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上手

see styles
shàng shǒu
    shang4 shou3
shang shou
 nobote
    のぼて
to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 下手・へた・1) skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever; (2) flattery; (place-name) Nobote
abbot

上班

see styles
shàng bān
    shang4 ban1
shang pan
to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

上鐘


上钟

see styles
shàng zhōng
    shang4 zhong1
shang chung
 uekane
    うえかね
to clock in for work
(place-name) Uekane

下々

see styles
 shimosou / shimoso
    しもそう
the lower classes; the common people; (place-name) Shimosou

下下

see styles
xià xià
    xia4 xia4
hsia hsia
 gege
    しもじも
the lower classes; the common people
least of the least

下工

see styles
xià gōng
    xia4 gong1
hsia kung
 shimoku
    しもく
to knock off (at the end of a day's work); to finish work
(place-name) Shimoku

下情

see styles
xià qíng
    xia4 qing2
hsia ch`ing
    hsia ching
 kajou / kajo
    かじょう
feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech)
condition of the common people
feelings of ordinary people

下放

see styles
xià fàng
    xia4 fang4
hsia fang
 kahou / kaho
    かほう
to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
(hist) (See 下放運動・かほううんどう) movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968)

下様

see styles
 shimozama
    しもざま
lower classes; common people

下民

see styles
 gemin; kamin
    げみん; かみん
(1) the lower classes; the masses; the common people; (2) (derogatory term) underclass; riffraff

下班

see styles
xià bān
    xia4 ban1
hsia pan
 shimohan
    しもはん
to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
(place-name) Shimohan

下田

see styles
xià tián
    xia4 tian2
hsia t`ien
    hsia tien
 misada
    みさだ
to go out to work in the fields
worn-out rice land; (place-name) Misada

下轉


下转

see styles
xià zhuǎn
    xia4 zhuan3
hsia chuan
 geten
The downward turn, in transmigration. Primal ignorance or unenlightenment 無明acting against the primal, true, or Buddha-nature causes transmigration. The opposite is上轉 when the good prevails over the evil. 下轉is sometimes used for 下化 to save those below.

下部

see styles
 shimobe
    しもべ
(1) lower part; substructure; (2) subordinate (office); good and faithful servant; (place-name, surname) Shimobe

不二

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bù èr
    bu4 er4
pu erh
 fuji
    ふじ
the only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty)
{Buddh} advaitam (non-duality); (surname, female given name) Fuji
advaya. No second, non-duality, the one and undivided, the unity of all things, the one reality、 the universal Buddha-nature. There are numerous combinations, e. g. 善惡不二 good and evil are not a dualism: nor are 有 and 空 the material and immaterial, nor are 迷 and 悟 delusion and awareness— all these are of the one Buddha-nature.

不佳

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bù jiā
    bu4 jia1
pu chia
not good

不及

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bù jí
    bu4 ji2
pu chi
 fukyū
to fall short of; not as good as; too late
is not aware

不啻

see styles
bù chì
    bu4 chi4
pu ch`ih
    pu chih
just as; no less than; like (something momentous); as good as; tantamount to

不善

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bù shàn
    bu4 shan4
pu shan
 fuzen
    ふぜん
bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
evil; sin; vice; mischief
Not good; contrary to the right and harmful to present and future life, e. g. 五逆十惡.

不好

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bù hǎo
    bu4 hao3
pu hao
 fukō
no good
not good

不如

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bù rú
    bu4 ru2
pu ju
 shikazu
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
not like

不妙

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bù miào
    bu4 miao4
pu miao
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring

不少

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bù shǎo
    bu4 shao3
pu shao
many; quite a few; a good number of

不淨


不净

see styles
bù jìng
    bu4 jing4
pu ching
 fujō
Unclean, common, vile.

不濟


不济

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bù jì
    bu4 ji4
pu chi
(coll.) no good; of no use

不若

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bù ruò
    bu4 ruo4
pu jo
not as good as; not equal to; inferior

不行

see styles
bù xíng
    bu4 xing2
pu hsing
 fugyō
won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
not practicing

不賴


不赖

see styles
bù lài
    bu4 lai4
pu lai
(coll.) not bad; good; fine

不錯


不错

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bù cuò
    bu4 cuo4
pu ts`o
    pu tso
correct; right; not bad; pretty good

不靈


不灵

see styles
bù líng
    bu4 ling2
pu ling
not work; be ineffective

与太

see styles
 yota; yota
    よた; ヨタ
(1) idle talk; nonsense; rubbish; humbug; (2) fool; idiot; good-for-nothing fellow; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) irresponsible; nonsensical

世俗

see styles
shì sú
    shi4 su2
shih su
 sezoku; seizoku / sezoku; sezoku
    せぞく; せいぞく
profane; secular; worldly
(1) worldly things; common customs; ordinary life; popular taste; (2) the world; the (common) people; the masses; (3) (See 世俗主義) secularity
laukika; common or ordinary things, custom, experiences, common or worldly ways or views).

