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智心 see styles |
zhì xīn zhi4 xin1 chih hsin tomomi ともみ |
(female given name) Tomomi The mind of knowledge; a wise mind. |
暑い see styles |
atsui(p); azui(sk); ajiぃ(sk); ajii(sk); ajii(sk); attsui(sk) / atsui(p); azui(sk); ajiぃ(sk); aji(sk); aji(sk); attsui(sk) あつい(P); あづい(sk); あぢぃ(sk); あぢー(sk); あぢい(sk); あっつい(sk) |
(adjective) (1) (ant: 寒い・1) hot; warm; sultry; heated; (adjective) (2) passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.); (adjective) (3) on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; interested (gaze, etc.) |
暗合 see styles |
àn hé an4 he2 an ho angou / ango あんごう |
to agree implicitly; of one mind; views coincide without a word exchanged (n,vs,vi) coincidence |
曚昧 see styles |
méng mèi meng2 mei4 meng mei mōmai もうまい |
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised ignorance of the mind |
會堂 会堂 see styles |
huì táng hui4 tang2 hui t`ang hui tang |
meeting hall; assembly hall See: 会堂 |
會幕 会幕 see styles |
huì mù hui4 mu4 hui mu |
tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent) |
會館 会馆 see styles |
huì guǎn hui4 guan3 hui kuan |
provincial or county guild hall |
有事 see styles |
yǒu shì you3 shi4 yu shih yuuji / yuji ゆうじ |
to be occupied with something; to have something on one's mind; there is something the matter emergency; (given name) Yūji To have affairs, functioning, phenomenal, idem 有爲法. |
有心 see styles |
yǒu xīn you3 xin1 yu hsin tomomi ともみ |
to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate (1) discrimination; historical school of poetic thought; (2) {Buddh} attachment; distractions; (female given name) Tomomi possessing mind |
有性 see styles |
yǒu xìng you3 xing4 yu hsing yuusei / yuse ゆうせい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual To have the nature, 'i. e. to be a Buddhist, have the bodhi-mind, in contrast with the 無性 absence of this mind, i. e. the闡提 icchanti, or unconverted. |
有意 see styles |
yǒu yì you3 yi4 yu i yuui / yui ゆうい |
to intend; intentionally; interested in (adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) significant; meaningful; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) intentional; volitional mati; matimant; possessing mind, intelligent; a tr. of manuṣya, man, a rational being. The name of the eldest son of Candra-sūrya-pradīpa. |
服膺 see styles |
fú yīng fu2 ying1 fu ying fukuyou / fukuyo ふくよう |
to bear in mind (noun, transitive verb) bearing in mind |
木曜 see styles |
mù yào mu4 yao4 mu yao mokuyou / mokuyo もくよう |
(See 木曜日) Thursday Jupiter, one of the 九曜 nine luminaries, q. v.; on the south of the diamond hall outside the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala. |
末那 see styles |
mò nà mo4 na4 mo na mana まな |
{Buddh} (See 末那識) manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self) manāḥ; manas; intp. by 意 mind, the (active) mind. Eitel says: 'The sixth of the chadâyatana, the mental faculty which constitutes man as an intelligent and moral being. ' The 末那識 is defined by the 唯識論 4 as the seventh of the 八識, namely 意, which means 思量 thinking and measuring, or calculating. It is the active mind, or activity of mind, but is also used for the mind itself. |
本堂 see styles |
běn táng ben3 tang2 pen t`ang pen tang hondou / hondo ほんどう |
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple; (place-name, surname) Hondou main [buddha] hall |
本殿 see styles |
honden ほんでん |
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary; (surname) Honden |
本覺 本觉 see styles |
běn jué ben3 jue2 pen chüeh hongaku |
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being. |
本館 see styles |
motodate もとだて |
(1) main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); (2) this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall; this building; (place-name, surname) Motodate |
