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本願 本愿 see styles |
běn yuàn ben3 yuan4 pen yüan hongan ほんがん |
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire; (surname) Hongan pūrvapraṇidhāna. The original vow, or vows, of a Buddha or bodhisattva, e. g. the forty-eight of Amitābha, the twelve of 藥師, etc. |
朮赤 术赤 see styles |
zhú chì zhu2 chi4 chu ch`ih chu chih |
Jöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons |
枡席 see styles |
masuseki ますせき |
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc. |
染心 see styles |
rǎn xīn ran3 xin1 jan hsin zenshin |
A mind contaminated (with desire, or sexual passion). |
染愛 染爱 see styles |
rǎn ài ran3 ai4 jan ai zenai |
Polluting desire. |
染淨 染净 see styles |
rǎn jìng ran3 jing4 jan ching zenjō |
Impurity and purity; the thoughts and things of desire are impure, the thoughts and methods of salvation are pure. |
梵天 see styles |
fàn tiān fan4 tian1 fan t`ien fan tien bonten ぼんてん |
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) (1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself. |
梵女 see styles |
fàn nǚ fan4 nv3 fan nü bonnyo |
A noble woman, a woman of high character. |
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). |
梵志 see styles |
fàn zhì fan4 zhi4 fan chih bonji |
brahmacārin. 'studying sacred learning; practising continence or chastity.' M.W. A brahmacārī is a 'young Brahman in the first āśrama or period of his life' (M. W.); there are four such periods. A Buddhist ascetic with his will set on 梵 purity, also intp. as nirvana. |
梵摩 see styles |
fàn mó fan4 mo2 fan mo bonma |
Brahmā; brahman, etc., v. 梵; 梵天, etc.; 梵覽摩 or 梵覽磨; 勃?摩; 婆羅賀摩; 沒羅憾摩; intp. as Brahmā, see 梵天; and brahman, or priest; it is used both in a noble and ignoble sense, ignoble when disparaging brahman opposition; it is intp. by 淨 pure, also by 離欲淸淨 celibate and pure. |
梵行 see styles |
fàn xíng fan4 xing2 fan hsing bongyou / bongyo ぼんぎょう |
{Buddh} ascetic practices (esp. celibacy) Pure living; noble action; the discipline of celibacy which ensures rebirth in the brahmaloka, or in the realms beyond form. |
梵釋 梵释 see styles |
fàn shì fan4 shi4 fan shih Bon Shaku |
Brahmā, the lord of the form-realm, and Śakra of the desire-realm. |
梵魔 see styles |
fàn mó fan4 mo2 fan mo Bon Ma |
Brahmā and Māra, the former lord of the realm of form, the latter of desire or passion. |
棄欲 弃欲 see styles |
qì yù qi4 yu4 ch`i yü chi yü ki yoku |
to abandon desire |
楊炯 杨炯 see styles |
yáng jiǒng yang2 jiong3 yang chiung |
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
業疏 业疏 see styles |
yè shū ye4 shu1 yeh shu Gōsho |
Commentary [on the Monks Behavior According to the Four Part Vinaya] |
槓子 杠子 see styles |
gàng zi gang4 zi5 kang tzu kantsu カンツ |
thick bar; solid carrying pole {mahj} kong (chi: gàng zi); four-of-a-kind |
樂欲 乐欲 see styles |
lè yù le4 yu4 le yü rakuyoku |
Desire for the pleasant, or pleasure. |
樂說 乐说 see styles |
lè shuō le4 shuo1 le shuo gyōsetsu |
Joy in preaching, or telling the way of salvation; joy in that which is preached. It is also called pratibhāna, bold and illuminating discourse, or freedom in expounding the truth with correct meaning and appropriate words, one of the 無礙智 four pratisaṃvids. |
次官 see styles |
cì guān ci4 guan1 tz`u kuan tzu kuan suke すけ |
undersecretary; secondary official (archaism) (hist) (See 四等官) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system) |
欲す see styles |
horisu ほりす |
(transitive verb) (archaism) to want; to desire |
欲作 see styles |
yù zuò yu4 zuo4 yü tso yokusa |
desire to do |
欲刺 see styles |
yù cì yu4 ci4 yü tz`u yü tzu yokushi |
The sharp point of desire. |
欲塵 欲尘 see styles |
yù chén yu4 chen2 yü ch`en yü chen yokujin |
The dust, or dirt, or infection of the passions; the guṇas, or qualities, or material factors of desire regarded as forces. Also the six desires and the five guṇas 六欲五塵. |
欲塹 欲堑 see styles |
yù qiàn yu4 qian4 yü ch`ien yü chien yokuzen |
moat of desire |
欲天 see styles |
yù tiān yu4 tian1 yü t`ien yü tien yokuten |
The six heavens of desire or passion, the kāmadhātu. |
欲定 see styles |
yù dìng yu4 ding4 yü ting yokujō |
concentration in the realm of desire |
欲度 see styles |
yù dù yu4 du4 yü tu yokudo |
to desire to save |
欲念 see styles |
yù niàn yu4 nian4 yü nien yokunen よくねん |
desire desire; wish; passion |
欲性 see styles |
yù xìng yu4 xing4 yü hsing yokushō |
Desire-nature, the lusts. |
欲情 see styles |
yù qíng yu4 qing2 yü ch`ing yü ching yokujou / yokujo よくじょう |
(noun/participle) passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving passion |
欲愛 欲爱 see styles |
yù ài yu4 ai4 yü ai yokuai |
Passion-love; love inspired by desire, through any of the five senses; love in the passion realm as contrasted to 法愛 the love inspired by the dharma. |
欲慢 see styles |
yù màn yu4 man4 yü man yokuman |
desire and pride |
欲有 see styles |
yù yǒu yu4 you3 yü yu yokuu |
The realm of desire, one of the 三有. |
欲染 see styles |
yù rǎn yu4 ran3 yü jan yokuzen |
The tainting, or contaminating influence of desire. |
欲死 see styles |
yù sǐ yu4 si3 yü ssu yokushi |
to desire death |
欲氣 欲气 see styles |
yù qì yu4 qi4 yü ch`i yü chi yokuke |
Desire-breath, passion-influence, the spirit or influence of desire, lust. |
欲求 see styles |
yù qiú yu4 qiu2 yü ch`iu yü chiu yokkyuu / yokkyu よっきゅう |
to desire; wants; appetites (noun, transitive verb) desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving desire, craving, aspiration |
欲河 see styles |
yù hé yu4 he2 yü ho yokuga |
The river of desire, or lust (which drowns). |
欲法 see styles |
yù fǎ yu4 fa3 yü fa yokuhō |
the phenomenon of desire |
欲泥 see styles |
yù ní yu4 ni2 yü ni yokuni |
The mire of desire, or lust. |
欲流 see styles |
yù liú yu4 liu2 yü liu yokuru |
The stream of the passions, i.e. the illusions of cupidity, anger, etc., which keep the individual in the realm of desire; the stream of transmigration, which results from desire. |
欲海 see styles |
yù hǎi yu4 hai3 yü hai yokukai |
ocean of lust (Buddhist term); worldly desires The ocean of desire, so called because of its extent and depth. |
欲漏 see styles |
yù lòu yu4 lou4 yü lou yokuro |
The stream or flow of existence, evoked by desire interpenetrated by unenlightened views and thoughts; these stimulating desires produce karma which in turn produces reincarnation; v. 三漏. |
欲火 see styles |
yù huǒ yu4 huo3 yü huo yokuka |
The fire of desire. |
欲生 see styles |
yù shēng yu4 sheng1 yü sheng yokushō |
reborn into desire |
欲界 see styles |
yù jiè yu4 jie4 yü chieh yokukai; yokkai よくかい; よっかい |
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) desire realm kāmadhātu. The realm, or realms, of in purgatory, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, men, and the six heavens of desire. so called because the beings in these states are dominated by desire. The kāmadhātu realms are given as: 地居 Bhauma. 虛曇天 Antarikṣa. 四天王天 Caturmaharājakayika [i.e. the realms of 持國天 Dhṛtarāṣtra, east; 增長天 Virūḍhaka, south; 廣目天 Virūpakṣa, west; 多聞天 Vai śramaṇa (Dhanada), north]. 忉利天 Trayastriṃśa. 兜率天 Tuṣita. 化樂天 Nirmāṇarati. 他化自在天 Paranirmitavaśavarin. |
欲等 see styles |
yù děng yu4 deng3 yü teng yokutō |
desire and so forth |
欲箭 see styles |
yù jiàn yu4 jian4 yü chien yokusen |
The arrows of desire, or lust. Also the darts of the bodhisattva 欲金剛, who hooks and draws all beings to Buddha. |
欲縛 欲缚 see styles |
yù fú yu4 fu2 yü fu yokubaku |
bondage to desire |
欲色 see styles |
yù sè yu4 se4 yü se yoku shiki |
The two realms of desire and form, or the passions and the sensuous. |
欲苦 see styles |
yù kǔ yu4 ku3 yü k`u yü ku yokuku |
The sufferings of desire, or in desire-realms. |
欲行 see styles |
yù xíng yu4 xing2 yü hsing yokugyō |
connected with the realm of desire |
欲覺 欲觉 see styles |
yù jué yu4 jue2 yü chüeh yokukaku |
Passion-consciousness; the consciousness of desire. |
欲貪 欲贪 see styles |
yù tān yu4 tan1 yü t`an yü tan yokuton |
Desire and coveting, or coveting as the result of passion; craving. |
欲過 欲过 see styles |
yù guò yu4 guo4 yü kuo yokuka |
excessive desire |
欲鉤 欲钩 see styles |
yù gōu yu4 gou1 yü kou yokukō |
The hook of desire; the bodhisattva attracts men through desire, and then draws them to the enlightenment of Buddha. |
欲食 see styles |
yù shí yu4 shi2 yü shih yokujiki |
to desire food |
欲魔 see styles |
yù mó yu4 mo2 yü mo yokuma |
The evil demon of lust. |
正室 see styles |
zhèng shì zheng4 shi4 cheng shih masamuro まさむろ |
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife (1) (See 側室,本妻) legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); (2) (See 表座敷・おもてざしき) room for receiving guests; (3) (rare) heir; successor; (personal name) Masamuro |
死節 死节 see styles |
sǐ jié si3 jie2 ssu chieh shisetsu |
to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death mortal spot |
死苦 see styles |
sǐ kǔ si3 ku3 ssu k`u ssu ku shiku しく |
(1) {Buddh} (See 四苦) inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); (2) death pains; agony of death The misery, or pain, of death, one of the Four Sufferings. |
殺機 杀机 see styles |
shā jī sha1 ji1 sha chi |
desire to commit murder; great danger |
母主 see styles |
mǔ zhǔ mu3 zhu3 mu chu moshu |
The 'mother-lord', or mother, as contrasted with 主 and 母, lord and mother, king and queen, in the maṇḍala of Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu; Vairocana, being the source of all things, has no 'mnother'as progenitor, and is the 部主 or lord of the maṇḍala; the other four dhyāni-buddhas have 'mothers' called 部母, who are supposed to arise from the paramitas; thus, Akṣobhya has 金剛波羅蜜 for mother; Ratnasaṃbhava has 寳波羅蜜 for mother; Amitābha has 法波羅蜜 for mother; Amoghasiddhi has 羯磨波羅蜜 for mother. |
毒氣 毒气 see styles |
dú qì du2 qi4 tu ch`i tu chi dokuke |
poison gas; toxic gas; manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) Poison vapour, emitted by the three poisons, 貪瞋痴, desire, hate (or anger), stupor (or ignorance). |
水大 see styles |
shuǐ dà shui3 da4 shui ta suidai |
The element water, one of the four elements 四大 q. v. |
水烟 see styles |
mizukemuri みずけむり suien すいえん |
mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial) |
水煙 水烟 see styles |
shuǐ yān shui3 yan1 shui yen mizukemuri みずけむり suien すいえん |
shredded tobacco for water pipes mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial) |
水界 see styles |
shuǐ jiè shui3 jie4 shui chieh mizusakai みずさかい |
(1) (See 水圏) hydrosphere; (2) boundary of water and land; (place-name) Mizusakai The realm of water, one of the 四大 four elements. |
水葬 see styles |
shuǐ zàng shui3 zang4 shui tsang suisou / suiso すいそう |
(noun, transitive verb) burial at sea Water-burial, casting a corpse into the water, one of the four forms of burial. |
水輪 水轮 see styles |
shuǐ lún shui3 lun2 shui lun miwa みわ |
waterwheel; millwheel (female given name) Miwa The third of the four 'wheel' on which the earth rests— space, wind (or air), water, and metal. |
江青 see styles |
jiāng qīng jiang1 qing1 chiang ch`ing chiang ching kousei / kose こうせい |
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four (person) Jiang Qing (1915-1991) |
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. |
法愛 法爱 see styles |
fǎ ài fa3 ai4 fa ai noa のあ |
(female given name) Noa Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation. |
法數 法数 see styles |
fǎ shù fa3 shu4 fa shu hōshu |
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc. |
法智 see styles |
fǎ zhì fa3 zhi4 fa chih hōchi |
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things. |
法樂 法乐 see styles |
fǎ lè fa3 le4 fa le hōraku |
