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Simple Dictionary Definition |
對了 对了 see styles |
duì le dui4 le5 tui le |
Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers something one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ... |
導く see styles |
michibiku みちびく |
(transitive verb) (1) to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct; (transitive verb) (2) (See 方程式を導く) to derive; to deduce |
導引 导引 see styles |
dǎo yǐn dao3 yin3 tao yin douin / doin どういん |
same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]; Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage (1) guidance; showing the way; (2) (See あん摩・あんま・1) massage; (3) tao yin; Taoist Neigong; Taoist exercises To lead. |
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. |
小者 see styles |
komono こもの |
(1) young person; (2) servant; errand boy in a samurai family; (3) person of lowly status |
屈伏 see styles |
qū fú qu1 fu2 ch`ü fu chü fu kutsufuku くっぷく |
(noun/participle) yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing to submit |
屈服 see styles |
qū fú qu1 fu2 ch`ü fu chü fu kuppuku くっぷく |
to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over (noun/participle) yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing |
崖限 see styles |
yá xiàn ya2 xian4 ya hsien |
cliff barring the way; fig. brick wall |
帝道 see styles |
teidou / tedo ていどう |
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule |
帰路 see styles |
kiro きろ |
one's way back; one's way home; (surname) Kiro |
帰途 see styles |
kito きと |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) on the way back; returning |
帶路 带路 see styles |
dài lù dai4 lu4 tai lu |
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct |
常情 see styles |
cháng qíng chang2 qing2 ch`ang ch`ing chang ching |
common sense; the way people usually feel about things |
常法 see styles |
cháng fǎ chang2 fa3 ch`ang fa chang fa tsunenori つねのり |
convention; normal practice; conventional treatment (1) fixed rule; (2) usual way; usual method; (surname) Tsunenori constant norm |
常規 常规 see styles |
cháng guī chang2 gui1 ch`ang kuei chang kuei jouki / joki じょうき |
code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc) standard; common standard; standard rule; standard way of doing; established usage; (given name) Tsunenori |
常軌 常轨 see styles |
cháng guǐ chang2 gui3 ch`ang kuei chang kuei jouki / joki じょうき |
normal practice normal course (of action); proper course; regular way the constant standard |
常道 see styles |
cháng dào chang2 dao4 ch`ang tao chang tao joudou / jodo じょうどう |
normal and proper practice; conventional practice; common occurrence normal practice; proper practice; (surname, given name) Tsunemichi Eternal Tao; the way of eternity; regular ways, the regulation path. |
廻り see styles |
meguri めぐり mawari まわり |
(1) circumference; girth; (2) tour; pilgrimage; (3) circulation (e.g. of blood); (1) rotation; (2) making the rounds; (3) spreading; (4) effect; efficacy; (n-suf,n) (5) by way of; via; (suf,ctr) (6) round; turn; (7) size; (8) 12-year period; 12-year age difference |
引路 see styles |
yǐn lù yin3 lu4 yin lu |
to guide; to show the way |
引領 引领 see styles |
yǐn lǐng yin3 ling3 yin ling |
to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way |
彎路 弯路 see styles |
wān lù wan1 lu4 wan lu |
winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing something) |
彷徨 see styles |
páng huáng pang2 huang2 p`ang huang pang huang houkou / hoko ほうこう |
to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver (n,vs,vi) wandering; rambling; roaming; (female given name) Kanata |
彼岸 see styles |
bǐ àn bi3 an4 pi an higan ひがん |
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita (1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbreviation) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) {Buddh} (See 此岸) nirvana; (4) (form) opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side 波羅 parā, yonder shore i. e. nirvāṇa. The saṃsāra life of reincarnation is 此岸 this shore; the stream of karma is 中流 the stream between the one shore and the other. Metaphor for an end to any affair. pāramitā (an incorrect etymology, no doubt old) is the way to reach the other shore.; The other shore; nirvāṇa. |
彼是 see styles |
karekore かれこれ arekore あれこれ |
