I am shipping orders on Thursday this week. News and More Info

Free Chinese & Japanese Online Dictionary

If you enter English words, search is Boolean mode:
Enter fall to get just entries with fall in them.
Enter fall* to get results including "falling" and "fallen".
Enter +fall -season -autumn to make sure fall is included, but not entries with autumn or season.

Key:

Mandarin Chinese information.
Old Wade-Giles romanization used only in Taiwan.
Japanese information.
Buddhist definition. Note: May not apply to all sects.
 Definition may be different outside of Buddhism.

Our regular search mode rendered no results. We switched to our sloppy search mode for your query. These results might not be accurate...

There are 19288 total results for your Ame search. I have created 193 pages of results for you. Each page contains 100 results...

<12345678910...>
Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

モハメドアリ

see styles
 mohamedoari
    モハメドアリ

More info & calligraphy:

Muhammad Ali
(person) Muhammad Ali (1942.1.17-)

貝婭特麗克絲


贝娅特丽克丝

see styles
bèi yà tè lì kè sī
    bei4 ya4 te4 li4 ke4 si1
pei ya t`e li k`o ssu
    pei ya te li ko ssu

More info & calligraphy:

Beatrix
Beatrix (name)

飛んで火に入る夏の虫

see styles
 tondehiniirunatsunomushi / tondehinirunatsunomushi
    とんでひにいるなつのむし

More info & calligraphy:

Tondehiniirunatsunomushi
(expression) (idiom) rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame

アメリカンフットボール

see styles
 amerikanfuttobooru
    アメリカンフットボール

More info & calligraphy:

American Football
American football

líng
    ling2
ling
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English); variant of 〇[ling2]

see styles
 i
    い
(1) (See いろは順) 1st (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) A (note); (3) (abbreviation) (See インドネシア) Indonesia; (female given name) I

see styles
 tsu
    つ
(conjunction) (1) (form: ...つ...つ) (See 浮きつ沈みつ,追いつ追われつ) indicates two contrasting actions; (particle) (2) (archaism) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

see styles
 ni
    ニ
(1) (See いろは順) 4th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) D (note); (place-name) Ni; Ny

see styles
 be
    ベ
(1) (See いろは順) 6th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) F (note); (place-name) Betz (France)

see styles
 ro
    ロ
(1) (See いろは順) 2nd (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) B (note); (place-name) Ro; Lo

see styles
qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 tsukasa
    つかさ
mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields
(archaism) mound; hill; (1) hill; height; knoll; rising ground; (2) (mahj) (kana only) bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game; (female given name) Tsukasa
A mound, a plot; personal name of Confucius.


see styles
bìng
    bing4
ping
 minemura
    みねむら
and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge
(n,n-suf) (1) average; medium; common; ordinary; (2) line; row of (e.g. houses); (3) mid-grade; (4) same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth); (personal name) Minemura

see styles
zhǔ
    zhu3
chu
 mamoru
    まもる
owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
(1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master; (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress; (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.); (5) husband; (pronoun) (6) (familiar language) (See おぬし) you; (given name) Mamoru
Chief, lord, master; to control.

see styles
xx
    xx5
xx
first character in place name 乤浦 "Halpho" (Korean gugja)

see styles
xx
    xx5
xx
phonetic "gal" used in place names (Korean gugja)

see styles
shí
    shi2
shih
rock; phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja)

see styles

    fu3
fu
(phonetic "pol", used in Korean place names)

see styles
xx
    xx5
xx
phonetic "sol" used in place names (Korean gugja)

see styles

    ya4
ya
 mitsuru
    みつる
Japanese variant of 亞|亚
(prefix) (1) sub-; second-rate; inferior; (prefix) (2) {chem} -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; (3) (abbreviation) (See 亜細亜・アジア) Asia; (4) (abbreviation) (See 亜爾然丁・アルゼンチン) Argentina; (5) (abbreviation) (See 亜剌比亜・アラビア) Arabia; (6) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (used in Meiji era, now replaced by 米) (See 亜米利加・アメリカ・1,米・べい) America; American person; (given name) Mitsuru

see styles
wáng
    wang2
wang
 suemaru
    すえまる
to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
(n,n-suf) (1) (usu. after dates) (See 没・ぼつ・1) death; (prefix) (2) (usu. before names) (See 故・こ) the late; the deceased; (personal name) Suemaru
Gone, lost, dead, ruined; not.

