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老舗 see styles |
rouho / roho ろうほ shinise しにせ |
(1) old shop; shop of long standing; (can be adjective with の) (2) well-established; first of the kind; veteran |
老鋪 see styles |
rouho / roho ろうほ |
(1) old shop; shop of long standing; (can be adjective with の) (2) well-established; first of the kind; veteran |
肈建 肇建 see styles |
zhào jiàn zhao4 jian4 chao chien |
to build (for the first time); to create (a building) |
自他 see styles |
zì tā zi4 ta1 tzu t`a tzu ta jita じた |
(1) (See 自他共) oneself and others; (2) {phil} subject and object; (3) {ling} (See 自動詞,他動詞) transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; (4) (rare) {ling} (See 自称・3,他称) first person and third person; (5) {Buddh} (See 自力・2,他力・2) self-salvation and salvation by faith self and other |
自性 see styles |
zì xìng zi4 xing4 tzu hsing jishou / jisho じしょう |
{Buddh} intrinsic nature; one’s own distinct nature Own nature; of (its) own nature. As an intp. of pradhāna (and resembling 冥性) in the Sāṅkhya philosophy it is 'prakṛti, the Originant, primary or original matter or rather the primary germ out of which all material appearances are evolved, the first evolver or source of the material world (hence in a general acceptation 'nature' or rather 'matter' as opposed to purusha, or 'spirit')'. M. W. As 莎發斡 svabhāva, it is 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution, nature'. M. W. The self-substance, self-nature, or unchanging character of anything. |
自称 see styles |
jishou / jisho じしょう |
(can act as adjective) (1) self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be; (noun/participle) (2) professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as; (3) {gramm} first person |
舉世 举世 see styles |
jǔ shì ju3 shi4 chü shih |
throughout the world; world ranking (e.g. first) |
色界 see styles |
sè jiè se4 jie4 se chieh shikikai しきかい |
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) form realm rūpadhātu, or rūpāvacara, or rūpaloka, any material world, or world of form; it especially refers to the second of the Trailokya 三界, the brahmalokas above the devalokas, comprising sixteen or seventeen or eighteen 'Heavens of Form', divided into four dhyānas, in which life lasts from one-fourth of a mahākalpa to 16,000 mahākalpas, and the average stature is from one-half a yojana to 16,000 yojanas. The inhabitants are above the desire for sex or food. The rūpadhātu, with variants, are given as— 初禪天 The first dhyāna heavens: 梵衆天 Brahmapāriṣadya, 梵輔天 Brahmapurohita or Brahmakāyika, 大梵天 Mahābrahmā. 二禪天 The second dhyāna heavens: 少光天 Parīttābha, 無量光天 Apramāṇābha, 光音天 Ābhāsvara. 三禪天 The third dhyāna heavens: 少淨天 Parīttaśubha, 無量淨天 Apramāṇaśubha, 徧淨天 Śubhakṛtsna. 四禪天 The fourth dhyāna heavens: 無雲天 Anabhraka, 福生天 Puṇyaprasava, 廣果天 Bṛhatphala, 無想天 Asañjñisattva, 無煩天 Avṛha, 無熱天 Atapa, 善現天 Sudṛśa, 善見天 Sudarśana, 色究竟天 Akaniṣṭha, 和音天 ? Aghaniṣṭha, 大自在天 Mahāmaheśvara. |
苗頭 苗头 see styles |
miáo tou miao2 tou5 miao t`ou miao tou byoutou / byoto びょうとう |
first signs; development (of a situation) deflection (gunnery) |
若湯 see styles |
wakayu わかゆ |
first hot bath on New Year's Day |
茶經 茶经 see styles |
chá jīng cha2 jing1 ch`a ching cha ching |
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽[Lu4 Yu3] between 760-780 |
草擬 草拟 see styles |
cǎo nǐ cao3 ni3 ts`ao ni tsao ni |
first draft; to draw up (a first version) |
荊軻 荆轲 see styles |
jīng kē jing1 ke1 ching k`o ching ko keika / keka けいか |
Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) (personal name) Keika |
蒙求 see styles |
méng qiú meng2 qiu2 meng ch`iu meng chiu |
(traditional title of first readers); primary education; teaching the ignorant; light to the barbarian |
藏經 藏经 see styles |
zàng jīng zang4 jing1 tsang ching zōkyō |
The Canon, of which there are catalogues varying in number of contents, the first by Liang Wudi of 5,400 juan; the Kai Yuan Catalogue contained 5,048 juan. The oldest existing canon is believed to be the Korean with 6,467 juan; the Song canon has 5,714; the Yuan, 5,397; the Japanese, 665 covers; the Ming, 6,771 juan, reprinted in the Ching dynasty with supplement; and a new and much enlarged edition has recently been published in Shanghai, and one in Tokyo; cf. 三藏 and 一切經. |
