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バテレン

see styles
 bateren
    バテレン
(1) Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por: padre); (2) Christianity; Christian

バレンツ

see styles
 barentsu
    バレンツ
(place-name) Barentu; Barents

ベンチャ

see styles
 bencha
    ベンチャ
venture

ホシフグ

see styles
 hoshifugu
    ホシフグ
starry toado (pufferfish, Arothron firmamentum)

モメント

see styles
 momento
    モメント
(1) moment (of force); (2) momentum

一六勝負

see styles
 ichirokushoubu / ichirokushobu
    いちろくしょうぶ
(1) (yoji) gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice; (2) (yoji) gambling; (3) (yoji) (a) risk; gamble; venture; hazardous attempt

一増一減

see styles
 ichizouichigen / ichizoichigen
    いちぞういちげん
{Buddh} 16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)

一增一減


一增一减

see styles
yī zēng yī jiǎn
    yi1 zeng1 yi1 jian3
i tseng i chien
 ichizō ichigen
A kalpa during which a human lifetime increases from ten years to 80,000 years and then decreases back to ten. At the end of the first century the increase is to 11 years; at the end of the second century to 12 years, and so on till a lifetime lasts 80,000 years; then decrease follows in the same ratio till 10 is reached. The whole period of accretion and declension covers a small kalpa, i.e. 16,800,000 years; also called 中刧.

一粒万倍

see styles
 ichiryuumanbai / ichiryumanbai
    いちりゅうまんばい
(expression) (yoji) a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves

三資企業


三资企业

see styles
sān zī qǐ yè
    san1 zi1 qi3 ye4
san tzu ch`i yeh
    san tzu chi yeh
foreign, private and joint ventures

三韓出兵

see styles
 sankanshuppei / sankanshuppe
    さんかんしゅっぺい
(hist) (See 三韓征伐) conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

三韓征伐

see styles
 sankanseibatsu / sankansebatsu
    さんかんせいばつ
(hist) conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

不揣冒昧

see styles
bù chuǎi mào mèi
    bu4 chuai3 mao4 mei4
pu ch`uai mao mei
    pu chuai mao mei
to venture to; to presume to; to take the liberty of

世紀末年


世纪末年

see styles
shì jì mò nián
    shi4 ji4 mo4 nian2
shih chi mo nien
final years of the century

久負盛名


久负盛名

see styles
jiǔ fù shèng míng
    jiu3 fu4 sheng4 ming2
chiu fu sheng ming
seasoned; honed to perfection over centuries; special reserve

乗り出す

see styles
 noriidasu / noridasu
    のりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to set out; to set sail; (2) to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); (3) to begin to ride; (4) to lean forward

二十世紀


二十世纪

see styles
èr shí shì jì
    er4 shi2 shi4 ji4
erh shih shih chi
 nijusseiki / nijusseki
    にじゅっせいき
    nijisseiki / nijisseki
    にじっせいき
20th century
twentieth century

二十四史

see styles
èr shí sì shǐ
    er4 shi2 si4 shi3
erh shih ssu shih
 nijuushishi / nijushishi
    にじゅうしし
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story
(See 二十五史) Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books

二部五部

see styles
èr bù wǔ bù
    er4 bu4 wu3 bu4
erh pu wu pu
 nibu gobu
The two are the divisions which took place immediately after the Buddha's death into (a) the elder monks or intimate disciples, and (b) the general body of disciples, styled respectively 上座 and 大衆 q.v.; the five are the divisions, which are said to have occurred a century later, into Dharma-guptah 曇無德, Mulasarvastivadah 薩婆多, Mahisasakah 彌沙塞, Kasyapiyah迦葉遣 and Vatsiputriya 姿麤富羅.

