 muu karan
Aśokārāma, a vihāra in Pāṭaliputra in which the 'third synod was held'. Eitel.

田植え祭

see styles
 tauematsuri
    たうえまつり
(1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

留め置き

see styles
 tomeoki
    とめおき
(noun/participle) (1) detention; keeping; retaining; (2) (abbreviation) mail held at the post office

留置郵便

see styles
 tomeokiyuubin / tomeokiyubin
    とめおきゆうびん
mail held at the post office

盂蘭盆会

see styles
 urabone
    うらぼんえ
(See 盂蘭盆) Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns

盂蘭盆會


盂兰盆会

see styles
yú lán pén huì
    yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4
yü lan p`en hui
    yü lan pen hui
 urabon e
    うらぼんえ
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
(yoji) Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana
ullambana

石清水祭

see styles
 iwashimizumatsuri; iwashimizusai
    いわしみずまつり; いわしみずさい
Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)

神田祭り

see styles
 kandamatsuri
    かんだまつり
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

神降ろし

see styles
 kamioroshi
    かみおろし
(noun/participle) (1) invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; (2) (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

移動教室

see styles
 idoukyoushitsu / idokyoshitsu
    いどうきょうしつ
(1) study camp; overnight field trip; travelling class; (2) class held in a different room (music, science, etc.)

突上げ戸

see styles
 tsukiagedo
    つきあげど
top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)

經典結集


经典结集

see styles
jīng diǎn jié jí
    jing1 dian3 jie2 ji2
ching tien chieh chi
 kyōten ketsujū
Buddhist council held to settle disagreements regarding orthodoxy

聖佛明節


圣佛明节

see styles
shèng fó míng jié
    sheng4 fo2 ming2 jie2
sheng fo ming chieh
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain

行われる

see styles
 okonawareru
    おこなわれる
(v1,vi) to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent; to be in fashion; to be in vogue; to be current; to come into use

說出世部


说出世部

see styles
shuō chū shì bù
    shuo1 chu1 shi4 bu4
shuo ch`u shih pu
    shuo chu shih pu
 Setsu shusse bu
The Lokottaravādinaḥ school, a branch of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ, which held the view that all in the world is merely phenomenal and that reality exists outside it.

説明責任

see styles
 setsumeisekinin / setsumesekinin
    せつめいせきにん
accountability; being held accountable

都をどり

see styles
 miyakoodori
    みやこをどり
(ik) dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

雨天決行

see styles
 utenkekkou / utenkekko
    うてんけっこう
no postponement because of rain; being held rain or shine

お田植え祭

see styles
 otauematsuri
    おたうえまつり
(1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

Variations:
お盆
御盆

 obon
    おぼん
(1) Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in July or August; (2) (polite language) (See 盆・1) tray

三世不可得

see styles
sān shì bù kě dé
    san1 shi4 bu4 ke3 de2
san shih pu k`o te
    san shih pu ko te
 sanze fukatoku
Everything past, present, future, whether mental or material, is intangible, fleeting, and cannot be held; v. 三世心.

不知者不罪

see styles
bù zhī zhě bù zuì
    bu4 zhi1 zhe3 bu4 zui4
pu chih che pu tsui
One who does not know is not guilty; If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible

五十日の祝

see styles
 ikanoiwai
    いかのいわい
(See 五十日・いか・1) celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

名古屋場所

see styles
 nagoyabasho
    なごやばしょ
{sumo} Nagoya Tournament (held in July)

名越しの祓

see styles
 nagoshinoharae
    なごしのはらえ
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

夏越しの祓

see styles
 nagoshinoharae
    なごしのはらえ
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

巳の日の祓

see styles
 minohinoharae
    みのひのはらえ
(exp,n) (archaism) purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

Variations:
庭火
庭燎

 niwabi; teiryou / niwabi; teryo
    にわび; ていりょう
(archaism) garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)

御田植え祭

see styles
 otauematsuri
    おたうえまつり
(1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

持ち合い株

see styles
 mochiaikabu
    もちあいかぶ
cross-held shares; cross-holdings

Variations:
揚巻
総角

 agemaki; agemaki
    あげまき; アゲマキ
(1) (hist) ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; (2) (hist) Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; (3) (揚巻 only) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (揚巻 only) {sumo} knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; (5) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See アゲマキガイ) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary