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南無 南无 see styles |
nā mó na1 mo2 na mo namu なむ |
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] (conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land. |
単館 see styles |
tankan たんかん |
(adj-f,n) single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film) |
原人 see styles |
yuán rén yuan2 ren2 yüan jen genjin げんじん |
prehistoric man; primitive man primitive man the primal man or spirit |
厲鬼 厉鬼 see styles |
lì guǐ li4 gui3 li kuei raiki |
malicious spirit; devil vengeful ghosts |
反心 see styles |
hanshin はんしん |
rebellious spirit |
反骨 see styles |
fǎn gǔ fan3 gu3 fan ku hankotsu はんこつ |
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature (abbreviation) rebellious spirit |
叛心 see styles |
hanshin はんしん |
rebellious spirit |
叛意 see styles |
hani はんい |
spirit of rebellion |
叛骨 see styles |
hankotsu はんこつ |
(abbreviation) rebellious spirit |
口寄 see styles |
kuchiyose くちよせ |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman); (2) medium; channeler |
口密 see styles |
kǒu mì kou3 mi4 k`ou mi kou mi kumitsu |
語密 One of the 三密. Secret or magical words, either definite formulas of the Buddha or secret words from his dharma, kaya, or spirit. |
可兒 可儿 see styles |
kě ér ke3 er2 k`o erh ko erh kani かに |
a person after one's heart (charming person); capable person (surname) Kani |
名色 see styles |
míng sè ming2 se4 ming se nashiki なしき |
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) namarupa; name and form; (place-name) Nashiki nāmarūpa, name-form, or name and form, one of the twelve nidānas. In Brahminical tradition it served 'to denote spirit and matter', 'the concrete individual', Keith; in Buddhism it is intp. as the 五蘊 five skandhas or aggregates, i, e. a 'body', 受, 想, 行, and 識 vedana, saṃjñā, karman, and vijñāna being the 'name' and 色 rupa the 'form'; the first-named four are mental and the last material. 色 Rupa is described as the minutest particle of matter, that which has resistance; the embryonic body or foetus is a nāmarūpa, something that can be named. |
呑酸 see styles |
donsan どんさん |
{med} (See 胸焼け・むねやけ) acid reflux; heart-burn |
和魂 see styles |
wakon わこん |
Japanese spirit |
咒心 see styles |
zhòu xīn zhou4 xin1 chou hsin jushin |
The heart of a spell, or vow. |
咯噔 see styles |
gē dēng ge1 deng1 ko teng |
(onom.) thump; clunk (e.g. of footsteps or impact); (fig.) a sudden emotional jolt; heart skipping a beat |
商魂 see styles |
shoukon / shokon しょうこん |
commercial spirit |
善月 see styles |
shàn yuè shan4 yue4 shan yüeh zengetsu |
Good month, i.e. the first, fifth, and ninth; because they are the most important in which to do good works and thus obtain a good report in the spirit realm. |
善霊 see styles |
zenrei / zenre ぜんれい |
spirit of goodness |
嘆靈 叹灵 see styles |
tàn líng tan4 ling2 t`an ling tan ling tanryō |
To praise the spirit of the departed. |
四住 see styles |
sì zhù si4 zhu4 ssu chu shizumi しずみ |
(surname) Shizumi The four abodes or states in the 智度論 3, i. e. (1) 天住 the devalokas, equivalents of charity, morality, and goodness of heart; (2) 梵住 the brahmalokas, equivalents of benevolence, pity, joy, and indifference; (3) 聖住 the abode of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, equivalent of the samādhi of the immaterial realm, formless and still; (4) 佛住 the Buddha-abode, the equivalent of the samādhis of the infinite. v. 四住地. |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
四力 see styles |
sì lì si4 li4 ssu li shiriki |
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment. |
四土 see styles |
sì tǔ si4 tu3 ssu t`u ssu tu shido しど |
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara) The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake. |
四執 四执 see styles |
sì zhí si4 zhi2 ssu chih shishū |
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists. |
四等 see styles |
sì děng si4 deng3 ssu teng shitō |
The four virtues which a Buddha out of his infinite heart manifests equally to all; also called 四無量 q. w. They are: 慈悲喜捨 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā, i. e. kindness, pity, joy and indifference, or 護 protection. Another group is 字語法身, i. e. 字 that all Buddhas have the same title or titles; 語 speak the same language; 法 proclaim the same truth; and 身 have each the threefold body, or trikāya. A third group is 諸法 all things are equally included in the bhūtatathatā; 發心 the mind-nature being universal, its field of action is universal; 道等 the way or method is also universal; therefore 慈悲 the mercy (of the Buddhas) is universal for all. |
