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There are 16 total results for your 現す search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

現す

see styles
 arawasu
    あらわす
(transitive verb) (1) to represent; to signify; to stand for; (2) to reveal; to show; to display; (3) to express; (4) to make widely known

現ずる

see styles
 genzuru
    げんずる
(vz,vi,vt) to appear; to reveal; to show

名を現す

see styles
 naoarawasu
    なをあらわす
(exp,v5s) to distinguish oneself

姿を現す

see styles
 sugataoarawasu
    すがたをあらわす
(exp,v5s) to make an appearance; to show up

言い現す

see styles
 iiarawasu / iarawasu
    いいあらわす
(transitive verb) (1) to express (in words); (2) to confess

頭角を現す

see styles
 toukakuoarawasu / tokakuoarawasu
    とうかくをあらわす
(exp,v5s) to distinguish oneself; to stand out

化けの皮を現す

see styles
 bakenokawaoarawasu
    ばけのかわをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to expose one's true colors (colours); to expose one's true character

Variations:
名を表す
名を現す

 naoarawasu
    なをあらわす
(exp,v5s) to distinguish oneself

Variations:
化けの皮を現わす
化けの皮を現す

 bakenokawaoarawasu
    ばけのかわをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to expose one's true colors (colours); to expose one's true character

Variations:
姿を現す
姿を表す
姿をあらわす

 sugataoarawasu
    すがたをあらわす
(exp,v5s) to make an appearance; to show up

Variations:
表す
現す
表わす
現わす
顕す

 arawasu
    あらわす
(transitive verb) (1) (esp. 表す, 表わす) to represent; to signify; to stand for; (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 現す, 現わす) to reveal; to show; to display; (transitive verb) (3) (esp. 表す, 表わす) (See 言い表す・1) to express; (transitive verb) (4) (esp. 顕す) to make widely known

Variations:
言い表す
言い表わす
言い現す
言表す

 iiarawasu / iarawasu
    いいあらわす
(transitive verb) (1) to express (in words); (transitive verb) (2) to confess

Variations:
頭角を現す
頭角をあらわす
頭角を表す
頭角を現わす(sK)
頭角を表わす(sK)

 toukakuoarawasu / tokakuoarawasu
    とうかくをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to distinguish oneself; to stand out

Variations:
頭角を現す
頭角を現わす
頭角を表す
頭角を表わす
頭角をあらわす

 toukakuoarawasu / tokakuoarawasu
    とうかくをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to distinguish oneself; to stand out

Variations:
馬脚を現す
馬脚をあらわす
馬脚を表す
馬脚を露わす(rK)
馬脚を露す(sK)
馬脚を表わす(sK)
馬脚を現わす(sK)

 bakyakuoarawasu
    ばきゃくをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)

Variations:
馬脚を現す
馬脚をあらわす
馬脚を露わす
馬脚を露す

 bakyakuoarawasu
    ばきゃくをあらわす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
This page contains 16 results for "現す" 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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