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邦字紙 see styles |
houjishi / hojishi ほうじし |
(See 邦字新聞) Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan) |
部分浴 see styles |
bubunyoku ぶぶんよく |
partial bath (e.g. foot bath, hip bath); bathing only one part of the body |
都々一 see styles |
dodoitsu どどいつ |
(obscure) (obsolete) (archaism) unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern |
都々逸 see styles |
dodoitsu どどいつ |
(obscure) (obsolete) (archaism) unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern |
都都逸 see styles |
dodoitsu どどいつ |
(obscure) (obsolete) (archaism) unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern |
鄧世昌 邓世昌 see styles |
dèng shì chāng deng4 shi4 chang1 teng shih ch`ang teng shih chang |
Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese |
酢豆腐 see styles |
sudoufu / sudofu すどうふ |
person who pretends to be knowledgeable; self-proclaimed expert with only superficial knowledge; know-all; know-it-all |
酷斯拉 see styles |
kù sī lā ku4 si1 la1 k`u ssu la ku ssu la |
Godzilla (Japanese ゴジラ Gojira); see also 哥斯拉[Ge1 si1 la1] |
酷暑日 see styles |
kokushobi こくしょび |
(1) (colloquialism) (See 猛暑日) day on which the temperature rises above 35°C; extremely hot day; (2) (used by the Japanese Weather Association) day on which the temperature rises above 40°C |
醤油顔 see styles |
shouyugao / shoyugao しょうゆがお |
typically Japanese face |
Variations: |
sai; sae さい; さえ |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 骰子) dice; die; (2) (さい only) (See 采配・1) baton (of command) |
Variations: |
sato さと |
(1) village; hamlet; (2) countryside; country; (3) (里 only) home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; (4) (里 only) (See 御里) one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past |
野地鼠 see styles |
yachinezumi やちねずみ |
(1) (kana only) Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni); (2) red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes) |
野木瓜 see styles |
mube むべ |
(gikun reading) (kana only) Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla) |
野田藤 see styles |
nodafuji; nodanofuji(ok); nodafuji のだふじ; のだのふじ(ok); ノダフジ |
(See 藤) Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) |
野臥間 see styles |
nobusuma のぶすま |
(1) legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel; (2) Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys); (3) (food term) Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken |
野茉莉 see styles |
egonoki; egonoki えごのき; エゴノキ |
Japanese snowbell; styrax japonica |
野路子 see styles |
yě lù zi ye3 lu4 zi5 yeh lu tzu nojiko のじこ |
(coll.) unorthodox (method etc) (kana only) Japanese yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata); (female given name) Nojiko |
金剛桜 see styles |
kongouzakura / kongozakura こんごうざくら |
(rare) (See 上溝桜) Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) |
金剛界 金刚界 see styles |
jīn gāng jiè jin1 gang1 jie4 chin kang chieh kongoukai / kongokai こんごうかい |
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎. |
金平糖 see styles |
jīn píng táng jin1 ping2 tang2 chin p`ing t`ang chin ping tang konpeitou / konpeto こんぺいとう |
a type of small, bumpy, colored, hard sugar candy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 金平糖 "konpeitō") (ateji / phonetic) small coloured sugar candy covered in bulges (por: confeito) |
金明竹 see styles |
kinmeitake / kinmetake きんめいたけ |
(See 真竹) Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides); (personal name) Kinmeitake |
金玉糖 see styles |
kingyokutou / kingyokuto きんぎょくとう |
{food} traditional Japanese summer candy |
金瓜石 see styles |
jīn guā shí jin1 gua1 shi2 chin kua shih |
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945) |
金魚蝨 see styles |
chou / cho ちょう |
(kana only) Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus) |
Variations: |
botan(p); botan ボタン(P); ぼたん |
(kana only) (kanji is only used for push-buttons) button (por: botão) |
鉤括弧 see styles |
kagikakko かぎかっこ |
(kana only) square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks |
銀杏返 see styles |
ichougaeshi / ichogaeshi いちょうがえし |
(irregular okurigana usage) ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle |
銅鑼燒 铜锣烧 see styles |
tóng luó shāo tong2 luo2 shao1 t`ung lo shao tung lo shao |
dorayaki (a Japanese confection) |
Variations: |
shikoro しころ |
(See 兜) series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet |
鍵括弧 see styles |
kagikakko かぎかっこ |
(irregular kanji usage) (kana only) square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks |
鎮守府 see styles |
chinjufu ちんじゅふ |
(1) (hist) naval district (of the Imperial Japanese Navy); naval station; (2) (hist) (See 蝦夷・1) military base (for suppressing Emishi; in ancient Japan) |
長岡京 see styles |
nagaokakyou / nagaokakyo ながおかきょう |
