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未時


未时

see styles
wèi shí
    wei4 shi2
wei shih
1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

末田

see styles
mò tián
    mo4 tian2
mo t`ien
    mo tien
 matsuda
    まつだ
(place-name, surname) Matsuda
Madhyāntika, 末田地 (末田地那); 末田底加, 末田提; 末田鐸迦; 末彈地; 末闡地 or a 摩 is also used for 末. It is tr. by 中; 日中, 水中河中, and 金地. One of the two chief disciples of Ānanda, to whom he handed down the Buddha's doctrine. He is reputed to have been sent to convert 罽賓 Kashmir, the other, 商那和修 Śāṇakavāsa, to convert 中國 which is probably Central India, though it is understood as China. Another account makes the latter a disciple of the former. Eitel says that by his magic power he transported a sculptor to the Tuṣita heavens to obtain a correct image of Maitreya.

末陀

see styles
mò tuó
    mo4 tuo2
mo t`o
    mo to
 mada
madya, intoxicating liquor, intoxicating. The two characters are also given as a translation of ? madhya, and mean 100, 000.

本覺


本觉

see styles
běn jué
    ben3 jue2
pen chüeh
 hongaku
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being.

村切

see styles
 muragiri
    むらぎり
(archaism) border between two villages

村限

see styles
 muragiri
    むらぎり
(archaism) border between two villages

東郭


东郭

see styles
dōng guō
    dong1 guo1
tung kuo
 toukaku / tokaku
    とうかく
two-character surname Dongguo
(given name) Tōkaku

枝香

see styles
zhī xiāng
    zhi1 xiang1
chih hsiang
 sayaka
    さやか
(female given name) Sayaka
Incense made of branches of trees, one of the three kinds of incense, the other two being from roots and flowers.

柱間

see styles
 hashirama
    はしらま
(noun - becomes adjective with の) bay (space or distance between two pillars)

根気

see styles
 konki
    こんき
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

桁数

see styles
 ketasuu / ketasu
    けたすう
number of digits or characters

梵文

see styles
fàn wén
    fan4 wen2
fan wen
 bonbun
    ぼんぶん
Sanskrit
(1) Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; (2) Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
Sanskrit text

梵本

see styles
fàn běn
    fan4 ben3
fan pen
 bonpon; bonbon
    ぼんぽん; ぼんぼん
book in Sanskrit characters (e.g. scripture); book from India
Sutras in the Indian language.

梵音

see styles
fàn yīn
    fan4 yin1
fan yin
 bonnon
(1) Brahma voice, clear, melodious, pure, deep, far-reaching, one of the thirty-two marks of a Buddha. (2) Singing in praise of Buddha.

椿餅

see styles
 tsubaimochii; tsubakimochi; tsubaimochi / tsubaimochi; tsubakimochi; tsubaimochi
    つばいもちい; つばきもち; つばいもち
rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves

楷書


楷书

see styles
kǎi shū
    kai3 shu1
k`ai shu
    kai shu
 kaisho
    かいしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

楼門

see styles
 roumon / romon
    ろうもん
two-storied gate; tower gate; (surname) Roumon

構え

see styles
 kamae
    かまえ
(1) structure; construction; appearance; (2) posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance; (3) readiness; determination; preparedness; (4) kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)

樓房


楼房

see styles
lóu fáng
    lou2 fang2
lou fang
a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]

樗蒱

see styles
chū pú
    chu1 pu2
ch`u p`u
    chu pu
a kind of ancient game played with a set of two-sided dice

機根


机根

see styles
jī gēn
    ji1 gen1
chi ken
 kikon
    きこん
(1) patience; perseverance; (2) ability of the common man to understand Buddhist teachings
capacity

橫鉤


横钩

see styles
héng gōu
    heng2 gou1
heng kou
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)

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.

歐陽


欧阳

see styles
ōu yáng
    ou1 yang2
ou yang
 ouyou / oyo
    おうよう
two-character surname Ouyang
(surname) Ouyou

止觀


止观

see styles
zhǐ guān
    zhi3 guan1
chih kuan
 shikan
奢摩他毗婆舍那 (or 奢摩他毗鉢舍那) śamatha-vipaśyanā, which Sanskrit words are intp. by 止觀; 定慧; 寂照; and 明靜; for their respective meanings see 止 and 觀. When the physical organism is at rest it is called 止 zhi, when the mind is seeing clearly it is called 觀 guan. The term and form of meditation is specially connected with its chief exponent, the founder of the Tiantai school, which school is styled 止觀宗 Zhiguan Zong, its chief object being concentration of the mind by special methods for the purpose of clear insight into truth, and to be rid of illusion. The Tiantai work gives ten fields of mediation, or concentration: (1) the 五陰, 十八界, and 十二入; (2) passion and delusion; (3) sickness; (4) karma forms; (5) māra-deeds; (6) dhyāna; (7) (wrong) theories; (8) arrogance; (9) the two Vehicles; (10) bodhisattvahood.

