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Simple Dictionary Definition |
知れる see styles |
shireru しれる |
(v1,vi) (1) (See お里が知れる) to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; (v1,vi) (2) (usu. in the negative) (See 気が知れない,得体の知れない) to be known; to be understood; (v1,vi) (3) (See 高が知れている) to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant; (v1,vi) (4) (as 知れたこと) to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; (v1,vi) (5) (as どんなに…か知れない, どれほど...か知れない, etc.) to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe |
石鼓文 see styles |
shí gǔ wén shi2 gu3 wen2 shih ku wen |
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] |
神風連 see styles |
shinpuuren; jinpuuren / shinpuren; jinpuren しんぷうれん; じんぷうれん |
(hist) Shinpūren; organization of discontented former samurai (early Meiji period) |
窮竭法 穷竭法 see styles |
qióng jié fǎ qiong2 jie2 fa3 ch`iung chieh fa chiung chieh fa |
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus) |
立てて see styles |
tatete たてて |
(adverb) especially; particularly; wholeheartedly |
等しく see styles |
hitoshiku ひとしく |
(adv,vs) equally; evenly; similarly; alike |
綠皮車 绿皮车 see styles |
lǜ pí chē lu:4 pi2 che1 lü p`i ch`e lü pi che |
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century) |
羯臘婆 羯腊婆 see styles |
jié là pó jie2 la4 po2 chieh la p`o chieh la po kerōba |
or 羯臘縛 karaphu, or kalahu, 'a particularly high number' (M.W.), 10 quintillions; 大羯臘婆 100 quintillions; cf. 洛叉. |
羽子板 see styles |
hagoita はごいた |
battledore (early form of badminton racket) |
老骨頭 老骨头 see styles |
lǎo gǔ tou lao3 gu3 tou5 lao ku t`ou lao ku tou |
weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) |
聞こえ see styles |
kikoe きこえ |
(1) being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station); sonority; (2) reputation; renown; fame; hearsay; (3) impression (that something gives off); respectability |
舊唐書 旧唐书 see styles |
jiù táng shū jiu4 tang2 shu1 chiu t`ang shu chiu tang shu |
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls |
若い頃 see styles |
wakaikoro わかいころ |
(exp,n,n-adv) one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years |
若死に see styles |
wakajini わかじに |
(n,vs,vi) early death; premature death; dying young |
若隠居 see styles |
wakainkyo わかいんきょ |
(noun/participle) early retirement |
草分け see styles |
kusawake くさわけ |
(1) pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; (2) pioneer; founder; originator; groundbreaker |
草創期 see styles |
sousouki / sosoki そうそうき |
initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset |
草摘み see styles |
kusatsumi くさつみ |
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring) |
荷解き see styles |
nihodoki にほどき |
(noun/participle) unpacking luggage (particularly wrt moving house) |
華嚴宗 华严宗 see styles |
huá yán zōng hua2 yan2 zong1 hua yen tsung Kegon Shū |
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra) The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called. |
薄明り see styles |
usuakari うすあかり |
dim or faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight |
薩摩麟 萨摩麟 see styles |
sà mó lín sa4 mo2 lin2 sa mo lin |
Samotherium (early giraffe) |
蘇美爾 苏美尔 see styles |
sū měi ěr su1 mei3 er3 su mei erh |
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East |
虞世南 see styles |
yú shì nán yu2 shi4 nan2 yü shih nan |
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
褚遂良 see styles |
chǔ suì liáng chu3 sui4 liang2 ch`u sui liang chu sui liang |
Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
西王母 see styles |
xī wáng mǔ xi1 wang2 mu3 hsi wang mu seioubo / seobo せいおうぼ |
Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality; popularly known as 王母娘娘 Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess) |
見るも see styles |
mirumo みるも |
(adverb) patently; clearly at first glance |
見切る see styles |
mikiru みきる |
(transitive verb) (1) to see all (of); to see everything; (transitive verb) (2) to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to discern; (transitive verb) (3) to give up (on); to abandon; to forsake; (transitive verb) (4) to sell at a loss; to sell off |
語りべ see styles |
kataribe かたりべ |
(1) (professional) storyteller; (2) hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court |
語り部 see styles |
kataribe かたりべ |
(1) (professional) storyteller; (2) hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court |
貝寄せ see styles |
kaiyose かいよせ |
west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore |
貝寄風 see styles |
kaiyose かいよせ |
west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore |
賽因斯 赛因斯 see styles |
sài yīn sī sai4 yin1 si1 sai yin ssu |
(loanword) science (early 20th-century term) |
赤富士 see styles |
akafuji あかふじ |
red Fuji; Mount Fuji appearing red because of the sun's rays (typically in the early morning from late summer to early autumn); (given name) Akafuji |
超っ早 see styles |
choppaya ちょっぱや |
(slang) very fast; very early |
超っ速 see styles |
choppaya ちょっぱや |
