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chi; ji(sk) ち; ぢ(sk) |
(1) (archaism) way; road; (suffix noun) (2) (archaism) (after a place name; usu. ぢ) (See 路・じ・1) way to ...; road to ... |
蹇尼陀 see styles |
jiǎn ní tuó jian3 ni2 tuo2 chien ni t`o chien ni to Kennida |
Kaṇāda, 蹇拏僕Kaṇābhuj, atom-eater, Kaṇāda's nickname, the reputed founder of the Vaiśeṣika school. |
車ひだ see styles |
kurumahida くるまひだ |
knife pleat; one-way pleat; unidirectional pleat; accordion pleats |
転じて see styles |
tenjite てんじて |
(expression) by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension |
農学校 see styles |
nougakkou / nogakko のうがっこう |
agricultural school |
迂夫子 see styles |
yū fū zǐ yu1 fu1 zi3 yü fu tzu |
pedant; old fogey |
迦葉遺 迦叶遗 see styles |
jiā shě yí jia1 she3 yi2 chia she i Kashōyui |
Kāśyapīya, a school formed on the division of the Mahāsaṅghikāḥ into five schools a century after the Nirvana. Keith gives the southern order, in the second century after the Nirvana, as Theravāda (Sthavira), Mahīśāsaka, Sarvāstivādin, Kāśyapīya. Other forms: 迦葉毘; 迦葉維; 迦葉波; 迦葉臂耶; 柯尸悲與. |
退かす see styles |
dokasu どかす |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to remove; to move out of the way |
退ける see styles |
dokeru どける |
(transitive verb) (See 退ける・のける・1) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside |
逃げ口 see styles |
nigeguchi にげぐち |
way of escape |
逃げ路 see styles |
nigemichi にげみち |
(irregular kanji usage) way out; means to escape; escape route |
逃げ道 see styles |
nigemichi にげみち |
way out; means to escape; escape route |
逆なで see styles |
sakanade さかなで gyakunade ぎゃくなで |
(ik) (noun/participle) rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating |
逆回転 see styles |
gyakukaiten ぎゃくかいてん |
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter |
逆撫で see styles |
sakanade さかなで gyakunade ぎゃくなで |
(ik) (noun/participle) rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating |
逆方向 see styles |
gyakuhoukou / gyakuhoko ぎゃくほうこう |
the opposite direction; the other way |
這樣子 这样子 see styles |
zhè yàng zi zhe4 yang4 zi5 che yang tzu |
so; such; this way; like this |
這麼樣 这么样 see styles |
zhè me yàng zhe4 me5 yang4 che me yang |
thus; in this way |
這麼著 这么着 see styles |
zhè me zhe zhe4 me5 zhe5 che me che |
thus; in this way; like this |
通り道 see styles |
toorimichi とおりみち |
passage; path; route; one's way |
通学帽 see styles |
tsuugakubou / tsugakubo つうがくぼう |
hat worn by kindergarten or primary school pupils walking to school |
通学服 see styles |
tsuugakufuku / tsugakufuku つうがくふく |
school uniform |
通学路 see styles |
tsuugakuro / tsugakuro つうがくろ |
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot) |
通学鞄 see styles |
tsuugakukaban / tsugakukaban つうがくかばん |
school bag; school satchel |
通行権 see styles |
tsuukouken / tsukoken つうこうけん |
right of way |
進め方 see styles |
susumekata すすめかた |
format; procedure; way of proceeding |
進学塾 see styles |
shingakujuku しんがくじゅく |
(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations; cram school; prep school |
進学校 see styles |
shingakkou; shingakukou / shingakko; shingakuko しんがっこう; しんがくこう |
(1) school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; (2) (dated) school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college |
運動会 see styles |
undoukai / undokai うんどうかい |
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival |
運動部 see styles |
undoubu / undobu うんどうぶ |
(See 文芸部) sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper) |
道のり see styles |
michinori みちのり |
(1) distance; journey; itinerary; (2) way; process |
道案内 see styles |
michiannai みちあんない |
(n,vs,vi) (1) guidance; showing the way; guide; (2) guidepost; signpost; waymark |