藪入 see styles |
yabuiri やぶいり |
(archaism) holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months |
處女 处女 see styles |
chǔ nǚ chu3 nu:3 ch`u nü chu nü |
virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work) |
虛歲 虚岁 see styles |
xū suì xu1 sui4 hsü sui |
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.; contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] |
蟻蚕 see styles |
gisan ぎさん |
(See 毛蚕) silkworm (in the first or second instar) |
補刀 补刀 see styles |
bǔ dāo bu3 dao1 pu tao |
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant; (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire; to pile on; (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression |
要先 see styles |
yào xiān yao4 xian1 yao hsien yōsen |
must first... |
要謊 要谎 see styles |
yào huǎng yao4 huang3 yao huang |
to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) |
要須 要须 see styles |
yào xū yao4 xu1 yao hsü yōsu |
first you must... |
見始 见始 see styles |
jiàn shǐ jian4 shi3 chien shih kenshi みはじめ |
(irregular okurigana usage) seeing for the first time; first sight sees the beginning |
見諦 见谛 see styles |
jiàn dì jian4 di4 chien ti kentai |
The realization of correct views, i. e. the Hīnayāna stage of one who has entered the stream of holy living; the Mahāyāna stage after the first Bodhisattva stage. |
見識 见识 see styles |
jiàn shi jian4 shi5 chien shih kenshiki けんしき |
to gain first-hand knowledge of something; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight (1) views; opinion; discernment; (2) pride; self-respect |
見道 见道 see styles |
jiàn dào jian4 dao4 chien tao mimichi みみち |
(surname) Mimichi The way or stage of beholding the truth (of no reincarnation), i. e. that of the śrāvaka and the first stage of the Bodhisattva. The second stage is 修道 cultivating the truth; the third 無學道 completely comprehending the truth without further study. |
解元 see styles |
jiè yuán jie4 yuan2 chieh yüan |
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old) |
試筆 see styles |
shihitsu しひつ |
(n,vs,vi) first writing (of the New Year) |
語頭 see styles |
gotou / goto ごとう |
first part of a word |
論藏 论藏 see styles |
lùn zàng lun4 zang4 lun tsang ronzō |
Thesaurus of discussions or discourses, the Abhidharma Piṭaka, one of the three divisions of the Tripiṭaka. It comprises the philosophical works. The first compilation is accredited to Mahā-Kāśyapa, disciple of Buddha, but the work is of a later period. The Chinese version is in three sections: 大乘論 the Mahāyāna philosophy; 小乘論 the Hīnayāna philosophy; 宋元續入藏諸論 The Song and Yuan Addenda, A.D. 960-1368. |
證智 证智 see styles |
zhèng zhì zheng4 zhi4 cheng chih shō chi |
adhigamavābodha. Experiential knowledge; realization; the attainment of truth by the bodhisattva in the first stage. |
豆佉 see styles |
dòu qū dou4 qu1 tou ch`ü tou chü zukya |
(Buddhism) suffering (from Sanskrit "dukkha") duḥkha, trouble, suffering, pain, defined by 逼惱 harassed, distressed. The first of the four dogmas, or 'Noble Truths' 四諦 is that all life is involved, through impermanence, in distress. There are many kinds of 苦 q. v. |
豐沛 丰沛 see styles |
fēng pèi feng1 pei4 feng p`ei feng pei |
copious; plentiful (of water); surging (of waves); refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3]; fig. majestic |
貢士 贡士 see styles |
gòng shì gong4 shi4 kung shih |
(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4]) |
賭射 see styles |
noriyumi のりゆみ |
(1) prize archery; (2) imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period) |
賭弓 see styles |
noriyumi のりゆみ |
(1) prize archery; (2) imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period) |
走り see styles |
hashiri はしり |
(1) running; (2) gliding; (3) first (harvest) of the season; (4) beginning; start; (5) (colloquialism) kitchen sink; (surname) Hashiri |
起價 起价 see styles |
qǐ jià qi3 jia4 ch`i chia chi chia |
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer); prices starting from |
起先 see styles |