Religious joy, in contrast with the joy of common desire; that of hearing the dharma, worshipping Buddha, laying up merit, making offerings, repeating sūtras, etc. |
法界 see styles |
fǎ jiè fa3 jie4 fa chieh hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai ほっかい; ほうかい |
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle. |
浄い see styles |
kiyoi きよい |
(adjective) clear; pure; noble |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4]) (1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘. |
消元 see styles |
xiāo yuán xiao1 yuan2 hsiao yüan |
elimination (math); to eliminate one variable from equations |
消去 see styles |
xiāo qù xiao1 qu4 hsiao ch`ü hsiao chü shoukyo / shokyo しょうきょ |
to eliminate (noun, transitive verb) (1) erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {math} elimination (of variables); (noun, transitive verb) (3) {psych} extinction |
消失 see styles |
xiāo shī xiao1 shi1 hsiao shih shoushitsu; soushitsu / shoshitsu; soshitsu しょうしつ; そうしつ |
to disappear; to fade away (noun/participle) dying out; disappearance; vanishing; elimination; loss; absence |
消除 see styles |
xiāo chú xiao1 chu2 hsiao ch`u hsiao chu shoujo / shojo しょうじょ |
to eliminate; to remove (noun/participle) deletion; removal; elimination; erasure; cancellation; revocation To eradicate. |
淘汰 see styles |
táo tài tao2 tai4 t`ao t`ai tao tai touta / tota とうた |
to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out (noun, transitive verb) (1) weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {biol} (See 自然淘汰) selection The fourth of the five periods of Buddha's teaching, according to Tiantai, i.e. the sweeping away of false ideas, produced by appearance, with the doctrine of the void, or the reality behind the seeming. |
淫欲 see styles |
yín yù yin2 yu4 yin yü inyoku いんよく |
lust Sexual passion. |
清い see styles |
kiyoi きよい |
(adjective) clear; pure; noble |
清談 清谈 see styles |
qīng tán qing1 tan2 ch`ing t`an ching tan seidan / sedan せいだん |
light intellectual conversation (1) (hist) Qingtan (Taoist-related movement in ancient China); (noun/participle) (2) noble, refined, eloquent speech |
清貧 清贫 see styles |
qīng pín qing1 pin2 ch`ing p`in ching pin seihin / sehin せいひん |
poor but upright; destitute poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest |
清高 see styles |
qīng gāo qing1 gao1 ch`ing kao ching kao sumitaka すみたか |
noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits (personal name) Sumitaka |
渇愛 渇爱 see styles |
kě ài ke3 ai4 k`o ai ko ai katsuai かつあい |
thirst; craving; desire thirst |
渓壑 see styles |
keigaku / kegaku けいがく |
(1) ravine; chasm; (2) ravenous desire; insatiable desire |
渴愛 渴爱 see styles |
kě ài ke3 ai4 k`o ai ko ai katsuai |
Thirsty desire or longing; the will to live. |
渴求 see styles |
kě qiú ke3 qiu2 k`o ch`iu ko chiu |
to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire |
湘繡 湘绣 see styles |
xiāng xiù xiang1 xiu4 hsiang hsiu |
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4]) |
湯殿 see styles |
yudono ゆどの |
(1) (dated) (See 風呂場) bathroom; (2) (archaism) bathing; (3) (archaism) bathing attendant (for a noble); (place-name, surname) Yudono |
滅果 灭果 see styles |
miè guǒ mie4 guo3 mieh kuo mekka |
nirvāṇa as the fruit of extinction (of desire). |
滅病 灭病 see styles |
miè bìng mie4 bing4 mieh ping metsubyō |
One of the 四病 four sick or faulty ways of seeking perfection, the Hīnayāna method of endeavouring to extinguish all perturbing passions so that nothing of them remains. |
滅道 灭道 see styles |
miè dào mie4 dao4 mieh tao metsudou / metsudo めつどう |
{Buddh} (See 道諦,滅諦) truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering Extinction of suffering and the way of extinction, nirodha and mārga; v. supra. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Four Noble Truths: - Elimination of Desire" 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).
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