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一息

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yī xī
    yi1 xi1
i hsi
 hitoiki
    ひといき
(1) one breath; (2) time of one breath; (3) pause; break; rest; breather; (4) (as 一息に) (doing in) one go; doing without stopping; (5) small amount of effort; a little more effort
A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation.

一新

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 itsushin
    いつしん
(n,vs,vt,vi) complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal; (surname) Itsushin

一生

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yī shēng
    yi1 sheng1
i sheng
 motonaru
    もとなる
all one's life; throughout one's life
(n,adj-no,adv) (1) whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era; (can be adjective with の) (2) (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life; (given name) Motonaru
All one's life, a whole life time.

一義


一义

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yī yì
    yi1 yi4
i i
 hitoyoshi
    ひとよし
(1) one meaning; (2) primary importance; primary significance; primary consideration; (3) a reason; a truth; (personal name) Hitoyoshi
one thing

一致

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yī zhì
    yi1 zhi4
i chih
 icchi
    いっち
consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
(n,vs,vi) (1) agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match; (n,vs,vi) (2) union; unity; cooperation; (place-name) Icchi

一行

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yī xíng
    yi1 xing2
i hsing
 motoyuki
    もとゆき
party; delegation
(1) party; group; troop; company; (2) one act; one action; one deed; (personal name) Motoyuki
One act (of body, mouth, or mind); holding to one course; devoted. Yixing, A.D. 672-717, a celebrated monk whose secular name was 張遂 Zhang Sui, posthumous title 大慧禪師; he was versed in mathematics and astronomy, a reformer of the Chinese calendar, and author of several works.

一財

see styles
 ichizai
    いちざい
(abbreviation) (See 一般財団法人・いっぱんざいだんほうじん) general incorporated foundation

一貫


一贯

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yī guàn
    yi1 guan4
i kuan
 kazutsura
    かづつら
consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) consistency; coherence; integration; (2) (See 貫・1) one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); (3) one piece of sushi; (male given name) Kazutsura

一顧

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 ikko
    いっこ
(noun, transitive verb) (usu. with neg. sentence) (See 一顧だにしない) slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

一點


一点

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yī diǎn
    yi1 dian3
i tien
 itten
a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
a single speck

七三

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 nami
    なみ
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side; (female given name) Nami

七夜

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 nanayo
    ななよ
celebration of a child's seventh day; (female given name) Nanayo

七子

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qī zǐ
    qi1 zi3
ch`i tzu
    chi tzu
 fumiko
    ふみこ
(female given name) Fumiko
The parable in the Nirvana Sutra of the sick son whose parents, though they love all their sons equally, devote themselves to him. So does the Buddha specially care for sinners. The seven sons are likened to mankind, devas, sravakas, pratyeka-buddhas, and the three kinds of bodhisattvas of the 藏, 通 and 別教.

七寶


七宝

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qī bǎo
    qi1 bao3
ch`i pao
    chi pao
 shichihō
sapta ratna 薩不荅羅的捺 The seven treasures, or precious things, of which there are varying descriptions, e.g. 金 suvarna, gold; 銀rūpya, silver; 鐂璃 vaiḍūrya, lapis lazuli; 玻瓈sphaṭika, crystal; 硨磲 musāragalva, agate; 赤珠 rohita-mukta, rubies or red pearls; 瑪瑙 aśmagarbha, cornelian. Also the seven royal (cakravartin) treasures―the golden wheel; elephants; dark swift horses; the divine pearl, or beautiful pearls; able ministers of the Treasury; jewels of women; and loyal generals.

七生

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qī shēng
    qi1 sheng1
ch`i sheng
    chi sheng
 nanao
    ななを
(n,adv) (1) {Buddh} seven lives; (2) seven generations; (female given name) Nanao; Nanawo
idem 七有.; same as 七有.

七知

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qī zhī
    qi1 zhi1
ch`i chih
    chi chih
 shichichi
The seven knowings - to know the Law, its meaning, the times for all duties, moderation, oneself, the different classes of people, and people as individuals.