qǐ xiān qi3 xian1 ch`i hsien chi hsien |
at first; in the beginning |
起初 see styles |
qǐ chū qi3 chu1 ch`i ch`u chi chu |
originally; at first; at the outset |
起家 see styles |
qǐ jiā qi3 jia1 ch`i chia chi chia chiicha / chicha チーチャ |
to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by {mahj} first dealer (chi:) |
起頭 起头 see styles |
qǐ tóu qi3 tou2 ch`i t`ou chi tou |
to start; at first; beginning |
趁早 see styles |
chèn zǎo chen4 zao3 ch`en tsao chen tsao |
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late |
趕早 赶早 see styles |
gǎn zǎo gan3 zao3 kan tsao |
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late |
軟坐 软坐 see styles |
ruǎn zuò ruan3 zuo4 juan tso |
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) |
軟席 软席 see styles |
ruǎn xí ruan3 xi2 juan hsi |
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) |
辞海 see styles |
jikai じかい |
(product) Ci Hai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1936, most recent edition 1999; (product name) Ci Hai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1936, most recent edition 1999 |
辭海 辞海 see styles |
cí hǎi ci2 hai3 tz`u hai tzu hai |
Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936 |
辰那 see styles |
chén nà chen2 na4 ch`en na chen na jinna |
jina, victorious, applied to a Buddha, a saint, etc.; forms part of the names of 辰那呾邏多 Jinatrāta; 辰那弗多羅 Jinaputra; 辰那飯荼 Jinabandhu; three Indian monks in China, the first and last during the seventh century. |
迦葉 迦叶 see styles |
jiā shě jia1 she3 chia she kashou / kasho かしょう |
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou (迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67. |
迷言 see styles |
meigen / megen めいげん |
(joc) (pun on 名言) (See 名言) meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb |
迹化 see styles |
jī huà ji1 hua4 chi hua shakuke |
Teaching or lessons derived from external events, i.e. of the Buddha's life and work, shown in the first fourteen sections of the Lotus Sutra; the second fourteen sections of that work are called 本化 his direct teaching. The lessons from the external indications are called 迹化十妙 the ten marvellous indications, cf. 十妙. |
迹門 迹门 see styles |
jī mén ji1 men2 chi men shakumon しゃくもん |
(See 本門・2) first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being derivative aspect |
逆児 see styles |
sakago さかご |
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth |
逆子 see styles |
nì zǐ ni4 zi3 ni tzu sakago さかご |
unfilial son breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth |
逆流 see styles |
nì liú ni4 liu2 ni liu gyakuryuu / gyakuryu ぎゃくりゅう |
against the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend (n,vs,vi,adj-no) counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood) To go against the current, i.e. the stream of transmigration, and enter the path of Nirvana, also called 預流, the srota-āpanna, or śrāvaka first stage. |
逆産 see styles |
gyakuzan ぎゃくざん |
baby born feet (or buttocks) first; breech birth |
通教 see styles |
tōng jiào tong1 jiao4 t`ung chiao tung chiao michinori みちのり |
(given name) Michinori Tiantai classified Buddhist schools into four periods 藏, 通, 別, and 圓. The 藏 Piṭaka school was that of Hīnayāna. The 通Tong, interrelated or intermediate school, was the first stage of Mahāyāna, having in it elements of all the three vehicles, śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva. Its developing doctrine linked it with Hīnayāna on the one hand and on the other with the two further developments of the 別 'separate', or 'differentiated' Mahāyāna teaching, and the 圓 full-orbed, complete, or perfect Mahāyāna. The 通教 held the doctrine of the Void, but had not arrived at the doctrine of the Mean. |
速贄 see styles |
hayanie はやにえ |
(1) (abbreviation) butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; (2) first offering of the season |
造像 see styles |
zào xiàng zao4 xiang4 tsao hsiang zouzou / zozo ぞうぞう |
(noun/participle) (rare) creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue) To make an image; the first one made of the Buddha is attributed to Udayana, king of Kauśāmbī, a contemporary of Śākyamuni, who is said to have made an image of him, after his death, in sandalwood, 5 feet high. |
