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Simple Dictionary Definition |
若様 see styles |
wakasama わかさま |
(honorific or respectful language) young master (respectful way of referring to the son of a high-ranking person) |
蘭玉 兰玉 see styles |
lán yù lan2 yu4 lan yü rangyoku らんぎょく |
your son (honorific) (female given name) Rangyoku |
螟蛉 see styles |
míng líng ming2 ling2 ming ling meirei / mere めいれい |
green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.) (1) (rare) (See 青虫) hornworm; (2) (archaism) adopted child |
表叔 see styles |
biǎo shū biao3 shu1 piao shu |
son of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister; father's younger male cousin; (Hong Kong slang) mainlander |
表姪 表侄 see styles |
biǎo zhí biao3 zhi2 piao chih |
son of a male cousin via female line |
親家 亲家 see styles |
qìng jia qing4 jia5 ch`ing chia ching chia chikaie ちかいえ |
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage {mahj} dealer; east player; (personal name) Chikaie |
諸王 see styles |
shoou / shoo しょおう |
(1) various kings; (2) unproclaimed son of the imperial family |
豚児 see styles |
tonji とんじ |
(1) (humble language) my child; my son; (2) (rare) piglet |
貴様 see styles |
kisama きさま |
(pronoun) (1) (sensitive word) (derogatory term) you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (polite language) you |
貴賤 贵贱 see styles |
guì jiàn gui4 jian4 kuei chien kizen きせん |
noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism high and low; all ranks Dear and cheap; noble and base; your and my. |
贅婿 赘婿 see styles |
zhuì xù zhui4 xu4 chui hsü |
son-in-law living at wife's parent's house |
迷子 see styles |
mí zǐ mi2 zi3 mi tzu meishi / meshi めいし |
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child; (given name) Meishi The deluded son who held a gold coin in his hand while starving in poverty; such is the man with Buddha-nature who fails to use it. v. 金剛三昧經. |
逆子 see styles |
nì zǐ ni4 zi3 ni tzu sakago さかご |
unfilial son breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma だるま |
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) (kana only) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc. |
遺男 遗男 see styles |
yí nán yi2 nan2 i nan |
orphan; posomethingumous son |
那吒 那咤 see styles |
nà zhà na4 zha4 na cha Nata |
Naṭa, said to be the eldest son of Vaiśravaṇa, and represented with three faces, eight arms, a powerful demon-king. |
郎君 see styles |
láng jun lang2 jun1 lang chün roukun / rokun ろうくん |
my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp (1) (honorific or respectful language) (obsolete) young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); (2) (obsolete) (usu. as a term of address) husband; (masculine speech) lover; dear; darling |
野郎 see styles |
yarou / yaro やろう |
(1) guy; fellow; chap; buddy; (n,pn) (2) (masculine speech) (derogatory term) (slang) bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch |
長孫 长孙 see styles |
zhǎng sūn zhang3 sun1 chang sun |
eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son |
閻魔 阎魔 see styles |
yán mó yan2 mo2 yen mo enma えんま |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell {Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma 閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory. |
阿斗 see styles |
ā dǒu a1 dou3 a tou ato あと |
A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; (fig.) weak and inept person (surname) Ato |
阿閦 see styles |
ā chù a1 chu4 a ch`u a chu Ashuku |
Akṣobhya, 阿閦鞞; 阿閦婆; 阿芻閦耶 unmoved, imperturbable; tr. 不動; 無動 also 無怒; 無瞋恚 free from anger, according to his Buddha-vow. One of the Five Buddhas, his realm Abhirata, Delightful, now being in the east, as Amitābha's is in the west. He is represented in the Lotus as the eldest son of Mahābhijñābhibhū 大通智勝, and was the Bodhisattva ? jñānākara 智積 before he became Buddha; he has other appearances. akṣobhya is also said to mean 100 vivara s, or 1 followed by 17 ciphers, and a 大通智勝 is ten times that figure. |
雜種 杂种 see styles |
zá zhǒng za2 zhong3 tsa chung |
hybrid; mixed breed; bastard; son of a bitch |
馬但 马但 see styles |
mǎ dàn ma3 dan4 ma tan |