万丈

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 matake
    またけ
hurrah!; long life; congratulations; full vent; (personal name) Matake

万代

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 yorozuyo
    よろづよ
(n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations; (surname) Yorozuyo

万才

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 manzai
    まんざい
(out-dated kanji) two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit); comic dialogue; (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) (archaism) long time; (4) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (5) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) giving up; (4) (archaism) long time; (5) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (place-name, surname) Manzai

万歳

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 manzai
    まんざい
door-to-door comedic duo; (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) (archaism) long time; (4) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (5) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) giving up; (4) (archaism) long time; (5) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (surname) Manzai

三世

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sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 miyo
    みよ
the Third (of numbered kings)
(1) {Buddh} three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; (2) (さんぜ only) three generations; (female given name) Miyo
The three periods, 過去, 現在, 未來or 過, 現, 未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also 未生, 巳生,後滅, or 未, 現, 過 unborn, born, dead The 華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also 三際.

三乘

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

三仇

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sān chóu
    san1 chou2
san ch`ou
    san chou
animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power

三代

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sān dài
    san1 dai4
san tai
 miyotsugu
    みよつぐ
three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
(1) three generations; three periods; (2) third generation; (personal name) Miyotsugu

三傑

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 sanketsu
    さんけつ
(See 維新の三傑) three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)

三句

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sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanku
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence.

三嘆

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 santan
    さんたん
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) deep admiration; (2) repeatedly lamenting

三大

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sān dà
    san1 da4
san ta
 miou / mio
    みおう
(prefix) (See 三大疾病) the big three ...; (surname) Miou
The three great characteristics of the 眞如 in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (1) 體大 The greatness of the bhūtatathatā in its essence or substance; it is 衆生心之體性 the embodied nature of the mind of all the living, universal, immortal, immutable, eternal; (2) 相大 the greatness of its attributes or manifestations, perfect in wisdom and mercy, and every achievement; (3) 用大 the greatness of its functions and operations within and without, perfectly transforming all the living to good works and good karma now and hereafter. There are other groups, e.g. 體, 宗, and 用.

三寳


三宝

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sān bǎo
    san1 bao3
san pao
 sanbō
Triratna, or Ratnatraya, i.e. the Three Precious Ones: 佛 Buddha, 法 Dharma, 儈 Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Ecelesia or Order. Eitel suggests this trinity may be adapted from the Trimūrti, i.e, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Sīva. The Triratna takes many forms, e.g. the Trikāya 三身 q.v. There is also the Nepalese idea of a triple existence of each Buddha as a Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Dhyāni-Buddha, and Mānuṣi-Buddha; also the Tantric trinity of Vairocana as Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Locana according to Eitel "existing in reflex in the world of forms", and the human Buddha, Śākyamuni. There are other elaborated details known as the four and the six kinds of triratna 四 and 六種三寳, e.g. that the Triratna exists in each member of the trinity. The term has also been applied to the 三仙 q.v. Popularly the 三寳 are referred to the three images in the main hall of monasteries. The centre one is Śākyamuni, on his left Bhaiṣajya 藥師 and on his right Amitābha. There are other explanations, e.g. in some temples Amitābha is in the centre, Avalokiteśvara on his left, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta or Mañjuśrī on his right. Table of Triratna, Trikāya, and Trailokya: — DHARMASAṄGHABUDDHAEssential BodhiReflected BodhiPractical BodhiDhyāni BuddhaDhyāni BodhisattvaMānuṣī BuddhaDharmakāyaSambhogakāyaNirmāṇakāyaPurityCompletenessTransformations4th Buddha-kṣetra3rd Buddha-kṣetra1st and 2nd Buddha kṣetraArūpadhātuRūpadhātuKāmadhātu.

三德

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sān dé
    san1 de2
san te
 santoku
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others.

三惡


三恶

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sān è
    san1 e4
san o
 sanmaku
The three evil gati, or paths of transmigration; also 三惡道, 三惡趣 the hells, hungry ghosts, animals.

三拝

see styles
 sanpai
    さんぱい
(n,vs,vi) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

三振

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sān zhèn
    san1 zhen4
san chen
 sanshin
    さんしん
to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from consideration
(n,vs,vi) {baseb} strikeout

三支

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sān zhī
    san1 zhi1
san chih
 san shi
(三支比量) Three members of a syllogism: pratijñā宗 the proposition, hetu 因 the reason, udāharaṇa 喩the example; cf. 因明.

三族

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sān zú
    san1 zu2
san tsu
 sanzoku
    さんぞく
(old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

三智

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sān zhì
    san1 zhi4
san chih
 michi
    みち
(female given name) Michi
The three kinds of wisdom: (1) (a) 一切智 śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha knowledge that all the dharma or laws are 空 void and unreal; (b) 道種智 bodhisattva-knowledge. of all things in their proper discrimination; (c) 一切種智 Buddha-knowledge, or perfect knowledge of all things in their every aspect and relationship past, present, and future. Tiantai associates the above with 室, 候, 中. (2) (a) 世間智 earthly or ordinary wisdom; (b) 出世間智 supra-mundane, or spiritual (śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha) wisdom; (c) 出世間上上智 supreme wisdom of bodhisattvas and Buddhas. v. 智度論 27, 止觀 3, and 概伽經 3. Cf. — 心三智.

三有

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sān yǒu
    san1 you3
san yu
 san'u
The three kinds of bhava, or existence; idem 三界 q. v. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有 antara-bhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有爲法 The three active) functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance'; (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana.

三歎

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 santan
    さんたん
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) deep admiration; (2) repeatedly lamenting

三流

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sān liú
    san1 liu2
san liu
 sanru
    さんる
third-rate; inferior
(hist) (See 遠流,中流,近流) three banishment punishments (of different severity; under ritsuryō system)

三漏

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sān lòu
    san1 lou4
san lou
 sanro
The three affluents that feed the stream of mortality, or transmigration: 欲 desire; 有 (material, or phenomenal) existence; 無明 ignorance (of the way of escape). 涅槃經 22.

三照

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sān zhào
    san1 zhao4
san chao
 sanshō
The three shinings; the sun first shining on the hill-tops, then the valleys and plains. So, according to Tiantai teaching of the Huayan sūtra, the Buddha's doctrine had three periods of such shining: (a) first, he taught the Huayan sūtra, transforming his chief disciples into bodhisattvas; (b) second, the Hīnayāna sūtras in general to śrāvakas and pratyeka-buddhas in the Lumbinī garden; (c) third, the 方等 sūtras down to the 涅槃經 for all the living. See the 六十華嚴經 35, where the order is five, i.e. bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, lay disciples, and all creatures.

三獸


三兽

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sān shòu
    san1 shou4
san shou
 sanshū
The three animals— hare, horse, elephant— crossing a stream. The śrāvaka is like the hare who crosses by swimming on the surface; the pratyeka-buddha is like the horse who crosses deeper than the hare; the bodhisattva is like the elephant who walks across on the bottom. Also likened to the triyāna. 涅槃經 23, 27.

三生

see styles
sān shēng
    san1 sheng1
san sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(surname, given name) Mitsuo
The three births, or reincarnations, past, present, future. Tiantai has (a) 種 planting the seed; (b) 熟 ripening; (c) 脫 liberating, stripping, or harvesting, i.e. beginning, development, and reward of bodhi, a process either gradual or instantaneous. Huayan has (a) 見聞生 a past life of seeing and hearing Buddha-truth; (b) 解行生 liberation in the present life; (c) 證入生 realization of life in Buddhahood. This is also called 三生成佛, Buddhahood in the course of three lives. There is also a definition of three rebirths as the shortest term for arhatship, sixty kalpas being the longest. There are other definitions.

三界

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sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 mikai
    みかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai
Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品.

三礼

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 mirei / mire
    みれい
(See 三拝) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly; (female given name) Mirei

三衍

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sān yǎn
    san1 yan3
san yen
 sanen
The three yāna, or vehicles to nirvāṇa, i.e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva, v. 三乘.

三衰

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sān shuāi
    san1 shuai1
san shuai
 sansui
The three deteriorators, idem 三毒.

三貴

see styles
 miyoshi
    みよし
(1) (organization) Miki Corporation; (2) (feminine speech) (surname) Miki; (surname) Miyoshi

三身

see styles
sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三車


三车

see styles
sān chē
    san1 che1
san ch`e
    san che
 sansha
triyāna. 三乘 or 三乘法門 (1) The three vehicles across saṃsāra into nirvāṇa, i.e. the carts offered by the father in the Lotus Sutra to lure his children out of the burning house: (a) goat carts, representing śrāvakas; (b) deer carts, pratyekabuddhas; (c) bullock carts, bodhisattvas. (2) The three principal schools of Buddhism— Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, Mahāyāna.

