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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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xióng
    xiong2
hsiung
 kuma(p); kuma(p)
    くま(P); クマ(P)

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Bear
bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae); (personal name) Yū
A bear.


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wèi
    wei4
wei
 i
    はりねずみ

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Hedgehog
(bound form) hedgehog
(kana only) hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
hedgehog


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bīn
    bin1
pin
 bin
    びん

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Bean
visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) visitor from afar; guest; (1) visitor from afar; (2) joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms; (surname) Bin
A guest; to entertain; to submit.

ママ

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 mama
    ママ

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Momna
(1) (familiar language) mom; mommy; mum; mummy; mother; mama; mamma; (2) female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

多利

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duō lì
    duo1 li4
to li
 dari
    だり

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Dori
Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
(surname) Dari

安曼

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ān màn
    an1 man4
an man

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Amman
Amman, capital of Jordan

巴利

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bā lì
    ba1 li4
pa li
 hari

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Barry
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon; Barry (name); Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer
Pali, considered by ' Southern ' Buddhists to be the language of Magadha, i. e. Māgadhī Prākrit, spoken by Śākyamuni: their Tripiṭaka is written in it. It is closely allied to Sanskrit, but phonetically decayed and grammatically degenerate.

穆聖


穆圣

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mù shèng
    mu4 sheng4
mu sheng

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Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad

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wàn
    wan4
wan
 manji
    まんじ
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji
sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right.

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bo
    bo5
po
grammatical particle equivalent to 吧


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tài
    tai4
t`ai
    tai
 tai
    たい
(bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice
(n,n-suf) (1) condition; figure; appearance; (n,n-suf) (2) {gramm} (See ボイス) voice
attitude

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    ge2
ko
 kyaku
    きゃく
square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively
(hist) (See 律令) amendment (to ritsuryō); (given name) Wataru
A rule, line, pattern; reach, research, science.

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yán
    yan2
yen
 en
    えん
flame; inflammation; -itis
(suffix) {med} (See 扁桃腺炎) -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease); (female given name) Homura
Blazing, burning.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
heat; flame; inflammation

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jiā
    jia1
chia
gamma; jewelry

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qiāng
    qiang1
ch`iang
    chiang
 kyou / kyo
    きょう
muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
Qiang (Chinese ethnic group); (given name) Susumu

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diāo
    diao1
tiao
 ten
    てん
sable or marten (genus Martes)
(1) (kana only) Japanese marten (Martes melampus); (2) marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)

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liàng
    liang4
liang
 ryou / ryo
    りょう
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
(n,n-suf) (1) quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food); (2) (See 度量・1) generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; (3) pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy); (surname, female given name) Ryō
pramāṇa. Measure, capacity, length, ability; to measure, deliberate; a syllogism in logic, v. 比量. A syllogism, consisting of 宗 pratijñā, proposition; 因 hetu, reason; 喩 udāharaṇa, example; but the syllogism varies in the number of its avayava, or members. There are other divisions from 2 to 6, e.g. 現量 and 比量 direct or sense inferences, and comparative or logical inferences; to these are added 聖教量 arguments based on authority; 譬喩量 analogy; 義准 postulation, or general assent; and 無體 negation, or non-existence.

万字

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 manji
    まんじ
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (place-name, surname) Manji

丙型

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bǐng xíng
    bing3 xing2
ping hsing
type C; type III; gamma-

中綴


中缀

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zhōng zhuì
    zhong1 zhui4
chung chui
infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression

主格

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zhǔ gé
    zhu3 ge2
chu ko
 shukaku
    しゅかく
nominative case (grammar)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) {gramm} nominative case

主語


主语

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zhǔ yǔ
    zhu3 yu3
chu yü
 shugo
    しゅご
subject (in grammar)
{gramm} subject

九竅


九窍

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jiǔ qiào
    jiu3 qiao4
chiu ch`iao
    chiu chiao
 kyuukyou / kyukyo
    きゅうきょう
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals (mouth, eyes, ears, etc.); nine orifices
v. 九孔.

