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西洋館 see styles |
seiyoukan / seyokan せいようかん |
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII) |
西部劇 see styles |
seibugeki / sebugeki せいぶげき |
Western (film genre) |
西部片 see styles |
xī bù piàn xi1 bu4 pian4 hsi pu p`ien hsi pu pien |
Western (film) |
角封筒 see styles |
kakufuutou; kakubuutou / kakufuto; kakubuto かくふうとう; かくぶうとう |
western-style envelope |
讀心術 读心术 see styles |
dú xīn shù du2 xin1 shu4 tu hsin shu |
mind reading (in psychology or Western magic) |
邛崍山 邛崃山 see styles |
qióng lái shān qiong2 lai2 shan1 ch`iung lai shan chiung lai shan |
Qionglai Mountains in western Sichuan between the Min 岷江[Min2 Jiang1] and Dadu 大渡河[Da4 du4 He2] rivers |
金沙江 see styles |
jīn shā jiāng jin1 sha1 jiang1 chin sha chiang kimushakou / kimushako きむしゃこう |
Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] in southwestern China (personal name) Kimushakou |
阿姆河 see styles |
ā mǔ hé a1 mu3 he2 a mu ho |
Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers |
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. |
阿房宮 阿房宫 see styles |
ē páng gōng e1 pang2 gong1 o p`ang kung o pang kung aboukyuu / abokyu あぼうきゅう |
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1] (place-name) Epang Palace (historical Chinese palace) |
頞悉多 see styles |
è xī duō e4 xi1 duo1 o hsi to |
Asta, the western hill behind which the sun sets, sunset, death, home. |
風帆船 see styles |
fuuhansen / fuhansen ふうはんせん |
Western style sailboat |
香蕉人 see styles |
xiāng jiāo rén xiang1 jiao1 ren2 hsiang chiao jen |
banana person (yellow outside, white inside); mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans; Westernized person of Asian appearance |
馬斯河 马斯河 see styles |
mǎ sī hé ma3 si1 he2 ma ssu ho |
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe |
鳳凰丸 see styles |
hououmaru / hoomaru ほうおうまる |
(hist) Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853) |
鹿鳴館 see styles |
rokumeikan / rokumekan ろくめいかん |
(place-name) Meiji-era Western-style building in downtown Tokyo, constructed in 1883 for entertaining foreign diplomats and dignitaries |
黄禍論 see styles |
koukaron / kokaron こうかろん |
(See 黄禍・1) Yellow Peril (argument); theory that East Asians are a danger to the Western world |
あなじ風 see styles |
anajikaze あなじかぜ |
(See あなじ) northwesterly winter wind |
あなぜ風 see styles |
anazekaze あなぜかぜ |
(ksb:) northwesterly winter wind |
いびせい see styles |
ibisei / ibise いびせい |
(adjective) (colloquialism) (in far western Honshu dialects) scary |
カイラス see styles |
kairasu カイラス |
(place-name) Kailash (sacred mountain in Western Tibet); Kailas; Gang Rinpoche |
カッフェ see styles |
kaffe カッフェ |
(1) cafe (fre:); coffeehouse; (2) hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period) |
カフェー see styles |
kafee カフェー |
(1) cafe (fre:); coffeehouse; (2) hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period) |
キャフェ see styles |
kyafe キャフェ |
(1) cafe (fre:); coffeehouse; (2) hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period) |
ギンザメ see styles |
ginzame ギンザメ |
(kana only) silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific) |
じゃった see styles |
jatta じゃった |
(expression) (western Japanese; also freq. used in animation and foreign-language dubbing to indicate a person is old) (See だった) was; were |
ドラコン see styles |
doragon ドラゴン |
(See 竜・1) dragon (as depicted in Western myths); (personal name) Dragon |
ハイカラ see styles |
haikara ハイカラ |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) stylish; smart; fashionable; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) (See ハイカラー) high collar; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (3) hair dressed in a western style; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (4) to dress in the latest Western fashion |