(adv,pn) (1) (kana only) one thing or another; this way and that; this and that; this or that; (2) (kana only) around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about; (adv,pn) (kana only) one thing or another; this way and that; this and that; this or that |
彼此 see styles |
bǐ cǐ bi3 ci3 pi tz`u pi tzu hi shi かれこれ |
each other; one another (adv,pn) (1) (kana only) one thing or another; this way and that; this and that; this or that; (2) (kana only) around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about; (adv,pn) (kana only) one thing or another; this way and that; this and that; this or that one another |
彼流 see styles |
kareryuu / kareryu かれりゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) his style; her style; his way (of); her way (of) |
往く see styles |
yuku ゆく iku いく |
(out-dated kanji) (v5k-s,vi) (1) to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; (2) to proceed; to take place; (3) to pass through; to come and go; (4) to walk; (5) to do (in a specific way); (6) to stream; to flow; (auxiliary verb) (7) to continue; (v5k-s,vi) (8) (kana only) to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; (9) (kana only) (slang) to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination |
後手 后手 see styles |
hòu shǒu hou4 shou3 hou shou gote ごて |
defensive position (in chess); room for maneuver; a way of escape (1) (See 先手・せんて・2) losing initiative; being forestalled; (2) second move (in go or shogi); moving second; person with the second move; (3) (See 後詰め) rear guard |
徑跡 径迹 see styles |
jìng jì jing4 ji4 ching chi |
track; trajectory; path; way; means; diameter; directly |
徒侍 see styles |
kachizamurai かちざむらい |
humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot |
徒士 see styles |
kajishi かじし |
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (place-name) Kajishi |
得法 see styles |
dé fǎ de2 fa3 te fa tokuhō |
(doing something) in the right way; suitable; properly to attain the dharma |
得逞 see styles |
dé chěng de2 cheng3 te ch`eng te cheng |
to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it |
得道 see styles |
dé dào de2 dao4 te tao tokudou / tokudo とくどう |
to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal (noun/participle) attaining salvation; (given name) Noriyori To obtain the way, or the religion; by obedience to the commandments, practice of meditation, and knowledge, to attain enlightenment. |
從教 从教 see styles |
cóng jiào cong2 jiao4 ts`ung chiao tsung chiao samo araba are |
to work as a teacher if that's the way it is |
御薪 see styles |
mikamagi みかまぎ |
(1) (archaism) kindling burned in shrines and temples; (2) (archaism) special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year); (3) (archaism) kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryō period |
御辺 see styles |
gohen; onatari ごへん; おんあたり |
(pronoun) (archaism) (polite language) (usu. used by samurai to their equals or people of slightly higher standing) you; (surname) Onbe |
徧計 徧计 see styles |
biàn jì bian4 ji4 pien chi henge |
parakalpita. Counting everything as real, the way of the unenlightened. |
復舊 复旧 see styles |
fù jiù fu4 jiu4 fu chiu |
to restore old way; to return to the past |
徯徑 徯径 see styles |
xī jìng xi1 jing4 hsi ching |
path; way (method) |
徹る see styles |
tooru とおる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; (2) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain); (13) (archaism) to be well-informed; to be wise; (suf,v5r) (14) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly |
心態 心态 see styles |
xīn tài xin1 tai4 hsin t`ai hsin tai |
attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality |
志士 see styles |
shishi しし |
(1) (hist) imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; (2) patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation; (personal name) Shishi |
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 |
思路 see styles |
sī lù si1 lu4 ssu lu |
line of thought; way of thinking |
恁般 see styles |
rèn bān ren4 ban1 jen pan |
(old) this way; this much |
恁麼 恁么 see styles |
rèn me ren4 me5 jen me inmo |
(old) this way; what? in that way... |
悟道 see styles |
wù dào wu4 dao4 wu tao godou / godo ごどう |
{Buddh} (the path of spiritual) enlightenment; (given name) Norimichi To awaken to the truth. |