(1) (hist) Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794); (2) (ながおかきょう only) Nagaokakyō (city); (place-name) Nagaokakyō |
長崎派 see styles |
nagasakiha ながさきは |
(hist) {art} Nagasaki school of Japanese painting (Edo period) |
長谷川 长谷川 see styles |
cháng gǔ chuān chang2 gu3 chuan1 ch`ang ku ch`uan chang ku chuan hayagawa はやがわ |
Hasegawa (Japanese surname) (surname) Hayagawa |
開口音 see styles |
kaikouon / kaikoon かいこうおん |
(1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds |
関東軍 see styles |
kantougun / kantogun かんとうぐん |
(hist) Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo); (personal name) Kantougun |
關東煮 关东煮 see styles |
guān dōng zhǔ guan1 dong1 zhu3 kuan tung chu |
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth |
關東軍 关东军 see styles |
guān dōng jun guan1 dong1 jun1 kuan tung chün |
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o a mi to Amida あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
阿波波 see styles |
ā bō bō a1 bo1 bo1 a po po ahaha |
ababa, hahava, the only sound possible to those in the fourth of the eight cold hells. |
阿莎力 see styles |
ā shā lì a1 sha1 li4 a sha li |
(coll.) straightforward; unreserved; openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari") |
阿黑顏 阿黑颜 see styles |
ā hēi yán a1 hei1 yan2 a hei yen |
(ACG) ahegao (loanword from Japanese アヘ顔) |
陳納德 陈纳德 see styles |
chén nà dé chen2 na4 de2 ch`en na te chen na te |
Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飛虎隊|飞虎队[Fei1 hu3 dui4], a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II |
隠し題 see styles |
kakushidai かくしだい |
(See 物名・2) classical Japanese poetry hiding the theme name in consecutive morae |
雀の稗 see styles |
suzumenohie; suzumenohie すずめのひえ; スズメノヒエ |
(kana only) Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii) |
雁皮紙 see styles |
ganpishi がんぴし |
(See 雁皮・1) traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) |
集合犯 see styles |
shuugouhan / shugohan しゅうごうはん |
(1) single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling); (2) (See 集団犯罪) crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) |
集近閉 see styles |
shuukinpei / shukinpe しゅうきんぺい |
(joc) (from 集合, 近接, 閉鎖; pun on Xi Jinping (習近平) due to same Japanese pronunciation) (See ３密・1) three Cs; three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact) |
雞毛店 鸡毛店 see styles |
jī máo diàn ji1 mao2 dian4 chi mao tien |
a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on |
雲雀貝 see styles |
hibarigai; hibarigai ひばりがい; ヒバリガイ |
(kana only) Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus) |
零余子 see styles |
reiyoshi / reyoshi れいよし |
(kana only) bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud; (given name) Reiyoshi |
霓虹國 霓虹国 see styles |
ní hóng guó ni2 hong2 guo2 ni hung kuo |
(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, 日本 "Nihon") |
霞が関 see styles |
kasumigaseki かすみがせき |
(1) area in Tokyo; (2) Japanese government departments (euph); (place-name) Kasumigaseki |
霞ケ関 see styles |
kasumigaseki かすみがせき |
(1) area in Tokyo; (2) Japanese government departments (euph); (place-name) Kasumigaseki |
露出形 see styles |
roshutsukei / roshutsuke ろしゅつけい |
{ling} (See 被覆形) exposed form (in Japanese morphology) |
青大将 see styles |
aodaishou; aodaishou / aodaisho; aodaisho あおだいしょう; アオダイショウ |
(kana only) Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) |
静岡茶 see styles |
shizuokacha しずおかちゃ |
Shizuoka-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture |
面喰い see styles |
menkui めんくい |
being attracted by physical looks only; person who is only interested in looks |
面食い see styles |
menkui めんくい |
being attracted by physical looks only; person who is only interested in looks |
韓復榘 韩复榘 see styles |
hán fù jǔ han2 fu4 ju3 han fu chü |
Han Fuju (1890–1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese |
音義説 see styles |
ongisetsu おんぎせつ |
theory that each sound in Japanese is associated with a certain meaning |
須磨琴 see styles |
sumagoto すまごと |
(See 一弦琴) single-stringed Japanese zither |
頓服薬 see styles |
tonpukuyaku とんぷくやく |
dose of medicine to be taken only once |
頭高型 see styles |
atamadakagata あたまだかがた |
{ling} pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low |
顏文字 颜文字 see styles |
yán wén zì yan2 wen2 zi4 yen wen tzu |
Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶) |
風土記 see styles |
fudoki ふどき |
(product) Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century); (product name) Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century) |
風藤葛 see styles |
fuutoukazura; fuutoukazura / futokazura; futokazura ふうとうかずら; フウトウカズラ |
(kana only) Japanese pepper (Piper kadsura) |
飛び魚 see styles |
tobiuo とびうお |
(kana only) flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) |
飯袋子 饭袋子 see styles |
fàn dài zǐ fan4 dai4 zi3 fan tai tzu |
A rice-bag fellow, a monk only devoted to his food, useless. |