see styles
tíng
    ting2
t`ing
    ting
 tei / te
    てい
pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect
(1) arbor; arbour; bower; pavilion; (suffix) (2) (てい only) suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; (suffix) (3) (てい only) suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant; (surname) Tei

see styles

    bo2
po
name of district in Anhui; capital of Yin

see styles

    ba1
pa
surname Ba

see styles
zhǎng
    zhang3
chang
surname Zhang


see styles
tóng
    tong2
t`ung
    tung
 dou / do
    どう
variant of 同[tong2] (used as a surname and in given names)
(unc) (See 同上) "as above" mark

see styles
jiǎ
    jia3
chia
 kari
    かり
Japanese variant of 假[jia3]
{Buddh} lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance; (surname) Kari

see styles

    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
 kya
surname Qu
Translit. kha, also khya, ga, gha, khu, khi; cf. 呿, 喀, 吃, 呵, 珂, 恪, 轗; it is used to represent 虛空 space, empty. Skt. khainter alia means "sky", "ether".

see styles
shé
    she2
she
surname She

see styles
tóng
    tong2
t`ung
    tung
surname Tong

see styles

    ka3
k`a
    ka
ancient name for an ethnic group in China

see styles

    he4
ho
surname He

see styles
hòu
    hou4
hou
 hou / ho
    ほう
used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
(n,n-suf) (1) (hist) (See 五等爵) marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; (n,n-suf) (2) (hist) daimyo; (surname) Hou

see styles
chǒu
    chou3
ch`ou
    chou
surname Chou

see styles
qiú
    qiu2
ch`iu
    chiu
ornamental cap

see styles

    wu3
wu
(used in given names)

see styles

    ye1
yeh
used to represent phonetic "ya" in Korean names

see styles
jià
    jia4
chia
 ke
vacation
To borrow, pretend, assume, suppose; unreal, false, fallacious. In Buddhism it means empirical; nothing is real and permanent, all is temporal and merely phenomenal, fallacious, and unreal; hence the term is used in the sense of empirical, phenomenal, temporal, relative, unreal, seeming, fallacious, etc. The three fundamental propositions or 三諦 are 空假中 the void, or noumenon; the empirical, or phenomenal; and the mean.

see styles
bàng
    bang4
pang
 houki / hoki
    ほうき
near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
(1) (kana only) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while; (2) third person; (kana only) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while; (irregular okurigana usage) (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) (1) side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; (adverbial noun) (2) (kana only) while (doing); in addition to; at the same time; (personal name) Houki
Near, adjoining, side, dependent.

see styles
jué
    jue2
chüeh
used in old names

see styles
lǐn
    lin3
lin
ashamed

see styles

    bo2
po
name of an ethnic group


see styles

    yi2
i
 tadashi
    ただし
apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
(1) ceremony; (2) matter; affair; case; (suffix) (3) (used in letters, official notices, etc. after a person's name, personal pronoun, etc.) with regard to; as for; as concerns; (given name) Tadashi
Manner, mode, style; ceremony, etiquette.


see styles
yǎn
    yan3
yen
used in 兗州|兖州[Yan3 zhou1] (the name of a place in Shandong)

see styles
gōng
    gong1
kung
 hiromu
    ひろむ
public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
(1) (See 私) public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public; (n,n-suf) (2) duke; prince; (suffix) (3) (after the name of a high-ranking person) Sir; Lord; (suffix) (4) (after a person, animal, etc.) familiar or derogatory suffix; (given name) Hiromu
Public, general, official; a duke, grandparent, gentleman; just, fair.

see styles

    lu4
lu
 roku
    ろく
used in place names
(numeric) (ロー in mahjong) six (chi: liù); (surname, given name) Roku
ṣaṭ, ṣaḍ. Six.

see styles
gòng
    gong4
kung
 tomoni
    ともに
common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
(suffix) (1) (humble language) (kana only) first-person plural (or singular); (suffix) (2) (derogatory term) (kana only) second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to); (given name) Tomoni
All altogether, both, same, in common.

see styles
jiān
    jian1
chien
 kensou / kenso
    けんそう
double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
(conjunction) and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); (personal name) Kensou
Both; also; to unite, join, comprehend.