東堂 东堂 see styles |
dōng táng dong1 tang2 tung t`ang tung tang toudou / todo とうどう |
(surname) Tōdou eastern hall |
東庵 东庵 see styles |
don gān don1 gan1 don kan touan / toan とうあん |
(given name) Tōan The eastern hall of monastery. |
染心 see styles |
rǎn xīn ran3 xin1 jan hsin zenshin |
A mind contaminated (with desire, or sexual passion). |
梵唄 梵呗 see styles |
fàn bài fan4 bai4 fan pai bonbai ぼんばい |
(Buddhism) chanting of prayers (1) {Buddh} song praising the virtues of the Buddha; (2) {Buddh} (See 声明・2) chanting of Buddhist hymns Buddhist hymns, cf. 唄. They are sung to repress externals and calm the mind within for religious service; also in praise of Buddha. |
梵心 see styles |
fàn xīn fan4 xin1 fan hsin bonshin |
The noble or pure mind (which practises the discipline that ensures rebirth in the realm without form). |
棋院 see styles |
kiin / kin きいん |
go institution; go club; go hall |
棲神 栖神 see styles |
qī shén qi1 shen2 ch`i shen chi shen saishin |
To rest the spirit, or mind, be unperturbed. |
業處 业处 see styles |
yè chù ye4 chu4 yeh ch`u yeh chu gossho |
karmasthāna; a place for working, of business, etc.; the place, or condition, in which the mind is maintained in meditation; by inference, the Pure Land, etc. |
業識 业识 see styles |
yè shì ye4 shi4 yeh shih gōshiki |
"Activity-consciousness in the sense that through the agency of ignorance an unenlightened mind begins to be disturbed (or awakened)." Suzuki's Awakening of Faith, 76. |
楹聯 楹联 see styles |
yíng lián ying2 lian2 ying lien |
couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) |
構う see styles |
kamau かまう |
(v5u,vi) (1) (See 構わない) to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for; (v5u,vi) (2) to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (3) (kana only) to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with; (v5u,vi) (4) to interfere with; to meddle in; (transitive verb) (5) to tease; (transitive verb) (6) (archaism) to banish; to prohibit |
樂心 乐心 see styles |
lè xīn le4 xin1 le hsin rakushin |
joyous mind |
機誼 机谊 see styles |
jī yí ji1 yi2 chi i kigi |
function of the mind to be in accord with goodness |
欲心 see styles |
yù xīn yu4 xin1 yü hsin yokushin よくしん |
greed A desirous, covetous, passionate, or lustful heart. |
歌廳 歌厅 see styles |
gē tīng ge1 ting1 ko t`ing ko ting |
karaoke hall; singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) |
止息 see styles |
zhǐ xī zhi3 xi1 chih hsi shisoku |
to cease; to end To stop, cease; to stop breathing by self-control; to bring the mind to rest; used for 止觀. |
止觀 止观 see styles |
zhǐ guān zhi3 guan1 chih kuan shikan |
奢摩他毗婆舍那 (or 奢摩他毗鉢舍那) śamatha-vipaśyanā, which Sanskrit words are intp. by 止觀; 定慧; 寂照; and 明靜; for their respective meanings see 止 and 觀. When the physical organism is at rest it is called 止 zhi, when the mind is seeing clearly it is called 觀 guan. The term and form of meditation is specially connected with its chief exponent, the founder of the Tiantai school, which school is styled 止觀宗 Zhiguan Zong, its chief object being concentration of the mind by special methods for the purpose of clear insight into truth, and to be rid of illusion. The Tiantai work gives ten fields of mediation, or concentration: (1) the 五陰, 十八界, and 十二入; (2) passion and delusion; (3) sickness; (4) karma forms; (5) māra-deeds; (6) dhyāna; (7) (wrong) theories; (8) arrogance; (9) the two Vehicles; (10) bodhisattvahood. |
正報 正报 see styles |
zhèng bào zheng4 bao4 cheng pao seihou / seho せいほう |
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果. |
正庁 see styles |
seichou / secho せいちょう |
(rare) official reception hall |
正心 see styles |
zhèng xīn zheng4 xin1 cheng hsin shoushin / shoshin しょうしん |
