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寒武利亜(ateji)

 kanburia
    カンブリア
(kana only) (archaism) Cambria (old name for Wales)

少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲


少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
    shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1
shao chuang pu nu li , lao ta t`u shang pei
    shao chuang pu nu li , lao ta tu shang pei
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

Variations:
少女
乙女
小女

 shoujo(少女, 小女)(p); otome(少女, 乙女) / shojo(少女, 小女)(p); otome(少女, 乙女)
    しょうじょ(少女, 小女)(P); おとめ(少女, 乙女)
(1) little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old; (2) (少女, しょうじょ only) (archaism) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

Variations:
年を重ねる
歳を重ねる

 toshiokasaneru
    としをかさねる
(exp,v1) to age; to grow old

Variations:
年甲斐
年がい(sK)

 toshigai
    としがい
one's age

Variations:
年配
年輩

 nenpai
    ねんぱい
(1) (approximate) age; years; (can be adjective with の) (2) elderly; old; aged; (can be adjective with の) (3) older (than); senior

Variations:
後追い心中
跡追い心中

 atooishinjuu; atooishinjuu / atooishinju; atooishinju
    あとおいしんじゅう; あとおいしんぢゅう
suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

Variations:
悪戯盛り
いたずら盛り

 itazurazakari
    いたずらざかり
mischievous age

提波羅惹寺麻訶所生祕決


提波罗惹寺麻诃所生祕决

see styles
tí bō luó rě sì má hē suǒ shēng mì jué
    ti2 bo1 luo2 re3 si4 ma2 he1 suo3 sheng1 mi4 jue2
t`i po lo je ssu ma ho so sheng mi chüeh
    ti po lo je ssu ma ho so sheng mi chüeh
 Daiharajaji maka shoshō hiketsu
Secrets of Deva Rāja Temple and the Great Birth

Variations:
断末魔
断末摩(rK)

 danmatsuma
    だんまつま
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death

Variations:
旧字体
舊字體(oK)

 kyuujitai / kyujitai
    きゅうじたい
(See 新字体) old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946

Variations:
時代がかる
時代掛かる

 jidaigakaru
    じだいがかる
(v5r,vi) to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking

Variations:
書き方
書きかた

 kakikata
    かきかた
(1) way of writing; manner of writing; (2) penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; (3) format (e.g. of a report); (4) stroke order of a character

Variations:
検視
検屍
検死

 kenshi
    けんし
(noun, transitive verb) autopsy; inquest; investigation of death

Variations:
死に掛ける
死にかける

 shinikakeru
    しにかける
(Ichidan verb) to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

Variations:
死に生き
死生(io)

 shiniiki / shiniki
    しにいき
(1) (archaism) (See 生死・せいし・1,生き死に・いきしに) death and life; death or life; (2) (archaism) death

Variations:
物心が付く
物心がつく

 monogokorogatsuku
    ものごころがつく
(exp,v5k) to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

Variations:
生き死に
生死(io)

 ikishini
    いきしに
(See 生死・せいし・1) life and death; life or death

Variations:
生む
産む

 umu
    うむ
(transitive verb) (1) to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); (transitive verb) (2) to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver

Variations:
疫病神
厄病神(iK)

 yakubyougami; ekibyougami(疫病神)(ik) / yakubyogami; ekibyogami(疫病神)(ik)
    やくびょうがみ; えきびょうがみ(疫病神)(ik)
(1) god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; (2) (derogatory term) jinx; hoodoo; pest; odious person; plague; angel of death

病來如山倒,病去如抽絲


病来如山倒,病去如抽丝

bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
    bing4 lai2 ru2 shan1 dao3 , bing4 qu4 ru2 chou1 si1
ping lai ju shan tao , ping ch`ü ju ch`ou ssu
    ping lai ju shan tao , ping chü ju chou ssu
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

Variations:
箇(rK)
個(rK)

 tsu
    つ
(counter) (1) (kana only) (suffixed to Japanese numerals 1-9 (ひと, ふた, etc.)) general-purpose counter; (counter) (2) (kana only) ... years old