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15 |
駙馬 驸马 see styles |
fù mǎ fu4 ma3 fu ma |
emperor's son-in-law |
鮮于 see styles |
sonu そんう |
(surname) Son'u |
鶖子 鹙子 see styles |
qiū zǐ qiu1 zi3 ch`iu tzu chiu tzu |
(鶖鷺子) Śāriputra, also 秋露子 meaning son of Śārī, his mother; śārī is a kind of bird 'commonly called the Maina'. M.W. It is tr. as a stork. Cf. 舍. |
あんこ see styles |
anko アンコ |
(1) (Izu Oshima dialect) daughter; young lady; (2) (thb:) (hob:) young man; eldest son; (3) (prison slang) (See 女役・3) passive role in a male homosexual relationship; (female given name) Anko |
ご令息 see styles |
goreisoku / goresoku ごれいそく |
(honorific or respectful language) son |
ソンラ see styles |
sonra ソンラ |
(place-name) Son La; Son-la (Vietnam) |
ソン川 see styles |
songawa ソンがわ |
(place-name) Son (river) |
むす子 see styles |
musuko むすこ |
(1) son; (2) (vulgar) penis |
三男坊 see styles |
sannanbou / sannanbo さんなんぼう |
(See 次男坊) third son |
三界尊 see styles |
sān jiè zūn san1 jie4 zun1 san chieh tsun sangai son |
The honoured one of the three worlds, i.e. Buddha. |
三種天 三种天 see styles |
sān zhǒng tiān san1 zhong3 tian1 san chung t`ien san chung tien sanshu ten |
The three classes of devas: (1) 名天 famous rulers on earth styled 天王, 天子; (2) 生天 the highest incarnations of the six paths; (3) 淨天 the pure, or the saints, from śrāvakas to pratyeka-buddhas. 智度論 7.; Three definitions of heaven: (a) as a name or title, e.g. divine king, son of Heaven, etc.; (b) as a place for rebirth, the heavens of the gods; (c) the pure Buddha-land. |
不孝者 see styles |
fukoumono / fukomono ふこうもの |
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter |
丘比特 see styles |
qiū bǐ tè qiu1 bi3 te4 ch`iu pi t`e chiu pi te |
Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty |
乾兒子 干儿子 see styles |
gān ér zi gan1 er2 zi5 kan erh tzu |
adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) |
二足尊 see styles |
èr zú zūn er4 zu2 zun1 erh tsu tsun nisoku son |
most honored among the two-legged |
五八尊 see styles |
wǔ bā zūn wu3 ba1 zun1 wu pa tsun gohachi son |
The forty forms of Guanyin, or the Guanyin with forty hands: the forty forms multiplied by the twenty-five things 二十五有 make 1, 000, hence Guanyin with the thousand hands. |
五大老 see styles |
gotairou / gotairo ごたいろう |
(hist) (See 五奉行) Council of Five Elders; committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age |
亞哈斯 亚哈斯 see styles |
yà hā sī ya4 ha1 si1 ya ha ssu |
Ahaz (son of Jotham) |
亞比玉 亚比玉 see styles |
yà bǐ yù ya4 bi3 yu4 ya pi yü |
Abiud (son of Zerubbabel) |
人の子 see styles |
hitonoko ひとのこ |
(exp,n) (1) (someone's) child; person with parents; (also) human; born human; (exp,n) (2) other people's children; (exp,n) (3) {Christn} the Son of Man; Christ |
人中尊 see styles |
rén zhōng zūn ren2 zhong1 zun1 jen chung tsun ninchū son |
The Honoured One among or of men, the Buddha. |
仁王尊 see styles |
rén wáng zūn ren2 wang2 zun1 jen wang tsun ninō son |
The two Vajrapāṇi 阿 and 吽 who act as door guardians of temples, variously known as 密跡菩薩, 密修力士, 執金剛神, and 那羅延金剛. |
伯邑考 see styles |
bó yì kǎo bo2 yi4 kao3 po i k`ao po i kao |
Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝[Zhou1 chao2] of ancient China |
佛眼尊 see styles |
fó yǎn zūn fo2 yan3 zun1 fo yen tsun Butsugen son |
A term of the esoteric cult for the source or mother of all wisdom, also called佛眼部母; 佛眼佛母; 佛母身; 佛母尊; 虛空佛. |
佛頂尊 佛顶尊 see styles |
fó dǐng zūn fo2 ding3 zun1 fo ting tsun bucchō son |
supreme Buddha within |
俄備得 俄备得 see styles |
é bèi dé e2 bei4 de2 o pei te |
Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth) |
優波替 优波替 see styles |
yōu bō tì you1 bo1 ti4 yu po t`i yu po ti Uhatai |
(優波舍) v. 舍 Upatiṣya (son of Tiṣya), i.e. Śāriputra. |
兩足尊 两足尊 see styles |
liǎng zú zūn liang3 zu2 zun1 liang tsu tsun ryōzoku son |
The most honoured among men and devas (lit. among two-footed beings), a title of the Buddha. The two feet are compared to the commandments and meditation, blessing and wisdom, relative and absolute teaching (i. e. Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna), meditation and action. |
六足尊 see styles |