see styles
yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 meguru
    めぐる
yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆
(1) circle; (n,n-pref) (2) entirety; whole; full; complete; (3) (slang) money; dough; moola; (4) enclosure inside a castle's walls; (5) (ksb:) soft-shelled turtle; (suffix) (6) suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.; (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (female given name) Meguru

see styles
gāng
    gang1
kang
surname Gang

see styles
xiǎn
    xian3
hsien
surname Xian

see styles
chǔ
    chu3
ch`u
    chu
 tokoro
    ところ
old variant of 處|处[chu3]
(suffix noun) (esp. in names of restaurants) restaurant; specialist; (surname) Tokoro

see styles

    wa1
wa
 ou / o
    おう
variant of 窪|洼[wa1]; (used in names)
(prefix) (See 凹レンズ) concave; hollow; sunken

see styles
fèn
    fen4
fen
 wake
    わけ
part; share; ingredient; component
(n,n-suf) (1) part; portion; share; (suffix noun) (2) amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for); (3) one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position; (4) one's duty; one's part; (5) condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate"); (n,adv) (6) in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree; (suffix noun) (7) content (e.g. alcohol); percentage; (suffix noun) (8) (See 兄貴分・2) equivalent to (e.g. an old brother); (surname) Wake
To divide. separate; a fractional part: a share: a duty.

see styles
kān
    kan1
k`an
    kan
 kan
    かん
to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend
(suffix) publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
to cut

see styles
lóu
    lou2
lou
(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out; small channel across a river embankment; (used in place names); Taiwan pr. [dou1]


see styles

    ji4
chi
(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product); (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings; classifier for a dose of medicine

see styles
jié
    jie2
chieh
 kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko
    こう; ごう; コウ
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
(1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas.

see styles

    bu3
pu
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]

see styles
xiè
    xie4
hsieh
used in old names; phonetic seol used in Korean names

see styles
shào
    shao4
shao
surname Shao

see styles

    ji2
chi
 chikashi
    ちかし
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
(adv,pref) (1) instantly; immediately; at once; (conjunction) (2) (usu. in negative sentence) equals; means; is; (3) {Buddh} oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability; (given name) Chikashi


see styles
shè
    she4
she
surname She

see styles
zhào
    zhao4
chao
 jō
to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
To summon, call.

see styles
tái
    tai2
t`ai
    tai
 dai
    だい
(classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tai2]
(n,n-suf) (1) stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack; (2) setting (of a gem); mounting; (3) (See 台木・1) stock (in grafting); (counter) (4) counter for machines and vehicles; (suffix) (5) (after a rounded value) level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life); (suffix noun) (6) tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform; (suffix noun) (7) (in place names) plateau; heights; (surname) Dai
A flat place, platform, plateau, terrace; an abbrev. for 臺 and for 天台 Tiantai, hence 台嶽 the Tiantai mountain; 台宗; 台家 its 'school'; 台徒 its disciples; 台教; 台道 its doctrine, or way.

see styles
 gou / go
    ごう
(n,n-suf) (1) number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; (2) sobriquet; pen-name; (suffix) (3) suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.; (given name) Gou

see styles

    le4
le
(used in place names)

see styles
míng
    ming2
ming
 myou / myo
    みょう
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
(counter) (1) (honorific or respectful language) counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); (2) first name; (prefix) (3) (See 名探偵) famous; great; (suffix) (4) (See コード名,学校名) name; (5) (abbreviation) (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 名詞) noun; (place-name) Myō
nāman 娜麽 (or 娜摩); a name, a term; noted, famous.

see styles
ā
    a1
a
(used in transliterating chemical names)

see styles
yín
    yin2
yin
 gin
    ぎん
to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
(1) recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; (2) composition (of a poem); composed poem; (n,n-suf) (3) classical Chinese poetry form; (n,suf) (4) stress of sound in noh song; (female given name) Gin
Chant, hum, mutter.

see styles

    zi3
tzu
 aza
    あざ
to slander; to blame; to revile
(surname) Aza

see styles
jiù
    jiu4
chiu
 kyū
    とが
fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune
(1) (kana only) error; mistake; fault; (2) (kana only) sin; wrongdoing; offense
fault

see styles

    qi4
ch`i
    chi
to whisper; to blame, to slander

see styles
āi
    ai1
ai
 ai
    あい
(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
(obsolete) (See 哀れ・あわれ・1) pity; sorrow; grief; misery; (female given name) Ai
Alas! mourn, wail.

see styles
pǐn
    pin3
p`in
    pin
 shina
    しな
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste something; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
(1) court rank; (suffix) (2) {Buddh} (sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix) (See 九品・1) level; grade; (suffix) (3) {Buddh} chapter; section; volume; (surname) Shina
varga, 跋渠 class, series, rank, character; a chapter of a sutra.