悪法 see styles |
akuhou / akuho あくほう |
(1) bad law; (2) (archaism) evil ways; evil way of doing things |
惑趣 see styles |
huò qù huo4 qu4 huo ch`ü huo chü wakushu |
The way or direction of illusion, delusive objective, intp. as deluded in fundamental principles. |
想法 see styles |
xiǎng fǎ xiang3 fa3 hsiang fa |
way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do something); CL:個|个[ge4] |
愚策 see styles |
gusaku ぐさく |
(1) stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (2) (humble language) (one's own) plan; project |
愣干 see styles |
lèng gàn leng4 gan4 leng kan |
to do things recklessly; to persist in doing something in one's own way |
愣幹 愣干 see styles |
lèng gàn leng4 gan4 leng kan |
to do things recklessly; to persist in doing something in one's own way |
慣性 惯性 see styles |
guàn xìng guan4 xing4 kuan hsing kansei / kanse かんせい |
(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual {physics} inertia |
懸腕 see styles |
kenwan けんわん |
(See 懸腕直筆・けんわんちょくひつ) way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air |
成道 see styles |
chéng dào cheng2 dao4 ch`eng tao cheng tao joudou / jodo じょうどう |
to reach illumination (Buddhism) (n,vs,vi) completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment); (personal name) Narumichi To attain the Way, or become enlightened, e.g. the Buddha under the bodhi tree. |
我流 see styles |
garyuu / garyu がりゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style |
戒躅 see styles |
jiè zhú jie4 zhu2 chieh chu kaichoku |
The rut or way of the commandments; the rules. |
戒門 戒门 see styles |
jiè mén jie4 men2 chieh men kaimon |
The way or method of the commandments or rules: obedience to the commandments as a way of salvation. |
戻る see styles |
modoru もどる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to turn back (e.g. half-way); (v5r,vi) (2) to return; to go back; (v5r,vi) (3) to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; (v5r,vi) (4) to rebound; to spring back |
所で see styles |
tokorode ところで |
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) by the way; incidentally; (conjunction) (2) (after the plain past form of a verb) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) |
扇腹 see styles |
ougibara / ogibara おうぎばら |
(hist) (See 切腹・1) fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated |
手元 see styles |
temoto てもと |
(adverb) (1) at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand; (2) way of moving one's arms; skill; (3) money at hand; pocket money; (4) grip; handle; (place-name) Temoto |
手段 see styles |
shǒu duàn shou3 duan4 shou tuan shudan しゅだん |
method; way; means (of doing something); skill; ability; trick; wile means; way; measure |
手許 see styles |
temoto てもと |
(adverb) (1) at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand; (2) way of moving one's arms; skill; (3) money at hand; pocket money; (4) grip; handle |
打法 see styles |
dǎ fǎ da3 fa3 ta fa dahou / daho だほう |
to play (a card); to make a move in a game {sports} batting style; batting form; swing; way of striking the ball; way of swinging the racket |
投法 see styles |
touhou / toho とうほう |
{sports} way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique |
折助 see styles |
orisuke おりすけ |
(hist) manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period) |
抜道 see styles |
nukemichi ぬけみち |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) byway; bypath; byroad; secret path; way of escape; (2) loophole; excuse |
拓く see styles |
hiraku ひらく |
(transitive verb) (See 開く・ひらく・9) to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land) |
拙者 see styles |
sessha せっしゃ |
(pronoun) (humble language) (archaism) (masculine speech) (primarily used by samurai) I; me |
指引 see styles |
zhǐ yǐn zhi3 yin3 chih yin |
to guide; to show; to point (the way); directions; guidance; guidelines |
振り see styles |
buri ぶり |
(suffix) (1) (kana only) style; manner; way; (suffix) (2) (kana only) (See 久しぶり・ひさしぶり) after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time) |
振方 see styles |
furikata ふりかた |
(1) manner of swinging; way of swinging; (2) way of dealing with something |
捧殺 捧杀 see styles |
pěng shā peng3 sha1 p`eng sha peng sha |
to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent) |
措詞 措词 see styles |