三道

see styles
sān dào
    san1 dao4
san tao
 mitsumichi
    みつみち
(surname) Mitsumichi
(1) The three paths all have to tread; 輪廻三道, 三輪, i.e. (a) 煩惱道 ; 惑道 ; the path of misery, illusion, mortality; (b) 業道 the path of works, action, or doing, productive of karma; (c) 苦道 the resultant path of suffering. As ever recurring they are called the three wheels. (2) 聾, 緣, 菩 śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, cf. 三乘.

三達


三达

see styles
sān dá
    san1 da2
san ta
 mitatsu
    みたつ
(surname) Mitatsu
Three aspects of the omniscience of Buddha: knowledge of future karma, of past karma, of present illusion and liberation; v. 三明.

三難


三难

see styles
sān nán
    san1 nan2
san nan
 sannan
The three hardships, or sufferings in the three lower paths of transmigration, v. 三惡道.

三餘


三余

see styles
sān yú
    san1 yu2
san yü
 sanyo
The three after death remainders, or continued mortal experiences, of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who mistakenly think they are going to 無餘涅槃final nirvāṇa, but will still find 煩惱餘 further passion and illusion, 業餘 further karma, and 果餘 continued rebirth, in realms beyond the 三界trailokya.

上代

see styles
shàng dài
    shang4 dai4
shang tai
 wandai
    わんだい
previous generation
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (じょうだい only) ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (2) (nominal) retail price; (place-name) Wandai

上合

see styles
shàng hé
    shang4 he2
shang ho
 kamiai
    かみあい
SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) (abbr. for 上海合作組織|上海合作组织[Shang4 hai3 He2 zuo4 Zu3 zhi1])
{astron} (See 外合) superior conjunction; (place-name) Kamiai

上図

see styles
 jouzu / jozu
    じょうず
(See 下図) the above figure (diagram, illustration, chart, graph, etc.)

上好

see styles
shàng hǎo
    shang4 hao3
shang hao
 ueyoshi
    うえよし
first-rate; top-notch
(surname) Ueyoshi

上層


上层

see styles
shàng céng
    shang4 ceng2
shang ts`eng
    shang tseng
 jousou / joso
    じょうそう
upper layer
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

上底

see styles
 agezoko
    あげぞこ
    agesoko
    あげそこ
(1) false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; platform (shoes); kick (of a bottle); (2) exaggeration; overstatement

上流

see styles
shàng liú
    shang4 liu2
shang liu
 kaminagare
    かみながれ
upper class
(1) upper stream; upper course; upper reaches; (can be adjective with の) (2) upstream; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (ant: 下流・2) upper classes; (place-name) Kaminagare
(上流般) ūrdhvasrotas. The flow upwards, or to go upwards against the stream of transmigration to parinirvāṇa. Also 上流般涅槃.

上燗

see styles
 joukan / jokan
    じょうかん
moderately heated sake

上翳

see styles
 uwahi
    うわひ
(obscure) degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil

上趣

see styles
shàng qù
    shang4 qu4
shang ch`ü
    shang chü
 jōshu
The higher gati, directions, or transmigrations.

上轉


上转

see styles
shàng zhuǎn
    shang4 zhuan3
shang chuan
 jōten
The upward turn: (1) progress upward, especially in transmigration; (2) increase in enlightenment for self, while下轉 q.v. is for others.

下る

see styles
 sagaru
    さがる
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru

下世

see styles
xià shì
    xia4 shi4
hsia shih
 shimoyo
    しもよ
to die; future incarnation; next life; to be born; to come into the world; future generation
(surname) Shimoyo

下層


下层

see styles
xià céng
    xia4 ceng2
hsia ts`eng
    hsia tseng
 kasou / kaso
    かそう
underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lower layer; layer beneath; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) lower strata (classes)

下行

see styles
xià xíng
    xia4 xing2
hsia hsing
 kakou / kako
    かこう
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
(noun or adjectival noun) descending

下見

see styles
 shimomiru
    しもみる
(noun, transitive verb) (1) preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); (3) (See 下見板) siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard; (place-name) Shimomiru

下読

see styles
 shitayomi
    したよみ
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) preparatory reading; lesson study; rehearsal (of play)

下輩


下辈

see styles
xià bèi
    xia4 bei4
hsia pei
 kahai; gehai
    かはい; げはい
offspring; future generations; younger generation of a family; junior members of a group
inferior; low-class person
inferior group

下轉


下转

see styles
xià zhuǎn
    xia4 zhuan3
hsia chuan
 geten
The downward turn, in transmigration. Primal ignorance or unenlightenment 無明acting against the primal, true, or Buddha-nature causes transmigration. The opposite is上轉 when the good prevails over the evil. 下轉is sometimes used for 下化 to save those below.

不分

see styles
bù fēn
    bu4 fen1
pu fen
not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)

不周

see styles
bù zhōu
    bu4 zhou1
pu chou
 fu shū
not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate
not embraced

不嗜

see styles
 butashinami
    ぶたしなみ
poor preparation

不容

see styles
bù róng
    bu4 rong2
pu jung
 fuyō
must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate
does not permit

不廻


不迴

see styles
bù huí
    bu4 hui2
pu hui
 fue
Anagamin. He who does not return; one exempt from transmigration.

不文

see styles
 fubun
    ふぶん
(can be adjective with の) (1) unwritten; (can be adjective with の) (2) illiterate; uneducated; (3) poor writing

不爽

see styles
bù shuǎng
    bu4 shuang3
pu shuang
not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate

不理

see styles
bù lǐ
    bu4 li3
pu li
 furi
    ふり
to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) unreasonable; irrational; illogical

不純

see styles
 fujun
    ふじゅん
(noun or adjectival noun) impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

不肖

see styles
bù xiào
    bu4 xiao4
pu hsiao
 fushou / fusho
    ふしょう
(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); (pronoun) (2) (humble language) I; me; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (3) (form) (used self-referentially) incompetent; unskilled; inexperienced; foolish; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) (archaism) unfortunate; unlucky; (given name) Fushou
does not reject

不覺


不觉

see styles
bù jué
    bu4 jue2
pu chüeh
 fukaku
unconsciously
Unenlightened, uncomprehending, without 'spiritual' insight, the condition of people in general, who mistake the phenomenal for the real, and by ignorance beget karma, reaping its results in the mortal round of transmigration; i. e. people generally.

不題


不题

see styles
bù tí
    bu4 ti2
pu t`i
    pu ti
we will not elaborate on that (used as pluralis auctoris)

且休

see styles
qiě xiū
    qie3 xiu1
ch`ieh hsiu
    chieh hsiu
rest for now; stop (usually imperative form)

世々

see styles
 yoyo
    よよ
(n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation; (female given name) Yoyo

世世

see styles
shì shì
    shi4 shi4
shih shih
 seze
    よよ
from age to age
(n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
age after age

世代

see styles
shì dài
    shi4 dai4
shih tai
 yoyo
    よよ
for many generations; generation; era; age
generation; (female given name) Yoyo
A generation, a lifetime; the world.

世家

see styles
shì jiā
    shi4 jia1
shih chia
 seke
family influential for generations; aristocratic family
generational houses

丙子

see styles
bǐng zǐ
    bing3 zi3
ping tzu
 hinoene; heishi / hinoene; heshi
    ひのえね; へいし
thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
(See 干支・1) Fire Rat (13th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1936, 1996, 2056)

並入


并入

see styles
bìng rù
    bing4 ru4
ping ju
to merge into; to incorporate in

並激


并激

see styles
bìng jī
    bing4 ji1
ping chi
parallel excitation; shunt excitation; shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator)

中々

see styles
 nakanaka
    なかなか
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good

中中

see styles
zhōng zhōng
    zhong1 zhong1
chung chung
 chūchū
    なかなか
middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school")
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good
middling of the middling

中乘

see styles
zhōng shèng
    zhong1 sheng4
chung sheng
 chūjō
The middle vehicle to nirvana, includes all intermediate or medial systems between Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. It also corresponds with the state of a pratyekabuddha, who lives chiefly for his own salvation but partly for others, like a man sitting in the middle of a vehicle, leaving scarcely room for others. It is a definition made by Mahayanists unknown to Hīnayāna.

中吉

see styles
 nakayoshi
    なかよし
moderately good luck (in fortune telling); (surname) Nakayoshi

中士

see styles
zhōng shì
    zhong1 shi4
chung shih
 chūshi
medium disciples, i. e. śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who can gain emancipation for themselves, but cannot confer it on others: cf. 下士 and 上士.

中常

see styles
zhōng cháng
    zhong1 chang2
chung ch`ang
    chung chang
 nakatsune
    なかつね
ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
(surname) Nakatsune

中底

see styles
 nakazoko
    なかぞこ
(1) (See 中敷・なかじき・2) insole; (2) perforated divider in a food steamer

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