Variations:
糞爺
糞ジジイ(sK)

 kusojijii; kusojijii; kusojiji(sk) / kusojiji; kusojiji; kusojiji(sk)
    くそじじい; クソジジイ; クソジジィ(sk)
(kana only) (derogatory term) old man; old goat

Variations:
素性
素姓
種姓
素生

 sujou; sosei(素性, 素生); shusei(種姓); suzou(素姓)(ok); shushou(種姓)(ok) / sujo; sose(素性, 素生); shuse(種姓); suzo(素姓)(ok); shusho(種姓)(ok)
    すじょう; そせい(素性, 素生); しゅせい(種姓); すぞう(素姓)(ok); しゅしょう(種姓)(ok)
(1) birth; lineage; parentage; origin; (2) identity; background; history; past; (3) provenance; origin

Variations:
花盛り
花ざかり

 hanazakari
    はなざかり
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) booming or peaking (in popularity)

Variations:
親父
親爺
親仁

 oyaji(gikun)(p); oyaji
    おやじ(gikun)(P); オヤジ
(1) (familiar language) one's father; one's old man; dad; pops; (2) (familiar language) middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer; (3) (familiar language) one's boss; (4) proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord; (5) (hob:) grizzly bear

Variations:
討ち死に
討死
討死に

 uchijini
    うちじに
(n,vs,vi) death in battle; death on the battlefield

Variations:
野垂れ死に
のたれ死に

 notarejini
    のたれじに
(n,vs,vi) (sensitive word) dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

Variations:
釜茹で
釜ゆで(sK)

 kamayude; kamaude(ok)
    かまゆで; かまうで(ok)
(1) boiling in an iron pot; (2) boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

Variations:
長ける
闌ける(rK)

 takeru
    たける
(v1,vi) (1) to excel at; to be proficient at; (v1,vi) (2) to grow old; (v1,vi) (3) to ripen; (v1,vi) (4) to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

Variations:
鬼婆
鬼ばば
鬼ばばあ

 onibaba(鬼婆, 鬼baba); onibabaa(鬼婆, 鬼babaa) / onibaba(鬼婆, 鬼baba); onibaba(鬼婆, 鬼baba)
    おにばば(鬼婆, 鬼ばば); おにばばあ(鬼婆, 鬼ばばあ)
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago

エージング・ハラスメント

 eejingu harasumento
    エージング・ハラスメント
harassment or bullying based on age (wasei: aging harassment)

Variations:
お産
御産(sK)

 osan
    おさん
(polite language) (See 出産・1) (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

Variations:
お馴染み
御馴染み

 onajimi
    おなじみ
(can be adjective with の) (1) (polite language) (kana only) (See 馴染み) familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); favourite; favorite; (2) (polite language) (kana only) old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular; regular customer

Variations:
ジジ抜き
爺抜き(rK)

 jijinuki
    ジジぬき
{cards} (See ババ抜き・1) card game variant of old maid

Variations:
シュテルベン
ステルベン

 shuteruben; suteruben
    シュテルベン; ステルベン
(noun/participle) death (ger: Sterben); dying

Variations:
ゼロ歳児
0歳児
零歳児

 zerosaiji; reisaiji(0歳児, 零歳児) / zerosaiji; resaiji(0歳児, 零歳児)
    ゼロさいじ; れいさいじ(0歳児, 零歳児)
child under a year old

Variations:
デスゲーム
デス・ゲーム

 desugeemu; desu geemu
    デスゲーム; デス・ゲーム
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake

Variations:
デスマーチ
デス・マーチ

 desumaachi; desu maachi / desumachi; desu machi
    デスマーチ; デス・マーチ
(1) (See 死の行進) death march; (2) {comp} death march (in software development); crunch

Variations:
デスマスク
デス・マスク

 desumasuku; desu masuku
    デスマスク; デス・マスク
death mask

Variations:
デスマッチ
デス・マッチ

 desumacchi; desu macchi
    デスマッチ; デス・マッチ
(1) {prowres} death match; deathmatch; (2) fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

Variations:
デスメタル
デス・メタル

 desumetaru; desu metaru
    デスメタル; デス・メタル
{music} (See ヘビーメタル) death metal

Variations:
のれん街
暖簾街(rK)

 norengai
    のれんがい
(1) food section in a department store with well-known tenants; (2) area of a town with old or famous restaurants, souvenir shops, etc.

