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Variations:
再来年
さ来年

 sarainen
    さらいねん
(n,adv) year after next

Variations:
出どころ
出所
出処

 dedokoro; dedoko(出所, 出処)
    でどころ; でどこ(出所, 出処)
(1) (See 出所・しゅっしょ・1) source; origin; (2) exit; way out; (3) (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear; time to go into action

Variations:
分ける
別ける

 wakeru
    わける
(transitive verb) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (transitive verb) (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (transitive verb) (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (transitive verb) (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (transitive verb) (5) to call a draw; to tie; (transitive verb) (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (transitive verb) (7) (also written as 頒ける) to sell

Variations:
初参り
初参(io)

 hatsumairi
    はつまいり
(noun/participle) (See 初詣) first shrine visit of the New Year

Variations:
初鳴き
初鳴(io)

 hatsunaki
    はつなき
first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

Variations:
勢い余る
勢いあまる

 ikioiamaru
    いきおいあまる
(exp,v5r) (1) (usu. as 勢い余って) to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); (exp,v5r) (2) (usu. as 勢い余って) to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

又想當婊子又想立牌坊


又想当婊子又想立牌坊

see styles
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
    you4 xiang3 dang1 biao3 zi5 you4 xiang3 li4 pai2 fang1
yu hsiang tang piao tzu yu hsiang li p`ai fang
    yu hsiang tang piao tzu yu hsiang li pai fang
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom); fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation; to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Variations:
取り広げる
取広げる

 torihirogeru
    とりひろげる
(transitive verb) to enlarge; to widen; to spread out

Variations:
叩き出す
たたき出す

 tatakidasu
    たたきだす
(transitive verb) (1) to begin to strike; (transitive verb) (2) to kick out; to forcefully expel; to fire (someone); (transitive verb) (3) to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

Variations:
召し上げる
召上げる

 meshiageru
    めしあげる
(transitive verb) (1) to forfeit; to confiscate; (transitive verb) (2) to call out; to summon

Variations:
吐き散らす
吐散らす

 hakichirasu
    はきちらす
(transitive verb) (1) to spit out all around; to vomit all around; (transitive verb) (2) to spew out (e.g. dirty language)

呆れてものが言えない

see styles
 akiretemonogaienai
    あきれてものがいえない
(exp,adj-i) astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock

Variations:
埒外
らち外(sK)

 rachigai
    らちがい
out of bounds; beyond the pale

Variations:
塗りつぶし
塗り潰し

 nuritsubushi
    ぬりつぶし
(1) blotting out; (2) {comp} fill (in graphics)

Variations:
塗りつぶす
塗り潰す

 nuritsubusu
    ぬりつぶす
(transitive verb) to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)

Variations:
売り尽くす
売り尽す

 uritsukusu
    うりつくす
(transitive verb) to sell out; to exhaust one's stock

Variations:
大祓
大祓え
大祓い

 ooharae(大祓, 大祓e); ooharai(大祓, 大祓i)
    おおはらえ(大祓, 大祓え); おおはらい(大祓, 大祓い)
{Shinto} (See 大嘗祭・だいじょうさい) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters

如何にかなる(rK)

 dounikanaru; doonikanaru(sk) / donikanaru; doonikanaru(sk)
    どうにかなる; どーにかなる(sk)
(exp,v5r) (1) (kana only) to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK; (exp,v5r) (2) (kana only) (slang) (e.g. どうにかなってしまう) (See どうにかなりそう) to go crazy

Variations:
季節外れ
季節はずれ

 kisetsuhazure
    きせつはずれ
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unseasonable; out-of-season

Variations:
寅年
とら年
トラ年

 toradoshi(寅年, tora年); toradoshi(tora年)
    とらどし(寅年, とら年); トラどし(トラ年)
(archaism) year of the Tiger

Variations:
尻すぼまり
尻窄まり

 shirisubomari
    しりすぼまり
(adj-na,adj-no) attenuating; fizzling out

Variations:
履き捨てる
履捨てる

 hakisuteru
    はきすてる
(transitive verb) (1) to wear out (shoes or socks) and discard; (transitive verb) (2) to kick off (shoes); to fling off

Variations:
山が当たる
山が当る

 yamagaataru / yamagataru
    やまがあたる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to have one's predictions turn out exactly right

Variations:
巳年
へび年
ヘビ年

 midoshi(巳年); hebidoshi
    みどし(巳年); へびどし
year of the Snake

Variations:
幅を取る
ハバを取る

 habaotoru(幅o取ru); habaotoru(habao取ru)
    はばをとる(幅を取る); ハバをとる(ハバを取る)
(exp,v5r) to take up a lot of space; to have a large space to oneself

Variations:
年をまたぐ
年を跨ぐ

 toshiomatagu
    としをまたぐ
(exp,v5g) to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

Variations:
年中
年じゅう

 nenjuu(p); nenchuu(年中); nenjuu(年中) / nenju(p); nenchu(年中); nenju(年中)
    ねんじゅう(P); ねんちゅう(年中); ねんぢゅう(年中)
(1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year; (adverb) (2) (ねんじゅう, ねんぢゅう only) always; all the time; perpetually; (3) during an era; (4) (ねんちゅう only) second-year kindergarten student

Variations:
年越し
年越(io)

 toshikoshi
    としこし
(n,vs,vi) greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year

Variations:
広がる
拡がる

 hirogaru
    ひろがる
(v5r,vi) to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

Variations:
弾け飛ぶ
はじけ飛ぶ

 hajiketobu
    はじけとぶ
(v5b,vi) to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

Variations:
影が薄い
影がうすい

 kagegausui
    かげがうすい
(exp,adj-i) (See 影の薄い) in the background; not standing out

Variations:
後始末
跡始末

 atoshimatsu
    あとしまつ
(noun/participle) (1) settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath; (noun/participle) (2) cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)

思い当たるふしがある

see styles
 omoiatarufushigaaru / omoiatarufushigaru
    おもいあたるふしがある
(exp,v5r-i) to have something (likely) come to mind

悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

see styles
 akkaharyoukaokuchikusuru; akukaharyoukaokuchikusuru / akkaharyokaokuchikusuru; akukaharyokaokuchikusuru
    あっかはりょうかをくちくする; あくかはりょうかをくちくする
(exp,vs-i) (proverb) (See グレシャムの法則) when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)

Variations:
惚ける
恍ける

 tobokeru
    とぼける
(v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression; (v1,vi) (2) (kana only) to play the fool; (v1,vi) (3) (kana only) (obsolete) to be in one's dotage

Variations:
戌年
いぬ年
イヌ年

 inudoshi(戌年, inu年); inudoshi(inu年)
    いぬどし(戌年, いぬ年); イヌどし(イヌ年)
year of the Dog

Variations:
手がすべる
手が滑る

 tegasuberu
    てがすべる
(exp,v5r) to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

打掉門牙,往肚子裡嚥


打掉门牙,往肚子里咽

dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn
    da3 diao4 men2 ya2 , wang3 du4 zi5 li3 yan4
ta tiao men ya , wang tu tzu li yen
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically

Variations:
払拭
払しょく

 fusshoku(p); fusshiki(払拭)
    ふっしょく(P); ふっしき(払拭)
(noun, transitive verb) wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

Variations:
抜かす
吐かす

 nukasu
    ぬかす
(transitive verb) (1) (抜かす only) to omit; to leave out; to skip; (transitive verb) (2) (抜かす only) to overtake; to pass; (transitive verb) (3) (vulgar) to say; to speak

Variations:
抜ける
脱ける

 nukeru
    ぬける
(v1,vi) (1) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; (v1,vi) (2) to fade; to discolour; (v1,vi) (3) to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); (v1,vi) (4) to leave (e.g. a meeting); (v1,vi) (5) to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); (v1,vi) (6) (usu. as 抜けた or 抜けている) to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to be foolish; (v1,vi) (7) {comp} to exit (a program loop); (transitive verb) (8) to go through; to pass through; to give way; to collapse; (transitive verb) (9) {hanaf} to finish a round with more than 88 points (not counting points gained from scoring combinations)

Variations:
押し広げる
押広げる

 oshihirogeru
    おしひろげる
(Ichidan verb) to extend; to expand; to spread out

Variations:
括り出す
くくり出す

 kukuridasu
    くくりだす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to factor out (e.g. in algebra); to pull out common elements

Variations:
拭い去る
ぬぐい去る

 nuguisaru
    ぬぐいさる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

Variations:
拭い取る
ぬぐい取る

 nuguitoru
    ぬぐいとる
(transitive verb) to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge

持てる者と持たざる者

see styles
 moterumonotomotazarumono
    もてるものともたざるもの
(expression) haves and have-nots

Variations:
振り分ける
振分ける

 furiwakeru
    ふりわける
(transitive verb) (1) to divide in two; to divide in half; (transitive verb) (2) to apportion; to divide among; to portion out; to allot; to assign

Variations:
捻り出す
ひねり出す

 hineridasu
    ひねりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with; (transitive verb) (2) to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

Variations:
捻り潰す
ひねり潰す

 hineritsubusu
    ひねりつぶす
(transitive verb) to pinch and crush; to pinch out

Variations:
掃き捨てる
掃捨てる

 hakisuteru
    はきすてる
(transitive verb) to sweep away; to sweep out

Variations:
揚がる
揚る(sK)

 agaru
    あがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to be deep fried; (v5r,vi) (2) to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to be raised towards the sky; (v5r,vi) (3) to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings); (v5r,vi) (4) to stand out; to be striking; to be conspicuous; (v5r,vi) (5) (See 上がる・1) (ant: 下がる・1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (v5r,vi) (6) (See 上がる・4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore; to be hauled onto land or ship; (v5r,vi) (7) (See 上がる・5) to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface; (v5r,vi) (8) (See 上がる・16) to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice); (v5r,vi) (9) (See 上がる・22) to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel

Variations:
撥ねる
刎ねる

 haneru
    はねる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to reject; to deny; to refuse; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to flip; to splash; to splatter; (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) (esp. 刎ねる) to decapitate; to behead; (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) to jump up; (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

Variations:
放り出す
ほうり出す

 houridasu / horidasu
    ほうりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to throw out; (transitive verb) (2) to drop; to toss; to dump; (transitive verb) (3) to abandon; to neglect; to leave behind; to give up; (transitive verb) (4) to dismiss; to fire; to expel

Variations:
時季外れ
時季はずれ

 jikihazure
    じきはずれ
(can be adjective with の) out of season; unseasonal

Variations:
書き落とす
書き落す

 kakiotosu
    かきおとす
(transitive verb) to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit

Variations:
書き表す
書き表わす

 kakiarawasu
    かきあらわす
(transitive verb) (1) to write out; to express; to describe; (transitive verb) (2) to publish

Variations:
松飾り
松飾(io)

 matsukazari
    まつかざり
New Year's pine decorations

Variations:
根ざす
根差す

 nezasu
    ねざす
(v5s,vi) to come from; to have roots in

Variations:
梳かす
解かす

 tokasu
    とかす
(transitive verb) (kana only) to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

楽は苦の種苦は楽の種

see styles
 rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane
    らくはくのたねくはらくのたね
(expression) one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain

Variations:
槍玉
やり玉
ヤリ玉

 yaridama(槍玉, yari玉); yaridama(yari玉)
    やりだま(槍玉, やり玉); ヤリだま(ヤリ玉)
(1) (orig. meaning) skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; (2) (See 槍玉に挙げる・1) victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)

此処で会ったが百年目

see styles
 kokodeattagahyakunenme
    ここであったがひゃくねんめ
(expression) at last your time has come; I have found you at last

此処で逢ったが百年目

see styles
 kokodeattagahyakunenme
    ここであったがひゃくねんめ
(expression) at last your time has come; I have found you at last

Variations:
歯固め
歯固(io)

 hagatame
    はがため
(1) tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; (2) tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast

Variations:
決める
極める

 kimeru(p); kimeru
    きめる(P); キメる
(transitive verb) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (transitive verb) (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (transitive verb) (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (transitive verb) (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (transitive verb) (5) to take for granted; to assume; (transitive verb) (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (transitive verb) (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (transitive verb) (8) {MA;sumo} to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (transitive verb) (9) to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

沖縄米兵少女暴行事件

see styles
 okinawabeiheishoujoboukoujiken / okinawabeheshojobokojiken
    おきなわべいへいしょうじょぼうこうじけん
(hist) 1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa

Variations:
浮かれ出る
浮れ出る

 ukarederu
    うかれでる
(v1,vi) to go out in a merry mood

Variations:
消灯ラッパ
消灯喇叭

 shoutourappa(消灯rappa); shoutourappa(消灯喇叭) / shotorappa(消灯rappa); shotorappa(消灯喇叭)
    しょうとうラッパ(消灯ラッパ); しょうとうらっぱ(消灯喇叭)
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post

Variations:
滅びる
亡びる

 horobiru
    ほろびる
(v1,vi) to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish

Variations:
滲み出す
にじみ出す

 nijimidasu
    にじみだす
(v5s,vi) (1) (See にじみ出る・1) to ooze out; to seep; (v5s,vi) (2) (See にじみ出る・2) to show through (of emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

Variations:
漏らす
洩らす

 morasu
    もらす
(transitive verb) (1) to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); (transitive verb) (2) to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to divulge; to disclose; to let slip; (transitive verb) (3) to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to express; to reveal (e.g. one's true intentions); to let out (a sigh, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) to wet one's pants; (transitive verb) (5) to omit; to leave out; (suf,v5s) (6) (after the -masu stem of verb) to fail to do; to miss; to omit (by mistake); to forget to do

Variations:
漏れる
洩れる

 moreru
    もれる
(v1,vi) (1) to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out; (v1,vi) (2) to find expression; to give vent; (v1,vi) (3) to leak out; to be divulged; to be disclosed; (v1,vi) (4) to be omitted; to be left out; to be excluded; to be not included

Variations:
無双仕立
無双仕立て

 musoujitate / musojitate
    むそうじたて
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric

Variations:
燻り出す
いぶり出す

 iburidasu
    いぶりだす
(transitive verb) to smoke out (insects, animals, etc.)