連声 see styles |
renjou / renjo れんじょう |
(1) {ling} (See 連音・1) sandhi; (2) {ling} (e.g. いんえん(因縁) → いんねん) renjō; morphological change of an initial syllable of the second kanji under the influence of the historical coda of the first kanji in a word |
週歲 周岁 see styles |
zhōu suì zhou1 sui4 chou sui |
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) |
逸物 see styles |
ichimotsu; itsubutsu; ichibutsu; itsumotsu; ichimochi(ok) いちもつ; いつぶつ; いちぶつ; いつもつ; いちもち(ok) |
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter); superb person; excellent person |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma(p); daruma だるま(P); ダルマ |
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc. |
遼史 辽史 see styles |
liáo shǐ liao2 shi3 liao shih |
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls |
邁出 迈出 see styles |
mài chū mai4 chu1 mai ch`u mai chu |
to step out; to take a (first) step |
郵品 邮品 see styles |
yóu pǐn you2 pin3 yu p`in yu pin |
items issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists (stamps, postcards, first day covers etc) |
都て see styles |
katsute かつて |
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (2) (kana only) never yet; never before; first time; still not happened |
鄧析 邓析 see styles |
dèng xī deng4 xi1 teng hsi |
Deng Xi (545-501 BC), Chinese philosopher and rhetorician, the first lawyer of ancient China |
釋迦 释迦 see styles |
shì jiā shi4 jia1 shih chia shaka しゃか |
sugar apple (Annona squamosa) (personal name) Shaka (釋迦婆) Śakra.; Śākya. the clan or family of the Buddha, said to be derived from śāka, vegetables, but intp. in Chinese as powerful, strong, and explained by 能 powerful, also erroneously by 仁charitable, which belongs rather to association with Śākyamuni. The clan, which is said to have wandered hither from the delta of the Indus, occupied a district of a few thousand square miles lying on the slopes of the Nepalese hills and on the plains to the south. Its capital was Kapilavastu. At the time of Buddha the clan was under the suzerainty of Kośala, an adjoining kingdom Later Buddhists, in order to surpass Brahmans, invented a fabulous line of five kings of the Vivartakalpa headed by Mahāsammata 大三末多; these were followed by five cakravartī, the first being Mūrdhaja 頂生王; after these came nineteen kings, the first being Cetiya 捨帝, the last Mahādeva 大天; these were succeeded by dynasties of 5,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 15,000 kings; after which long Gautama opens a line of 1,100 kings, the last, Ikṣvāku, reigning at Potala. With Ikṣvāku the Śākyas are said to have begun. His four sons reigned at Kapilavastu. 'Śākyamuni was one of his descendants in the seventh generation.' Later, after the destruction of Kapilavastu by Virūḍhaka, four survivors of the family founded the kingdoms of Udyana, Bamyam, Himatala, and Sāmbī. Eitel. |
金獎 金奖 see styles |
jīn jiǎng jin1 jiang3 chin chiang |
gold medal; first prize |
金賞 see styles |
kinshou / kinsho きんしょう |
gold prize; first-place prize |
錢莊 钱庄 see styles |
qián zhuāng qian2 zhuang1 ch`ien chuang chien chuang |
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal |
長子 长子 see styles |
zhǎng zǐ zhang3 zi3 chang tzu choushi; eko(ok) / choshi; eko(ok) ちょうし; えこ(ok) |
eldest son (1) (ちょうし only) (See 末子・ばっし) eldest child; oldest child; first child; (2) eldest son; oldest son; (female given name) Hisako |
閉炉 see styles |
heiro / hero へいろ |
(noun/participle) (See 開炉) closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) |
開價 开价 see styles |
kāi jià kai1 jia4 k`ai chia kai chia |
to quote a price; seller's first offer |
開先 开先 see styles |
kāi xiān kai1 xian1 k`ai hsien kai hsien kaisaki かいさき |
at first groove (in welding) |
開光 开光 see styles |
kāi guāng kai1 guang1 k`ai kuang kai kuang kaikou / kaiko かいこう |
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate; to bless; transparent; translucent; haircut; shaving the head or face (humorous); a method of decoration; first light (astronomy) (surname) Kaikou Introducing the light, the ceremony of 'opening the eyes' of an image, i.e. painting or touching in the pupil; also 開眼. |