人間喜劇


人间喜剧

see styles
rén jiān xǐ jù
    ren2 jian1 xi3 ju4
jen chien hsi chü
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4]

以防萬一


以防万一

see styles
yǐ fáng wàn yī
    yi3 fang2 wan4 yi1
i fang wan i
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities

佛陀僧訶


佛陀僧诃

see styles
fó tuó sēng hē
    fo2 tuo2 seng1 he1
fo t`o seng ho
    fo to seng ho
 Buddasōka
Buddhasiṃha, a disciple of Asaṅga, probably fifth century A.D., about whose esoteric practices, lofty talents, and final disappearance a lengthy account is given in the Fan Yi Ming Yi 翻譯名義; it is also a title of 佛圖澄 q.v.

倒幕運動

see styles
 toubakuundou / tobakundo
    とうばくうんどう
(hist) movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)

元末明初

see styles
yuán mò míng chū
    yuan2 mo4 ming2 chu1
yüan mo ming ch`u
    yüan mo ming chu
late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century

六師迦王


六师迦王

see styles
liù shī jiā wáng
    liu4 shi1 jia1 wang2
liu shih chia wang
 Rokushika Ō
Name of the king who, thirteen years after the destruction of the Jetavana vihāra. which had been rebuilt 'five centuries ' after the nirvana, again restored it.

共同事業

see styles
 kyoudoujigyou / kyodojigyo
    きょうどうじぎょう
(See 共同企業) joint enterprise; joint venture

共同企業

see styles
 kyoudoukigyou / kyodokigyo
    きょうどうきぎょう
(See 共同事業) joint venture

共同生産

see styles
 kyoudouseisan / kyodosesan
    きょうどうせいさん
joint manufacturing; joint production; production joint venture

冒険小説

see styles
 boukenshousetsu / bokenshosetsu
    ぼうけんしょうせつ
adventure story; novel of adventure

冒険旅行

see styles
 boukenryokou / bokenryoko
    ぼうけんりょこう
adventure travel; adventurous trip

冒険資本

see styles
 boukenshihon / bokenshihon
    ぼうけんしほん
(rare) {bus} (See ベンチャーキャピタル) venture capital

冒險主義


冒险主义

see styles
mào xiǎn zhǔ yì
    mao4 xian3 zhu3 yi4
mao hsien chu i
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)

初出茅廬


初出茅庐

see styles
chū chū máo lú
    chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2
ch`u ch`u mao lu
    chu chu mao lu
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn

創投基金


创投基金

see styles
chuàng tóu jī jīn
    chuang4 tou2 ji1 jin1
ch`uang t`ou chi chin
    chuang tou chi chin
venture capital fund

創業投資


创业投资

see styles
chuàng yè tóu zī
    chuang4 ye4 tou2 zi1
ch`uang yeh t`ou tzu
    chuang yeh tou tzu
venture capital investment

北山住部

see styles
běi shān zhù bù
    bei3 shan1 zhu4 bu4
pei shan chu pu
 Hokusenjū bu
鬱多世羅部 Uttaraśailāḥ. One of the sects organized in the third century after the Nirvana, whose seat is described as north of 制多山 q. v.

合弁事業

see styles
 goubenjigyou / gobenjigyo
    ごうべんじぎょう
joint venture

合弁会社

see styles
 goubengaisha / gobengaisha
    ごうべんがいしゃ
joint venture (company)

吐蕃王朝

see styles
tǔ bō wáng cháo
    tu3 bo1 wang2 chao2
t`u po wang ch`ao
    tu po wang chao
Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD

喀拉汗國


喀拉汗国

see styles
kā lā hán guó
    ka1 la1 han2 guo2
k`a la han kuo
    ka la han kuo
Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century

四半世紀

see styles
 shihanseiki / shihanseki
    しはんせいき
quarter of a century

基輔羅斯


基辅罗斯

see styles
jī fǔ luó sī
    ji1 fu3 luo2 si1
chi fu lo ssu
Kievan Rus', East Slavic state that reached its peak in the early to mid-11th century