道種性 道种性 see styles |
dào zhǒng xìng dao4 zhong3 xing4 tao chung hsing dō shushō |
The nature possessing the seed of Buddhahood. The stage in which the 'middle' way is realized. |
道聖諦 道圣谛 see styles |
dào shèng dì dao4 sheng4 di4 tao sheng ti dō shōtai |
noble truth of the Way |
道行き see styles |
michiyuki みちゆき |
(1) going down the road; travelling; traveling; (2) lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); (3) eloping |
道非道 see styles |
dào fēi dào dao4 fei1 dao4 tao fei tao dōhidō |
the Way and the non-Way |
道類忍 道类忍 see styles |
dào lèi rěn dao4 lei4 ren3 tao lei jen dō ruinin |
the tolerance of kinds of the way |
道類智 道类智 see styles |
dào lèi zhì dao4 lei4 zhi4 tao lei chih dōrui chi |
The wisdom obtained through insight into the way of release in the upper realms of form and formlessness; one of the 八智. |
達磨宗 达磨宗 see styles |
dá mó zōng da2 mo2 zong1 ta mo tsung darumashuu / darumashu だるましゅう |
(1) (rare) (See 禅宗) Zen (Buddhism); (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) (See 達磨歌) confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry The Damo, or Dharma sect, i.e. the 禪宗 Meditation, or Intuitional School. |
遠回り see styles |
toomawari とおまわり |
detour; roundabout way |
遠州流 see styles |
enshuuryuu / enshuryu えんしゅうりゅう |
(1) Enshū school of tea ceremony; (2) (See 生け花・1) Enshū school of ikebana |
遣い出 see styles |
tsukaide つかいで |
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way |
遣い方 see styles |
tsukaikata つかいかた |
way to use something; treatment; management (of help) |
遣り口 see styles |
yarikuchi やりくち |
way (of doing); method |
遣り方 see styles |
yarikata やりかた |
manner of doing; way; method; means |
遣り様 see styles |
yariyou / yariyo やりよう |
(kana only) way of doing something |
選修課 选修课 see styles |
xuǎn xiū kè xuan3 xiu1 ke4 hsüan hsiu k`o hsüan hsiu ko |
optional course (in school) |
那古屋 see styles |
nà gǔ wū na4 gu3 wu1 na ku wu nagoya なごや |
Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling) (surname) Nagoya |
那摩溫 那摩温 see styles |
nà mó wēn na4 mo2 wen1 na mo wen |
foreman (pidgin derived from "number one", rendered in hanzi) (old) |
那麼著 那么着 see styles |
nà me zhe na4 me5 zhe5 na me che |
(do something) that way; like that |
醫學系 医学系 see styles |
yī xué xì yi1 xue2 xi4 i hsüeh hsi |
medical school |
醫學院 医学院 see styles |
yī xué yuàn yi1 xue2 yuan4 i hsüeh yüan |
medical school |
量弟子 see styles |
liáng dì zǐ liang2 di4 zi3 liang ti tzu Ryō daishi |
School of Correct Logic |
金使い see styles |
kanezukai かねづかい |
(way of) spending money |
金剛智 金刚智 see styles |
jīn gāng zhì jin1 gang1 zhi4 chin kang chih kongō chi |
vajramati. The indestructible and enriching diamond wisdom of the Buddha. Also the name of an Indian who came to China A.D. 619; he is said to have introduced the Yogācāra system and founded the esoteric school, but this is attributed to Amoghavajra, v. 大教. 金剛智三藏 Vajrabodhi may be the same person, but there is doubt about the matter, cf. 大教. |
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. |
金蘭譜 金兰谱 see styles |
jīn lán pǔ jin1 lan2 pu3 chin lan p`u chin lan pu |
(old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy |
金遣い see styles |
kanezukai かねづかい |
(way of) spending money |
金離れ see styles |
kanebanare かねばなれ |
(way of) spending money; free spending |
針供養 see styles |
harikuyou / harikuyo はりくよう |
memorial service for old needles |
銀絲族 银丝族 see styles |
yín sī zú yin2 si1 zu2 yin ssu tsu |
the older generation (respectful term); old folk; silver-haired generation |
銭遣い see styles |
zenizukai ぜにづかい |
(See 金遣い) (way of) spending money |
錬金術 see styles |
renkinjutsu れんきんじゅつ |