Variations:
ベーオウルフ
ベオウルフ

 beeourufu; beourufu / beeorufu; beorufu
    ベーオウルフ; ベオウルフ
(work) Beowulf (Old English epic poem)

ミドルエージ・クライシス

 midorueeji kuraishisu
    ミドルエージ・クライシス
mid-life crisis (wasei: middle-age crisis)

ミドルエージシンドローム

see styles
 midorueejishindoroomu
    ミドルエージシンドローム
middle age syndrome

Variations:
ゆかいな牧場
愉快な牧場

 yukainabokujou / yukainabokujo
    ゆかいなぼくじょう
(work) Old MacDonald Had a Farm (children's song)

レクリエーション・ゲーム

 rekurieeshon geemu
    レクリエーション・ゲーム
organized games and activities for groups of children, old people, etc. (wasei: recreation game)

Variations:
一両
一輛(rK)

 ichiryou / ichiryo
    いちりょう
(n,adv) (1) one vehicle; (n,adv) (2) (一両 only) one ryō (an old coin)

Variations:
一巡り
ひと巡り
一周り

 hitomeguri
    ひとめぐり
(noun/participle) (1) (See 一回り・ひとまわり・1) a round; a turn; going around; making a round; (2) (See 一周忌・いっしゅうき) first anniversary of a person's death

Variations:

10

一〇

 juu(p); too(十, 10)(p); to(十) / ju(p); too(十, 10)(p); to(十)
    じゅう(P); とお(十, 10)(P); と(十)
(numeric) (1) (拾 is used in legal documents) ten; (2) (とお only) ten years of age

古い革袋に新しい酒を盛る

see styles
 furuikawabukuroniatarashiisakeomoru / furuikawabukuroniatarashisakeomoru
    ふるいかわぶくろにあたらしいさけをもる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to pour new wine into old wineskins; to give something unorthodox an orthodox presentation

Variations:
執着
執著(rK)

 shuuchaku(p); shuujaku / shuchaku(p); shujaku
    しゅうちゃく(P); しゅうじゃく
(n,vs,vi) attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession; clinging (e.g. to old customs)

Variations:
大将
大將(sK)

 taishou(p); daishou(ok) / taisho(p); daisho(ok)
    たいしょう(P); だいしょう(ok)
(1) {mil} general; admiral; (2) head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin; (3) (familiar language) (familiar or jocular term for addressing a male) old chap; mate; boss; chief; man; (4) (See 先鋒・せんぽう・2) athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

大陀羅尼末法中一字心呪經


大陀罗尼末法中一字心呪经

see styles
dà tuó luó ní mò fǎ zhōng yī zì xīn zhòu jīng
    da4 tuo2 luo2 ni2 mo4 fa3 zhong1 yi1 zi4 xin1 zhou4 jing1
ta t`o lo ni mo fa chung i tzu hsin chou ching
    ta to lo ni mo fa chung i tzu hsin chou ching
 Dai darani mappō chūichiji shinju kyō
Great Dhāraṇī Incantation of One Syllable for the Age of Terminal Dharma

女氏無くして玉の輿に乗る

see styles
 onnaujinakushitetamanokoshininoru
    おんなうじなくしてたまのこしにのる
(exp,v5r) (proverb) even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)

Variations:
定年
停年(rK)

 teinen / tenen
    ていねん
(1) retirement age; (2) (archaism) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

Variations:
少女
小女(rK)

 shoujo / shojo
    しょうじょ
(1) girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (2) (archaism) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

Variations:
年寄りくさい
年寄り臭い

 toshiyorikusai
    としよりくさい
(adjective) in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish

Variations:
年齢
年令(rK)

 nenrei / nenre
    ねんれい
age; years

Variations:
弔い合戦
弔合戦(sK)

 tomuraigassen
    とむらいがっせん
fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge

Variations:
弱冠
若冠(iK)

 jakkan
    じゃっかん
(1) twenty years of age; (2) youth; early age; tender age of ...