乳交

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rǔ jiāo
    ru3 jiao1
ju chiao
mammary intercourse

乳嘴

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 nyuushi / nyushi
    にゅうし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 乳頭・にゅうとう) (mammary) nipple; teat

乳暈


乳晕

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rǔ yùn
    ru3 yun4
ju yün
 nyuuun / nyuun
    にゅううん
mammary areola
(See 乳輪) areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola

乳汁

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rǔ zhī
    ru3 zhi1
ju chih
 nyuujuu; chishiru; chichishiru / nyuju; chishiru; chichishiru
    にゅうじゅう; ちしる; ちちしる
milk
(1) (See 乳・1) milk (of a mammal); (2) (ちちしる only) (See 乳液・1) latex (milky fluid found in plants)

乳腺

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rǔ xiàn
    ru3 xian4
ju hsien
 nyuusen / nyusen
    にゅうせん
mammary gland
mammary gland

乳輪

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 nyuurin / nyurin
    にゅうりん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola

乳頭


乳头

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rǔ tóu
    ru3 tou2
ju t`ou
    ju tou
 nyuutou / nyuto
    にゅうとう
nipple
{anat} (mammary) nipple; teat

五明

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wǔ míng
    wu3 ming2
wu ming
 gomyou / gomyo
    ごみょう
(hist) the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy); (surname) Gomei
pañca-vidyā, the five sciences or studies of India: (1) śabda, grammar and composition; śilpakarmasthāna, the arts and mathematics; cikitsā, medicine; hetu, logic; adhyātma, philosophy, which Monier Williams says is the 'knoowledge of the supreme spirit, or of ātman', the basis of the four Vedas; the Buddhists reckon the Tripiṭṭaka and the 十二部教 as their 内明, i. e. their inner or special philosophy.

人稱


人称

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rén chēng
    ren2 cheng1
jen ch`eng
    jen cheng
person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as
See: 人称

伽馬


伽马

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gā mǎ
    ga1 ma3
ka ma
gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)

使役

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shǐ yì
    shi3 yi4
shih i
 shieki
    しえき
to use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
(noun, transitive verb) (1) setting (someone) to work; employment; using; (2) {gramm} causative

修飾


修饰

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xiū shì
    xiu1 shi4
hsiu shih
 shuushoku / shushoku
    しゅうしょく
to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to polish (a written piece); to qualify or modify (grammar)
(noun, transitive verb) (1) ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {gramm} modification; qualification

做球

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zuò qiú
    zuo4 qiu2
tso ch`iu
    tso chiu
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score); to throw a game

具格

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jù gé
    ju4 ge2
chü ko
 gukaku
    ぐかく
instrumental case (grammar)
{gramm} instrumental case
instrumental case

冠詞


冠词

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guàn cí
    guan4 ci2
kuan tz`u
    kuan tzu
 kanshi
    かんし
article (in grammar)
{gramm} article

分句

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fēn jù
    fen1 ju4
fen chü
clause (grammar)

助攻

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zhù gōng
    zhu4 gong1
chu kung
 jokou / joko
    じょこう
(military) to mount a secondary attack; (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem; (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist)
supporting attack

助詞


助词

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zhù cí
    zhu4 ci2
chu tz`u
    chu tzu
 joshi
    じょし
particle (grammatical)
{gramm} particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word

卍字

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wàn zì
    wan4 zi4
wan tzu
 manji
    まんじ
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion
swastika

及物

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jí wù
    ji2 wu4
chi wu
transitive (grammar)

句型

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jù xíng
    ju4 xing2
chü hsing
sentence pattern (in grammar)

句形

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 kukei / kuke
    くけい
(1) (See 句法・1) poetry form (esp. haiku); (2) (See 句法・2) grammatical structure in kanbun