(1) alchemy; (2) way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner |
長ける see styles |
takeru たける |
(v1,vi) (1) to excel at; to be proficient at; (2) to grow old; (3) to ripen; (4) to rise high (e.g. the sun) |
長崎派 see styles |
nagasakiha ながさきは |
(hist) {art} Nagasaki school of Japanese painting (Edo period) |
閉校式 see styles |
heikoushiki / hekoshiki へいこうしき |
school closing ceremony |
開かる see styles |
hadakaru はだかる |
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open; (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) (See 立ちはだかる・1) to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way |
開催中 see styles |
kaisaichuu / kaisaichu かいさいちゅう |
in session; in progress; under way; open |
開山祖 开山祖 see styles |
kāi shān zǔ kai1 shan1 zu3 k`ai shan tsu kai shan tsu kaisan so |
founder of a school |
開成所 see styles |
kaiseijo / kaisejo かいせいじょ |
(hist) Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period) |
開校式 see styles |
kaikoushiki / kaikoshiki かいこうしき |
school opening ceremony |
開道者 开道者 see styles |
kāi dào zhě kai1 dao4 zhe3 k`ai tao che kai tao che kaidōsha |
The Way-opener, Buddha; anyone who opens the way, or truth. |
闌ける see styles |
takeru たける |
(v1,vi) (1) to excel at; to be proficient at; (2) to grow old; (3) to ripen; (4) to rise high (e.g. the sun) |
闍崛山 阇崛山 see styles |
shé jué shān she2 jue2 shan1 she chüeh shan Jakussan |
Gṛdhrakūṭa, cf. 耆 Vulture peak. |
阿僧伽 see styles |
ā sēng qié a1 seng1 qie2 a seng ch`ieh a seng chieh Asōga |
(阿僧) asaṅga, āryāsaṅga, intp. as 無著 unattached, free; lived 'a thousand years after the Nirvāṇa', probably the fourth century A.D., said to be the eldest brother of 天親 Vasubandhu, whom he converted to Mahāyāna. He was first a follower of the Mahīśāsaka hschool, but founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school with his Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論, which in the 三藏傳 is said to have been dictated to him by Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven, along with the 莊嚴大乘論 and the 中邊分別論. He was a native of Gandhāra, but lived mostly in Ayodhyā (Oudh). |
阿含部 see styles |
ā hán bù a1 han2 bu4 a han pu agon bu |
Hīnayāna. |
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. |
阿目佉 see styles |
ā mù qiā a1 mu4 qia1 a mu ch`ia a mu chia Amokukya |
(阿目佉跋折羅) Amogha, or Amoghavajra, 阿牟伽 (or 阿謨伽 or 阿穆伽) intp. 不空 (不空金剛) a monk from northern India, a follower of the mystic teachings of Samantabhadra. Vajramati 金剛智 is reputed to have founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school in China about A.D. 719-720. Amogha succeeded him in its leadership in 732. From a journey through India and Ceylon, 741-6, he brought to China more than 500 sutras and śāstras; introduced a new form for transliterating Sanskrit and published 108 works. He is credited with the introduction of the Ullambana fesival of All Souls, 15th of 7th moon, v. 盂. He is the chief representative of Buddhist mysticism in China, spreading it widely through the patronage of three successive emperors, Xuanzong, Suzong, who gave him the title of 大廣智三藏 q.v., and Daizong, who gave him the posthumous rank and title of a Minister of State. He died 774. |
陀羅尼 陀罗尼 see styles |
tuó luó ní tuo2 luo2 ni2 t`o lo ni to lo ni darani だらに |
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant (or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school. |
除ける see styles |
yokeru よける nokeru のける |
