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沒命


没命

see styles
méi mìng
    mei2 ming4
mei ming
to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately

河竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

治生

see styles
zhì shēng
    zhi4 sheng1
chih sheng
 harumi
    はるみ
(female given name) Harumi
A living, that by which one maintains life.

法命

see styles
fǎ mìng
    fa3 ming4
fa ming
 hō myō
The wisdom-life of the dharmakāya, intp. as 法身慧命. The age or lifetime of a monk.

法楽

see styles
 houraku / horaku
    ほうらく
(1) {Buddh} pleasures of a pious life; (2) entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; (3) pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure; (4) free admission

泥塔

see styles
ní tǎ
    ni2 ta3
ni t`a
    ni ta
 deitō
Paste pagoda; a mediaeval Indian custom was to make a small pagoda five or six inches high of incense, place scriptures in and make offerings to it. The esoterics adopted custom, and worshipped for the purpose of prolonging life and ridding themselves of sins, or sufferings.

活く

see styles
 iku
    いく
(v2k-k,v4k,vi) (1) (archaism) to live; to exist; (v2k-s,vt) (2) (archaism) to bring to life

活命

see styles
huó mìng
    huo2 ming4
huo ming
 katsumei
life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
Life, living; to revive.

活好

see styles
huó hǎo
    huo2 hao3
huo hao
 katsuyoshi
    かつよし
to live (one's life) well; (slang) to be good in bed
(male given name) Katsuyoshi

活殺

see styles
 kassatsu
    かっさつ
life or death

活気

see styles
 kakki
    かっき
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life; animation; (female given name) Katsuki

流寓

see styles
 ryuuguu / ryugu
    りゅうぐう
(noun/participle) living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land

浪花

see styles
làng huā
    lang4 hua1
lang hua
 namibana
    なみばな
spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵[duo3]
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region); (surname) Namibana

浮世

see styles
fú shì
    fu2 shi4
fu shih
 ukiyo
    うきよ
(Buddhism) the world of the living
(1) fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; (2) sad world; world of grief and worry; (surname, female given name) Ukiyo

浮嚢

see styles
 funou / funo
    ふのう
    ukibukuro
    うきぶくろ
(1) swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; life jacket; (2) swim bladder; air bladder

浮沉

see styles
fú chén
    fu2 chen2
fu ch`en
    fu chen
ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge

浮環

see styles
 ukiwa
    うきわ
swim ring; (rubber) swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; float

浮生

see styles
 fusei / fuse
    ふせい
transient life

浮袋

see styles
 ukibukuro
    うきぶくろ
(1) swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; life jacket; (2) swim bladder; air bladder

浮輪

see styles
 ukiwa
    うきわ
swim ring; (rubber) swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; float

浮雲


浮云

see styles
fú yún
    fu2 yun2
fu yün
 fu un
    ふうん
floating clouds; fleeting; transient
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) drifting cloud; floating cloud; (2) instability
A drifting cloud, e.g. this life, the body, etc.

涅槃

see styles
niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
nirvana (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

淡泊

see styles
dàn bó
    dan4 bo2
tan po
 tanbaku
    たんぱく
living a simple life
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; (2) frank; candid; ingenuous; indifferent
tranquil

淨命


净命

see styles
jìng mìng
    jing4 ming4
ching ming
 jōmyō
Pure livelihood, 正命, i.e. that of the monk. Also the life of a pure or unperturbed mind.

清恬

see styles
qīng tián
    qing1 tian2
ch`ing t`ien
    ching tien
pure and quiet (of life); tranquil and comfortable

清福

see styles
qīng fú
    qing1 fu2
ch`ing fu
    ching fu
 seifuku / sefuku
    せいふく
carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
happiness; (surname, given name) Kiyofuku

減劫


减劫

see styles
jiǎn jié
    jian3 jie2
chien chieh
 genkō
The decreasing kalpas in which the period of life is gradually reduced, as the 增減 are the kalpas of increase; together they form twenty kalpas, ten diminishing and ten increasing; but there are other definitions.

漂浮

see styles
piāo fú
    piao1 fu2
p`iao fu
    piao fu
to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial

演活

see styles
yǎn huó
    yan3 huo2
yen huo
(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life; to act brilliantly

漱流

see styles
shù liú
    shu4 liu2
shu liu
to rinse one's mouth with river water; (fig.) to live a hermit's life

潤業


润业

see styles
rùn yè
    run4 ye4
jun yeh
 ningō
Fertilized karma, the original karma fertilized by the passions and distresses of life.

潤生


润生

see styles
rùn shēng
    run4 sheng1
jun sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(male given name) Mitsuo
The fertilization of the natural conditions which produce rebirth, especially those of the three kinds of attachment in the hour of death, love of body, of home, and of life.

濁世


浊世

see styles
zhuó shì
    zhuo2 shi4
cho shih
 dakuse; dakusei; jokuse / dakuse; dakuse; jokuse
    だくせ; だくせい; じょくせ
the world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism)
{Buddh} this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind
An impure world in its five stages, v. 五濁.

