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原級留置

see styles
 genkyuuryuuchi / genkyuryuchi
    げんきゅうりゅうち
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition

參禪學道


参禅学道

see styles
sān chán xué dào
    san1 chan2 xue2 dao4
san ch`an hsüeh tao
    san chan hsüeh tao
 sanzen gakudō
practicing Chan and learning the way

叔父さん

see styles
 ojisan
    おじさん
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (familiar language) (kana only) uncle; (2) (familiar language) (kana only) old man; mister (vocative); (3) (kana only) manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

取扱い方

see styles
 toriatsukaikata
    とりあつかいかた
way of handling

受験勉強

see styles
 jukenbenkyou / jukenbenkyo
    じゅけんべんきょう
(noun/participle) studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

口がたつ

see styles
 kuchigatatsu
    くちがたつ
(exp,v5t) to be eloquent; to have a way with words

口が立つ

see styles
 kuchigatatsu
    くちがたつ
(exp,v5t) to be eloquent; to have a way with words

口当たり

see styles
 kuchiatari
    くちあたり
(1) taste; feel on the tongue; (2) manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing; way of talking

古々しい

see styles
 furuburushii / furuburushi
    ふるぶるしい
(adjective) very old

古き良き

see styles
 furukiyoki
    ふるきよき
(pre-noun adjective) good old; good old-fashioned

古くから

see styles
 furukukara
    ふるくから
(exp,adj-no) from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

古くさい

see styles
 furukusai
    ふるくさい
(adjective) stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite

古ぼける

see styles
 furubokeru
    ふるぼける
(v1,vi) to look old; to become musty; to wear out

古今小說


古今小说

see styles
gǔ jīn xiǎo shuō
    gu3 jin1 xiao3 shuo1
ku chin hsiao shuo
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620

古古しい

see styles
 furuburushii / furuburushi
    ふるぶるしい
(adjective) very old

古惚ける

see styles
 furubokeru
    ふるぼける
(v1,vi) to look old; to become musty; to wear out

古武士然

see styles
 kobushizen
    こぶしぜん
(yoji) having something of the old-time samurai about one

古色古香

see styles
gǔ sè gǔ xiāng
    gu3 se4 gu3 xiang1
ku se ku hsiang
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)

古馴染み

see styles
 furunajimi
    ふるなじみ
old friend

叩き上げ

see styles
 tatakiage
    たたきあげ
(1) working one's way up; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) self-made person; veteran

只底舸部

see styles
zhǐ dǐ gě bù
    zhi3 di3 ge3 bu4
chih ti ko pu
 Shiteika bu
只底興世羅部; 支提加部; 支提山部; 制多山部; 住支提山部; 逝多林 (or 逝多苑); 祇桓 Jetavanīyāḥ or Jetīyaśailāḥ. School of the dwellers on Mount Jeta, or 勝林部 School of Jetṛvana. A subdivision of the Stṣṭhavirāḥ Cf. 北.

召される

see styles
 mesareru
    めされる
(transitive verb) (1) (honorific or respectful language) to do; (transitive verb) (2) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (transitive verb) (3) (honorific or respectful language) to put on; to wear; (transitive verb) (4) (honorific or respectful language) to buy; to purchase; (transitive verb) (5) (honorific or respectful language) to take (a bath); (v1,vi) (6) (honorific or respectful language) to ride; to get in (a vehicle); to take; (transitive verb) (7) (honorific or respectful language) to catch (a cold); (transitive verb) (8) (honorific or respectful language) (as お年を召される) to put on (years); to get old; (v1,vi) (9) (honorific or respectful language) (as お気に召される) to strike one's fancy; to please one; (aux-v,v1) (10) (honorific or respectful language) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates respect

右往左往

see styles
 uousaou / uosao
    うおうさおう
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) (yoji) moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

各人各様

see styles
 kakujinkakuyou / kakujinkakuyo
    かくじんかくよう
(exp,n,adj-no) (yoji) different strokes for different folks; people doing something in their own way

各奔前程

see styles
gè bèn qián chéng
    ge4 ben4 qian2 cheng2
ko pen ch`ien ch`eng
    ko pen chien cheng
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead

各種学校

see styles
 kakushugakkou / kakushugakko
    かくしゅがっこう
{law} miscellaneous school; legal category of schools including certain vocational schools, driving schools, cram schools, etc.