see styles
tóng
    tong2
t`ung
    tung
(literary) to talk nonsense; to boast; (used in place names)


see styles
bei
    bei5
pei
 bai
    ばい
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm; modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
song; (surname) Bai
pāṭha; pāṭhaka; read, recite, intone, chant, hymns in praise of Buddha; 唄匿 is erroneously said to transliterate the Sanskrit root vi-ne and to be the same as 婆陟 (or 婆師), but these are bhāṣa.

see styles
ǎn
    an3
an
 on
    おん
(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff something in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om
(interjection) (See オーム) om (ritual chant in Hinduism, etc.); aum
oṃ; auṃ; 'a word of solemn affirmation and respectful assent (sometimes translated by yes, verily, so be it, and in this sense compared with Amen). 'M. W. It is 'the mystic name for the Hindu triad', and has other significations. It was adopted by Buddhists, especially by the Tantric school, as a mystic spell, and as an object of meditation. It forms the first syllable of certain mystical combinations, e. g. 唵?呢叭 061971 吽 oṃ maṇi padme huṃ, which is a formula of the Lamaistic branch, said to be a prayer to Padmapani; each of the six syllables having its own mystic power of salvation from the lower paths of transmigration, etc.; the formula is used in sorcery, auguries, etc.; other forms of it are 唵?呢鉢頭迷吽; 唵麽抳鉢訥銘吽.

see styles
lín
    lin2
lin
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]


see styles
zhé
    zhe2
che
variant of 哲[zhe2] (used as a surname and in given names)
See:


see styles
tàn
    tan4
t`an
    tan
 inooka
    いのおか
to sigh; to exclaim
(1) sigh; (2) grief; lamentation; (personal name) Inooka
To praise, extol; to sigh.


𫫇

see styles
è
    e4
o
 o
variant of 惡|恶[e4], used in names of chemical compounds
āṃḥ

see styles

    ti4
t`i
    ti
 kussame
    くっさめ
    kushami
    くしゃみ
    kusame
    くさめ
sneeze
(kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

see styles

    ti4
t`i
    ti
 kussame
    くっさめ
    kushami
    くしゃみ
    kusame
    くさめ
variant of 嚏[ti4]
(kana only) sneeze; (1) (kana only) sneeze; (expression) (2) (idiom) (kana only) spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death

see styles
chài
    chai4
ch`ai
    chai
(used in an ancient given name)

see styles
huí
    hui2
hui
 meguri
    めぐり
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
(counter) (1) counter for occurrences; (2) a time; an instance; (3) inning (baseball); round; game; (n,n-suf) (4) (colloquialism) episode; chapter; instalment; (5) (abbreviation) (See 回族) Hui (people); (6) (abbreviation) (See 回教) Islam; (surname) Meguri
turn

see styles
chuí
    chui2
ch`ui
    chui
name of a mountain

see styles
tǐng
    ting3
t`ing
    ting
flat; level; (used in place names); variant of 町[ting3]

see styles
zài
    zai4
tsai
 mitsuru
    みつる
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or something) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
(1) the country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (3) presence; being in attendance; (prefix) (4) (before a place name) situated in; staying in; resident in; (personal name) Mitsuru
At, in, on, present.

see styles
tuō
    tuo1
t`o
    to
(used in place names)

see styles
zhèn
    zhen4
chen
(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4]); used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4]

see styles
fáng
    fang2
fang
 machi
    まち
workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]
(1) bonze; monk; (2) (ぼう only) monk's dwelling; (3) boy; son; sonny; (4) (ぼう only) (used by male children) I; me; (suffix) (5) (ぼう only) (familiar language) (after name; familiar form of address) little; (suffix) (6) (ぼう only) (often preceded by ん) person who is ...; (surname) Machi
A place, locality; a temple, place of assembly, etc.

see styles

    di3
ti
place name

see styles
líng
    ling2
ling
(literary) precipitous cliff; (used in place names)

see styles
chuí
    chui2
ch`ui
    chui
 sui
    すい
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
(1) zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; (2) hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family); (surname) Sui
Drop, droop, let down, pass down; regard.

see styles
ào
    ao4
ao
(used in place names); variant of 坳[ao4]

see styles
dài
    dai4
tai
 nuta
    ぬた
used in place names; Japanese -nuta; Korean -dae
(place-name) Nuta

see styles
dòng
    dong4
tung
field; farm; used in place names

see styles

    he4
ho
(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)

see styles

    lu:4
(literary) earth ridge between fields; (used in place names)

see styles
guāng
    guang1
kuang
(literary) footpath separating fields; (used in place names)

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

<12345678910...>

This page contains 100 results for "Ame" 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.
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.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

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.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary