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孕育

see styles
yùn yù
    yun4 yu4
yün yü
to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc)

存意

see styles
 zoni
    ぞんい
(form) thought; thinking; opinion

学派

see styles
 gakuha
    がくは
school (of thought); sect

学風

see styles
 gakufuu / gakufu
    がくふう
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study

孰料

see styles
shú liào
    shu2 liao4
shu liao
who would have thought?; who could have imagined?; unexpectedly

學派


学派

see styles
xué pài
    xue2 pai4
hsüeh p`ai
    hsüeh pai
school of thought
See: 学派

定力

see styles
dìng lì
    ding4 li4
ting li
 jouriki / joriki
    じょうりき
ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve
(place-name) Jōriki
samādhibala. The power of abstract or ecstatic meditation, ability to overcome all disturbing thoughts, the fourth of the five bāla 五力; described also as 攝心 powers of mind-control.

宛も

see styles
 adakamo
    あだかも
    atakamo
    あたかも
(adverb) (1) (kana only) as if; as it were; as though; (2) (kana only) right then; just then; at that moment

害想

see styles
hài xiǎng
    hai4 xiang3
hai hsiang
 gaisō
害覺 The wish, or thought, to injure another.

家法

see styles
jiā fǎ
    jia1 fa3
chia fa
 kahou / kaho
    かほう
the rules and discipline that apply within a family; stick used for punishing children or servants; traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
family code
the dharma [lifestyle] of the householder

寂寞

see styles
jì mò
    ji4 mo4
chi mo
 jakubaku
    せきばく
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent
(1) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) (2) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; (3) harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (4) to separate in thought; to consider as independent
quiescent

寂念

see styles
jí niàn
    ji2 nian4
chi nien
 jaku nen
Calm thoughts; to calm the mind; contemplation.

寂莫

see styles
 sekibaku
    せきばく
    jakumaku
    じゃくまく
(irregular kanji usage) (1) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) (2) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; (3) harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (4) to separate in thought; to consider as independent

寒蟬


寒蝉

see styles
hán chán
    han2 chan2
han ch`an
    han chan
a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself); Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
See: 寒蝉

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

尤も

see styles
 mottomo
    もっとも
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) but then; although; though; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) reasonable; natural; just

尸羅


尸罗

see styles
shī luó
    shi1 luo2
shih lo
 shira
sila (Buddhism)
Sila, 尸; 尸怛羅 intp. by 淸凉 pure and cool, i.e. chaste; also by 戒 restraint, or keeping the commandments; also by 性善 of good disposition. It is the second pāramitā, moral purity, i. e. of thought, word, and deed. The four conditions of śīla are chaste, calm, quiet, extinguished, i. e. no longer perturbed by the passions. Also, perhaps śīla, a stone, i. e. a precious stone, pearl, or coral. For the ten śīlas or commandments v. 十戒, the first five, or pañca-śīla 五戒, are for all Buddhists.

尻軽

see styles
 shirigaru
    しりがる
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) loose; promiscuous; unfaithful; wanton; of loose morals; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) quick; brisk; energetic; active; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) rash; thoughtless; careless

建前

see styles
 tatemae
    たてまえ
(1) face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); (2) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

建立

see styles
jiàn lì
    jian4 li4
chien li
 konryuu(p); kenritsu / konryu(p); kenritsu
    こんりゅう(P); けんりつ
to establish; to set up; to found
(noun, transitive verb) (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
To found (a school of thought or practice); to set up; e. g. samāropa, assertion, Postulation, theory, opp. of 誹謗 apavāda, refutation.

往来

see styles
 ourai / orai
    おうらい
(noun/participle) (1) coming and going; traffic; (2) road; street; (noun/participle) (3) association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits; (noun/participle) (4) recurring (e.g. thoughts); (noun/participle) (5) correspondence

後感


后感

see styles
hòu gǎn
    hou4 gan3
hou kan
afterthought; reflection after an event; a review (of a movie etc)

御数

see styles
 okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

御旨

see styles
 gyoshi
    ぎょし
(archaism) thoughts; feelings

御菜

see styles
 osai
    おさい
    okazu
    おかず
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming); (1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming)

微衷

see styles
 bichuu / bichu
    びちゅう
one's innermost thoughts (feelings)

心中

see styles
xīn zhōng
    xin1 zhong1
hsin chung
 shinchuu / shinchu
    しんちゅう
central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
in the mind

心勁


心劲

see styles
xīn jìn
    xin1 jin4
hsin chin
thoughts; what one has in one's heart

心口

see styles
xīn kǒu
    xin1 kou3
hsin k`ou
    hsin kou
 shinku
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts
to mind and mouth

心思

see styles
xīn si
    xin1 si5
hsin ssu
 mikoto
    みこと
mind; thoughts; inclination; mood
(female given name) Mikoto
thoughts

心想

see styles
xīn xiǎng
    xin1 xiang3
hsin hsiang
 shinsō
to think to oneself; to think
Thought; the thoughts of the mind.

心慮


心虑

see styles
xīn lǜ
    xin1 lv4
hsin lü
 shinryo
    しんりょ
(rare) thought; opinion
thinking of things

心懷


心怀

see styles
xīn huái
    xin1 huai2
hsin huai
 shine
to harbor (thoughts); to cherish; to entertain (illusions)
to harbor in one's mind

心源

see styles
xīn yuán
    xin1 yuan2
hsin yüan
 shingen
The fountain of the mind; the thought-welling fountain; mind as the fons et origo of all things.

心算

see styles
xīn suàn
    xin1 suan4
hsin suan
 shinsan; shinzan; tsumori(gikun)
    しんさん; しんざん; つもり(gikun)
mental arithmetic; to calculate in one's head; planning; preparation
(1) (See つもり・1) intention; plan; purpose; expectation; (2) (つもり only) (See つもり・2) belief; assumption; thought; conviction

心觀


心观

see styles
xīn guān
    xin1 guan1
hsin kuan
 shinkan
Contemplation of the mind and its thoughts, v. 一心三觀.

心路

see styles
xīn lù
    xin1 lu4
hsin lu
 kokoro
    こころ
scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention; motive; train of thought; brains; wit; ideas
(female given name) Kokoro
The mind-road, i. e. the road to Buddhahood.

心靈


心灵

see styles
xīn líng
    xin1 ling2
hsin ling
 shinryō
bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit
The mind spirit, or genius; intelligence; cf. 心燈.

忌日

see styles
jì rì
    ji4 ri4
chi jih
 kinichi; kijitsu
    きにち; きじつ
anniversary of a death; inauspicious day
(1) (See 命日・めいにち) anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); (2) (See 七七日) 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
諱日 The tabu day, i.e. the anniversary of the death of a parent or prince, when all thoughts are directed to him, and other things avoided.

忍智

see styles
rěn zhì
    ren3 zhi4
jen chih
 ninchi
Patience and wisdom. In the Hīnayāna, patience is cause, wisdom effect; in Mahāyāna, the two are merged, though patience precedes wisdom.

快嘴

see styles
kuài zuǐ
    kuai4 zui3
k`uai tsui
    kuai tsui
unable to keep one's thoughts to oneself; blabbermouth; CL:張|张[zhang1]

念い

see styles
 omoi
    おもい
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

念写

see styles
 nensha; nenzu
    ねんしゃ; ねんず
spirit photography; psychic photography; thoughtography

念念

see styles
niàn niàn
    nian4 nian4
nien nien
 nennen
    ねんねん
continually thinking about something; (female given name) Nennen
kṣaṇa of a kṣaṇa, a kṣaṇa is the ninetieth part of the duration of a thought; an instant; thought after thought.

念波

see styles
 nenpa
    ねんぱ
telepathy; thought waves

念頭


念头

see styles
niàn tou
    nian4 tou5
nien t`ou
    nien tou
 nentou / nento
    ねんとう
thought; idea; intention
(on one's) mind; heed

思い

see styles
 omoi
    おもい
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

思假

see styles
sī jiǎ
    si1 jia3
ssu chia
 shike
Thought or its content as illusion.

思召

see styles
 oboshimeshi
    おぼしめし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion; (2) however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); (3) fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

思念

see styles
sī niàn
    si1 nian4
ssu nien
 shinen
    しねん
to think of; to long for; to miss
(noun, transitive verb) thought
to think deeply about

思惑

see styles
sī huò
    si1 huo4
ssu huo
 shiwaku
    しわく
{Buddh} perceptive mental disturbances
The illusion of thought.

思惟

see styles
sī wéi
    si1 wei2
ssu wei
 shiyui
    しゆい
variant of 思維|思维[si1 wei2]
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (esp. しい) thought; thinking; contemplation; consideration; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) {Buddh} (esp. しゆい) using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation; concentrated thought; deliberating; pondering; reflecting; (female given name) Shiyui
To consider or reflect on an object with discrimination; thought, reflection.

思慮


思虑

see styles
sī lǜ
    si1 lu:4
ssu lü
 shiryo
    しりょ
to think something through; to consider carefully
(noun, transitive verb) prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
thought

思料

see styles
 shiryou / shiryo
    しりょう
(noun/participle) careful consideration; thought

思案

see styles
sī àn
    si1 an4
ssu an
 shian
    しあん
(noun, transitive verb) careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering; (given name) Shian
to think

思潮

see styles
sī cháo
    si1 chao2
ssu ch`ao
    ssu chao
 shichou / shicho
    しちょう
tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
trend of thought

思維


思维

see styles
sī wéi
    si1 wei2
ssu wei
(line of) thought; thinking

思緒


思绪

see styles
sī xù
    si1 xu4
ssu hsü
train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling

思考

see styles
sī kǎo
    si1 kao3
ssu k`ao
    ssu kao
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
to reflect on; to ponder over
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) thought; consideration; thinking

思路

see styles
sī lù
    si1 lu4
ssu lu
line of thought; way of thinking

思量

see styles
sī liang
    si1 liang5
ssu liang
 shiryō
    しりょう
to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind
(noun/participle) careful consideration; thought
Thinking and measuring, or comparing; reasoning.

思食

see styles
sī shí
    si1 shi2
ssu shih
 shijiki
Thought-food, mental food; to desire food.

恍若

see styles
huǎng ruò
    huang3 ruo4
huang jo
as if; as though; rather like

恰も

see styles
 adakamo
    あだかも
    atakamo
    あたかも
(adverb) (1) (kana only) as if; as it were; as though; (2) (kana only) right then; just then; at that moment

恰度

see styles
 choudo / chodo
    ちょうど
(out-dated kanji) (adverb) (1) (kana only) exactly; precisely; just; right; (2) (kana only) as if; as though; quite

悪念

see styles
 akunen
    あくねん
evil thought; malicious motive; spite

惡業


恶业

see styles
è yè
    e4 ye4
o yeh
 akugō
Evil conduct in thought, word, or deed, which leads to evil recompense; evil karma.

惡覺


恶觉

see styles
è jué
    e4 jue2
o chüeh
 akukaku
Contemplation or thought contrary to Buddhist principles.

想念

see styles
xiǎng niàn
    xiang3 nian4
hsiang nien
 sounen / sonen
    そうねん
to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again
thought; idea; conception
To think and reflect.

想愛


想爱

see styles
xiǎn gài
    xian3 gai4
hsien kai
 soua / soa
    そうあ
(female given name) Soua
Thought of and desire for, thought leading to desire.

意業


意业

see styles
yì yè
    yi4 ye4
i yeh
 igō
The function of mind or thought, one of the 三業 thought, word, deed.

意解

see styles
yì jiě
    yi4 jie3
i chieh
 ige
Intellectual explanation; liberation of the mind, or thought.

意言

see styles
yì yán
    yi4 yan2
i yen
 igon
Mental words, words within the intellectual consciousness; thought and words.

愚考

see styles
 gukou / guko
    ぐこう
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) foolish thought; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) (humble language) (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea

感想

see styles
gǎn xiǎng
    gan3 xiang3
kan hsiang
 kansou / kanso
    かんそう
impressions; reflections; thoughts; CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

感觸


感触

see styles
gǎn chù
    gan3 chu4
kan ch`u
    kan chu
one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
See: 感触

慢想

see styles
màn xiǎng
    man4 xiang3
man hsiang
 mansō
Proud, arrogant thoughts.

慮り

see styles
 omonpakari; omonbakari
    おもんぱかり; おもんばかり
thought; consideration; fears

憂事

see styles
 ureigoto / uregoto
    うれいごと
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts

憂目

see styles
 ukime
    うきめ
(irregular okurigana usage) bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

憐念


怜念

see styles
lián niàn
    lian2 nian4
lien nien
 rennen
Sympathetic thoughts.

憖い

see styles
 namajii / namaji
    なまじい
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (See なまじ・1) thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; half-heartedly; (adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) (See なまじ・2) halfway; half-done; incomplete

懂事

see styles
dǒng shì
    dong3 shi4
tung shih
to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

懇切


恳切

see styles
kěn qiè
    ken3 qie4
k`en ch`ieh
    ken chieh
 konsetsu
    こんせつ
earnest; sincere
(noun or adjectival noun) (See 懇切丁寧) kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous

懐抱

see styles
 kaihou; kaibou(ok) / kaiho; kaibo(ok)
    かいほう; かいぼう(ok)
(noun, transitive verb) (1) bearing in mind (a thought, feeling, etc.); (noun, transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) (See 抱擁) embrace; hug; holding in one's arms; (3) (archaism) (See 懐・ふところ・1) bosom; (breast) pocket

我想

see styles
wǒ xiǎng
    wo3 xiang3
wo hsiang
 ga zō
The thought that the ego has reality.

所か

see styles
 tokoroga
    ところが
(conjunction) (kana only) even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

所存

see styles
suǒ cún
    suo3 cun2
so ts`un
    so tsun
 shozon
    しょぞん
opinion; intention; thought
place where it exists

所思

see styles
suǒ sī
    suo3 si1
so ssu
 shoshi
    しょし
what one thinks; person or thing that is on one's mind
thoughts; opinions
to be thought

所想

see styles
suǒ xiǎng
    suo3 xiang3
so hsiang
what one considers; one's thoughts

所感

see styles
suǒ gǎn
    suo3 gan3
so kan
 shokan
    しょかん
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
a deed

押す

see styles
 osu
    おす
(transitive verb) (1) to push; to press; (2) to apply pressure from above; to press down; (3) to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; (4) to affix (e.g. gold leaf); (5) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence; (6) to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress; (7) to push (events along); to advance (a plan); (8) to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force; (9) to make sure; (10) to be pressed for time; (11) to advance troops; to attack; (12) (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface

拙意

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 setsui
    せつい
(humble language) my thoughts; my opinions; my feelings

掉散

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diào sàn
    diao4 san4
tiao san
 jōsan
Unsteady in act, word, and thought; unreliable.

排遣

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pái qiǎn
    pai2 qian3
p`ai ch`ien
    pai chien
to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc)

擠花


挤花

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jǐ huā
    ji3 hua1
chi hua
(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag; to extrude something though a piping bag; piping

收束

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shōu shù
    shou1 shu4
shou shu
to constrict; to draw tight; to gather (one's thoughts); to bring to a close; to pack (for a journey)

改宗

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gǎi zōng
    gai3 zong1
kai tsung
 kaishuu / kaishu
    かいしゅう
(n,vs,vi) religious conversion
To change one's cult, school of thought, or religion.

文思

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wén sī
    wen2 si1
wen ssu
 fumio
    ふみお
the train of thought in writing
(given name) Fumio

文脈

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 bunmyaku
    ぶんみゃく
(1) context (of a passage); line of thought; (2) context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background

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.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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