飽く迄 see styles |
akumade あくまで |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost; (2) (kana only) after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply |
餅躑躅 see styles |
mochitsutsuji もちつつじ |
(1) (kana only) Rhododendron macrosepalum; (2) (kana only) (archaism) Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); renge azalea |
養樂多 养乐多 see styles |
yǎng lè duō yang3 le4 duo1 yang le to |
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink) |
餡パン see styles |
anpan; anpan; anpan あんパン; アンパン; あんぱん |
(1) (kana only) (See あんこ・1) anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste; (2) (アンパン only) (slang) paint thinner (as an inhalant) |
馬自達 马自达 see styles |
mǎ zì dá ma3 zi4 da2 ma tzu ta |
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田); also known as 萬事得|万事得 |
馬酔木 see styles |
masebo ませぼ |
(kana only) Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica); lily-of-the-valley; (personal name) Masebo |
高島屋 see styles |
takashimaya たかしまや |
(1) (surname) Takashimaya; (2) (company) Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain); (surname) Takashimaya; (c) Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain) |
高嶺桜 see styles |
takanezakura; takanezakura たかねざくら; タカネザクラ |
(kana only) (rare) (See 峰桜) Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica) |
高砂台 see styles |
takasagodai たかさごだい |
(See 高砂・3,高砂の松) (Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls; (place-name) Takasagodai |
高野槇 see styles |
kouyamaki / koyamaki こうやまき |
(kana only) Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata); parasol pine; koyamaki |
高野槙 see styles |
takanomaki たかのまき |
(kana only) Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata); parasol pine; koyamaki; (surname) Takanomaki |
高野紙 see styles |
kouyagami / koyagami こうやがみ |
(See 和紙) Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya |
高麗楽 see styles |
komagaku こまがく |
(See 右方高麗楽) old Japanese court music from the Nara period |
高麗鼠 see styles |
komanezumi こまねずみ |
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus) |
鯉魚旗 鲤鱼旗 see styles |
lǐ yú qí li3 yu2 qi2 li yü ch`i li yü chi |
koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day |
鯛魚燒 鲷鱼烧 see styles |
diāo yú shāo diao1 yu2 shao1 tiao yü shao |
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste |
鯣烏賊 see styles |
surumeika; surumeika / surumeka; surumeka するめいか; スルメイカ |
(kana only) Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) |
鳥の子 see styles |
torinoko とりのこ |
(1) bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg); (2) chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken); (3) (abbreviation) (See 鳥の子紙) eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy); (4) (abbreviation) (See 鳥の子色) eggshell (colour); (5) (abbreviation) (See 鳥の子餅) red and white oval rice cakes; (female given name) Torinoko |
鳥取弁 see styles |
tottoriben とっとりべん |
(See 出雲弁) dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture |
鳳凰丸 see styles |
hououmaru / hoomaru ほうおうまる |
(hist) Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853) |
Variations: |
nue ぬえ |
(1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) (See トラツグミ) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) mysterious person; person of unknown character; enigma |
Variations: |
uguisu; uguisu うぐいす; ウグイス |
(1) (kana only) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 鶯茶) greenish brown; (n,n-pref) (3) beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice |
鶴の技 see styles |
tsurunowaza つるのわざ |
(fict) crane kick (in the movie Karate Kid); (fic) crane kick (in the movie Karate Kid) |
鹿兒島 鹿儿岛 see styles |
lù ér dǎo lu4 er2 dao3 lu erh tao kagoshima かごしま |
Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu (surname) Kagoshima |
黄心樹 see styles |
ogatamanoki おがたまのき |
(kana only) Michelia compressa (species of Japanese tree similar to champak) |
黄頷蛇 see styles |
aodaishou / aodaisho あおだいしょう |
(irregular kanji usage) (kana only) Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) |
黏著語 黏着语 see styles |
nián zhuó yǔ nian2 zhuo2 yu3 nien cho yü |
agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese) |
黐躑躅 see styles |
mochitsutsuji もちつつじ |
(1) (kana only) Rhododendron macrosepalum; (2) (kana only) (archaism) Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); renge azalea |
黑林鴿 黑林鸽 see styles |
hēi lín gē hei1 lin2 ge1 hei lin ko |
(bird species of China) black wood pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) |
黑澤明 黑泽明 see styles |
hēi zé míng hei1 ze2 ming2 hei tse ming |
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Shotokan Karate-Do Japanese Only" 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
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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