バタ臭い see styles |
batakusai バタくさい |
(adjective) Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; smelling of butter |
ハナグロ see styles |
hanaguro ハナグロ |
blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus, species of requiem shark common in the western Atlantic) |
ベニハゼ see styles |
benihaze ベニハゼ |
caesiura dwarfgoby (Trimma caesiura, goby from the Western Pacific) |
ボヘミア see styles |
bohemia ボヘミア |
(place-name) Bohemia (region in western Czechia) |
三品悉地 see styles |
sān pǐn xī dì san1 pin3 xi1 di4 san p`in hsi ti san pin hsi ti sanbon shitji |
The three esoteric kinds of siddhi, i.e. complete attainment, supreme felicity. They are 上 superior, to be born in the 密嚴國 Vairocana Pure-land; 中 in one of the other Pure-lands among which is the Western Paradise; and 下 in the 修羅宮 Sun Palaces among the devas. Also styled 三品成就. |
三尊來迎 三尊来迎 see styles |
sān zūn lái yíng san1 zun1 lai2 ying2 san tsun lai ying sanson raigō |
Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, receive into the western paradise the believer who calls on Amitābha. |
三江並流 三江并流 see styles |
sān jiāng bìng liú san1 jiang1 bing4 liu2 san chiang ping liu |
the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1], Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1], and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[Nu4 Jiang1] – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site |
中国地方 see styles |
chuugokuchihou / chugokuchiho ちゅうごくちほう |
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); (place-name) Chuugokuchihou |
中西合併 中西合并 see styles |
zhōng xī hé bìng zhong1 xi1 he2 bing4 chung hsi ho ping |
Chinese-Western fusion |
中西合璧 see styles |
zhōng xī hé bì zhong1 xi1 he2 bi4 chung hsi ho pi |
harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom) |
中體西用 中体西用 see styles |
zhōng tǐ xī yòng zhong1 ti3 xi1 yong4 chung t`i hsi yung chung ti hsi yung |
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core |
以夷制夷 see styles |
yǐ yí zhì yí yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2 i i chih i iiseii / ise いいせいい |
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties); Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) (yoji) (See 夷を以て夷を制す) controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another |
伽婆達摩 伽婆达摩 see styles |
qié pó dá mó qie2 po2 da2 mo2 ch`ieh p`o ta mo chieh po ta mo Kabadama |
Bhagavaddharma. A Western Indian monk who tr. a work on 觀自在. |
佈列塔尼 布列塔尼 see styles |
bù liè tǎ ní bu4 lie4 ta3 ni2 pu lieh t`a ni pu lieh ta ni |
Brittany or Bretagne, area of western France |
佛朗機炮 佛朗机炮 see styles |
fó lǎng jī pào fo2 lang3 ji1 pao4 fo lang chi p`ao fo lang chi pao |
Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era |
佛朗機銃 佛朗机铳 see styles |
fó lǎng jī chòng fo2 lang3 ji1 chong4 fo lang chi ch`ung fo lang chi chung |
Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era |
南西諸島 南西诸岛 see styles |
nán xī zhū dǎo nan2 xi1 zhu1 dao3 nan hsi chu tao nanseishotou / nanseshoto なんせいしょとう |
Ryukyu Islands; Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan (See 琉球諸島) Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan; (place-name) Nansei-shoto (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago) |
友誼商店 友谊商店 see styles |
yǒu yì shāng diàn you3 yi4 shang1 dian4 yu i shang tien |
Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, specializing in selling imported Western goods and quality Chinese crafts |
和平演変 see styles |
waheienpen / waheenpen わへいえんぺん |
(Chinese translation of "peaceful evolution") peaceful overthrow of Chinese communism (alleged Western strategy) |
和洋合奏 see styles |
wayougassou / wayogasso わようがっそう |
wayō gassō; mixed orchestra using Japanese and Western instruments |
和洋折衷 see styles |
wayousecchuu / wayosecchu わようせっちゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) blending of Japanese and Western styles |
和魂洋才 see styles |
wakonyousai / wakonyosai わこんようさい |
(yoji) Japanese spirit with Western learning |
嘆きの壁 see styles |
nagekinokabe なげきのかべ |
(exp,n) Wailing Wall (Jerusalem); Western Wall |
嘉峪關城 嘉峪关城 see styles |
jiā yù guān chéng jia1 yu4 guan1 cheng2 chia yü kuan ch`eng chia yü kuan cheng |
Jiayuguan fort in the Gansu corridor; Ming dynasty military fort, the western end of the Great Wall |
國際跳棋 国际跳棋 see styles |
guó jì tiào qí guo2 ji4 tiao4 qi2 kuo chi t`iao ch`i kuo chi tiao chi |
checkers (Western board game) |
外人墓地 see styles |
gaijinbochi がいじんぼち |
foreign cemetery (in Japan); cemetery for Westerners; (place-name) Gaijin Cemetery |
多摩地域 see styles |
tamachiiki / tamachiki たまちいき |
(place-name) Tama Area; Western Tokyo |
奏鳴曲式 奏鸣曲式 see styles |
zòu míng qǔ shì zou4 ming2 qu3 shi4 tsou ming ch`ü shih tsou ming chü shih |
sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music) |
小斑姬鶲 小斑姬鹟 see styles |
xiǎo bān jī wēng xiao3 ban1 ji1 weng1 hsiao pan chi weng |
(bird species of China) little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) |
山陰地方 see styles |
saninchihou / saninchiho さんいんちほう |
San'in region; region of western Honshu incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures |
山陽地方 see styles |
sanyouchihou / sanyochiho さんようちほう |
San'yō region; region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures |
己惚れ鏡 see styles |
unuborekagami うぬぼれかがみ |
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period) |
布雷斯特 see styles |
bù léi sī tè bu4 lei2 si1 te4 pu lei ssu t`e pu lei ssu te |
Brest, westernmost town in France |
彼岸西風 see styles |
higannishi ひがんにし |
westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox |
拘那羅陀 拘那罗陀 see styles |
jun à luó tuó jun1 a4 luo2 tuo2 chün a lo t`o chün a lo to Kunarada |
(or拘那羅他); 拘那蘭難陀 ? Guṇarata, name of Paramārtha, who was known as 眞諦三藏, also as Kulanātha, came to China A. D. 546 from Ujjain in Western India, tr. many books, especially the treatises of Vasubandhu. |
掠賣華工 掠卖华工 see styles |
lüè mài huá gōng lu:e4 mai4 hua2 gong1 lu:e mai hua kung |
Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism |
文化住宅 see styles |
bunkajuutaku / bunkajutaku ぶんかじゅうたく |
semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s |
文明開化 see styles |
bunmeikaika / bunmekaika ぶんめいかいか |
(yoji) civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) |
斷袖之癖 断袖之癖 see styles |
duàn xiù zhī pǐ duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3 tuan hsiu chih p`i tuan hsiu chih pi |
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. |
日落西山 see styles |
rì luò xī shān ri4 luo4 xi1 shan1 jih lo hsi shan |
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end; fig. time of decline; the end of an era; Sic transit gloria mundi |
星座運勢 星座运势 see styles |
xīng zuò yùn shì xing1 zuo4 yun4 shi4 hsing tso yün shih |
(Western-style) horoscope |
欧米諸国 see styles |
oubeishokoku / obeshokoku おうべいしょこく |
Western countries; European and (North) American countries |
泰西名画 see styles |
taiseimeiga / taisemega たいせいめいが |
Western painting |
洋務學堂 洋务学堂 see styles |
yáng wù xué táng yang2 wu4 xue2 tang2 yang wu hsüeh t`ang yang wu hsüeh tang |
college of Western learning in late Qing |
洋務運動 洋务运动 see styles |
yáng wù yùn dòng yang2 wu4 yun4 dong4 yang wu yün tung youmuundou / yomundo ようむうんどう |
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 (hist) Self-Strengthening Movement (political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty); Westernization Movement |
洋式便器 see styles |
youshikibenki / yoshikibenki ようしきべんき |
(See 洋式トイレ) Western-style toilet |
洋服箪笥 see styles |
youfukudansu / yofukudansu ようふくだんす youfukutansu / yofukutansu ようふくたんす |
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy |
洋生菓子 see styles |
younamagashi / yonamagashi ようなまがし |
(See 生菓子・なまがし・2) fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie) |
生洋菓子 see styles |
namayougashi / namayogashi なまようがし |
(See 生菓子・なまがし・2,洋生菓子・ようなまがし) fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie) |
甲申政變 甲申政变 see styles |
jiǎ shēn zhèng biàn jia3 shen1 zheng4 bian4 chia shen cheng pien |
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops |
眞諦三藏 眞谛三藏 see styles |
zhēn dì sān zàng zhen1 di4 san1 zang4 chen ti san tsang Shintai Sanzō |
Paramārtha 波羅末陀, also called ? Guṇarata 拘那羅陀 or Kulanātha, from Ujjain in western India, who came to China A.D. 546, and is famous as translator or editor, e.g. of the 起信論. |
碧眼紅毛 see styles |
hekigankoumou / hekigankomo へきがんこうもう |
(yoji) blue eyes and red hair; Westerner |
祖師西来 see styles |
soshiseirai / soshiserai そしせいらい |
{Buddh} the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China |
福澤諭吉 福泽谕吉 see styles |
fú zé yù jí fu2 ze2 yu4 ji2 fu tse yü chi |
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901), prominent Japanese Westernizer, liberal educator and founder of Keio University |
秋田蘭画 see styles |
akitaranga あきたらんが |
(hist) Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period |
紅毛碧眼 see styles |
koumouhekigan / komohekigan こうもうへきがん |
(yoji) red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner |
耶律大石 see styles |
yē lǜ dà shí ye1 lu:4 da4 shi2 yeh lü ta shih |
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia |
肥筑方言 see styles |
hichikuhougen / hichikuhogen ひちくほうげん |
Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu) |
自惚れ鏡 see styles |
unuborekagami うぬぼれかがみ |
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period) |
至那僕底 see styles |
zhì nà pū dǐ zhi4 na4 pu1 di3 chih na p`u ti chih na pu ti |
Cīnapati, Lord (from) China, said in the Record of Western Lands 西域記 to have been appointed by the Han rulers; a country so-called because the son of 蕃維質 Fan Weizhi of 河西 Hexi dwelt (and reigned) there. Eitel says, 'A small kingdom in the north-west of India (near Lahore) the inhabitants of which asserted (A. D. 640) that their first kings had come from China.' |
若開山脈 若开山脉 see styles |
ruò kāi shān mài ruo4 kai1 shan1 mai4 jo k`ai shan mai jo kai shan mai |
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma) |
蕃書調所 see styles |
banshoshirabesho ばんしょしらべしょ |
(hist) Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books |
西インド see styles |
nishiindo / nishindo にしインド |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 西インド諸島) West Indies; (2) Western India |
西ゴリラ see styles |
nishigorira; nishigorira にしゴリラ; ニシゴリラ |
(kana only) western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) |
西サハラ see styles |
nishisahara にしサハラ |
Western Sahara; (place-name) Western Sahara |
西サモア see styles |
nishisamoa にしサモア |
(place-name) Western Samoa |
西側諸国 see styles |
nishigawashokoku にしがわしょこく |
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries |
西南官話 西南官话 see styles |
xī nán guān huà xi1 nan2 guan1 hua4 hsi nan kuan hua |
Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China |
西太平洋 see styles |
xī tài píng yáng xi1 tai4 ping2 yang2 hsi t`ai p`ing yang hsi tai ping yang nishitaiheiyou / nishitaiheyo にしたいへいよう |
the western Pacific Ocean (place-name) Nishitaiheiyou |
西撒哈拉 see styles |
xī sā hā lā xi1 sa1 ha1 la1 hsi sa ha la |
Western Sahara |
西方教会 see styles |
seihoukyoukai / sehokyokai せいほうきょうかい |
(See 東方正教会) Western Church; Western Christianity |
西方松雞 西方松鸡 see styles |
xī fāng sōng jī xi1 fang1 song1 ji1 hsi fang sung chi |
(bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Wester" 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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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