各自為政


各自为政

see styles
gè zì wéi zhèng
    ge4 zi4 wei2 zheng4
ko tzu wei cheng
to do things each in one's own way

各行其是

see styles
gè xíng qí shì
    ge4 xing2 qi2 shi4
ko hsing ch`i shih
    ko hsing chi shih
each one does what he thinks is right (idiom); each goes his own way

合宿免許

see styles
 gasshukumenkyo
    がっしゅくめんきょ
taking an intensive driving course while staying in accommodation provided by the driving school; driving school camp

合縱連橫


合纵连横

see styles
hé zòng lián héng
    he2 zong4 lian2 heng2
ho tsung lien heng
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

吉羅米突


吉罗米突

see styles
jí luó mǐ tū
    ji2 luo2 mi3 tu1
chi lo mi t`u
    chi lo mi tu
kilometer (old) (loanword)

同歸於盡


同归于尽

see styles
tóng guī yú jìn
    tong2 gui1 yu2 jin4
t`ung kuei yü chin
    tung kuei yü chin
to die in such a way that sb (or something) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction

名正言順


名正言顺

see styles
míng zhèng yán shùn
    ming2 zheng4 yan2 shun4
ming cheng yen shun
in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate

吐故納新


吐故纳新

see styles
tǔ gù nà xīn
    tu3 gu4 na4 xin1
t`u ku na hsin
    tu ku na hsin
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

含飴弄孫


含饴弄孙

see styles
hán yí nòng sūn
    han2 yi2 nong4 sun1
han i nung sun
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom); fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age

吹奏楽部

see styles
 suisougakubu / suisogakubu
    すいそうがくぶ
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

命道沙門


命道沙门

see styles
mìng dào shā mén
    ming4 dao4 sha1 men2
ming tao sha men
 myōdō shamon
A śramaṇa who makes the commandments, meditation, and knowledge his very life, as Ānanda did.

咸與維新


咸与维新

see styles
xián yù wéi xīn
    xian2 yu4 wei2 xin1
hsien yü wei hsin
everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start afresh

品學兼優


品学兼优

see styles
pǐn xué jiān yōu
    pin3 xue2 jian1 you1
p`in hsüeh chien yu
    pin hsüeh chien yu
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school); a paragon of virtue and learning

唐山地區


唐山地区

see styles
táng shān dì qū
    tang2 shan1 di4 qu1
t`ang shan ti ch`ü
    tang shan ti chü
Tangshan county (old name)

唯識中道


唯识中道

see styles
wéi shì zhōng dào
    wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4
wei shih chung tao
 yuishiki chūdō
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal.

商業学校

see styles
 shougyougakkou / shogyogakko
    しょうぎょうがっこう
(hist) commercial school

商科院校

see styles
shāng kē yuàn xiào
    shang1 ke1 yuan4 xiao4
shang k`o yüan hsiao
    shang ko yüan hsiao
Business school

商船学校

see styles
 shousengakkou / shosengakko
    しょうせんがっこう
merchant-marine school

問道於盲


问道于盲

see styles
wèn dào yú máng
    wen4 dao4 yu2 mang2
wen tao yü mang
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom); fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

善後対策

see styles
 zengotaisaku
    ぜんごたいさく
(yoji) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation

喉元思案

see styles
 nodomotojian
    のどもとじあん
(yoji) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

喜新厭舊


喜新厌旧

see styles
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
    xi3 xin1 yan4 jiu4
hsi hsin yen chiu
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

喻世明言

see styles
yù shì míng yán
    yu4 shi4 ming2 yan2
yü shih ming yen
another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]

器械運動

see styles
 kikaiundou / kikaiundo
    きかいうんどう
apparatus gymnastics; gymnastics (esp. at school); exercise using gymnastics equipment

嚴島神社


严岛神社

see styles
yán dǎo shén shè
    yan2 dao3 shen2 she4
yen tao shen she
 itsukushimajinja
    いつくしまじんじゃ
Itsukujima shrine in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
(place-name) Itsukushima Shrine (old kanji)

四不寄附

see styles
sì bù jì fù
    si4 bu4 ji4 fu4
ssu pu chi fu
 shi fukifu
The four to whom one does not entrust valuables— the old, for death is nigh; the distant, lest one has immediate need of them; the evil; or the 大力 strong; lest the temptation be too strong for the last two.

四分律宗

see styles
sì fēn lǜ zōng
    si4 fen1 lv4 zong1
ssu fen lü tsung
 Shibunrisshū
Four Part Vinaya School

四十八年

see styles
sì shí bā nián
    si4 shi2 ba1 nian2
ssu shih pa nien
 shijūhachi nen
The forty-eight years of service demanded by an old physician of his pupil in order to acquire his skill— likened to the slow and difficult methods of Hīnayāna and of early Mahāyāna.

四種觀行


四种观行

see styles
sì zhǒng guān xíng
    si4 zhong3 guan1 xing2
ssu chung kuan hsing
 shishu kangyō
The four kinds of examination, a method of repentance as a way to get rid of any sin: study the cause of the sin, which lies in ignorance, or lack of clear understanding, e. g. moth and fame; study its inevitable effect, its karma; study oneself, introspection; and study the Tathāgata in his perfect character, and saving power.