(surname) Shoushin correct mind |
正殿 see styles |
zhèng diàn zheng4 dian4 cheng tien seiden / seden せいでん |
main hall of a Buddhist temple (1) main temple; main building of a shrine; (2) (See 紫宸殿,内裏・1) alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; (3) central building of a palace; State Chamber |
歪む see styles |
yugamu(p); igamu ゆがむ(P); いがむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to warp; to bend; to contort; (v5m,vi) (2) to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted; to be cross-grained |
歸心 归心 see styles |
guī xīn gui1 xin1 kuei hsin kishin |
converted to (religion) return to the mind |
殫心 殚心 see styles |
dān xīn dan1 xin1 tan hsin |
to devote one's entire mind |
殿堂 see styles |
diàn táng dian4 tang2 tien t`ang tien tang dendou / dendo でんどう |
palace; hall; temple buildings (1) palace; hall; (2) shrine; temple; sanctuary; (3) hall of fame a palace |
殿舍 see styles |
diàn shè dian4 she4 tien she tensha |
a hall |
殿行 see styles |
diàn xíng dian4 xing2 tien hsing dennan |
hall assistant |
気宇 see styles |
kiu きう |
breadth of mind |
気質 see styles |
kishitsu きしつ katagi かたぎ |
(n,n-suf) spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition |
沈吟 see styles |
shěn yín shen3 yin2 shen yin chingin ちんぎん |
(noun/participle) hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress to be unable to make up one's mind |
沈着 see styles |
chinchaku ちんちゃく |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) composure; calmness; self-possession; presence of mind; (n,vs,vi) (2) depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation; adherence |
沒事 没事 see styles |
méi shì mei2 shi4 mei shih |
it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) |
沙心 see styles |
shā xīn sha1 xin1 sha hsin shashin |
Mind like sand in its countless functionings. |
沙門 沙门 see styles |
shā mén sha1 men2 sha men shamon しゃもん |
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk {Buddh} shramana (wandering monk); (surname) Shamon śramaṇa. 桑門; 娑門; 喪門; 沙門那; 舍羅磨拏; 沙迦懣曩; 室摩那拏 (1) Ascetics of all kinds; 'the Sarmanai, or Samanaioi, or Germanai of the Greeks, perhaps identical also with the Tungusian Saman or Shaman.' Eitel. (2) Buddhist monks 'who 'have left their families and quitted the passions', the Semnoi of the Greeks'. Eitel. Explained by 功勞 toilful achievement, 勤息 diligent quieting (of the mind and the passions), 淨志 purity of mind, 貧道 poverty. 'He must keep well the Truth, guard well every uprising (of desire), be uncontaminated by outward attractions, be merciful to all and impure to none, be not elated to joy nor harrowed by distress, and able to bear whatever may come.' The Sanskrit root is śram, to make effort; exert oneself, do austerities. |
治心 see styles |
zhì xīn zhi4 xin1 chih hsin jishin |
to correct the mind |
法堂 see styles |
fǎ táng fa3 tang2 fa t`ang fa tang houdou / hodo ほうどう |
{Buddh} lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen); (surname) Houdou The chief temple, so called by the Chan (Zen) sect; amongst others it is 講堂 preaching hall. |
法性 see styles |
fǎ xìng fa3 xing4 fa hsing hosshou / hossho ほっしょう |
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras. |
法殿 see styles |
fǎ diàn fa3 dian4 fa tien hōden |
The temple, or hall, of the Law, the main hall of a monastery; also the Guanyin hall. |
泛ぶ see styles |
ukabu うかぶ |
(out-dated kanji) (Godan verb with "bu" ending) (1) to float; to be suspended; (2) to rise to surface; (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration |
泥鰌 see styles |
donjou / donjo どんじょう donjo どんじょ dojou / dojo どじょう |
(1) (kana only) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); (2) weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) |
洗浄 see styles |
senjou / senjo せんじょう |