正字

see styles
zhèng zì
    zheng4 zi4
cheng tzu
 seiji / seji
    せいじ
to correct an erroneously written character; regular script (calligraphy); standard form (of a character or spelling)
(1) correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; (2) traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji; (3) (hist) official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)

正書


正书

see styles
zhèng shū
    zheng4 shu1
cheng shu
 seisho / sesho
    せいしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
(See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

正體


正体

see styles
zhèng tǐ
    zheng4 ti3
cheng t`i
    cheng ti
 shōtai
standard form (of a Chinese character); plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic); printed style (as opposed to cursive); (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
substance

死緩


死缓

see styles
sǐ huǎn
    si3 huan3
ssu huan
deferred death sentence; commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)

比丘

see styles
bǐ qiū
    bi3 qiu1
pi ch`iu
    pi chiu
 biku
    びく
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk) (san: bhiksu)
比呼; 苾芻; 煏芻 bhikṣu, a religious mendicant, an almsman, one who has left home, been fully ordained, and depends on alms for a living. Some are styled 乞士 mendicant scholars, all are 釋種 Śākya-seed, offspring of Buddha. The Chinese characters are clearly used as a phonetic equivalent, but many attempts have been made to give meanings to the two words, e. g. 比 as 破 and 丘 as 煩惱, hence one who destroys the passions and delusions, also 悕能 able to overawe Māra and his minions; also 除饉 to get rid of dearth, moral and spiritual. Two kinds 内乞 and 外乞; both indicate self-control, the first by internal mental or spiritual methods, the second by externals such as strict diet. 苾芻 is a fragrant plant, emblem of the monastic life.

比爛


比烂

see styles
bǐ làn
    bi3 lan4
pi lan
to compare two unsatisfactory things; to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism); whataboutery

毫眉

see styles
háo méi
    hao2 mei2
hao mei
 gōmi
The white hair between Buddha's eyebrows, the毫相, i.e. one of the thirty-two signs of a Buddha.

氣血


气血

see styles
qì xuè
    qi4 xue4
ch`i hsüeh
    chi hsüeh
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)

水波

see styles
shuǐ bō
    shui3 bo1
shui po
 minami
    みなみ
wave; (water) ripple
(female given name) Minami
Waves of water; the wave and the water are two yet one— an illustration of the identity of differences.

江に

see styles
 eni
    えに
(ateji / phonetic) (1) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); (2) relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection; (3) family ties; affinity

沙盤


沙盘

see styles
shā pán
    sha1 pan2
sha p`an
    sha pan
sand table (military); 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc); sand tray (on which to write characters)

法天

see styles
fǎ tiān
    fa3 tian1
fa t`ien
    fa tien
 Hōten
Dharmadeva, a monk from the Nālandāsaṃghārāma who tr. under this name forty-six works, 973-981, and under the name of Dharmabhadra seventy-two works, 982-1001.

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.

法蘭


法兰

see styles
fǎ lán
    fa3 lan2
fa lan
 Hōran
flange (loanword)
Gobharana, 竺法蘭, companion of Mātaṅga, these two being the first Indian monks said to have come to China, in the middle of the first century A.D.

注音

see styles
zhù yīn
    zhu4 yin1
chu yin
to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc; phonetic notation; (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])

洋字

see styles
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
(rare) (See ローマ字・1) characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)

活き

see styles
 iki
    いき
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned

浮名

see styles
 uchina
    うちな
(1) rumour (of two people having a love affair); rumor; gossip (about two people being involved); scandal; (2) (archaism) bad reputation; (surname) Uchina

海峡

see styles
 kaikyou / kaikyo
    かいきょう
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait; (surname) Kaikyō

淳于

see styles
chún yú
    chun2 yu2
ch`un yü
    chun yü
two-character surname Chunyu

混作

see styles
hùn zuò
    hun4 zuo4
hun tso
 konsaku
    こんさく
mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together)
(noun, transitive verb) mixed cultivation

清朝

see styles
qīng cháo
    qing1 chao2
ch`ing ch`ao
    ching chao
 shinchou; seichou / shincho; secho
    しんちょう; せいちょう
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
(1) (しんちょう only) (hist) Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (2) (abbreviation) (esp. せいちょう) (See 清朝体) seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters

渡殿

see styles
 wataridono
    わたりどの
    watadono
    わたどの
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

源平

see styles
 motohira
    もとひら
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides; (personal name) Motohira

漫符

see styles
 manpu
    まんぷ
(slang) signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.

