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Simple Dictionary Definition |
前腳 前脚 see styles |
qián jiǎo qian2 jiao3 ch`ien chiao chien chiao |
one moment ..., (the next ...); leading foot (in walking) See: 前脚 |
前装 see styles |
zensou / zenso ぜんそう |
muzzle loading |
剣奴 see styles |
kendo けんど |
(See 剣闘士・けんとうし) gladiator |
剪除 see styles |
jiǎn chú jian3 chu2 chien ch`u chien chu senjo せんじょ |
to eradicate; to exterminate (noun/participle) cutting off; cut(ting) out |
副題 副题 see styles |
fù tí fu4 ti2 fu t`i fu ti fukudai ふくだい |
see 副標題|副标题[fu4 biao1 ti2] subtitle; subheading |
割れ see styles |
ware われ |
(n,n-suf) (1) broken piece; (suffix noun) (2) below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; (3) (slang) {internet} (See ワレズ) illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez |
割座 see styles |
wariza わりざ |
sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting |
剷除 铲除 see styles |
chǎn chú chan3 chu2 ch`an ch`u chan chu |
to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish |
劇變 剧变 see styles |
jù biàn ju4 bian4 chü pien |
to change dramatically; radical change |
加冠 see styles |
jiā guān jia1 guan1 chia kuan kakan かかん |
(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years (noun/participle) (1) (archaism) (See 元服・げんぶく・1,初冠・ういこうぶり・1) crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; (2) (archaism) person in charge of crowning the boy at a coming-of-age ceremony |
加点 see styles |
katen かてん |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (ant: 減点・1) adding points; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese |
加虐 see styles |
kagyaku かぎゃく |
(n,vs,adj-no) causing pain; sadism |
動径 see styles |
doukei / doke どうけい |
radius vector |
動輒 动辄 see styles |
dòng zhé dong4 zhe2 tung che |
easily; readily; frequently; at every turn; at the slightest pretext |
勾配 see styles |
koubai / kobai こうばい |
(1) slope; incline; gradient; grade; pitch; (2) {math} (See 傾き・3) slope (of a linear function); (3) {math;physics} gradient (vector calculus) |
匈奴 see styles |
xiōng nú xiong1 nu2 hsiung nu kyoudo; funnu / kyodo; funnu きょうど; フンヌ |
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties (hist) Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns) |
化解 see styles |
huà jiě hua4 jie3 hua chieh |
to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) |
北行 see styles |
běi xíng bei3 xing2 pei hsing hokkou / hokko ほっこう |
(noun/participle) going north; heading northward Uttarāyaṇa. The northern ascension of the sun between the winter and summer solstices. |
十二 see styles |
shí èr shi2 er4 shih erh tooji とおじ |
twelve; 12 12; twelve; (given name) Tooji dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve. |
十宗 see styles |
shí zōng shi2 zong1 shih tsung jūshū |
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|； (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗； (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗； (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗； (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗； ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen. |
十心 see styles |
shí xīn shi2 xin1 shih hsin jisshin |
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve). |
十悪 see styles |
juuaku / juaku じゅうあく |
(1) (hist) the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); (2) {Buddh} (See 十善・1) the ten evil deeds |
十方 see styles |
shí fāng shi2 fang1 shih fang toohou / tooho とおほう |
(1) the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); (2) all directions; everywhere; (place-name) Toohou The ten directions of space, i.e. the eight points of the compass and the nadir and zenith. There is a Buddha for each direction 十方十佛. |
半天 see styles |
bàn tiān ban4 tian1 pan t`ien pan tien hanten はんてん |
half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; (2) livery coat; (3) half the sky; (4) mid-air; middle of the sky |
半径 see styles |
hankei / hanke はんけい |
radius |
半徑 半径 see styles |
bàn jìng ban4 jing4 pan ching |
radius See: 半径 |
半纏 see styles |
hanten はんてん |
(1) traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; (2) livery coat |
半纒 see styles |
hanten はんてん |
(1) traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; (2) livery coat |
半身 see styles |
hanmi はんみ |
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater); (place-name) Hanmi |
卍字 see styles |
wàn zì wan4 zi4 wan tzu manji まんじ |
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion swastika |
卒読 see styles |
sotsudoku そつどく |
(noun/participle) (1) (rare) hasty reading; cursory reading; skimming; (noun/participle) (2) (rare) finishing reading |
南行 see styles |
nán xíng nan2 xing2 nan hsing nangyou / nangyo なんぎょう |
(n,vs,adj-no) going south; heading southward; (place-name) Nangyou dakṣiṇāyana. The course or declination of the sun to the south it moves from north to south; a period of six months. |
単項 see styles |
tankou / tanko たんこう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) monadic; simplex; unary |
博覧 see styles |
hakuran はくらん |
extensive reading; wide knowledge |
卡池 see styles |