大化前代

see styles
 taikazendai
    たいかぜんだい
(hist) period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform

大和国家

see styles
 yamatokokka
    やまとこっか
(hist) Yamato state; Yamato polity; earliest known Japanese polity founded between the 4th and 7th centuries

大岡裁き

see styles
 oookasabaki
    おおおかさばき
(from Ōoka Tadasuke, a 17th century jurist) judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner

大陸浪人

see styles
 tairikurounin / tairikuronin
    たいりくろうにん
(hist) Japanese adventurer (from the Meiji era to the end of WWII) who roamed mainland China and other parts of Asia, engaging in political activities, espionage, smuggling, etc.

天台九神

see styles
tiān tái jiǔ shén
    tian1 tai2 jiu3 shen2
t`ien t`ai chiu shen
    tien tai chiu shen
 Tentai kujin
The nine patriarchs of the Tiantai sect: 龍樹 Nāgārjuna; 慧文 Hui-wen of the 北齊 Northern Qi dynasty; 慧思 Huici of 南嶽 Nanyue; 智者 (or 智顗) Zhizhe, or Zhiyi; 灌頂 Guanding of 章安 Changan; 法華 Fahua; 天宮 Tiangung; 左溪 Zuoxi; and 湛然 Zhanran of 荊溪. The ten patriarchs 十祖 are the above nine with 道邃 Daosui considered a patriarch in Japan, because he was the teacher of Dengyo Daishi who brought the Tendai system to that country in the ninth century. Some name Huiwen and Huici as the first and second patriarchs of the school of thought developed by Zhiyi at Tiantai; v. 天台宗.

失去後勁


失去后劲

see styles
shī qù hòu jìn
    shi1 qu4 hou4 jin4
shih ch`ü hou chin
    shih chü hou chin
to peter out; to lose momentum; to lose steam

契丹國志


契丹国志

see styles
qì dān guó zhì
    qi4 dan1 guo2 zhi4
ch`i tan kuo chih
    chi tan kuo chih
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)

学校債券

see styles
 gakkousaiken / gakkosaiken
    がっこうさいけん
school bond or debenture

家なき子

see styles
 ienakiko
    いえなきこ
(exp,n) homeless child; (wk) Nobody's Boy (1878 novel by H-H Malot); The Adventures of Remi; Sans Famille

家無き子

see styles
 ienakiko
    いえなきこ
(exp,n) homeless child; (wk) Nobody's Boy (1878 novel by H-H Malot); The Adventures of Remi; Sans Famille

尊王攘夷

see styles
 sonnoujoui / sonnojoi
    そんのうじょうい
(yoji) 19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners

尊皇攘夷

see styles
 sonnoujoui / sonnojoi
    そんのうじょうい
(yoji) 19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners

尤文圖斯


尤文图斯

see styles
yóu wén tú sī
    you2 wen2 tu2 si1
yu wen t`u ssu
    yu wen tu ssu
Juventus, Italian football team

布袋和尚

see styles
bù dài hé shàng
    bu4 dai4 he2 shang4
pu tai ho shang
 Hotei Oshō
Pu-tai Ho-shang (J.: Hotei Osho) Cloth-bag monk, an erratic monk 長汀子 Changtingzi early in the tenth century, noted, inter alia, for his shoulder bag. Often depicted, especially in Japanese art, as a jovial, corpulent monk, scantily clad and surrounded by children.

年季奉公

see styles
 nenkiboukou / nenkiboko
    ねんきぼうこう
(yoji) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

年期奉公

see styles
 nenkiboukou / nenkiboko
    ねんきぼうこう
(yoji) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

律令国家

see styles
 ritsuryoukokka / ritsuryokokka
    りつりょうこっか
(hist) the Japanese nation under the ritsuryō codes (645 CE-10th century)

律令時代

see styles
 ritsuryoujidai / ritsuryojidai
    りつりょうじだい
(See 律令制) Ritsuryō period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)

復古神道

see styles
 fukkoshintou / fukkoshinto
    ふっこしんとう
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)

心猿意馬


心猿意马

see styles
xīn yuán yì mǎ
    xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3
hsin yüan i ma
 shineniba
    しんえんいば
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants; hyperactive; adventurous and uncontrollable
(yoji) (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

憚り乍ら

see styles
 habakarinagara
    はばかりながら
(adverb) (kana only) with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...