(transitive verb) (1) to avoid (physical contact with); (Ichidan verb) (2) to ward off; to avert; (transitive verb) (1) to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; (2) to remove; to exclude; to take away; (3) to set aside; to keep apart; (4) to remove (someone) from the group; to shun; (v1,aux-v) (5) (kana only) to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity; (6) (kana only) to do resolutely; to do boldly |
陰陽家 阴阳家 see styles |
yīn yáng jiā yin1 yang2 jia1 yin yang chia inyouka; onyouke; onmyouke / inyoka; onyoke; onmyoke いんようか; おんようけ; おんみょうけ |
School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3] (1) (See 陰陽道) diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium; (2) (hist) School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists |
陰陽道 see styles |
onmyoudou; onyoudou / onmyodo; onyodo おんみょうどう; おんようどう |
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements |
陳ねる see styles |
hineru; hineru ひねる; ヒネる |
(v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to age; to get old; to go stale; (v1,vi) (2) (kana only) to be too grown-up (for one's age); to be precocious; (v1,vi) (3) (kana only) (colloquialism) to become twisted; to become warped; to become perverse |
陳臭い see styles |
hinekusai ひねくさい |
(adjective) (rare) old; old-smelling; stale |
陸榮廷 陆荣廷 see styles |
lù róng tíng lu4 rong2 ting2 lu jung t`ing lu jung ting |
Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction |
雑がみ see styles |
zatsugami ざつがみ |
miscellaneous recyclable paper; recyclable paper other than old newspapers and carton boxes |
離作法 离作法 see styles |
lí zuò fǎ li2 zuo4 fa3 li tso fa risahō |
syllogism that uses the dissimilarities of the actual example with the thesis or reason in a negative way to isolate it from the thesis or reason |
難波潟 see styles |
naniwagata なにわがた |
Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay) |
難行道 难行道 see styles |
nán xíng dào nan2 xing2 dao4 nan hsing tao nangyoudou / nangyodo なんぎょうどう |
{Buddh} (See 易行道) the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) path of difficult practice |
難関校 see styles |
nankankou / nankanko なんかんこう |
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school |
雪山部 see styles |
xuě shān bù xue3 shan1 bu4 hsüeh shan pu Sessenbu |
Haimavatāḥ, the Himālaya school, one of the five divisions of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ. |
雲ゆき see styles |
kumoyuki くもゆき |
(1) weather; look of the sky; (2) situation; turn of affairs; signs; way the wind is blowing |
雲行き see styles |
kumoyuki くもゆき |
(1) weather; look of the sky; (2) situation; turn of affairs; signs; way the wind is blowing |
雲門宗 云门宗 see styles |
yún mén zōng yun2 men2 zong1 yün men tsung unmonshuu / unmonshu うんもんしゅう |
{Buddh} Yunmen School Yunmen house |
雲雀骨 see styles |
hibaribone ひばりぼね |
(1) (archaism) being thin and bony; bony body; (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) bony old man; bony old woman |
雷親父 see styles |
kaminarioyaji かみなりおやじ |
snarling old man; irascible old man |
露払い see styles |
tsuyuharai つゆはらい |
(n,vs,vi) (1) person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; harbinger; forerunner; (n,vs,vi) (2) opening performer; (3) {sumo} sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony |
面接官 see styles |
mensetsukan めんせつかん |
(See 面接) interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews) |
鞞世師 鞞世师 see styles |
bǐ shì shī bi3 shi4 shi1 pi shih shih |
鞞崽迦 The Vaiśesika school of philosophy, cf. 衞. |
音楽大 see styles |
ongakudai おんがくだい |
(abbreviation) (See 音楽大学) college of music; school of music; music college; (place-name) Ongakudai |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "The Old Way - Old School" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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