四箇大乘

see styles
sì gè dà shèng
    si4 ge4 da4 sheng4
ssu ko ta sheng
 shika daijō
The four Mahāyānas, i. e. the four great schools: (1) 華嚴 Huayan or Avataṃsaka; (2) 天台 Tiantai; (3) 眞言 Zhenyan, Shingon, or esoteric; (4) 禪 Chan, Zen, or intuitive school. Another group is the 法相, 三論, 天台, and 華嚴.

四苦八苦

see styles
sì kǔ bā kǔ
    si4 ku3 ba1 ku3
ssu k`u pa k`u
    ssu ku pa ku
 shikuhakku
    しくはっく
(n,vs,vi) (1) (yoji) being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); (2) (yoji) {Buddh} (See 四苦,八苦) the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
four and eight kinds of suffering

回り合う

see styles
 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

因循守舊


因循守旧

see styles
yīn xún shǒu jiù
    yin1 xun2 shou3 jiu4
yin hsün shou chiu
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut; diehard conservative attitudes

図画工作

see styles
 zugakousaku / zugakosaku
    ずがこうさく
drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts

国民学校

see styles
 kokumingakkou / kokumingakko
    こくみんがっこう
(hist) elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)

国際学校

see styles
 kokusaigakkou / kokusaigakko
    こくさいがっこう
(See インターナショナルスクール) international school

国際感覚

see styles
 kokusaikankaku
    こくさいかんかく
cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world

國務總理


国务总理

see styles
guó wù zǒng lǐ
    guo2 wu4 zong3 li3
kuo wu tsung li
minister of state (old usage)

國民中學


国民中学

see styles
guó mín zhōng xué
    guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2
kuo min chung hsüeh
junior high school (Tw); abbr. to 國中|国中[guo2 zhong1]

國民小學


国民小学

see styles
guó mín xiǎo xué
    guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2
kuo min hsiao hsüeh
elementary school (Tw)

圓融三諦


圆融三谛

see styles
yuán róng sān dì
    yuan2 rong2 san1 di4
yüan jung san ti
 enyū sandai
The three dogmas of 空假中 as combined, as one and the same, as a unity, according to the Tiantai inclusive or perfect school. The universal 空 apart from the particular 假 is an abstraction. The particular apart from the universal is unreal. The universal realizes its true nature in the particular, and the particular derives its meaning from the universal. The middle path 中 unites these two aspects of one reality.

土到不行

see styles
tǔ dào bù xíng
    tu3 dao4 bu4 xing2
t`u tao pu hsing
    tu tao pu hsing
old-fashioned; extremely kitsch

在るべき

see styles
 arubeki
    あるべき
(pre-noun adjective) (kana only) ideal; desirable; the way something should be; target; goal

地ならし

see styles
 jinarashi
    じならし
(noun/participle) ground levelling (leveling); laying groundwork; smoothing the way

地論學派


地论学派

see styles
dì lùn xué pài
    di4 lun4 xue2 pai4
ti lun hsüeh p`ai
    ti lun hsüeh pai
 Chiron gakuha
doctrinal lineage of the School of the Treatise on the Bhūmis

垂暮之年

see styles
chuí mù zhī nián
    chui2 mu4 zhi1 nian2
ch`ui mu chih nien
    chui mu chih nien
old age

執迷不悟


执迷不悟

see styles
zhí mí bù wù
    zhi2 mi2 bu4 wu4
chih mi pu wu
to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)

執金剛神


执金刚神

see styles
zhí jīn gāng shén
    zhi2 jin1 gang1 shen2
chih chin kang shen
 shukongoujin; shuukongoujin; shikkongoujin / shukongojin; shukongojin; shikkongojin
    しゅこんごうじん; しゅうこんごうじん; しっこんごうじん
{Buddh} (See 金剛杵,仁王) Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)
vajrapāṇi, vajradhara. Any deva-holder of the vajra. (1) Indra, who in a former incarnation took an oath to defend Buddhism, was reborn as king of the yakṣas, hence he and his yakṣas carry vajras. (2) Mañjuśrī as the spiritual reflex of the Dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya. (3) A popular deity, the terror of all enemies of Buddhist believers, specially worshipped in exorcisms and sorcery by the Yoga school.

基羅米突


基罗米突

see styles
jī luó mǐ tū
    ji1 luo2 mi3 tu1
chi lo mi t`u
    chi lo mi tu
kilometer (old) (loanword)

塞翁失馬


塞翁失马

see styles
sài wēng shī mǎ
    sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3
sai weng shih ma
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

塵紙交換

see styles
 chirigamikoukan / chirigamikokan
    ちりがみこうかん
collecting waste paper (old newspapers etc.) and exchanging them for tissues

增道損生


增道损生

see styles
zēng dào sǔn shēng
    zeng1 dao4 sun3 sheng1
tseng tao sun sheng
 zōdō sonshō
A bodhisattva's progress in the doctrine with concurrent reduction in reincarnation.

