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乱筆乱文

see styles
 ranpitsuranbun
    らんぴつらんぶん
(my) poor writing; scribbling; hasty writing

亦步亦趨


亦步亦趋

see styles
yì bù yì qū
    yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1
i pu i ch`ü
    i pu i chü
to blindly follow suit (idiom); to imitate slavishly; to do what everyone else is doing

付和雷同

see styles
 fuwaraidou / fuwaraido
    ふわらいどう
(noun/participle) (yoji) following blindly; following suit without reflection

伝助賭博

see styles
 densuketobaku
    でんすけとばく
(1) (hist) (named after Detective Densuke) roulette-like street gambling; (2) (hist) street fraud; trickery; deception

佉羅騫馱


佉罗骞驮

see styles
qiā luó qiān tuó
    qia1 luo2 qian1 tuo2
ch`ia lo ch`ien t`o
    chia lo chien to
 kyarakenda
Kharakaṇṭha; kings of demons, kings of asuras present when Buddha preached the Lotus Sutra; also described as rumbling like thunder, or stirring up the waves of the ocean.

倍加時間

see styles
 baikajikan
    ばいかじかん
doubling time

優樓頻螺


优楼频螺

see styles
yōu lóu pín luó
    you1 lou2 pin2 luo2
yu lou p`in lo
    yu lou pin lo
 Urubinra
Uruvilvā, papaya tree; name of the forest near Gayā where Śākyamuni practised austere asceticism before his enlightenment. Also 優樓頻蠡 (or 優樓毘蠡); 烏盧頻螺 (or 烏盧頻羅); 漚樓頻螺, 優樓頻螺迦葉 and other forms; Uruvilvā Kāśyapa; 'one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, so called because he practised asceticism in the Uruvilvā forest,' or 'because he had on his breast a mark resembling the fruit of the' papaya. He 'is to reappear as Buddha Samantaprabhāsa'. Eitel.

兄妹交配

see styles
 kyoudaikouhai / kyodaikohai
    きょうだいこうはい
brother-sister inbreeding; sibling mating

兄妹喧嘩

see styles
 kyoudaigenka / kyodaigenka
    きょうだいげんか
(noun/participle) quarrel between siblings

兄弟姉妹

see styles
 kyoudaishimai; keiteishimai / kyodaishimai; keteshimai
    きょうだいしまい; けいていしまい
brothers and sisters; siblings

兄弟姐妹

see styles
xiōng dì jiě mèi
    xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4
hsiung ti chieh mei
brothers and sisters; siblings

八寒地獄


八寒地狱

see styles
bā hán dì yù
    ba1 han2 di4 yu4
pa han ti yü
 hakkan jigoku
Also written 八寒冰地獄. The eight cold narakas, or hells: (1) 頞浮陀 arbuda, tumours, blains; (2) 泥羅浮陀 nirarbuda, enlarged tumors; 疱裂bursting blains; (3) 阿叱叱 aṭaṭa, chattering (teeth); (4) 阿波波 hahava, or ababa, the only sound possible to frozen tongues; (5) 嘔侯侯ahaha, or hahava, ditto to frozen throats; (6) 優鉢羅 utpala, blue lotus flower, the flesh being covered with sores resembling it; (7) 波頭摩padma, red lotus flower, ditto; (8) 分陀利puṇḍarīka, the great lotus, ditto. v. 地獄 and大地獄.

公営競技

see styles
 koueikyougi / koekyogi
    こうえいきょうぎ
government-controlled gambling sport (Japan); gambling sport under the control of a local authority

利慾薰心


利欲熏心

see styles
lì yù xūn xīn
    li4 yu4 xun1 xin1
li yü hsün hsin
blinded by greed (idiom)

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十二火天

see styles
shí èr huǒ tiān
    shi2 er4 huo3 tian1
shih erh huo t`ien
    shih erh huo tien
 jūnikaten
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons.