kǎ chí ka3 chi2 k`a ch`ih ka chih |
deck of cards (in a trading card game); (ACG) pool; banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game) |
印地 see styles |
inji いんぢ |
(hist) (abbreviation) (See 印地打ち) team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month; (place-name) Indi |
卸し see styles |
oroshi おろし |
(n-suf,n) (1) dropping; unloading; removing; (2) grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; (3) (abbreviation) grater; (4) using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.); wholesale |
卸下 see styles |
xiè xià xie4 xia4 hsieh hsia shaga しゃが |
to unload (noun/participle) {mil} cargo unloading |
厚司 see styles |
kouji / koji こうじ |
(kana only) elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu (ain:); elm bark textile; (personal name) Kōji |
厚子 see styles |
hiroko ひろこ |
(kana only) elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu (ain:); elm bark textile; (female given name) Hiroko |
參頭 参头 see styles |
sān tóu san1 tou2 san t`ou san tou san jū |
One versed in the ceremonies and capable of leading others. |
又鬼 see styles |
matagi; matogi; matagi またぎ; まとぎ; マタギ |
(kana only) traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi |
友引 see styles |
tomobiki; yuuin / tomobiki; yuin ともびき; ゆういん |
(See 六曜) day that is lucky in the morning and evening but unlucky around noon, when one's luck affects others (in the traditional calendar) |
双六 see styles |
souroku / soroku そうろく |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game played with dice; (given name) Souroku |
双陸 see styles |
sugoroku すごろく |
sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game played with dice |
反切 see styles |
fǎn qiè fan3 qie4 fan ch`ieh fan chieh hansetsu はんせつ |
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone The system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others, ascribed to Sun Yen 孫炎 in the third century A D., arising out of the translit. of Sanskrit terms in Buddhist translation. |
反嘴 see styles |
fǎn zuǐ fan3 zui3 fan tsui |
to answer back; to contradict; to renege; to go back on one's word |
反清 see styles |
fǎn qīng fan3 qing1 fan ch`ing fan ching |
anti-Qing; refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] |
受信 see styles |
jushin じゅしん |
(noun, transitive verb) (See 発信・1,送信) receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.) |
口伝 see styles |
kuden くでん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) oral instruction; (noun, transitive verb) (2) passing information by word-of-mouth; (3) oral tradition; (place-name) Kuden |
口偏 see styles |
kuchihen くちへん |
kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30) |
口取 see styles |
kuchitori くちとり |
(1) leading a horse, cow, etc.; (2) groom; horse boy; (3) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; side dish; (surname) Kuchitori |
口岸 see styles |
kǒu àn kou3 an4 k`ou an kou an |
a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries |
口承 see styles |
koushou / kosho こうしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition |
口碑 see styles |
kǒu bēi kou3 bei1 k`ou pei kou pei kouhi / kohi こうひ |
public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom oral tradition; legend; folklore |
口装 see styles |
kousou / koso こうそう |
(rare) muzzleloading |
古事 see styles |
koji こじ |
(1) historical event; ancient event; (2) tradition; folklore; legend; origin |
古伝 see styles |
koden こでん |
legend; tradition |
古例 see styles |
korei / kore これい |
old precedent; tradition; custom |
古形 see styles |
kogata こがた |
old form; old format; traditional format; (surname) Kogata |
古訓 古训 see styles |
gǔ xùn gu3 xun4 ku hsün kokun こくん |
old adage; ancient teaching (1) ancient precepts; ancient teachings; (2) old reading (of kanji or kanbun) |
古謡 see styles |
koyou / koyo こよう |
traditional (folk) song |
古音 see styles |
gǔ yīn gu3 yin1 ku yin koon こおん |
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character; classical speech sounds ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese |
句法 see styles |
jù fǎ ju4 fa3 chü fa kuhou / kuho くほう |
syntax (1) (See 句形・1) conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; (2) (See 句形・2) rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese |
句読 see styles |
kutou / kuto くとう |
(1) breaks and pauses (in a sentence); (2) (abbreviation) (See 句読点) punctuation; (3) way of reading (esp. kanbun) |
句身 see styles |
jù shēn ju4 shen1 chü shen kushin |
padakāya, perhaps prātipadika; an inflected word. |
召人 see styles |
meshiudo; meshuudo / meshiudo; meshudo めしうど; めしゅうど |
(1) (See 歌会始) person specially invited to compose and recite a poem at the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; (2) (hist) person employed by the Imperial Court to compile anthologies of waka poetry; (3) (hist) (See 舞楽) person summoned to perform bugaku (for the nobility) |
可讀 可读 see styles |
kě dú ke3 du2 k`o tu ko tu |
enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable; able to be read; legible; readable |
司会 see styles |
shikai しかい |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship; (2) (See 司会者) chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies |
吃重 see styles |
chī zhòng chi1 zhong4 ch`ih chung chih chung |
(of a role) arduous; important; (a vehicle's) loading capacity |
各位 see styles |
gè wèi ge4 wei4 ko wei kakui かくい |
everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen; (personal name) Kakui |
名乗 see styles |
nanori なのり |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; (2) name readings of kanji; (place-name) Nanori |
名告 see styles |
nanori なのり |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; (2) name readings of kanji |
名嘴 see styles |
míng zuǐ ming2 zui3 ming tsui |
well-known commentator; talking head; pundit; prominent TV or radio host |
名器 see styles |
meiki / meki めいき |
(1) famous utensil; excellent utensil; (2) famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; (3) (vulgar) excellent vagina; formidable vulva |
名色 see styles |
míng sè ming2 se4 ming se nashiki なしき |
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) namarupa; name and form; (place-name) Nashiki nāmarūpa, name-form, or name and form, one of the twelve nidānas. In Brahminical tradition it served 'to denote spirit and matter', 'the concrete individual', Keith; in Buddhism it is intp. as the 五蘊 five skandhas or aggregates, i, e. a 'body', 受, 想, 行, and 識 vedana, saṃjñā, karman, and vijñāna being the 'name' and 色 rupa the 'form'; the first-named four are mental and the last material. 色 Rupa is described as the minutest particle of matter, that which has resistance; the embryonic body or foetus is a nāmarūpa, something that can be named. |
吟味 see styles |
ginmi ぎんみ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) close examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry; enquiry; scrutiny; testing; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (dated) investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; (3) (abbreviation) {hanaf} (See 吟味役・2) winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (noun, transitive verb) (4) (archaism) (orig. meaning) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry |
含華 含华 see styles |
hán huā han2 hua1 han hua gange |
In the closed lotus flower, i.e. those who await the opening of the flower for rebirth in Paradise. |
吹聴 see styles |
fuichou / fuicho ふいちょう |
(noun, transitive verb) spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming |
呉音 see styles |
goon ごおん |
(See 漢音・かんおん,唐音・とうおん,呉・ご・1) go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese |
味読 see styles |
midoku みどく |
(noun, transitive verb) reading with appreciation; savouring (a book); enjoying |
呻る see styles |
unaru うなる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to groan; to moan; (2) to roar; to howl; to growl; (3) to hum (e.g. engine, wires in wind); to buzz; to sough; low, dull sound; (4) to ooh and aah (in admiration); (transitive verb) (5) to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation) |
命乞 see styles |
inochigoi いのちごい |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) begging for one's life; pleading for one's life |
命婦 see styles |
meifu / mefu めいふ |
(archaism) title for high-ranking court ladies; (surname) Meifu |
命理 see styles |
mìng lǐ ming4 li3 ming li |
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods |
和妻 see styles |
wazuma わづま |
traditional Japanese magic |
和婚 see styles |
wakon わこん |
(colloquialism) traditional Japanese wedding |
和方 see styles |
wahou / waho わほう |
(See 漢方) traditional Japanese medicine; (given name) Wahou |
和柄 see styles |
wagara わがら |
traditional Japanese pattern; traditional Japanese design |
和様 see styles |
wayou / wayo わよう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (traditional) Japanese style |
和色 see styles |
washoku わしょく |
(1) traditional Japanese colours (colors); (2) addition color |
和薬 see styles |
wayaku わやく |
traditional Japanese medicine; Japanese folk medicine; (surname) Wayaku |
和訓 see styles |
wakun わくん |
Japanese reading of a Chinese character; (given name) Wakun |
和酒 see styles |
washu わしゅ |
(See 日本酒) traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine) |
和鋼 see styles |
wakou / wako わこう |
traditional Japanese steel (e.g. used in swords) |
和音 see styles |
hé yīn he2 yin1 ho yin waon わおん |
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds) (1) {music} chord; (2) (See 慣用音) customary "on" reading (of a kanji) used in Japanese (as opposed to those derived from Chinese); (3) (archaism) (Heian-period term) (See 呉音,漢音) Wu reading (of a kanji; as opposed to a Han reading); (female given name) Waon |
唇讀 唇读 see styles |
chún dú chun2 du2 ch`un tu chun tu |
to lip-read; lipreading |
唐様 see styles |
karayou / karayo からよう |
(1) Chinese design; Chinese style; (2) (See 禅宗様) traditional architecture associated with Zen |
唐璜 see styles |
táng huáng tang2 huang2 t`ang huang tang huang |
a dandy; a fop; Don Juan; a ladies man |
唐薑 see styles |
karahajikami からはじかみ |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Adi" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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