漸熱


渐热

see styles
jiàn rè
    jian4 re4
chien je
 zennetsu
Increasing heat; grīṣma, the two months from middle of May to middle of July.

潮目

see styles
 shiome
    しおめ
(1) junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet; (2) course of things; turning point

火舍

see styles
huǒ shè
    huo3 she4
huo she
 kasha
A kind of censer, made in two superimposed circles with a cover.

無明


无明

see styles
wú míng
    wu2 ming2
wu ming
 mumyou / mumyo
    むみょう
avidya (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion
{Buddh} avidya (ignorance)
avidyā, ignorance, and in some senses Māyā, illusion; it is darkness without illumination, the ignorance which mistakes seeming for being, or illusory phenomena for realities; it is also intp. as 痴 ignorant, stupid, fatuous; but it means generally, unenlightened, unillumined. The 起信論 distinguishes two kinds as 根本: the radical, fundamental, original darkness or ignorance considered as a 無始無明 primal condition, and 枝末 'branch and twig' conditions, considered as phenomenal. There is also a list of fifteen distinctions in the Vibhāṣā-śāstra 2. avidyā is also the first, or last of the twelve nidānas.; Commonly tr. 'ignorance', means an unenlightened condition, non-perception, before the stirrings of intelligence, belief that the phenomenal is real, etc.

無減


无减

see styles
wú jiǎn
    wu2 jian3
wu chien
 mugen
The undiminished powers of a bodhisattva after attaining Buddhahood; i.e. undiminished power and zeal to save all beings, power of memory, wisdom, nirvāṇa, and insight attained through nirvāṇa; cf. 智度論 26; also for a list of twenty-two cf. 唯識論 10.

燕趙


燕赵

see styles
yān zhào
    yan1 zhao4
yen chao
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers

父母

see styles
fù mǔ
    fu4 mu3
fu mu
 fubo
    ふぼ
father and mother; parents
father and mother; parents; (surname) Fubo
pitṛ-mātṛ, father and mother, parents; 無明 ignorance is referred to as father, and 貪愛 desire, or concupiscence, as mother, the two— ignorance and concupiscence— being the parents of all delusion and karma. Samādhi is also referred to as father, and praj na (wisdom) as mother, the parents of all knowledge and virtue. In the vast interchanges of rebirth all have been or are my parents, therefore all males are my father and all females my mother: 一切男女我父母 see 心地觀經 2.

牆角


墙角

see styles
qiáng jiǎo
    qiang2 jiao3
ch`iang chiao
    chiang chiao
corner (junction of two walls)

片棒

see styles
 katabou / katabo
    かたぼう
(See 片棒を担ぐ,片棒担ぎ・1) front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin

猫又

see styles
 nekomata
    ねこまた
mythical two-tailed monster cat; (place-name) Nekomata

猫股

see styles
 nekomata
    ねこまた
mythical two-tailed monster cat

獨孤


独孤

see styles
dú gū
    du2 gu1
tu ku
two-character surname Dugu

獸迷


兽迷

see styles
shòu mí
    shou4 mi2
shou mi
furry (fan of anthropomorphic animal characters)

玄門


玄门

see styles
xuán mén
    xuan2 men2
hsüan men
 genmon
    げんもん
(given name) Genmon
The profound school, i. e. Buddhism. Also that of the 華嚴 Huayan (Kegon) which has a division of 十玄門 or 十玄緣起, indicating the ten metaphysical propositions, or lines of thought; of these there are two or more versions.

玉篇

see styles
yù piān
    yu4 pian1
yü p`ien
    yü pien
 gokuhen
    ごくへん
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
(rare) Yupian (ancient Chinese dictionary); (wk) Yupian (ancient dictionary of Chinese characters; 543 CE)

玉糸

see styles
 tamaito
    たまいと
(See 玉繭・1) dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms

玉繭

see styles
 tamamayu
    たままゆ
(1) dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni; (2) cocoon

王碼


王码

see styles
wáng mǎ
    wang2 ma3
wang ma
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983

理入

see styles
lǐ rù
    li3 ru4
li ju
 rinyū
Entry by the truth, or by means of the doctrine, or reason, as 行入 is entry by conduct or practice, the two depending one on the other, cf. 二入.