世法

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shì fǎ
    shi4 fa3
shih fa
 sehō
Common or ordinary dharmas, i. e. truths, laws, things, etc.

世福

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shì fú
    shi4 fu2
shih fu
 sefuku
Earthly happiness, arising from the ordinary good living of those unenlightened by Buddhism, one of the 三福; also, the blessings of this world.

世話

see styles
 sewa
    せわ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) care; looking after; help; assistance; aid; (2) trouble; bother; (noun, transitive verb) (3) good offices; recommendation; introduction; (4) everyday life; everyday affairs; everyday language; (5) (abbreviation) (See 世話物) sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

並み

see styles
 nami
    なみ
(n,n-suf) (1) average; medium; common; ordinary; (2) line; row of (e.g. houses); (3) mid-grade; (4) same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth)

中々

see styles
 nakanaka
    なかなか
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good

中中

see styles
zhōng zhōng
    zhong1 zhong1
chung chung
 chūchū
    なかなか
middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school")
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good
middling of the middling

中吉

see styles
 nakayoshi
    なかよし
(See おみくじ) moderately good luck (in fortune-telling); (surname) Nakayoshi

中奥

see styles
 nakaoku
    なかおく
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life; (place-name, surname) Nakaoku

中論


中论

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zhōng lùn
    zhong1 lun4
chung lun
 Chūron
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

丰姿

see styles
fēng zī
    feng1 zi1
feng tzu
charm; good looks

主著

see styles
 shucho
    しゅちょ
one's chief (literary) work; main work

久曠


久旷

see styles
jiǔ kuàng
    jiu3 kuang4
chiu k`uang
    chiu kuang
to leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work; to remain single

乗務

see styles
 joumu / jomu
    じょうむ
(n,vs,vi) doing transport-related work

乗手

see styles
 norite
    のりて
passenger; rider; good rider

乞食

see styles
qǐ shí
    qi3 shi2
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 kojiki(p); kotsujiki(ok)
    こじき(P); こつじき(ok)
to beg for food
(1) (sensitive word) beggar; (n,vs,vi) (2) begging
To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food.

乾道

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 kendou / kendo
    けんどう
(1) the ways of heaven; the virtue of good health and strength; (2) the ways of men; the path that men should follow

亂善


乱善

see styles
luàn shàn
    luan4 shan4
luan shan
 ranzen
To disturb the good, confound goodness; the confused goodness of those who worship, etc., with divided mind.

予鈴

see styles
 yorei / yore
    よれい
(See 本鈴) bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell

事務


事务

see styles
shì wù
    shi4 wu4
shih wu
 jimu
    じむ
(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
affair

事工

see styles
shì gōng
    shi4 gong1
shih kung
(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)

事度

see styles
shì dù
    shi4 du4
shih tu
 jido
Salvation by observing the five commandments, the ten good deeds, etc.

事業


事业

see styles
shì yè
    shi4 ye4
shih yeh
 jigyou / jigyo
    じぎょう
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry; (2) (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program; service
action

事由

see styles
shì yóu
    shi4 you2
shih yu
 jiyuu / jiyu
    じゆう
main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose; subject (of business letter)
reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars

二善

see styles
èr shàn
    er4 shan4
erh shan
 futayoshi
    ふたよし
(surname) Futayoshi
The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice.

二嚴


二严

see styles
èr yán
    er4 yan2
erh yen
 ni gon
The dual adornment, that of 智慧 wisdom and that of 福德; good deeds, 涅槃經 27.

二因

see styles
èr yīn
    er4 yin1
erh yin
 niin / nin
    にいん
{Buddh} two causes
Two causes, of which there are various definitions: (1) 生因 The producing cause (of all good things); and 了因 the revealing or illuminating cause i.e. knowledge, or wisdom. (2) 能生因 The 8th 識 q. v.: the cause that is able to produce all sense and perceptions, also all good and evil; and 方便因 the environmental or adaptive cause, which aids the 8th 識, as water or earth does the seed, etc. (3) 習因 or 同類因 Practice or habit as cause e. g. desire causing desire; and 報因 or 果熟因 the rewarding cause, or fruit-ripening cause, e. g. pleasure or pain caused by good or evil deeds. (4) 正因 Correct or direct cause i.e. the Buddha-nature of all beings; and 緣因 the contributory cause, or enlightenment (see 了因 above) which evolves the 正因 or Buddha-nature by good works. (5) 近因 Immediate or direct cause and 遠因 distant or indirect cause or causes.