(slang) very fast; very early |
足かけ see styles |
ashikake あしかけ |
(1) (sumo) (martial arts term) leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); (2) foothold; pedal; (adverbial noun) (3) nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) |
足掛け see styles |
ashikake あしかけ |
(1) (sumo) (martial arts term) leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); (2) foothold; pedal; (adverbial noun) (3) nearly (used to estimate a period of time by rounding up incomplete units) |
近世語 see styles |
kinseigo / kinsego きんせいご |
{ling} early modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken during the Edo period |
近代史 see styles |
jìn dài shǐ jin4 dai4 shi3 chin tai shih kindaishi きんだいし |
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) modern history |
近古音 see styles |
kinkoon きんこおん |
{ling} Early Modern Chinese |
通い妻 see styles |
kayoizuma かよいづま |
wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband |
通用音 see styles |
tsuuyouon / tsuyoon つうようおん |
(See 慣用音) popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) |
重災區 重灾区 see styles |
zhòng zāi qū zhong4 zai1 qu1 chung tsai ch`ü chung tsai chü |
area particularly hard-hit by a disaster; disaster area |
鏡花緣 镜花缘 see styles |
jìng huā yuán jing4 hua1 yuan2 ching hua yüan |
Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍[Li3 Ru3 zhen1] |
開拓使 see styles |
kaitakushi かいたくし |
early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882) |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o a mi to Amida あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
阿武船 see styles |
atakebune あたけぶね |
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods |
阿若多 see styles |
ā ruò duō a1 ruo4 duo1 a jo to Anyata |
(阿若) Ājñāta-kāuṇḍinya, 阿若憍陳如 one of the first five disciples of Śākyamuni, said to be the first to realize the Buddha-truth. ājñāta, his designation (i.e. recognized or confessed), is intp. as 巳知 Having known and 無知 Not knowing, or knowledge of non-existence. Or perhaps for ājñātṛ, confessor. Kaundinya, his surname, is said to mean a 'fire holder' from 'the early fire worship of the Brahmins.' |
陀羅尼 陀罗尼 see styles |
tuó luó ní tuo2 luo2 ni2 t`o lo ni to lo ni darani だらに |
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant (or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school. |
陳恭尹 陈恭尹 see styles |
chén gōng yǐn chen2 gong1 yin3 ch`en kung yin chen kung yin |
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet |
陸蒸気 see styles |
okajouki / okajoki おかじょうき |
(colloquialism) (obsolete) steam train (early Meiji period) |
雁渡し see styles |
kariwatashi かりわたし |
(rare) northern wind in early autumn |
雞胤部 鸡胤部 see styles |
jī yìn bù ji1 yin4 bu4 chi yin pu Keiin bu |
The Gokulikas; Kukkulikas; Kukkuṭikas; Kaukkuṭikas; a branch of the Māhāsaṅghikas which early disappeared; also 窟居; 高拘梨訶; 憍矩胝. |
預警機 预警机 see styles |
yù jǐng jī yu4 jing3 ji1 yü ching chi |
early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS |
顧炎武 顾炎武 see styles |
gù yán wǔ gu4 yan2 wu3 ku yen wu |
Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 |
風土記 see styles |
fudoki ふどき |
(product) Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century); (product name) Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century) |
風薫る see styles |
kazekaoru かぜかおる |
(can act as adjective) (See 薫風) (subject to the) cool light breeze in early summer |
駱賓王 骆宾王 see styles |
luò bīn wáng luo4 bin1 wang2 lo pin wang rakuhinou / rakuhino らくひんおう |
Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] (person) Luo Binwang (poetic term) (ca. 640-684) |
鬢きり see styles |
binkiri びんきり |
hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era |
鬢切り see styles |
bingiri びんぎり binkiri びんきり |
hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era |
鳩摩羅 鸠摩罗 see styles |
jiū mó luó jiu1 mo2 luo2 chiu mo lo |
鳩摩羅什 (鳩摩羅什婆); 鳩摩羅時婆 (or 鳩摩羅耆婆); 羅什 Kumārajīva, one of the 'four suns' of Mahāyāna Buddhism, of which he was the early and most effective propagator in China. He died in Chang-an about A.D. 412. His father was an Indian, his mother a princess of Karashahr. He is noted for the number of his translations and commentaries, which he is said to have dictated to some 800 monastic scribes. After cremation his tongue remained 'unconsumed'. |
黒臼子 see styles |
kurousugo; kurousugo / kurosugo; kurosugo くろうすご; クロウスゴ |
(kana only) Alaska blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium); early blueberry; oval-leaf bilberry; oval-leaf blueberry; oval-leaf huckleberry |
ＡＴＯＫ see styles |
eitokku / etokku エイトック |
{comp} ATOK (Advanced Technology Of Kana-kanji transfer); early Japanese IME |
あらまし see styles |
aramashi あらまし |
(1) outline; summary; gist; abstract; (adverb) (2) roughly; about; nearly; almost |
うらうら see styles |
uraura うらうら |
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime) |
うりずん see styles |
urizun うりずん |
climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer |
オラショ see styles |
orasho オラショ |
(archaism) (early Japanese Christian term) prayer (lat: oratio); supplication; (personal name) Horatio |
かく言う see styles |
kakuiu かくいう |
(expression) in this way; along these lines; similarly |
かっきり see styles |
kakkiri かっきり |
(adverb) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) exactly; just; precisely; (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) punctually; exactly on time; (adverb taking the "to" particle) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.) |
かぶき者 see styles |
kabukimono かぶきもの |
(yoji) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior |
きちんと see styles |
kichinto きちんと |
(adv,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) properly; accurately; exactly; precisely; regularly; (adv,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) neatly; tidily; orderly |
きっぱり see styles |
kippari きっぱり |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) clearly; plainly; decisively; distinctly; flatly |
くっきり see styles |
kukkiri くっきり |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly |
クランク see styles |
kuranku クランク |
(1) crank (mechanism); (2) narrow, crank-shaped road (on a driving school training course); (3) crank (on an early movie camera) |
こよなく see styles |
koyonaku こよなく |
(adverb) exceedingly; extremely; dearly; most of all; above all else |
さくさく see styles |
sakusaku さくさく |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; flaky (as in pastry); (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; proceeding smoothly; (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (archaism) sound of pouring liquid; (5) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (archaism) speaking clearly |
すっきり see styles |
sukkiri すっきり |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) feeling refreshed; feeling fine; feeling clear-headed; (2) shapely; neatly; refinedly; (3) cleanly; without trouble; (4) clearly; plainly; distinctly; (5) completely; thoroughly; (6) not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly |
ゼンチョ see styles |
zencho ゼンチョ |
(archaism) (early Japanese Christian term) heathen (por: gentio) |
つとめて see styles |
tsutomete つとめて |
(1) (archaism) early morning; (2) (archaism) the next morning (esp. after a night where something happened) |
に限って see styles |
nikagitte にかぎって |
(expression) (Xに限って expresses an exclusive focus on X, with a negative result, impact, etc.) particularly; only; in the case of |
はきはき see styles |
hakihaki はきはき |
(adv-to,adv,vs) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly |
はっきり see styles |
hakkiri はっきり |
(adv,adv-to) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) clearly; plainly; distinctly; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up |
フル装備 see styles |
furusoubi / furusobi フルそうび |
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars) |
プレフラ see styles |
purefura プレフラ |
(abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See プレミアムフライデー) Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month |
ほぼほぼ see styles |
hobohobo ほぼほぼ |
(adverb) (colloquialism) (See ほぼ) almost; nearly |
まざまざ see styles |
mazamaza まざまざ |
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely |
もう直ぐ see styles |
mousugu / mosugu もうすぐ |
(exp,adv) (kana only) soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost |
一次従属 see styles |
ichijijuuzoku / ichijijuzoku いちじじゅうぞく |
(adjectival noun) (mathematics term) linearly dependent |
一次独立 see styles |
ichijidokuritsu いちじどくりつ |
(adjectival noun) {math} linearly independent |
一足早い see styles |
hitoashihayai ひとあしはやい |
(exp,adj-i) slightly early; just before |
七大私学 see styles |
shichidaishigaku しちだいしがく |
(See 大学別曹) seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period |
万葉仮名 see styles |
manyougana / manyogana まんようがな |
man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically |
三反運動 三反运动 see styles |
sān fǎn yùn dòng san1 fan3 yun4 dong4 san fan yün tung |
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 |
三寒四温 see styles |
sankanshion さんかんしおん |
(yoji) alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring) |
三錐歯目 see styles |
sansuishimoku さんすいしもく |
Triconodonta; Eutriconodonta; order of early mammals |
不平士族 see styles |
fuheishizoku / fuheshizoku ふへいしぞく |
(hist) discontented former samurai (early Meiji period) |
世帯年収 see styles |
setainenshuu / setainenshu せたいねんしゅう |
(yearly) household income |
中華龍鳥 中华龙鸟 see styles |
zhōng huá lóng niǎo zhong1 hua2 long2 niao3 chung hua lung niao |
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period |
丹前風呂 see styles |
tanzenburo たんぜんぶろ |
(hist) Tanzenburo (famous early Edo-period bathhouse) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Arly" 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
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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.
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