四鏡 四镜 see styles |
sì jìng si4 jing4 ssu ching yotsukagami よつかがみ |
(surname) Yotsukagami The four resemblances between a mirror and the bhūtatathatā in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The bhūtatathatā, like the mirror, is independent of all beings, reveals all objects, is not hindered by objects, and serves all beings. |
圓覺 圆觉 see styles |
yuán jué yuan2 jue2 yüan chüeh engaku |
Complete enlightenment potentially present in each being, for all have 本覺 primal awareness, or 眞心 the true heart (e. g. conscience), which has always remained pure and shining; considered as essence it is the 一心 one mind, considered causally it is the Tathāgata-garbha, considered it is|| perfect enlightenment, cf. 圓覺經. |
土邦 see styles |
tǔ bāng tu3 bang1 t`u pang tu pang |
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa) |
地祇 see styles |
dì qí di4 qi2 ti ch`i ti chi jigi ちぎ |
earth spirit gods of the land; earthly deities earth deity |
地霊 see styles |
chirei / chire ちれい |
spirit residing in the ground |
堕つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
塊壘 块垒 see styles |
kuài lěi kuai4 lei3 k`uai lei kuai lei |
gloom; a lump on the heart |
墜つ see styles |
otsu おつ |
(v2t-k,vi) (1) (archaism) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); (2) (archaism) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) (archaism) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (4) (archaism) to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (5) (archaism) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (6) (archaism) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender |
士魂 see styles |
shikon しこん |
manly spirit; soul of a samurai |
変化 see styles |
henge へんげ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; ghost; apparition; bugbear; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 権化・1) incarnation; (n,vs,vi) (3) transformation |
多羅 多罗 see styles |
duō luó duo1 luo2 to lo tara たら |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 多羅樹) palmyra; (2) (abbreviation) (See 多羅葉) lusterleaf holly; (3) patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue); (surname, female given name) Tara tārā, in the sense of starry, or scintillation; Tāla, for the fan-palm; Tara, from 'to pass over', a ferry, etc. Tārā, starry, piercing, the eye, the pupil; the last two are both Sanskrit and Chinese definitions; it is a term applied to certain female deities and has been adopted especially by Tibetan Buddhism for certain devīs of the Tantric school. The origin of the term is also ascribed to tar meaning 'to cross', i. e. she who aids to cross the sea of mortality. Getty, 19-27. The Chinese derivation is the eye; the tara devīs; either as śakti or independent, are little known outside Lamaism. Tāla is the palmyra, or fan-palm, whose leaves are used for writing and known as 具多 Pei-to, pattra. The tree is described as 70 or 80 feet high, with fruit like yellow rice-seeds; the borassus eabelliformis; a measure of 70 feet. Taras, from to cross over, also means a ferry, and a bank, or the other shore. Also 呾囉. |
夢魔 梦魔 see styles |
mèng mó meng4 mo2 meng mo muma むま |
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep) (1) nightmare; (2) incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream |
大度 see styles |
dà dù da4 du4 ta tu oodo おおど |
magnanimous; generous (in spirit) magnanimity; (place-name) Oodo great salvation |
大悲 see styles |
dà bēi da4 bei1 ta pei karuna かるな |
(female given name) Karuna mahākaruṇā, "great pity"; i.e. greatly pitiful, a heart that seeks to save the suffering; applied to all Buddhas and bodhisattvas; especially to Guanyin. |
天仙 see styles |
tiān xiān tian1 xian1 t`ien hsien tien hsien tensen てんせん |
immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman (See 仙人・せんにん・1) heavenly immortal (in Taoism); (given name) Tensen deva-ṛṣi, or devas and rsis, or immortals. Nāgārjuna gives ten classes of ṛṣis whose lifetime is 100, 000 years, then they are reincarnated. Another category is fivefold: 天仙 deva-ṛṣis in the mountains round Sumeru: 神仙 spirit-ṛṣis who roam the air: 人仙 humans who have attained the powers of immortals; 地仙 earth ṛṣis, subterranean; 鬼仙 pretas, or malevolent ṛṣis. |
天神 see styles |
tiān shén tian1 shen2 t`ien shen tien shen tenjin てんじん |