cuò cí cuo4 ci2 ts`o tz`u tso tzu |
wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction |
措辭 措辞 see styles |
cuò cí cuo4 ci2 ts`o tz`u tso tzu |
wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction See: 措辞 |
換言 see styles |
kangen かんげん |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (See 換言すれば) saying in other words; putting (something) another way |
揣食 see styles |
chuāi shí chuai1 shi2 ch`uai shih chuai shih tanjiki |
The Indian way of eating by first rolling the food into a ball in the hand; also 團食. |
擋路 挡路 see styles |
dǎng lù dang3 lu4 tang lu |
to be in the way; to block the path |
擠進 挤进 see styles |
jǐ jìn ji3 jin4 chi chin |
to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into |
擠過 挤过 see styles |
jǐ guò ji3 guo4 chi kuo |
to squeeze through; to force one's way through |
攔住 拦住 see styles |
lán zhù lan2 zhu4 lan chu |
to stop; to bar the way |
攘辟 see styles |
rǎng bì rang3 bi4 jang pi |
to stand off; to make way |
改口 see styles |
gǎi kǒu gai3 kou3 kai k`ou kai kou kaikuchi かいくち |
to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) (surname) Kaikuchi |
政法 see styles |
zhèng fǎ zheng4 fa3 cheng fa seihou / seho せいほう |
politics and law (1) politics and law; political science and law; (2) way of governing; (personal name) Masanori |
故道 see styles |
gù dào gu4 dao4 ku tao |
old road; old way; old course (of a river) |
敗道 败道 see styles |
bài dào bai4 dao4 pai tao baidō |
ruination of the way |
教法 see styles |
jiào fǎ jiao4 fa3 chiao fa kyouhou / kyoho きょうほう |
teaching method; teachings; doctrine (1) teachings of Buddha; (2) teaching method; way of teaching doctrine |
教道 see styles |
jiào dào jiao4 dao4 chiao tao norimichi のりみち |
(given name) Norimichi To teach a way, or religion; a taught way contrasted with an intuitional way; the way of teaching. |
斯う see styles |
kou / ko こう |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker) (See 然う・1,ああ,如何・どう) in this way; thus; such; (interjection) (2) (kana only) (interjection used as a verbal pause) uh... |
斯く see styles |
kaku かく |
(adv,adj-no) (kana only) like this; such; thus; in this way |
新伝 see styles |
shinden しんでん |
(adjectival noun) new style; new way; modern; ultra modern; (surname) Shinden |
新手 see styles |
xīn shǒu xin1 shou3 hsin shou arate(p); shinte あらて(P); しんて |
new hand; novice; raw recruit (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (あらて only) fresh troops; fresh players; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (あらて only) (See 古手・2) newcomer; new employee; new worker; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) new method; new way; new type; (place-name) Arate |
新造 see styles |
xīn zào xin1 zao4 hsin tsao shinzou; shinzo / shinzo; shinzo しんぞう; しんぞ |
newly made (noun, transitive verb) (1) construction; building; (2) (See 新造船) newly built ship; new boat; (3) (dated) (another's) wife (usu. young); (4) (dated) young, unmarried woman; (5) (obsolete) wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman; (6) (archaism) young prostitute who has just started working (as an assistant to an older prostitute); (surname, given name) Shinzou |
方々 see styles |
houbou / hobo ほうぼう katagata かたがた |
(n-adv,n) here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over; (1) (honorific or respectful language) they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...); (2) (honorific or respectful language) you (usu. plural); (adverb) (3) various |
方向 see styles |
fāng xiàng fang1 xiang4 fang hsiang houkou / hoko ほうこう |
direction; orientation; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way; (2) course (e.g. of action) |
方式 see styles |
fāng shì fang1 shi4 fang shih houshiki / hoshiki ほうしき |
way; manner; style; mode; pattern; CL:個|个[ge4] form; method; system; formula |
方方 see styles |
houbou / hobo ほうぼう katagata かたがた |
(n-adv,n) here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over; (1) (honorific or respectful language) they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...); (2) (honorific or respectful language) you (usu. plural); (adverb) (3) various |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Bushido - the Way of the Samurai" 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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