二心

see styles
èr xīn
    er4 xin1
erh hsin
 nishin
    ふたごころ
disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
The two minds, 眞心 the original, simple, pure, natural mind of all creatures, the Buddha-mind, i.e. 如來藏心; and 妄心 the illusion-mind, which results in complexity and confusion. Also, 定心 the meditative mind, or mind fixed on goodness; and the 散心 the scattered, inattentive mind, or mind that is only good at intervals.

二果

see styles
èr guǒ
    er4 guo3
erh kuo
 nika
Sakṛdāgāmin; v. 裟 and 斯. The second "fruit" of the four kinds of Hīnayāna arhats, who have only once more to return to mortality. Also the two kinds of fruit or karma: (a) 習氣果 The good or evil characteristics resulting from habit or practice in a former existence; (b) 報果the pain or pleasure resulting (in this life) from the practices of a previous life.

二業


二业

see styles
èr yè
    er4 ye4
erh yeh
 nigyou / nigyo
    にぎょう
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments
Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method.

二邊


二边

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èr biān
    er4 bian1
erh pien
 nihen
(a) 有邊 That things exist; (6) 無邊 that since nothing is self-existent, things cannot be said to exist. (2) (a) 增益邊 The plus side, the common belief in a soul and permanence; (b) 損減邊 the minus side, that nothing exists even of karma. (3) (a) 斷邊見 and (b) 常邊見 annihilation and immortality; v. 見.

互格

see styles
 gokaku
    ごかく
(irregular kanji usage) (adj-na,n,adj-no) equality; evenness; par; good match

互素

see styles
hù sù
    hu4 su4
hu su
(math.) coprime; relatively prime (having no common factor)

互角

see styles
 gokaku
    ごかく
(adj-na,n,adj-no) equality; evenness; par; good match

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五善

see styles
wǔ shàn
    wu3 shan4
wu shan
 gozen
The five good (things), i. e. the first five commandments.

五因

see styles
wǔ yīn
    wu3 yin1
wu yin
 goin
The five causes, v. 倶舍論 7. i. e. (1) 生因 producing cause; (2) 依因supporting cause; (3) 立因 upholding or establishing cause; (4) 持因 maintaining cause; (5) 養因 nourishing or strengthening cause. These all refer to the four elements, earth, water, fire, wind, for they are the causers or producers and maintainers of the infinite forms of nature. Another list from the Nirvana-Sutra 21 is (1) 生因 cause of rebirth, i. e. previous delusion; (2) 和合因 intermingling cause, i. e. good with good, bad with bad, neutral with neutral; (3) 住因 cause of abiding in the present condition, i. e. the self in its attachments; (4) 增長因 causes of development, e. g. food, clothing, etc.; (5) 遠因 remoter cause, the parental seed.

五心

see styles
wǔ xīn
    wu3 xin1
wu hsin
 go shin
The five conditions of mind produced by objective perception: 卒爾心 immediate or instantaneous, the first impression; 尋求心attention, or inquiry; 決定心conclusion, decision; 染淨心the effect, evil or good; 等流心the production therefrom of other causations.

五性

see styles
wǔ xìng
    wu3 xing4
wu hsing
 goshō
The five different natures as grouped by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana sect; of these the first and second, while able to attain to non-return to mortality, are unable to reach Buddhahood; of the fourth some may, others may not reach it; the fifth will be reborn as devas or men: (1) śrāvakas for arhats; (2) pratyekabuddhas for pratyekabuddha-hood; (3) bodhisattvas for Buddhahood; (4) indefinite; (5) outsiders who have not the Buddha mind. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經 has another group, i. e. the natures of (1) ordinary good people; (2) śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; (3) bodhisattvas; (4) indefinite; (5) heretics.

五悔

see styles
wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五旬

see styles
wǔ xún
    wu3 xun2
wu hsün
 gojun
pañca-bhijñā. The five supernatural or magical powers; six is the more common number in Chinese texts, five is the number in Ceylon; v. 五神通.