god; deity (1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (colloquialism) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbreviation) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (7) (See 転軫) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen); (place-name, surname) Tenjin deva 提婆 or devatā 泥縛多. (1) Brahma and the gods in general, including the inhabitants of the devalokas, all subject to metem-psychosis. (2) The fifteenth patriarch, a native of South India, or Ceylon and disciple of Nāgārjuna; he is also styled Devabodhisattva 提婆菩薩, Āryadeva 聖天, and Nilanetra 靑目 blue-eyed, or 分別明 clear discriminator. He was the author of nine works and a famous antagonist of Brahmanism. |
失意 see styles |
shī yì shi1 yi4 shih i shitsui しつい |
disappointed; frustrated (noun - becomes adjective with の) disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity |
失神 see styles |
shī shén shi1 shen2 shih shen shisshin しっしん |
absent-minded; to lose spirit; despondent (n,vs,adj-no) faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction |
奠茶 see styles |
diàn chá dian4 cha2 tien ch`a tien cha ten cha |
To make an offering of tea to a Buddha, a spirit, etc. |
奥底 see styles |
okusoko; outei / okusoko; ote おくそこ; おうてい |
(1) depths; deep place; (2) (See 心の奥底) bottom (of one's heart) |
奮然 see styles |
funzen ふんぜん |
(adv-to,adj-t) with spirit; courageously; resolutely |
女人 see styles |
nǚ ren nu:3 ren5 nü jen nyonin; jojin にょにん; じょじん |
wife woman Woman, described in the Nirvāṇa sūtra 浬槃經 9 as the "abode of all evil", 一切女人皆是衆惡之所住處 The 智度論 14 says: 大火燒人是猶可近, 淸風無形是亦可捉, 蚖蛇含毒猶亦可觸, 女人之心不可得實 "Fierce fire that would burn men may yet be approached, clear breezes without form may yet be grasped, cobras that harbour poison may yet be touched, but a woman's heart is never to be relied upon." The Buddha ordered Ānanda: "Do not Look at a woman; if you must, then do not talk with her; if you must, then call on the Buddha with all your mind"— an evidently apocryphal statement of 文句 8. |
女心 see styles |
onnagokoro おんなごころ |
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology |
女気 see styles |
onnagi おんなぎ |
(archaism) (See 男気・おとこぎ) feminine spirit; graceful and kind nature |
女色 see styles |
nǚ sè nu:3 se4 nü se joshoku; nyoshoku; joshiki じょしょく; にょしょく; じょしき |
female charms; femininity woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women Female beauty— is a chain, a serious delusion, a grievous calamity. The 智度論 14 says it is better to burn out the eyes with a red-hot iron than behold woman with unsteady heart. |
妖力 see styles |
youryoku / yoryoku ようりょく |
spirit power; magical power |
妖狐 see styles |
youko / yoko ようこ |
fox with supernatural powers; fox spirit; (female given name) Yōko |
妖精 see styles |
yāo jing yao1 jing5 yao ching yousei / yose ようせい |
evil spirit; alluring woman (noun - becomes adjective with の) fairy; sprite; elf |
妙心 see styles |
miào xīn miao4 xin1 miao hsin myōshin |
The mind or heart wonderful and profound beyond human thought. According to Tiantai the 別教 limited this to the mind 眞心 of the Buddha, while the 圓教 universalized it to include the unenlightened heart 妄心 of all men. |
妙明 see styles |
miào míng miao4 ming2 miao ming taeaki たえあき |
(surname, given name) Taeaki Profoundly enlightened heart or mind, i.e. the knowledge of the finality of the stream of reincarnation. |
威霊 see styles |
irei / ire いれい |
(1) powerful spirit; (2) power of the emperor |
威靈 威灵 see styles |
wēi líng wei1 ling2 wei ling |
authority; prestige; supernatural spirit |
存分 see styles |
zonbun ぞんぶん |
(adv,adj-na) (usu. 〜に) to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full |
孤高 see styles |
gū gāo gu1 gao1 ku kao kokou / koko ここう |
arrogant (adj-no,n,adj-na) aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary |
安樂 安乐 see styles |
ān lè an1 le4 an le anraku あんらく |
peace and happiness (surname) Anraku Happy; ease (of body) and joy (of heart) 身安心樂. |
定散 see styles |
dìng sàn ding4 san4 ting san jōsan |
A settled, or a wandering mind; the mind organized by meditation, or disorganized by distraction. The first is characteristic of the saint and sage, the second of the common untutored man. The fixed heart may or may not belong to the realm of transmigration; the distracted heart has the distinctions of good, bad, or indifferent. |
定水 see styles |
dìng shuǐ ding4 shui3 ting shui sadamizu さだみず |