開初 开初 see styles |
kāi chū kai1 chu1 k`ai ch`u kai chu kaihatsu かいはつ |
at the outset; at first; early (surname) Kaihatsu |
開市 开市 see styles |
kāi shì kai1 shi4 k`ai shih kai shih kaichi かいち |
(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading; to make the first transaction of the day (surname) Kaichi |
開張 开张 see styles |
kāi zhāng kai1 zhang1 k`ai chang kai chang kaichou / kaicho かいちょう |
to open a business; first transaction of a business day {ent} wingspread (of an insect) |
開炉 see styles |
kairo かいろ |
(See 閉炉) first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) |
開犁 开犁 see styles |
kāi lí kai1 li2 k`ai li kai li |
to start plowing; to plow the first furrow |
開筆 开笔 see styles |
kāi bǐ kai1 bi3 k`ai pi kai pi |
to start learning as a poet; to write one's first (poem, essay etc) |
開講 开讲 see styles |
kāi jiǎng kai1 jiang3 k`ai chiang kai chiang kaikou / kaiko かいこう |
to begin a lecture; to start on a story (n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (See 閉講) start of a course; start of lectures; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time) |
閻魔 阎魔 see styles |
yán mó yan2 mo2 yen mo enma えんま |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell {Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna 閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory. |
阿字 see styles |
ā zì a1 zi4 a tzu aji あじ |
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things); (surname) Aji letter a |
阿潘 see styles |
ā pān a1 pan1 a p`an a pan Ahan |
Apan, name of the 'first' Chinese Buddhist nun, of Luoyang in Henan. |
阿育 see styles |
ā yù a1 yu4 a yü ashoka あしょか |
(given name) Ashoka Aśoka, 阿恕伽; 阿輸迦(or 阿舒迦, or 阿叔迦) Grandson of Candragupta (Sandrokottos), who united India and reached the summit of his career about 315 B.C. Aśoka reigned from about 274 to 237 B.C. His name Aśoka, 'free from care,' may have been adopted on his conversion. He is accused of the assassination of his brother and relatives to gain the throne, and of a fierce temperament in his earlier days. Converted, he became the first famous patron of Buddhism, encouraging its development and propaganda at home and abroad, to which existing pillars, etc., bear witness; his propaganda is said to have spread from the borders of China to Macedonia, Epirus, Egypt, and Cyrene. His title is Dharmāśoka; he should be distinguished from Kālāśoka, grandson of Ajātaśatru. Cf. 阿育伽經、 阿育伽傳, etc. |
陰平 阴平 see styles |
yīn píng yin1 ping2 yin p`ing yin ping kagehira かげひら |
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua (surname) Kagehira |
陳嬌 陈娇 see styles |
chén jiāo chen2 jiao1 ch`en chiao chen chiao |
Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[Han4 Wu3 di4], died c. 110 BC |
随一 see styles |
zuiichi(p); zuiitsu(ik) / zuichi(p); zuitsu(ik) ずいいち(P); ずいいつ(ik) |
best; greatest; first |
雜藏 杂藏 see styles |
zá zàng za2 zang4 tsa tsang zōzō |
saṃyuktapiṭaka, the miscellaneous canon, at first said to relate to bodhisattvas, but it contains miscellaneous works of Indian and Chinese authors, collections made under the Ming dynasty and supplements of the northern Chinese canon with their case marks from the southern canon. |
雪頓 雪顿 see styles |
xuě dùn xue3 dun4 hsüeh tun |
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar |
革令 see styles |
kakurei / kakure かくれい |
(See 甲子,三革・2) first year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō) |
鞄語 see styles |
kabango かばんご |
portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) |
韓信 韩信 see styles |
hán xìn han2 xin4 han hsin kanshin かんしん |
Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (given name) Kanshin |
頂級 顶级 see styles |
dǐng jí ding3 ji2 ting chi |
top-notch; first-rate |
項羽 项羽 see styles |
xiàng yǔ xiang4 yu3 hsiang yü kouu / kou こうう |
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor (person) Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "First" 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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