理に勝って非に落ちる

see styles
 rinikattehiniochiru
    りにかってひにおちる
(expression) to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another

Variations:
生え揃う
生えそろう

 haesorou / haesoro
    はえそろう
(v5u,vi) to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

Variations:
田植え祭り
田植え祭

 tauematsuri
    たうえまつり
(1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

Variations:
申年
さる年
サル年

 sarudoshi(申年, saru年); sarudoshi(saru年)
    さるどし(申年, さる年); サルどし(サル年)
year of the Monkey

Variations:
画する
劃する

 kakusuru
    かくする
(vs-s,vt) (1) to draw (a line); (vs-s,vt) (2) to demarcate; to mark; to divide; to map out; (vs-s,vt) (3) to plan

目からうろこが落ちる

see styles
 mekaraurokogaochiru
    めからうろこがおちる
(exp,v1) to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

目に入れても痛くない

see styles
 meniiretemoitakunai / meniretemoitakunai
    めにいれてもいたくない
(expression) thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly

目の届かないところに

see styles
 menotodokanaitokoroni
    めのとどかないところに
(exp,adv) out of sight; out of eyeshot

Variations:
目立つ
目だつ

 medatsu
    めだつ
(v5t,vi) to be conspicuous; to stand out

Variations:
相まみえる
相見える

 aimamieru
    あいまみえる
(v1,vi) (See 見える・まみえる・1) to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

Variations:
眺め渡す
眺めわたす

 nagamewatasu
    ながめわたす
(transitive verb) to gaze out over

Variations:
立ち消える
立消える

 tachigieru
    たちぎえる
(v1,vi) (1) (See 立ち消え・1) to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); (v1,vi) (2) (See 立ち消え・たちぎえ・2) to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing

Variations:

弭(rK)

 hazu
    はず
(auxiliary) (1) (kana only) should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be); (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) {sumo} (See はず押し・はずおし) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

Variations:

屎(rK)

 kuso(p); kuso(p)
    くそ(P); クソ(P)
(interjection) (1) (kana only) damn; damn it; shit; crap; (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) feces; excrement; dung; (prefix) (3) (kana only) damn; damned; blasted; stupid; (prefix) (4) (kana only) very; extremely; really; (adjectival noun) (5) (colloquialism) (kana only) terrible; awful; shit; crap; (adverb) (6) (slang) (kana only) a lot; (7) (kana only) (as ...もくそもない or ...もくそもあるか) negligible; insignificant; not mattering at all; counting for nothing; hardly worth consideration; out of the question

Variations:
組み付ける
組付ける

 kumitsukeru
    くみつける
(Ichidan verb) (1) to impose (printing); to lay out the page order; (Ichidan verb) (2) to assemble (e.g. components)

Variations:
絶える
断える

 taeru
    たえる
(v1,vi) (1) to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; (v1,vi) (2) to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off

Variations:
綱引き
綱曳き

 tsunahiki
    つなひき
(1) tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); (2) forward puller (of a rickshaw)

Variations:
聞きかじる
聞き齧る

 kikikajiru
    ききかじる
(transitive verb) to have a smattering knowledge of

聞くと見るとは大違い

see styles
 kikutomirutohaoochigai
    きくとみるとはおおちがい
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

Variations:
胸が痛む
胸がいたむ

 munegaitamu
    むねがいたむ
(exp,v5m) (1) to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; (exp,v5m) (2) to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

Variations:
腹を下す
腹をくだす

 haraokudasu
    はらをくだす
(exp,v5s) to have diarrhea

Variations:
腹を壊す
腹をこわす

 haraokowasu
    はらをこわす
(exp,v5s) to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea

Variations:
膨らむ
脹らむ

 fukuramu
    ふくらむ
(v5m,vi) to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

Variations:
膨れる
脹れる

 fukureru
    ふくれる
(v1,vi) (1) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; (v1,vi) (2) to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

Variations:
艶めく
艶く
生めく

 namameku
    なまめく
(v5k,vi) (1) to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to be sexy; to be seductive; to be enticing; (v4k,vi) (2) (archaism) to look young and fresh; (v4k,vi) (3) (archaism) to be elegant; to look refined; (v4k,vi) (4) (archaism) to have a calm and composed appearance

Variations:
苦し紛れ
苦しまぎれ

 kurushimagire
    くるしまぎれ
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (oft. as 〜に) (out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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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