五時


五时

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wǔ shí
    wu3 shi2
wu shih
 goji
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教.

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

五果

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wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

五蘊


五蕴

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wǔ yùn
    wu3 yun4
wu yün
 goun / gon
    ごうん
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
{Buddh} the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
The five skandhas, pañca-skandha: also 五陰; 五衆; 五塞犍陀 The five cumulations, substances, or aggregates, i. e. the components of an intelligent being, specially a human being: (1) 色 rūpa, form, matter, the physical form related to the five organs of sense; (2) 受 vedana, reception, sensation, feeling, the functioning of the mind or senses in connection with affairs and things; (3) 想 saṃjñā, conception, or discerning; the functioning of mind in distinguishing; (4) 行 saṃskāra, the functioning of mind in its processes regarding like and dislike, good and evil, etc.; (5) 識 vijñāna, mental faculty in regard to perception and cognition, discriminative of affairs and things. The first is said to be physical, the other four mental qualities; (2), (3), and (4) are associated with mental functioning, and therefore with 心所; (5) is associated with the faculty or nature of the mind 心王 manas. Eitel gives— form, perception, consciousness, action, knowledge. See also Keith's Buddhist Philosophy, 85-91.

五辛

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wǔ xīn
    wu3 xin1
wu hsin
 goshin
    ごしん
see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1]
(See 五葷) five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
The five forbidden pungent roots, 五葷 garlic, three kinds of onions, and leeks; if eaten raw they are said to cause irritability of temper, and if eaten cooked, to act as an aphrodisiac; moreover, the breath of the eater, if reading the sutras, will drive away the good spirits.

五逆

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wǔ nì
    wu3 ni4
wu ni
 gogyaku
    ごぎゃく
(1) {Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby.

交喙

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 isuka
    いすか
(kana only) common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

交界

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jiāo jiè
    jiao1 jie4
chiao chieh
common boundary; common border

交集

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jiāo jí
    jiao1 ji2
chiao chi
(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection; interaction; dealings; (math.) (set theory) intersection

亨運

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 kouun / koun
    こううん
(rare) good fortune

人口

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rén kǒu
    ren2 kou3
jen k`ou
    jen kou
 hitokuchi
    ひとくち
population; people
(1) population; (2) common talk; (surname) Hitokuchi

人因

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rén yīn
    ren2 yin1
jen yin
 ninin
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation.

人工

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rén gōng
    ren2 gong1
jen kung
 jinkou / jinko
    じんこう
artificial; manpower; manual work
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (ant: 天然・1) artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
man-made

人手

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rén shǒu
    ren2 shou3
jen shou
 hitode
    ひとで
manpower; staff; human hand
(1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act
a person's hand

人民

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rén mín
    ren2 min2
jen min
 jinmin
    じんみん
the people
the people; citizens; the populace
common people

人為


人为

see styles
rén wéi
    ren2 wei2
jen wei
 jini
    じんい
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
(noun - becomes adjective with の) human work; human agency; art; artificiality

仁賢


仁贤

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rén xián
    ren2 xian2
jen hsien
 misato
    みさと
(female given name) Misato
good

今一

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 imaichi
    いまいち
(adj-na,adv) (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) (See 今一つ・いまひとつ・1) one more; another; the other; (2) (See 今一つ・いまひとつ・2) not quite; not very good; lacking; (surname) Imaichi

今作

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 konsaku
    こんさく
(1) this work; this title; (2) (archaism) modern work not based on old styles

仕事

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 shigoto
    しごと
(n,vs,vi) (1) work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment; (2) {physics} work

仕初

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 shizome
    しぞめ
(1) outset; beginning; starting (things); (2) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

令名

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lìng míng
    ling4 ming2
ling ming
 rena
    れな
good name; reputation
good reputation; fame; (female given name) Rena

令嬢

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 reijou / rejo
    れいじょう
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See ご令嬢) (your) daughter; young woman; (2) (honorific or respectful language) daughter of a good family

令望

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 norimi
    のりみ
good reputation; (female given name) Norimi

令聞


令闻

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lìng wén
    ling4 wen2
ling wen
 reimon / remon
    れいもん
good reputation; fame; (given name) Reimon
cause to hear

令色

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 reishoku / reshoku
    れいしょく
(1) fawning look (on one's face); servile look; (2) (archaism) good complexion

仲々

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 nakanaka
    なかなか
(irregular kanji usage) (adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good

任課


任课

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rèn kè
    ren4 ke4
jen k`o
    jen ko
to give classes; to work as a teacher

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