灌頂


灌顶

see styles
guàn dǐng
    guan4 ding3
kuan ting
 kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho
    かんじょう; かんちょう
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc.

無命


无命

see styles
wú mìng
    wu2 ming4
wu ming
 mumyō
lacking life

無諍


无诤

see styles
wú zhēng
    wu2 zheng1
wu cheng
 mujō
Without strife, debate, or contradiction; passionless; abiding in the 'empty' or spiritual life without debate, or without striving with others.

煉丹


炼丹

see styles
liàn dān
    lian4 dan1
lien tan
 rentan
    れんたん
to concoct pills of immortality
elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)

爛崽


烂崽

see styles
làn zǎi
    lan4 zai3
lan tsai
(dialect) hooligan; low-life

牛皮

see styles
niú pí
    niu2 pi2
niu p`i
    niu pi
 gohi
    ぎゅうひ
cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk
cowhide; oxhide
ox hide— mortal happiness injures the wisdom-life of gods and men, just as ox hide shrinks and crushes a man who is wrapped in it and placed under the hot sun.

犧牲


牺牲

see styles
xī shēng
    xi1 sheng1
hsi sheng
 gisei
to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (something valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
sacrificial animals

犬死

see styles
 inujini
    いぬじに
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (sensitive word) dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

獻出


献出

see styles
xiàn chū
    xian4 chu1
hsien ch`u
    hsien chu
to offer; to give (as tribute); to devote (one's life); to sacrifice (oneself)

現報


现报

see styles
xiàn bào
    xian4 bao4
hsien pao
 genpō
Present-life recompense for good or evil done in the present life.

現生


现生

see styles
xiàn shēng
    xian4 sheng1
hsien sheng
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(noun/participle) living in the present
The present life.

現益


现益

see styles
xiàn yì
    xian4 yi4
hsien i
 genyaku
Benefit in the present life.

生く

see styles
 iku
    いく
(v2k-k,v4k,vi) (1) (archaism) to live; to exist; (v2k-s,vt) (2) (archaism) to bring to life

生保

see styles
 seiho / seho
    せいほ
(1) (abbreviation) (See 生命保険) life insurance; (2) (abbreviation) (See 生活保護・せいかつほご) livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare; (place-name) Shoubo

生執


生执

see styles
shēng zhí
    sheng1 zhi2
sheng chih
 shōshū
attachment to life

生報


生报

see styles
shēng bào
    sheng1 bao4
sheng pao
 shōhō
Life's retribution, i. e. the deeds done in this life produce their results in the next reincarnation.

生平

see styles
shēng píng
    sheng1 ping2
sheng p`ing
    sheng ping
 oidaira
    おいだいら
life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
(surname) Oidaira

生彩

see styles
 seisai / sesai
    せいさい
(1) brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness; (2) vividness; life

生態


生态

see styles
shēng tài
    sheng1 tai4
sheng t`ai
    sheng tai
 seitai / setai
    せいたい
ecology
(1) ecology; life and habits (of an animal); (2) mode of life; way of living

生殺

see styles
 seisatsu / sesatsu
    せいさつ
(noun/participle) (See 活殺) sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing

生気

see styles
 seiki / seki
    せいき
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation; spirit

生法

see styles
shēng fǎ
    sheng1 fa3
sheng fa
 shōbō
The living and things, i. e. 人法, 我法 men and things, the self and things; the 有情 sentient, or those with emotions, i. e. the living; and 非情 those without, i. e. insentient things.

生津

see styles
shēng jīn
    sheng1 jin1
sheng chin
 namazu
    なまづ
(place-name) Namazu
The ford of life, or mortality.

生滅


生灭

see styles
shēng miè
    sheng1 mie4
sheng mieh
 shoumetsu / shometsu
    しょうめつ
life and death
(n,vs,vi) birth and death
utpādanirodha. Birth and death, production and annihilation; all life, all phenomena, have birth and death, beginning and end; the 三論 Mādhyamika school deny this in the 實 absolute, but recognize it in the 假 relative.

生猛

see styles
shēng měng
    sheng1 meng3
sheng meng
full of life; violent; brave; fresh (of seafood)

生玉

see styles
 ikutama
    いくたま
(rare) longevity stone (gemstone that gives its bearer long life); (surname) Ikudama

留白

see styles
liú bái
    liu2 bai2
liu pai
to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)

畢命


毕命

see styles
bì mìng
    bi4 ming4
pi ming
to die (in an accident etc); to have one's life cut short

畫圖


画图

see styles
huà tú
    hua4 tu2
hua t`u
    hua tu
to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city)

異熟


异熟

see styles
yì shóu
    yi4 shou2
i shou
 ijuku
vipāka, different when cooked, or matured, i.e. the effect differing from the cause, e. g. pleasure differing from goodness its cause, and pain from evil. Also, maturing or producing its effects in another life.

異物


异物

see styles
yì wù
    yi4 wu4
i wu
 ibutsu
    いぶつ
rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter; alien body; the dead; ghost; monstrosity; alien life-form
(1) foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material; (2) strange object; unusual object; (3) (archaism) dead body; corpse; remains

當來


当来

see styles
dāng lái
    dang1 lai2
tang lai
 tōrai
That which is to come, the future, the future life, etc.