戰國時代


战国时代

see styles
zhàn guó shí dài
    zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
chan kuo shih tai
the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)

抽絲剝繭


抽丝剥茧

see styles
chōu sī bō jiǎn
    chou1 si1 bo1 jian3
ch`ou ssu po chien
    chou ssu po chien
lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom); fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter

推波助瀾


推波助澜

see styles
tuī bō zhù lán
    tui1 bo1 zhu4 lan2
t`ui po chu lan
    tui po chu lan
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage something to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire

敘利亞文


叙利亚文

see styles
xù lì yà wén
    xu4 li4 ya4 wen2
hsü li ya wen
Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC); the Syriac script

新羅王朝


新罗王朝

see styles
xīn luó wáng cháo
    xin1 luo2 wang2 chao2
hsin lo wang ch`ao
    hsin lo wang chao
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD; one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China; unified Silla 658-935

日本人町

see styles
 nihonjinmachi
    にほんじんまち
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

明末清初

see styles
míng mò qīng chū
    ming2 mo4 qing1 chu1
ming mo ch`ing ch`u
    ming mo ching chu
late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century

未來主義


未来主义

see styles
wèi lái zhǔ yì
    wei4 lai2 zhu3 yi4
wei lai chu i
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)

東亞病夫


东亚病夫

see styles
dōng yà bìng fū
    dong1 ya4 bing4 fu1
tung ya ping fu
(derog.) "the Sick Man of Asia" (historical term referring to China in its weakened state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries)

東觀漢記


东观汉记

see styles
dōng guàn hàn jì
    dong1 guan4 han4 ji4
tung kuan han chi
Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors

樂府詩集


乐府诗集

see styles
yuè fǔ shī jí
    yue4 fu3 shi1 ji2
yüeh fu shih chi
Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩[Guo1 Mao4 qian4]

樂昌破鏡


乐昌破镜

see styles
lè chāng pò jìng
    le4 chang1 po4 jing4
le ch`ang p`o ching
    le chang po ching
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4 chang1 Gong1 zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom); fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

歌舞伎者

see styles
 kabukimono
    かぶきもの
(yoji) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior

波瀾壯闊


波澜壮阔

see styles
bō lán zhuàng kuò
    bo1 lan2 zhuang4 kuo4
po lan chuang k`uo
    po lan chuang kuo
surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale

浦島太郎

see styles
 urashimatarou / urashimataro
    うらしまたろう
(See 竜宮,玉手箱・1,乙姫・2,浦島太郎状態) Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later; (ch) Urashima Tarō (fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later)

源平時代

see styles
 genpeijidai / genpejidai
    げんぺいじだい
Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)

源氏物語


源氏物语

see styles
yuán shì wù yǔ
    yuan2 shi4 wu4 yu3
yüan shih wu yü
 genjimonogatari
    げんじものがたり
The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic); (wk) The Tale of Genji

漢末魏初


汉末魏初

see styles
hàn mò wèi chū
    han4 mo4 wei4 chu1
han mo wei ch`u
    han mo wei chu
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)

百年国恥

see styles
 hyakunenkokuchi
    ひゃくねんこくち
(hist) century of humiliation (in Chinese history)

社債償還

see styles
 shasaishoukan / shasaishokan
    しゃさいしょうかん
bond redemption; debenture redemption