(noun/participle) (1) washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering; (noun/participle) (2) {Buddh} cleansing (one's mind and body) |
浮ぶ see styles |
ukabu うかぶ |
(Godan verb with "bu" ending) (1) to float; to be suspended; (2) to rise to surface; (3) to come to mind; to have inspiration |
浮現 浮现 see styles |
fú xiàn fu2 xian4 fu hsien |
(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge |
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. |
淨心 净心 see styles |
jìng xīn jing4 xin1 ching hsin Jōshin |
The pure heart or mind, which is the original Buddha-nature in every man. |
深奥 see styles |
shēn ào shen1 ao4 shen ao shinou / shino しんおう |
(1) depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; (adjectival noun) (2) profound; deep; esoteric; abstruse 深妙; 深密; 深秘 Deep, profound, abstruse. |
深心 see styles |
shēn xīn shen1 xin1 shen hsin shinshin |
A mind profoundly engrossed (in Buddha-truth, or thought, or illusion, etc. ). |
淵沖 渊冲 see styles |
yuān chōng yuan1 chong1 yüan ch`ung yüan chung |
(literary) (of sb's mind or intelligence) deep; insightful |
混濁 混浊 see styles |
hùn zhuó hun4 zhuo2 hun cho kondaku こんだく |
turbid; muddy; dirty (n,vs,n-pref) (1) turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; muddiness (e.g. water, mind, consciousness); (noun/participle) (2) disorder; chaos to be turbid |
淸心 see styles |
qīng xīn qing1 xin1 ch`ing hsin ching hsin shōshin |
purify the mind |
溫理 温理 see styles |
wēn lǐ wen1 li3 wen li |
to review (a lesson etc); to bring back to one's mind See: 温理 |
溷濁 溷浊 see styles |
hùn zhuó hun4 zhuo2 hun cho kondaku こんだく |
variant of 混濁|混浊[hun4 zhuo2] (n,vs,n-pref) (1) turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; muddiness (e.g. water, mind, consciousness); (noun/participle) (2) disorder; chaos |
滅心 灭心 see styles |
miè xīn mie4 xin1 mieh hsin metsushin |
extinction of mind |
滌慮 涤虑 see styles |
dí lǜ di2 lu:4 ti lü |
to free the mind from worries |
火心 see styles |
huǒ xīn huo3 xin1 huo hsin ka shin |
burning mind |
火曜 see styles |
huǒ yào huo3 yao4 huo yao kayou / kayo かよう |
(See 火曜日) Tuesday; (female given name) Kayo Mars, one of the nine luminaries, shown south of the Diamond hall in the Garbhadhātu. |
無想 无想 see styles |
wú xiǎng wu2 xiang3 wu hsiang musou / muso むそう |
a blank mind; (given name) Musou Without thought, absence of thinking. |
煗法 see styles |
nuǎn fǎ nuan3 fa3 nuan fa nan hō |
The first of the 四加行位; the stage in which dialectic processes are left behind and the mind dwells only on the four dogmas and the sixteen disciplines. |
照心 see styles |
zhào xīn zhao4 xin1 chao hsin shōshin |
to illuminate the mind |
煩惱 烦恼 see styles |
fán nǎo fan2 nao3 fan nao bonnō ぼんのう |
to be worried; to be distressed; worries (out-dated kanji) (1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) (Buddhist term) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) kleśa, 'pain, affliction, distress,' 'care, trouble' (M.W.). The Chinese tr. is similar, distress, worry, trouble, and whatever causes them. Keith interprets kleśa by 'infection', 'contamination', 'defilement'. The Chinese intp. is the delusions, trials, or temptations of the passions and of ignorance which disturb and distress the mind; also in brief as the three poisons 貪瞋痴 desire, detestation, and delusion. There is a division into the six fundamental 煩惱, or afflictions, v. below, and the twenty which result or follow them and there are other dual divisions. The six are: 貪瞋痴慢疑 and 惡見 desire, detestation, delusion, pride, doubt, and evil views, which last are the false views of a permanent ego, etc. The ten 煩惱 are the first five, and the sixth subdivided into five. 煩惱, like kleśa, implies moral affliction or distress, trial, temptation, tempting, sin. Cf. 使. |