(surname) Sadamizu Calm waters; quieting the waters of the heart (and so beholding the Buddha, as the moon is reflected in still water). |
容気 see styles |
katagi かたぎ |
(n,n-suf) spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition |
宿志 see styles |
shukushi しゅくし |
(form) long-standing ambition; one's heart's desire |
宿望 see styles |
shukubou; shukumou / shukubo; shukumo しゅくぼう; しゅくもう |
long-cherished desire; one's heart's desire |
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 |
寄坐 see styles |
yorimashi よりまし |
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko |
尚武 see styles |
shàng wǔ shang4 wu3 shang wu hisatake ひさたけ |
to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike militarism; warlike spirit; (given name) Hisatake |
尸童 see styles |
yorimashi よりまし |
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko |
居心 see styles |
jū xīn ju1 xin1 chü hsin |
to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind |
屬意 属意 see styles |
zhǔ yì zhu3 yi4 chu i |
to set one's heart on; to set one's choice on |
山懐 see styles |
yamafutokoro やまふところ |
heart of a mountain |
山神 see styles |
shān shén shan1 shen2 shan shen yamagami やまがみ |
mountain god mountain god; (place-name, surname) Yamagami mountain spirit |
山童 see styles |
sandou / sando さんどう |
one-eyed mountain spirit; (given name) Sandou |
山精 see styles |
shān jīng shan1 jing1 shan ching |
mountain spirit; monster or creature said to inhabit mountains |
山霊 see styles |
sanrei / sanre さんれい |
guardian spirit of a mountain; mountain god |
山魈 see styles |
shān xiāo shan1 xiao1 shan hsiao |
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx); legendary mountain spirit |
己心 see styles |
jǐ xīn ji3 xin1 chi hsin koshin |
One's own heart. |
幼心 see styles |
osanagokoro おさなごころ |
child's mind; child's heart; young mind |
幽怪 see styles |
yuukai / yukai ゆうかい |
(archaism) ghost; apparition; spirit |
幽鬼 see styles |
yuuki / yuki ゆうき |
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul |
幽魂 see styles |
yōu hún you1 hun2 yu hun yuukon / yukon ゆうこん |
ghost; spirit (of the dead) spirits of the dead |
度肝 see styles |
dogimo どぎも |
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit |
度胆 see styles |
dogimo どぎも |
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit |
廉署 see styles |
lián shǔ lian2 shu3 lien shu |
ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
廻心 迴心 see styles |
huí xīn hui2 xin1 hui hsin eshin かいしん |
(noun/participle) conversion To turn the mind or heart towards (Mahāyāna). |
弁膜 see styles |
benmaku べんまく |
{anat} valve (of the heart and the veins) |
弛む see styles |
tarumu(p); tayumu たるむ(P); たゆむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) (kana only) to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling); (v5m,vi) (2) (kana only) to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in |
形気 see styles |
katagi かたぎ |
(n,n-suf) spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition |
形神 see styles |
xíng shén xing2 shen2 hsing shen katagami かたがみ |
body and soul; physical and spiritual; material form and internal spirit (surname) Katagami body and spirit |
影壁 see styles |
yǐng bì ying3 bi4 ying pi |
spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) |
徒心 see styles |
adagokoro あだごころ |
(archaism) cheating heart; fleeting heart; fickle heart |
御使 see styles |
otsukai おつかい |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) (polite language) errand; mission; going as envoy; (2) (polite language) messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; (3) (polite language) (honorific or respectful language) familiar spirit |
御心 see styles |
mikokoro みこころ |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (another's) spirit; (2) {Christn} God's heart or spirit; Lord's will |
御霊 see styles |
goryou / goryo ごりょう |
(honorific or respectful language) spirit of a deceased person; (place-name) Goryō |
御魂 see styles |
mitama みたま |
(honorific or respectful language) spirit of a deceased person |
徹心 彻心 see styles |
chè xīn che4 xin1 ch`e hsin che hsin tesshin てっしん |
(given name) Tesshin To penetrate or reach the heart or mind. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Independent Spirit - Independent Heart" 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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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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