Variations:
散り際
散りぎわ(sK)

 chirigiwa
    ちりぎわ
(1) moment when blossoms fall; (2) one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

Variations:
昔ながら
昔乍ら(sK)

 mukashinagara
    むかしながら
(adj-no,adv) unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional

Variations:
昔懐かしい
昔なつかしい

 mukashinatsukashii / mukashinatsukashi
    むかしなつかしい
(adjective) reminiscent of the good old times; nostalgia-inducing

Variations:
昔気質
昔かたぎ
昔堅気

 mukashikatagi
    むかしかたぎ
(1) old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; (adj-no,adj-na) (2) old-fashioned

Variations:
死につながる
死に繋がる

 shinitsunagaru
    しにつながる
(exp,v5r) to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death

Variations:
死に損なう
死にそこなう

 shinisokonau
    しにそこなう
(v5u,vi) (1) to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to survive (when one should have died); (v5u,vi) (2) to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to narrowly escape death; (v5u,vi) (3) to survive (when others died); to outlive others

Variations:
死に至る病
死にいたる病

 shiniitaruyamai / shinitaruyamai
    しにいたるやまい
(exp,n) deadly disease; sickness leading to death; terminal illness

Variations:
死ぬまで戦う
死ぬ迄戦う

 shinumadetatakau
    しぬまでたたかう
(exp,v5u) to fight to the last (death)

Variations:
火あぶり
火炙り
火焙り

 hiaburi
    ひあぶり
burning at the stake; burning to death

Variations:
火炙り
火焙り
火あぶり

 hiaburi
    ひあぶり
burning at the stake; burning to death

Variations:
灯台
燈台(oK)

 toudai / todai
    とうだい
(1) lighthouse; (2) old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

Variations:
爺むさい
爺穢い(sK)

 jijimusai
    じじむさい
(adjective) (kana only) like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy

Variations:
玉砕
玉摧(rK)

 gyokusai
    ぎょくさい
(n,vs,vi) (1) honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; (n,vs,vi) (2) (colloquialism) trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

Variations:
病気
病氣(oK)

 byouki / byoki
    びょうき
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness; (2) bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing; (can be adjective with の) (3) (colloquialism) crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head

Variations:
病気
病氣(sK)

 byouki(p); byooki(sk) / byoki(p); byooki(sk)
    びょうき(P); ビョーキ(sk)
(1) illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness; (2) bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing; (can be adjective with の) (3) (colloquialism) crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head

Variations:
相悪阻
相づわり(sK)

 aizuwari
    あいづわり
(rare) nausea triggered by seeing one's partner experiencing morning sickness; sympathetic pregnancy

Variations:
禰宜
祢宜
袮宜(sK)

 negi
    ねぎ
(1) {Shinto} (See 宮司,権宮司) senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest); (2) (hist) {Shinto} (under the old system) (See 神主・2,祝・1) priest (below chief priest and above junior priest); (3) (rare) (See バッタ) grasshopper; locust

箸が転んでもおかしい年頃

see styles
 hashigakorondemookashiitoshigoro / hashigakorondemookashitoshigoro
    はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ
(exp,n) age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃

see styles
 hashigakorondemookashiitoshigoro / hashigakorondemookashitoshigoro
    はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ
(exp,n) age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)

Variations:
繰り上げ当選
繰上げ当選

 kuriagetousen / kuriagetosen
    くりあげとうせん
win an election due to another's death or disqualification