牢記 牢记 see styles |
láo jì lao2 ji4 lao chi rouki / roki ろうき |
to keep in mind; to remember (noun, transitive verb) keeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart |
牢關 牢关 see styles |
láo guān lao2 guan1 lao kuan rōkan |
A firm barrier, a place shut tight, type of the deluded mind. |
特來 特来 see styles |
tè lái te4 lai2 t`e lai te lai |
to come with a specific purpose in mind |
特少 see styles |
tokushou / tokusho とくしょう |
(slang) (abbreviation) (See 特別少年院) advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders |
狂う see styles |
kuruu / kuru くるう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane; (v5u,vi) (2) to get out of order; to go amiss; to malfunction; to become imprecise; (v5u,vi) (3) to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through; to get mixed up; (v5u,vi) (4) to go crazy (over someone or something); to get enthusiastic; to go wild |
狂象 see styles |
kuáng xiàng kuang2 xiang4 k`uang hsiang kuang hsiang kyōshō |
A mad elephant, such is the deluded mind. |
狗心 see styles |
gǒu xīn gou3 xin1 kou hsin kushin |
A dog's heart, satisfied with trifles, unreceptive of Buddha's teaching. |
玄堂 see styles |
xuán táng xuan2 tang2 hsüan t`ang hsüan tang gendō |
mysterious hall |
玄覽 玄览 see styles |
xuán lǎn xuan2 lan3 hsüan lan genran |
to be absorbed in the deepest part of one's mind and not see the myriad phenomena |
玄関 see styles |
genkan げんかん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room |
玄關 玄关 see styles |
xuán guān xuan2 guan1 hsüan kuan genkan げんかん |
entrance hall; vestibule (out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room portico |
王數 王数 see styles |
wáng shù wang2 shu4 wang shu ōshu |
mind as a whole and its various factors |
理觀 理观 see styles |
lǐ guān li3 guan1 li kuan rikan りかん |
{Buddh} (See 事観) contemplation of principle The concept of absolute truth; the concentration of the mind upon reality. |
生靈 生灵 see styles |
shēng líng sheng1 ling2 sheng ling seirei |
(literary) the people; living thing; creature The mind or intelligence of the living; a living intelligent being; a living soul. |
用心 see styles |
yòng xīn yong4 xin1 yung hsin yōjin ようじん |
motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful (noun/participle) care; precaution; guarding; caution use one's mind |
画く see styles |
kaku かく egaku えがく |
(transitive verb) (1) to draw; to paint; to sketch; (2) to picture in one's mind; to imagine; (3) to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.); (transitive verb) (1) to draw; to paint; to sketch; (2) to depict; to describe; (3) to picture in one's mind; to imagine; (4) to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.) |
画境 see styles |
gakyou / gakyo がきょう |
(1) feeling of a painting; atmosphere of a painting; mood of a painting; (2) state of mind when painting; mood to paint |
留心 see styles |
liú xīn liu2 xin1 liu hsin ryuushin / ryushin りゅうしん |
to be careful; to pay attention to (noun/participle) heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind |
留意 see styles |
liú yì liu2 yi4 liu i rui るい |
to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of (n,vs,vi) heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind; (female given name) Rui |
異心 异心 see styles |
yì xīn yi4 xin1 i hsin ishin いしん |
disloyalty; infidelity treachery; intrigue Different mind; heterodox mind; amazed. |
異志 see styles |
ishi いし |
(1) (obsolete) rebellious mind; treacherous intentions; treachery; (2) (obsolete) exceptional goodwill; (personal name) Kotoshi |
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. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Immovable Mind Hall - Fudoshin Dojo" 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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