句法

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jù fǎ
    ju4 fa3
chü fa
 kuhou / kuho
    くほう
syntax
(1) (See 句形・1) conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; (2) (See 句形・2) rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

可燃

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kě rán
    ke3 ran2
k`o jan
    ko jan
 kanen
    かねん
inflammable
(adj-no,n) inflammable; flammable; combustible; burnable

名數


名数

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míng shù
    ming2 shu4
ming shu
 myōsū
(grammar) number plus classifier; household (in census)
to be numbered

呼格

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hū gé
    hu1 ge2
hu ko
 kokaku
    こかく
vocative case (grammar)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) {gramm} vocative case
vocative case

哈密

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hā mì
    ha1 mi4
ha mi
 Gōmitsu
Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
Hami, 'an ancient city and kingdom in Central Asia north-east of lake Lop in Lat. 43゜3 N., Long, 93°10 E.' Eitel. From Han to Tang times known as I-wu 伊吾, now called Kumul by Turki Mohammadans. For more than 1500 years, owing to its location and supply of water, Hami was a bridgehead for the expansion and control of the outposts of the Chinese empire in Central Asia.

單句


单句

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dān jù
    dan1 ju4
tan chü
simple sentence (grammar)

單數


单数

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dān shù
    dan1 shu4
tan shu
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数); singular (grammar)

四生

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sì shēng
    si4 sheng1
ssu sheng
 shishou / shisho
    ししょう
{Buddh} the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
catur-yoni, the four forms of birth: (1) 胎 or 生 jarāyuja, viviparous, as with mammalia; (2) 卵生 aṇḍaja, oviparous, as with birds; (3) 濕生 or 寒熱和合生 saṃsvedaja, moisture, or water-born, as with worms and fishes; (4) 化生 aupapāduka, metamorphic, as with moths from the chrysalis, or with devas, or in the hells, or the first beings in a newly evolved world.

坪量

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 tsuboryou / tsuboryo
    つぼりょう
{print} paper weight (in grams per square metre); grammage

天璣


天玑

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tiān jī
    tian1 ji1
t`ien chi
    tien chi
gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper

子句

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zǐ jù
    zi3 ju4
tzu chü
clause (grammar)

小乘

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xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

小獣

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 shoujuu / shoju
    しょうじゅう
small animal (mammal)

小畜

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 shouchiku / shochiku
    しょうちく
(archaism) small mammal; small animal

屬格


属格

see styles
shǔ gé
    shu3 ge2
shu ko
 zokukyaku
genitive case (in grammar)
genitive case

山荒

see styles
 yamaare / yamare
    やまあれ
(kana only) porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha); (place-name) Yamaare

布托

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bù tuō
    bu4 tuo1
pu t`o
    pu to
Bhutto (name); Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president of Pakistan 1971-1979 executed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; Benazzir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice president of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996

幼獣

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 youjuu / yoju
    ようじゅう
young animal (esp. a mammal)

引敘


引叙

see styles
yǐn xù
    yin3 xu4
yin hsü
reported speech (in grammar)

後加


后加

see styles
hòu jiā
    hou4 jia1
hou chia
postposition (grammar)

後置


后置

see styles
hòu zhì
    hou4 zhi4
hou chih
 kouchi / kochi
    こうち
to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) {comp} back-end; (n,vs,adj-no) (2) postposition

挟射

see styles
 kyousha / kyosha
    きょうしゃ
(noun/participle) ejaculation during a mammary intercourse; titjob cumshot

揪痧

see styles
jiū shā
    jiu1 sha1
chiu sha
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation

敗火


败火

see styles
bài huǒ
    bai4 huo3
pai huo
relieve inflammation or internal heat

敬語


敬语

see styles
jìng yǔ
    jing4 yu3
ching yü
 keigo / kego
    けいご
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
{ling} honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

文典

see styles
 bunten
    ぶんてん
grammar; (given name) Fuminori

文法

see styles
wén fǎ
    wen2 fa3
wen fa
 bunpou / bunpo
    ぶんぽう
grammar
grammar; (personal name) Fuminori

文節

see styles
 bunsetsu
    ぶんせつ
{gramm} phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar

明太

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 mentai; mentai
    メンタイ; めんたい
(1) (See 介党鱈) walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) (kor: myeongtae); Alaska pollack; (2) (abbreviation) (See 明太子) walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)

栗鼠

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lì shǔ
    li4 shu3
li shu
 risu; risu
    りす; リス
chinchilla; chipmunk
(1) (kana only) squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); (2) (kana only) (See 日本栗鼠) Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

楽典

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 gakuten
    がくてん
compositional rules; musical grammar

構文

see styles
 koubun / kobun
    こうぶん
(1) sentence structure; grammatical construction; (2) {comp} syntax

横蝦

see styles
 yokoebi
    よこえび
(kana only) gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

毛瘡

see styles
 mousou / moso
    もうそう
{med} sycosis; hair follicle inflammation; barber's itch

海牛

see styles
hǎi niú
    hai3 niu2
hai niu
 kaigyuu; kaigyuu / kaigyu; kaigyu
    かいぎゅう; カイギュウ
manatee
(kana only) sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow; (given name) Kaigyū

海獣

see styles
 kaijuu / kaiju
    かいじゅう
marine mammal

消炎

see styles
xiāo yán
    xiao1 yan2
hsiao yen
to reduce fever; antipyretic; to decrease inflammation

火種


火种

see styles
huǒ zhǒng
    huo3 zhong3
huo chung
 hidane
    ひだね
tinder; source of a fire; inflammable material; (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
(1) live coals (for firelighting); (2) cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

炎性

see styles
yán xìng
    yan2 xing4
yen hsing
inflammatory (medicine)

炎症

see styles
yán zhèng
    yan2 zheng4
yen cheng
 enshou / ensho
    えんしょう
inflammation
inflammation; irritation

爛れ

see styles
 tadare
    ただれ
(kana only) sore; inflammation; ulceration

狭射

see styles
 kyousha / kyosha
    きょうしゃ
(noun/participle) ejaculation during a mammary intercourse; titjob cumshot

獣類

see styles
 juurui / jurui
    じゅうるい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) beasts; mammals

病句

see styles
bìng jù
    bing4 ju4
ping chü
defective sentence; error (of grammar or logic)

發炎


发炎

see styles
fā yán
    fa1 yan2
fa yen
to become inflamed; inflammation

真納


真纳

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zhēn nà
    zhen1 na4
chen na
 manou / mano
    まのう
(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
(surname) Manou

短語


短语

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duǎn yǔ
    duan3 yu3
tuan yü
phrase (grammar)

碌々

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 rokuroku
    ろくろく
(adverb) hardly; barely; inadequately (with negative grammatical constructions)

碌碌

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 rokuroku
    ろくろく
(adverb) hardly; barely; inadequately (with negative grammatical constructions)

米坪

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 beitsubo / betsubo
    べいつぼ
(See 坪量) paper weight (in grams per square metre); grammage

縮約


缩约

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suō yuē
    suo1 yue1
so yüeh
 shukuyaku
    しゅくやく
contraction (in grammar); abbreviation
(noun/participle) (1) abridgment; abridgement; condensation; (noun/participle) (2) {math} contraction

縮胸


缩胸

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suō xiōng
    suo1 xiong1
so hsiung
breast reduction; reduction mammaplasty

耳炎

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 jien
    じえん
{med} otitis; inflammation of the ear

聲明


声明

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shēng míng
    sheng1 ming2
sheng ming
 shōmyō
    しょうみょう
to state; to declare; statement; declaration; CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]
(1) sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); (2) (Buddhist term) chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)
śabdavidyā, one of the 五明 five sciences, the聲明論 Śabdavidyā śāstra being a treatise on words and their meanings.

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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