liù zú zūn liu4 zu2 zun1 liu tsu tsun rokusoku son |
The six-legged Honored One, one of the five 明王 fierce guardians of Amitābha, i. e. 大威德, who has six heads, faces, arms, and legs; rides on an ox; and is an incarnation of Mañjuśrī. The 六足阿毘曇摩 Jñāna-prasthāna-saṭpādābhidharma is a philosophical work in the Canon. |
則辣黑 则辣黑 see styles |
zé là hēi ze2 la4 hei1 tse la hei |
Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament) |
十力尊 see styles |
shí lì zūn shi2 li4 zun1 shih li tsun jūriki son |
(十力無等) The honoured (unequalled) possessor of the ten powers, Buddha. |
周成王 see styles |
zhōu chéng wáng zhou1 cheng2 wang2 chou ch`eng wang chou cheng wang |
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] |
圓通尊 圆通尊 see styles |
yuán tōng zūn yuan2 tong1 zun1 yüan t`ung tsun yüan tung tsun Enzū son |
Bodhisattva of Interpenetrating Faculties |
外孫子 外孙子 see styles |
wài sūn zi wai4 sun1 zi5 wai sun tzu |
(coll.) daughter's son; grandson |
多爾袞 多尔衮 see styles |
duō ěr gǔn duo1 er3 gun3 to erh kun |
Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4] |
大覺尊 大觉尊 see styles |
dà jué zūn da4 jue2 zun1 ta chüeh tsun daikaku son |
Most honored Enlightened One |
大黑天 see styles |
dà hēi tiān da4 hei1 tian1 ta hei t`ien ta hei tien Daikoku ten |
Mahākāla 摩訶迦 (or 謌) 羅 the great black deva 大黑神. Two interpretations are given. The esoteric cult describes the deva as the masculine form of Kālī, i.e. Durgā, the wife of Śiva; with one face and eight arms, or three faces and six arms, a necklace of skulls, etc. He is worshipped as giving warlike power, and fierceness; said also to be an incarnation of Vairocana for the purpose of destroying the demons; and is described as 大時 the "great time" (-keeper) which seems to indicate Vairocana, the sun. The exoteric cult interprets him as a beneficent deva, a Pluto, or god of wealth. Consequently he is represented in two forms, by the one school as a fierce deva, by the other as a kindly happy deva. He is shown as one of the eight fierce guardians with trident, generally blue-black but sometimes white; he may have two elephants underfoot. Six arms and hands hold jewel, skull cup, chopper, drum, trident, elephant-goad. He is the tutelary god of Mongolian Buddhism. Six forms of Mahākāla are noted: (1) 比丘大黑 A black-faced disciple of the Buddha, said to be the Buddha as Mahādeva in a previous incarnation, now guardian of the refectory. (2) 摩訶迦羅大黑女 Kālī, the wife of Śiva. (3) 王子迦羅大黑 The son of Śiva. (4) 眞陀大黑 Cintāmaṇi, with the talismanic pearl, symbol of bestowing fortune. (5) 夜叉大黑 Subduer of demons. (6) 摩迦羅大黑 Mahākāla, who carries a bag on his back and holds a hammer in his right hand. J., Daikoku; M., Yeke-gara; T., Nag-po c'en-po. |
天人尊 see styles |
tiān rén zūn tian1 ren2 zun1 t`ien jen tsun tien jen tsun tennin son |
the supreme among gods and men |
如來尊 如来尊 see styles |
rú lái zūn ru2 lai2 zun1 ju lai tsun nyorai son |
the Thus Come One |
姪媳婦 侄媳妇 see styles |
zhí xí fu zhi2 xi2 fu5 chih hsi fu |
brother's son's wife; nephew's wife |
婿取り see styles |
mukotori むことり |
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter |
婿養子 see styles |
mukoyoushi / mukoyoshi むこようし |
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family |
孫女兒 孙女儿 see styles |
sūn nǚ r sun1 nu:3 r5 sun nü r |
granddaughter (son's daughter) |
孫女婿 孙女婿 see styles |
sūn nǚ xu sun1 nu:3 xu5 sun nü hsü |
son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband |
孫媳夫 孙媳夫 see styles |
sūn xí fu sun1 xi2 fu5 sun hsi fu |
son's son's wife; grandson's wife |
孫媳婦 孙媳妇 see styles |
sūn xí fu sun1 xi2 fu5 sun hsi fu |
son's son's wife; grandson's wife |
孫正義 see styles |
sonmasayoshi そんまさよし |
(person) Son Masayoshi (1957.8-) |
孫泰蔵 see styles |
sontaizou / sontaizo そんたいぞう |
(person) Son Taizou (1972-) |
守門尊 守门尊 see styles |
shǒu mén zūn shou3 men2 zun1 shou men tsun shumon son |
gate guardian god |
富樓那 富楼那 see styles |
fù lóu nà fu4 lou2 na4 fu lou na Fūruna |
Pūrṇa; also富樓那彌多羅尼子 and other similar phonetic forms; Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra, or Maitrāyaṇīputra, a disciple of Śākyamuni, son of Bhava by a slave girl, often confounded with Maitreya. The chief preacher among the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni; ill-treated by his brother, engaged in business, saved his brothers from shipwreck by conquering Indra through samādhi; built a vihāra for Śākyamuni; expected to reappear as 法明如來 Dharmaprabhāsa Buddha. |
察合臺 察合台 see styles |
chá gě tái cha2 ge3 tai2 ch`a ko t`ai cha ko tai |
Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan |
尊佛道 see styles |
zūn fó dào zun1 fo2 dao4 tsun fo tao son butsudō |
the pre-eminent Buddha-Path |
尊延寺 see styles |
sonenji そんえんじ |
(place-name) Son'enji |
尊意行 see styles |
zūn yì xíng zun1 yi4 xing2 tsun i hsing Son'i gyō |
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra |
尊永寺 see styles |
soneiji / soneji そんえいじ |
(place-name) Son'eiji |
少東家 少东家 see styles |
shào dōng jiā shao4 dong1 jia1 shao tung chia |
boss's son |
尸迦羅 see styles |
shī jiā luō shi1 jia1 luo1 shih chia lo |
越 said to be Sujāta, son of an elder of Rājagṛha and the same as 須闍陀. |
希斯崙 希斯仑 see styles |
xī sī lún xi1 si1 lun2 hsi ssu lun |
Hezron (son of Perez) |
師子相 师子相 see styles |
shī zǐ xiàng shi1 zi3 xiang4 shih tzu hsiang Shishisō |
Siṃdhadhvaja; 'lion-flag,' a Buddha south-east of our universe, fourth son of Mahābhijña. |
師子音 师子音 see styles |
shī zǐ yīn shi1 zi3 yin1 shih tzu yin Shishion |
Siṃhaghoṣa; 'lion's voice,' a Buddha south-east of our universe, third son of Mahābhijña. |
帶塔尊 带塔尊 see styles |
dài tǎ zūn dai4 ta3 zun1 tai t`a tsun tai ta tsun Taitō son |
帶塔德菩薩 Maitreya, bearer of the pagoda. |
康僧鎧 康僧铠 see styles |
kāng sēng kǎi kang1 seng1 kai3 k`ang seng k`ai kang seng kai Kōsōgai |
or 康僧會 Saṅghavarman, also said to be Saṅghapāla; an Indian monk supposed to be of Tibetan descent; but Saṅghapāla is described as the eldest son of the prime minister of Soghdiana, and is probably a different person. Saṅghavarman tr. at the White Horse Temple, Luoyang, in A.D. 252; inter alia the 無量壽經 is accredited to him, but a more reliable tradition of the Canon ascribes the tr. to Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. |
張學良 张学良 see styles |
zhāng xué liáng zhang1 xue2 liang2 chang hsüeh liang |
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army |
御令息 see styles |
goreisoku / goresoku ごれいそく |
(honorific or respectful language) son |
御曹司 see styles |
onzoushi / onzoshi おんぞうし |
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble |
御曹子 see styles |
onzoushi / onzoshi おんぞうし |
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble |
恒伽達 see styles |
héng jiā dá heng2 jia1 da2 heng chia ta |
Gaṅgādatta, son of a wealthy landowner and disciple of the Buddha. |
惣領制 see styles |
souryousei / soryose そうりょうせい |
sōryō system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period) |
押沙龍 押沙龙 see styles |
yā shā lóng ya1 sha1 long2 ya sha lung |
Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament) |
拉法格 see styles |
lā fǎ gé la1 fa3 ge2 la fa ko |
Lafargue (name); Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx |
拉那烈 see styles |
lā nà liè la1 na4 lie4 la na lieh |
Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia |
拘那羅 拘那罗 see styles |
jun à luó jun1 a4 luo2 chün a lo Kunara |
Kuṇāla; also 拘拏羅, 拘浪拏; 鳩那羅 a bird with beautiful eyes; name of Dharmavivardhana (son of Aśoka), whose son Sampadi 'became the successor of Aśoka'. Eitel. Kuṇāla is also tr. as an evil man, possibly of the evil eye. |
指腹親 指腹亲 see styles |
zhǐ fù qīn zhi3 fu4 qin1 chih fu ch`in chih fu chin shifuku no shin |
Related by the betrothal of son and daughter still in the womb. |
損伏斷 损伏断 see styles |
sǔn fú duàn sun3 fu2 duan4 sun fu tuan son buku dan |
To spoil, subject and destroy (the passions). |
撒拉鐵 撒拉铁 see styles |
sā lā tiě sa1 la1 tie3 sa la t`ieh sa la tieh |
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah) |
改口費 改口费 see styles |
gǎi kǒu fèi gai3 kou3 fei4 kai k`ou fei kai kou fei |
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Son" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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