琴瑟

see styles
qín sè
    qin2 se4
ch`in se
    chin se
 kinshitsu
    きんしつ
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
(1) (See 瑟,琴・きん) qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither); (2) happy marriage

甕棺


瓮棺

see styles
wèng guān
    weng4 guan1
weng kuan
 kamekan
    かめかん
funerary urn
burial urn (often two-storey); funerary urn

甚平

see styles
shèn píng
    shen4 ping2
shen p`ing
    shen ping
 jinpei / jinpe
    じんぺい
jinbei, traditional Japanese two-piece clothing worn in the summer
(See 甚兵衛) light cotton summer clothing consisting of knee-length shorts and short-sleeved jacket; (given name) Jinpei

生き

see styles
 iki
    いき
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned

生像

see styles
shēng xiàng
    sheng1 xiang4
sheng hsiang
 shōzō
生似 Natural and similar, i. e. gold and silver, gold being the natural and perfect metal and colour; silver being next, though it will tarnish; the two are also called 生色 and 可染, i. e. the proper natural (unchanging) colour, and the tarnishable.

生死

see styles
shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

用字

see styles
yòng zì
    yong4 zi4
yung tzu
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
to use letters; to use words; diction
using characters

甲乙

see styles
jiǎ yǐ
    jia3 yi3
chia i
 kouotsu / kootsu
    こうおつ
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
(1) first and second; A and B; (2) superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

甲矢

see styles
 kabutoya
    かぶとや
arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired); (surname) Kabutoya

申屠

see styles
shēn tú
    shen1 tu2
shen t`u
    shen tu
two-character surname Shentu

申時


申时

see styles
shēn shí
    shen1 shi2
shen shih
3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

男坂

see styles
 ozaka
    おざか
(See 女坂) steeper of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple); (place-name) Ozaka

男滝

see styles
 ondaki
    おんだき
greater waterfall (of the two); (place-name) Ondaki

界碑

see styles
jiè bēi
    jie4 bei1
chieh pei
tablet marking the boundary between two regions, districts etc

痛バ

see styles
 itaba
    いたバ
(slang) (abbreviation) (See 痛バッグ) handbag decorated with anime characters (esp. with badges)

痛車


痛车

see styles
tòng chē
    tong4 che1
t`ung ch`e
    tung che
 itasha
    いたしゃ
(ACG) car decorated with images of characters from anime, manga etc (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 痛車 "itasha")
(colloquialism) (joc) car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at)

白文

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bái wén
    bai2 wen2
pai wen
 hakubun
    はくぶん
the text of an annotated book; an unannotated edition of a book; intagliated characters (on a seal)
unpunctuated Chinese texts

百里

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bǎi lǐ
    bai3 li3
pai li
 yuri
    ゆり
two-character surname Baili
(female given name) Yuri

皇甫

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huáng fǔ
    huang2 fu3
huang fu
 kouhou / koho
    こうほう
two-character surname Huangfu
(surname) Kōhou

相好

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xiāng hǎo
    xiang1 hao3
hsiang hao
 aiyoshi
    あいよし
to be intimate; close friend; paramour
features; appearance; (place-name) Aiyoshi
lakṣana-vyañjana; the thirty-two 相 or marks and the eighty 好 or signs on the physical body of Buddha. The marks a Buddha's saṃbhogakāya number 84,000. 相 is intp. as larger signs, 好 as smaller; but as they are also intp. as marks that please, 好 may be a euphemism for 號.

相槌

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 aizuchi
    あいづち
(1) aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; (2) two smiths hammering at an object in turn; (ik) (1) aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; (2) two smiths hammering at an object in turn

相殿

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 aidono; aiden
    あいどの; あいでん
enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

相碁

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 aigo
    あいご
{go} go played by two equally skilled players

相輿

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 aigoshi
    あいごし
(archaism) two people riding in a palanquin together

相鎚

see styles
 aizuchi
    あいづち
(ik) (1) aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; (2) two smiths hammering at an object in turn

眞如

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zhēn rú
    zhen1 ru2
chen ju
 shinnyo
    しんにょ
(surname) Shinnyo
bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra.

真書


真书

see styles
zhēn shū
    zhen1 shu1
chen shu
 shinsho
    しんしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
(1) (See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style; (2) book or document that is factual in nature

着差

see styles
 chakusa
    ちゃくさ
difference between the finishing times of two competitors in a race (expressed in lengths in horse racing); winning margin

矢石

see styles
shǐ shí
    shi3 shi2
shih shih
 yaishi
    やいし
belemnite; (surname) Yaishi
Arrow and rock are two incompatibles, for an arrow cannot pierce a rock.

短大

see styles
 tandai
    たんだい
(abbreviation) (See 短期大学) junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

短絡

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 tanraku
    たんらく
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) {elec} (See ショート・3) short circuit; short; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions; acting rashly

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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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