売れ残り

see styles
 urenokori
    うれのこり
(1) unsold items; leftovers; remainders; remnants; (2) (colloquialism) (sensitive word) spinster; old maid

壽終正寢


寿终正寝

see styles
shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn
    shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3
shou chung cheng ch`in
    shou chung cheng chin
to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life

変わり身

see styles
 kawarimi
    かわりみ
(1) change of attitude (stance, position); (2) {sumo} lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack

夏期大学

see styles
 kakidaigaku
    かきだいがく
university summer school; college summer school

夏期学校

see styles
 kakigakkou / kakigakko
    かきがっこう
summer school

外交辞令

see styles
 gaikoujirei / gaikojire
    がいこうじれい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something

夜間中学

see styles
 yakanchuugaku / yakanchugaku
    やかんちゅうがく
evening middle school

夜間学校

see styles
 yakangakkou / yakangakko
    やかんがっこう
evening school; night school

夜間高校

see styles
 yakankoukou / yakankoko
    やかんこうこう
evening high school

大むかし

see styles
 oomukashi
    おおむかし
(n-adv,n-t) great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

大中學生


大中学生

see styles
dà zhōng xué sheng
    da4 zhong1 xue2 sheng5
ta chung hsüeh sheng
university and high school students

大和撫子

see styles
 yamatonadeshiko; yamatonadeshiko
    やまとなでしこ; ヤマトナデシコ
(1) (kana only) (yoji) (See 撫子・1) large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); (2) woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

大学別曹

see styles
 daigakubessou / daigakubesso
    だいがくべっそう
(See 大学寮,七大私学) Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto

大曼荼羅


大曼荼罗

see styles
dà màn tú luó
    da4 man4 tu2 luo2
ta man t`u lo
    ta man tu lo
 daimandara
    だいまんだら
{Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅・ししゅまんだら) great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity
(大曼) The great maṇḍala; one of four groups of Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the esoteric school. The esoteric word 阿 "a " is styled the great maṇḍala-king.

大破大立

see styles
dà pò dà lì
    da4 po4 da4 li4
ta p`o ta li
    ta po ta li
to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom); radical transformation

大自在天

see styles
dà zì zài tiān
    da4 zi4 zai4 tian1
ta tzu tsai t`ien
    ta tzu tsai tien
 daijizaiten
    だいじざいてん
{Buddh} Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
Maheśvara, 摩醯首濕伐羅 or Śiva, lord of the present chiliocosm, or universe; he is described under two forms, one as the prince of demons, the other as divine, i.e. 毘舍闍 Piśācamaheśvara and 淨居 Śuddhāvāsa- or Śuddhodanamaheśvara. As Piśāca, head of the demons, he is represented with three eyes and eight arms, and riding on a white bull; a bull or a linga being his symbol. The esoteric school takes him for the transformation body of Vairocana, and as appearing in many forms, e.g. Viṣṇu, Nārāyana (i.e. Brahmā), etc. His wife (śakti) is Bhīmā, or 大自在天婦. As Śuddhāvāsa, or Pure dwelling, he is described as a bodhisattva of the tenth or highest degree, on the point of entering Buddhahood. There is dispute as to whether both are the same being, or entirely different. The term also means the sixth or highest of the six desire heavens.

大運動会

see styles
 daiundoukai / daiundokai
    だいうんどうかい
(See 運動会) big athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day

大阪桐蔭

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 oosakatouin / oosakatoin
    おおさかとういん
(org) Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbreviation); (o) Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbreviation)

大障善道

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dà zhàng shàn dào
    da4 zhang4 shan4 dao4
ta chang shan tao
 daishō zendō
great impediment to the virtuous way

大黒頭巾

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 daikokuzukin
    だいこくずきん
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

天台九神

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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.

天台大師


天台大师

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tiān tái dà shī
    tian1 tai2 da4 shi1
t`ien t`ai ta shih
    tien tai ta shih
 tendaidaishi
    てんだいだいし
(personal name) Tendaidaishi
The actual founder of the Tiantai 'school' 智顗 Zhiyi; his 字 was 德安 De-an, and his surname 陳 Chen, A. D. 538-597. Studying under 慧思 Huici of Hunan, he was greatly influenced by his teaching; and found in the Lotus Sutra the real interpretation of Mahayanism. In 575 he first came to Tiantai and established his school, which in turn was the foundation of important Buddhist schools in Korea and Japan.

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.



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