Variations:
肝を冷やす
きもを冷やす

 kimoohiyasu
    きもをひやす
(exp,v5s) to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

Variations:
行く
往く(rK)

 iku(p); yuku(p); iku(sk)
    いく(P); ゆく(P); イク(sk)
(v5k-s,vi) (1) (See 来る・1) to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for); (v5k-s,vi) (2) to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road); (v5k-s,vi) (3) to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along; (v5k-s,vi) (4) (oft. as で〜) to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try; (v5k-s,vi) (5) to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by; (v5k-s,vi) (6) to stream; to flow; (v5k-s,vi) (7) (usu. written as 逝く) to die; to pass away; (v5k-s,vi) (8) to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...); (v5k-s,vi) (9) to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive; (aux-v,v5k-s) (10) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb; い sometimes omitted in casual speech) to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...; (v5k-s,vi) (11) (kana only) (colloquialism) (oft. written as イク) to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; (v5k-s,vi) (12) (kana only) (slang) to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

Variations:
身元
身許
身もと

 mimoto
    みもと
(1) (one's) identity; background; upbringing; birth (and parentage); (2) (one's) character

Variations:
週齢
週令
週齡(sK)

 shuurei / shure
    しゅうれい
(n,suf) week-old

Variations:
静まり返る
静まりかえる

 shizumarikaeru
    しずまりかえる
(v5r,vi) to fall completely silent; to become still as death

Variations:
いい年をして
いい歳をして

 iitoshioshite / itoshioshite
    いいとしをして
(expression) (See いい年して) (in spite of) being old enough to know better

オールド・ブラック・ジョー

 oorudo burakku joo
    オールド・ブラック・ジョー
(wk) Old Black Joe (song by Stephen Foster)

Variations:
オジタリアン
おじたりあん

 ojitarian; ojitarian
    オジタリアン; おじたりあん
(See オバタリアン) pushy, selfish old man

Variations:
オヤジ化
おやじ化
親父化

 oyajika(oyaji化); oyajika(oyaji化, 親父化)
    オヤジか(オヤジ化); おやじか(おやじ化, 親父化)
(noun/participle) (colloquialism) becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer

お誕生おめでとうございます

see styles
 otanjouomedetougozaimasu / otanjoomedetogozaimasu
    おたんじょうおめでとうございます
(expression) congratulations on the birth of your baby

Variations:
カビ臭い
かび臭い
黴臭い

 kabikusai; kabikusai
    かびくさい; カビくさい
(adjective) (1) smelling of mold; musty; putrid; (adjective) (2) (See 古臭い) old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed; worn-out

Variations:
グエノン
ゲノン
グェノン

 guenon; genon; genon
    グエノン; ゲノン; グェノン
guenon (any Old World monkey of genus Cercopithecus)

Variations:
ババ抜き
ばば抜き
婆抜き

 babanuki(baba抜ki); babanuki(baba抜ki, 婆抜ki)
    ババぬき(ババ抜き); ばばぬき(ばば抜き, 婆抜き)
(1) old maid (card game); (2) (slang) living without one's mother-in-law

Variations:
ぶっ殺す
打っ殺す(rK)

 bukkorosu
    ぶっころす
(transitive verb) (emphatic) to kill; to beat to death

Variations:
九十九髪
江浦草髪(rK)

 tsukumogami
    つくもがみ
(form) an old woman's gray hair

伊勢原八幡台石器時代住居跡

see styles
 iseharahachimandaisekkijidaijuukyoato / iseharahachimandaisekkijidaijukyoato
    いせはらはちまんだいせっきじだいじゅうきょあと
(place-name) Isehara Hachimandai Stone Age Dwelling Site

Variations:
取り殺す
とり殺す
取殺す

 torikorosu
    とりころす
(transitive verb) to haunt to death; to possess and kill

Variations:

故(rK)
旧(rK)

 furu
    ふる
(1) (See お古) used item; secondhand item; (prefix noun) (2) old; used; previous

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

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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.

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