十賭九輸


十赌九输

see styles
shí dǔ jiǔ shū
    shi2 du3 jiu3 shu1
shih tu chiu shu
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom); fig. gambling is a mug's game

博奕打ち

see styles
 bakuchiuchi
    ばくちうち
(1) professional gambler; (2) gambling

博打打ち

see styles
 bakuchiuchi
    ばくちうち
(1) professional gambler; (2) gambling

吃喝嫖賭


吃喝嫖赌

see styles
chī hē piáo dǔ
    chi1 he1 piao2 du3
ch`ih ho p`iao tu
    chih ho piao tu
lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom); fig. to lead a life of dissipation

吆五喝六

see styles
yāo wǔ hè liù
    yao1 wu3 he4 liu4
yao wu ho liu
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling

合眼摸象

see styles
hé yǎn mō xiàng
    he2 yan3 mo1 xiang4
ho yen mo hsiang
to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

同母異父


同母异父

see styles
tóng mǔ yì fù
    tong2 mu3 yi4 fu4
t`ung mu i fu
    tung mu i fu
(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers; half (brother or sister)

同父異母


同父异母

see styles
tóng fù yì mǔ
    tong2 fu4 yi4 mu3
t`ung fu i mu
    tung fu i mu
(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers; half (brother or sister)

同胞兄妹

see styles
tóng bāo xiōng mèi
    tong2 bao1 xiong1 mei4
t`ung pao hsiung mei
    tung pao hsiung mei
sibling

哩哩囉囉


哩哩啰啰

see styles
lī li luō luō
    li1 li5 luo1 luo1
li li lo lo
verbose or unclear in speech; rambling and indistinct

哩哩羅羅


哩哩罗罗

see styles
lī lī luō luō
    li1 li1 luo1 luo1
li li lo lo
endless mumbling (onom.); verbose and incomprehensible; talking endlessly

唱空城計


唱空城计

see styles
chàng kōng chéng jì
    chang4 kong1 cheng2 ji4
ch`ang k`ung ch`eng chi
    chang kung cheng chi
lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom); fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness; (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

問道於盲


问道于盲

see styles
wèn dào yú máng
    wen4 dao4 yu2 mang2
wen tao yü mang
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom); fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

噛み噛み

see styles
 kamikami; kamikami
    かみかみ; カミカミ
(adv,adv-to) (kana only) while fumbling one's words; with a stutter

地ひびき

see styles
 jihibiki
    じひびき
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

地獄ほぞ

see styles
 jigokuhozo
    じごくほぞ
(archit) foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end

坐視無睹


坐视无睹

see styles
zuò shì wú dǔ
    zuo4 shi4 wu2 du3
tso shih wu tu
to turn a blind eye to

堅白同異

see styles
 kenpakudoui / kenpakudoi
    けんぱくどうい
(yoji) sophism; sophistry; quibbling

天地鳴動

see styles
 tenchimeidou / tenchimedo
    てんちめいどう
(noun/participle) rumbling and shaking of the earth

室利靺蹉

see styles
shì lì mò cuō
    shi4 li4 mo4 cuo1
shih li mo ts`o
    shih li mo tso
 shiribasa
śrīvatsa, the mark of Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa, a curl of hair on their breasts, resembling a cruciform flower (M. W. ), intp. as resembling the svastika.

崇洋媚外

see styles
chóng yáng mèi wài
    chong2 yang2 mei4 wai4
ch`ung yang mei wai
    chung yang mei wai
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas

左氏春秋

see styles
zuǒ shì chūn qiū
    zuo3 shi4 chun1 qiu1
tso shih ch`un ch`iu
    tso shih chun chiu
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]

廢話連篇


废话连篇

see styles
fèi huà lián piān
    fei4 hua4 lian2 pian1
fei hua lien p`ien
    fei hua lien pien
a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling

当たり屋

see styles
 atariya
    あたりや
(1) lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); (2) (baseb) skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; (3) accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money; (4) barbershop

心驚膽戰


心惊胆战

see styles
xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
    xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4
hsin ching tan chan
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless

怖ず怖ず

see styles
 ozuozu; ozuozu
    おずおず; オズオズ
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (kana only) timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

恋は盲目

see styles
 koihamoumoku / koihamomoku
    こいはもうもく
(expression) (proverb) reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; love is blind

悩ましい

see styles
 nayamashii / nayamashi
    なやましい
(adjective) (1) seductive; carnal; enchanting; (adjective) (2) troubling; difficult; thorny; hard; (adjective) (3) anxious; uneasy

悪戯書き

see styles
 itazuragaki
    いたずらがき
scribbling; doodling; graffiti

愚痴愚痴

see styles
 guchiguchi; guchiguchi
    ぐちぐち; グチグチ
(adv,adv-to) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (kana only) mumbling; muttering; (adv,adv-to) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (kana only) complaining (continuously) about something

愛は盲目

see styles
 aihamoumoku / aihamomoku
    あいはもうもく
(expression) (proverb) (from the English saying) (See 恋は盲目) love is blind

戦々兢々

see styles
 sensenkyoukyou / sensenkyokyo
    せんせんきょうきょう
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦々恐々

see styles
 sensenkyoukyou / sensenkyokyo
    せんせんきょうきょう
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦々慄々

see styles
 sensenritsuritsu
    せんせんりつりつ
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦戦兢兢

see styles
 sensenkyoukyou / sensenkyokyo
    せんせんきょうきょう
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦戦恐恐

see styles
 sensenkyoukyou / sensenkyokyo
    せんせんきょうきょう
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦戦慄慄

see styles
 sensenritsuritsu
    せんせんりつりつ
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

戦戦栗栗

see styles
 sensenritsuritsu
    せんせんりつりつ
trembling with fear

戰戰兢兢


战战兢兢

see styles
zhàn zhàn jīng jīng
    zhan4 zhan4 jing1 jing1
chan chan ching ching
trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation

手さぐり

see styles
 tesaguri
    てさぐり
(noun/participle) fumbling; groping

手本引き

see styles
 tehonbiki
    てほんびき
tehonbiki (type of card game associated with gambling)

折りぐけ

see styles
 origuke
    おりぐけ
fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge

揚足取り

see styles
 ageashitori
    あげあしとり
(noun - becomes adjective with の) faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling

教科書体

see styles
 kyoukashotai / kyokashotai
    きょうかしょたい
textbook typeface (resembling handwritten block characters)

文字化け

see styles
 mojibake
    もじばけ
(n,vs,vi) {comp} corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text

日精摩尼

see styles
rì jīng mó ní
    ri4 jing1 mo2 ni2
jih ching mo ni
 nisshō mani
A maṇi 摩尼, or pearl, crystal-clear as the sun, which gives sight to the blind.

晃晃悠悠

see styles
huàng huang yōu yōu
    huang4 huang5 you1 you1
huang huang yu yu
swaying; wobbling

書散らし

see styles
 kakichirashi
    かきちらし
scribblings; scrawlings

有目無睹


有目无睹

see styles
yǒu mù wú dǔ
    you3 mu4 wu2 du3
yu mu wu tu
has eyes but can't see (idiom); unable or unwilling to see the importance of something; blind (to something great)

有眼無珠


有眼无珠

see styles
yǒu yǎn wú zhū
    you3 yan3 wu2 zhu1
yu yen wu chu
(idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would

木端天狗

see styles
 koppatengu
    こっぱてんぐ
(See 木の葉天狗・このはてんぐ) weak tengu (goblin)

板すだれ

see styles
 itasudare
    いたすだれ
Venetian blind

機関人形

see styles
 karakuriningyou / karakuriningyo
    からくりにんぎょう
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; person who follows orders blindly

武者震い

see styles
 mushaburui
    むしゃぶるい
(noun/participle) trembling with excitement

武者顫い

see styles
 mushaburui
    むしゃぶるい
(noun/participle) trembling with excitement

歪歪斜斜

see styles
wāi wāi xié xié
    wai1 wai1 xie2 xie2
wai wai hsieh hsieh
shuddering; trembling; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)

毘那怛迦


毗那怛迦

see styles
pín à dá jiā
    pin2 a4 da2 jia1
p`in a ta chia
    pin a ta chia
 binataka
毘泥吒迦 vinataka, bowed, stooping, is used with the same meaning as 毘那夜加, and also [Vinataka] for the sixth of the seven concentric circles around Mt. Meru; any mountain resembling an elephant. Also 毘那耶加; 頻那也迦; 毘那耶怛迦; 吠那怛迦. For 毘那耶 v. 毘柰耶.

沒長眼睛


没长眼睛

see styles
méi zhǎng yǎn jing
    mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5
mei chang yen ching
(coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going

沸沸揚揚


沸沸扬扬

see styles
fèi fèi yáng yáng
    fei4 fei4 yang2 yang2
fei fei yang yang
bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz

泣き潰す

see styles
 nakitsubusu
    なきつぶす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind

漫言放語

see styles
 mangenhougo / mangenhogo
    まんげんほうご
(noun/participle) (yoji) saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk

無嗅覚症

see styles
 mukyuukakushou / mukyukakusho
    むきゅうかくしょう
{med} anosmia; smell blindness

無的放矢


无的放矢

see styles
wú dì fàng shǐ
    wu2 di4 fang4 shi3
wu ti fang shih
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking; firing blindly; to shoot in the air; a shot in the dark

熟視無睹


熟视无睹

see styles
shú shì wú dǔ
    shu2 shi4 wu2 du3
shu shih wu tu
(idiom) to turn a blind eye to (something one sees regularly)

爭名奪利


争名夺利

see styles
zhēng míng duó lì
    zheng1 ming2 duo2 li4
cheng ming to li
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain

狐狸妖怪

see styles
 koriyoukai / koriyokai
    こりようかい
(yoji) tricksters; deceivers; fey creatures; monsters; goblins

琵琶法師

see styles
 biwahoushi / biwahoshi
    びわほうし
(hist) (See 琵琶) lute priest; minstrel; blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk

異母兄弟

see styles
 ibokyoudai / ibokyodai
    いぼきょうだい
half-sibling (with a different mother)

異父兄弟

see styles
 ifukyoudai / ifukyodai
    いふきょうだい
half-sibling (with a different father)

異類異形

see styles
 iruiigyou / iruigyo
    いるいいぎょう
(yoji) strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins

痘痕も靨

see styles
 abatamoekubo
    あばたもえくぼ
(expression) (kana only) love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

白粉臭い

see styles
 oshiroikusai
    おしろいくさい
(adjective) (1) (See 白粉) smelling of face powder; (adjective) (2) coquettish; resembling the atmosphere of nightlife business

目かくし

see styles
 mekakushi
    めかくし
(noun/participle) (1) something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage; (2) concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

目つぶし

see styles
 metsubushi
    めつぶし
(1) sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; (2) poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them

目隠し鬼

see styles
 mekakushioni
    めかくしおに
game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

盲人摸象

see styles
máng rén mō xiàng
    mang2 ren2 mo1 xiang4
mang jen mo hsiang
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

盲唖学校

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 mouagakkou / moagakko
    もうあがっこう
school for the blind and dumb

盲目的に

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 moumokutekini / momokutekini
    もうもくてきに
(adverb) blindly (trusting someone, etc.)

相親相愛


相亲相爱

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xiāng qīn xiāng ài
    xiang1 qin1 xiang1 ai4
hsiang ch`in hsiang ai
    hsiang chin hsiang ai
(idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other

相貌失認

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 souboushitsunin / soboshitsunin
    そうぼうしつにん
prosopagnosia; face blindness

眼瞎耳聾


眼瞎耳聋

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yǎn xiā ěr lóng
    yan3 xia1 er3 long2
yen hsia erh lung
to be deaf and blind (idiom)

眾盲摸象


众盲摸象

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zhòng máng mō xiàng
    zhong4 mang2 mo1 xiang4
chung mang mo hsiang
multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

瞎子摸象

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xiā zi mō xiàng
    xia1 zi5 mo1 xiang4
hsia tzu mo hsiang
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

瞬目反射

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 shunmokuhansha
    しゅんもくはんしゃ
{physiol} corneal reflex; blink reflex

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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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