祇哆槃那


只哆槃那

see styles
qí chǐ pán nà
    qi2 chi3 pan2 na4
ch`i ch`ih p`an na
    chi chih pan na
 Gitahanna
(or 祇哆槃林); 祇園 (祇園精舍); 祇樹園; 祇樹給孤獨園; 祇樹花林窟; 祇桓林 (or 祇洹林); 祇陀林 (or 祇陀園); also 逝 or 誓多, etc. Jetavana, a park near Śrāvastī, said to have been obtained from Prince Jeta by the elder Anāthapiṇḍika, in which monasterial buildings were erected, the favourite resort of Śākyamuni. Two hundred years later it is said to have been destroyed by fire, rebuilt smaller 500 years after, and again a century later burnt down; thirteen years afterwards it was rebuilt on the earlier scale but a century later entirely destroyed. This is the account given in 法苑珠林 39.

科普特語


科普特语

see styles
kē pǔ tè yǔ
    ke1 pu3 te4 yu3
k`o p`u t`e yü
    ko pu te yü
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[Ke1 pu3 te4 ren2], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century

積土成山


积土成山

see styles
jī tǔ chéng shān
    ji1 tu3 cheng2 shan1
chi t`u ch`eng shan
    chi tu cheng shan
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom); fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions

竹林七賢

see styles
 chikurinnoshichiken
    ちくりんのしちけん
(irregular okurigana usage) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians

紮馬剌丁


扎马剌丁

see styles
zā mǎ lá dīng
    za1 ma3 la2 ding1
tsa ma la ting
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

総入れ歯

see styles
 souireba / soireba
    そういれば
full dentures (e.g. no real teeth left)

肯塔基州

see styles
kěn tǎ jī zhōu
    ken3 ta3 ji1 zhou1
k`en t`a chi chou
    ken ta chi chou
Kentucky, US state

茶馬古道


茶马古道

see styles
chá mǎ gǔ dào
    cha2 ma3 gu3 dao4
ch`a ma ku tao
    cha ma ku tao
old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond

菩提仙那

see styles
pú tí xiān nà
    pu2 ti2 xian1 na4
p`u t`i hsien na
    pu ti hsien na
 bodaisenna
    ぼだいせんな
(person) Bodhisena (8th-century Indian Buddhist monk)
Bodhisena

菩提僊那

see styles
pú tí xiān nà
    pu2 ti2 xian1 na4
p`u t`i hsien na
    pu ti hsien na
 bodaisenna
    ぼだいせんな
(person) Bodhisena (8th-century Indian Buddhist monk)
Bodhisena

落葉歸根


落叶归根

see styles
luò yè guī gēn
    luo4 ye4 gui1 gen1
lo yeh kuei ken
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home

薩桑王朝


萨桑王朝

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sà sāng wáng cháo
    sa4 sang1 wang2 chao2
sa sang wang ch`ao
    sa sang wang chao
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)

薩珊王朝


萨珊王朝

see styles
sà shān wáng cháo
    sa4 shan1 wang2 chao2
sa shan wang ch`ao
    sa shan wang chao
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)

行く行く

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 yukuyuku
    ゆくゆく
(adverb) (1) on the way; as one goes; (adverb) (2) (kana only) (usu. as ゆくゆくは) in the future; someday; eventually

角運動量

see styles
 kakuundouryou / kakundoryo
    かくうんどうりょう
{physics} angular momentum

解深蜜經


解深蜜经

see styles
jiě shēn mì jīng
    jie3 shen1 mi4 jing1
chieh shen mi ching
 Gejn mikkyō
Sandhi-nirmocana-sūtra, tr. by Xuanzang, the chief text of the Dharmalakṣana school, 法相宗. Four tr. have been made, three preceding that of Xuanzang, the first in the fifth century A. D.

誤上賊船


误上贼船

see styles
wù shàng zéi chuán
    wu4 shang4 zei2 chuan2
wu shang tsei ch`uan
    wu shang tsei chuan
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship; to embark on a hopeless adventure

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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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