當生


当生

see styles
dāng shēng
    dang1 sheng1
tang sheng
 tōshō
next life

痴心

see styles
chī xīn
    chi1 xin1
ch`ih hsin
    chih hsin
infatuation
An unenlightened mind, ignorance deluded, ignorant of the right way of seeing life and phenomena.

発展

see styles
 hatten
    はってん
(n,vs,vi) (1) development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing; (n,vs,vi) (2) development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding; (n,vs,vi) (3) (See 発展場) playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life; (place-name) Hatten

白報


白报

see styles
bái bào
    bai2 bao4
pai pao
 byappō
Pure reward, or the reward of a good life.

白活

see styles
bái huó
    bai2 huo2
pai huo
to waste one's life; to fail to make the most of one's life

益壽


益寿

see styles
yì shòu
    yi4 shou4
i shou
 ekiju
prolong life

盛り

see styles
 sakari
    さかり
(n,n-suf) (1) (ざかり when used as a suffix) height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.); (n,n-suf) (2) prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; bloom; (3) (being in) heat; rut

盛時


盛时

see styles
shèng shí
    sheng4 shi2
sheng shih
 seiji / seji
    せいじ
prime of life; era of national prosperity
just risen

盡壽


尽寿

see styles
jìn shòu
    jin4 shou4
chin shou
 jinju
for one's whole life

盡形


尽形

see styles
jìn xíng
    jin4 xing2
chin hsing
 jingyō
during the whole of life

睒摩

see styles
shǎn mó
    shan3 mo2
shan mo
 Senma
Śāmaka, a bodhisattva born to a blind couple, clad in deerskin, slain by the king in hunting, restored to life and to his blind parents by the gods.

短命

see styles
duǎn mìng
    duan3 ming4
tuan ming
 tanmei / tanme
    たんめい
to die young; short-lived
(adj-na,adj-no,n) short life; short lived
short life

社交

see styles
shè jiāo
    she4 jiao1
she chiao
 shakou / shako
    しゃこう
interaction; social contact
(noun - becomes adjective with の) social life; social intercourse

祝釐


祝厘

see styles
zhù lí
    zhu4 li2
chu li
 shukuri
wishing the emperor a happy life

神根

see styles
shén gēn
    shen2 gen1
shen ken
 jinkon
The vital spirit as the basis of bodily life.

神気

see styles
 shinki
    しんき
(1) qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; (2) spirits; mind; (3) divine atmosphere; mysterious presence; (surname) Kamiki

祿命


禄命

see styles
lù mìng
    lu4 ming4
lu ming
person's lot through life

福寿

see styles
 fukuju
    ふくじゅ
long life and happiness; (given name) Yoshihisa

福禄

see styles
 fukuroku
    ふくろく
(1) happiness and prosperity; (2) (abbreviation) (See 福禄寿・ふくろくじゅ) Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life; (surname) Fukuroku

福行

see styles
fú xíng
    fu2 xing2
fu hsing
 fukugyō
The life or conduct which results in blessing e.g. being reborn as a man or a deva.

私印

see styles
sī yìn
    si1 yin4
ssu yin
 shiin / shin
    しいん
personal seal
A monk's private seal, which should resemble a skull as reminder of the brevity of life.

立志

see styles
lì zhì
    li4 zhi4
li chih
 risshi
    りっし
to be determined; to be resolved
fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal; (given name) Ryūji

立身

see styles
lì shēn
    li4 shen1
li shen
 risshin
    りっしん
to stand up; to conduct oneself
(n,vs,vi) establishing oneself in life; success in life; (given name) Risshin
establish oneself

等諦


等谛

see styles
děng dì
    deng3 di4
teng ti
 tōtai
Ordinary rules of life; common morality.

等身

see styles
děng shēn
    deng3 shen1
teng shen
 toushin / toshin
    とうしん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) body proportions
A life-size image or portrait.

簡保

see styles
 kanpo
    かんぽ
(abbreviation) (See 簡易保険・かんいほけん) postal life insurance

米塩

see styles
 beien / been
    べいえん
rice and salt; the necessities of life

精彩

see styles
jīng cǎi
    jing1 cai3
ching ts`ai
    ching tsai
 seisai / sesai
    せいさい
wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
(1) brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness; (2) vividness; life

精気

see styles
 seiki / seki
    せいき
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

納福


纳福

see styles
nà fú
    na4 fu2
na fu
to accept a life of ease; to enjoy a comfortable retirement

索命

see styles
suǒ mìng
    suo3 ming4
so ming
to demand sb's life

累形

see styles
lěi xíng
    lei3 xing2
lei hsing
 ruigyō
The body as involved in the distresses of life.

終世

see styles
 shuusei / shuse
    しゅうせい
(n-adv,n-t) all one's life; lifelong

終天


终天

see styles
zhōng tiān
    zhong1 tian1
chung t`ien
    chung tien
all day long; all one's life

絕命


绝命

see styles
jué mìng
    jue2 ming4
chüeh ming
to commit suicide; to have one's life cut short

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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