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Simple Dictionary Definition |
假觀 假观 see styles |
jiǎ guān jia3 guan1 chia kuan kekan |
The meditation on relative truth, or phenomenal and therefore illusory existence, in comparison with 空 and 中 q. v. |
偏り see styles |
katayori かたより |
(1) deviation; inclination; offset; bias; prejudice; (2) polarization; polarisation |
偏光 see styles |
piān guāng pian1 guang1 p`ien kuang pien kuang henkou / henko へんこう |
polarized light {physics} polarized light; polarised light; polarization (of light); polarisation |
偏波 see styles |
henpa へんぱ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) polarisation; polarization; polarised wave; polarized wave |
偽筆 see styles |
gihitsu ぎひつ |
forged handwriting; plagiarism |
光市 see styles |
hikarishi ひかりし |
(place-name) Hikari (city) |
光雛 see styles |
arisu ありす |
(female given name) Arisu |
內緣 内缘 see styles |
nèi yuán nei4 yuan2 nei yüan naien |
The condition of perception arising from the five senses; also immediate, conditional, or environmental causes, in contrast with the more remote. |
八識 八识 see styles |
bā shì ba1 shi4 pa shih hasshiki; hachishiki はっしき; はちしき |
{Buddh} eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) The eight parijñāna, or kinds of cognition, perception, or consciousness. They are the five senses of cakṣur-vijñāna, śrotra-v., ghrāna-v., jihvā-v., and kāya-v., i.e. seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch. The sixth is mano-vijñāna, the mental sense, or intellect, v. 末那. It is defined as 意 mentality, apprehension, or by some as will. The seventh is styled kliṣṭa-mano-vijñāna 末那識 discriminated from the last as 思量 pondering, calculating; it is the discriminating and constructive sense, more than the intellectually perceptive; as infected by the ālaya-vijñāna., or receiving "seeds" from it, it is considered as the cause of all egoism and individualizing, i.e. of men and things, therefore of all illusion arising from assuming the seeming as the real. The eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, 阿頼耶識 which is the storehouse, or basis from which come all "seeds"of consciousness. The seventh is also defined as the ādāna 阿陀那識 or "laying hold of" or "holding on to" consciousness. |
公証 see styles |
koushou / kosho こうしょう |
authentication; notarization; notarisation |
六如 see styles |
liù rú liu4 ru2 liu ju rokunyo |
The six 'likes' or comparisons, like a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, dew, and lightning, v. 六喩. |
六情 see styles |
liù qíng liu4 qing2 liu ch`ing liu ching rokujou / rokujo ろくじょう |
the six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love and hatred) The emotions arising from the six organs of sense 六根 for which term 六情 is the older interpretation; v. 六依. |
六欲 see styles |
liù yù liu4 yu4 liu yü rokuyoku |
The six sexual attractions arising from color; form; carriage; voice (or speech); softness (or smoothness); and features. |
六義 see styles |
rikugi; rokugi りくぎ; ろくぎ |
(1) six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); (2) six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); (3) six principles of calligraphy; (4) (See 六書・1) six classes of kanji characters; (given name) Rokugi |
六麤 六粗 see styles |
liù cū liu4 cu1 liu ts`u liu tsu rokuso |
The six 'coarser' stages arising from the 三細 or three finer stages which in turn are produced by original 無明, the unenlightened condition of ignorance; v. Awakening of Faith 起信論. They are the states of (1) 智相 knowledge or consciousness of like and dislike arising from mental conditions; (2) 相續相 consciousness of pain and pleasure resulting from the first, causing continuous responsive memory; (3) 執取相 attachment or clinging, arising from the last; (4) 計名字相 assigning names according to the seeming and unreal with fixation of ideas); (5) 起業 the consequent activity with all the variety of deeds; (6) 業繋苦相 the suffering resulting from being tied to deeds and their karma consequences. |
再起 see styles |
zài qǐ zai4 qi3 tsai ch`i tsai chi saiki さいき |
to arise again; to make a comeback; resurgence (n,vs,vi) comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; (surname, given name) Saiki |
凌汛 see styles |
líng xùn ling2 xun4 ling hsün |
ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream) |
出現 出现 see styles |
chū xiàn chu1 xian4 ch`u hsien chu hsien shutsugen しゅつげん |
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up (n,vs,vi) appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence To manifest, reveal, be manifested, appear, e. g. as does a Buddha's temporary body, or nirmāṇakāya. Name of Udāyi 優陀夷 a disciple of Buddha to be reborn as Samantaprabhāsa; also of a son of Ajātaśatru. |
分極 see styles |
bunkyoku ぶんきょく |
(n,vs,vi) (1) {physics;chem} (electric) polarization; polarisation; (n,vs,vi) (2) {physics} (See 磁気分極,磁化) (magnetic) polarization; magnetization |
刈敷 see styles |
karishiki かりしき |
(place-name, surname) Karishiki |
刈郷 see styles |
karisato かりさと |
(surname) Karisato |
別惑 别惑 see styles |
bié huò bie2 huo4 pieh huo betsuwaku |
別見 Delusions arising from differentiation, mistaking the seeming for the real; these delusions according to the 別教 are gradually eradicated by the Bodhisattva during his first stage. |
割下 see styles |
warishita わりした |
(food term) (abbreviation) sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki); (surname) Warishita |
割坂 see styles |
warisaka わりさか |
(place-name) Warisaka |
割崎 see styles |
warisaki わりさき |
(surname) Warisaki |
割沢 see styles |
warisawa わりさわ |
(surname) Warisawa |
割瀬 see styles |
warise わりせ |
(surname) Warise |
割石 see styles |
wariishi / warishi わりいし |
broken stones; rubble; (place-name, surname) Wariishi |
剽窃 see styles |
hyousetsu / hyosetsu ひょうせつ |
(n,vs,adj-no) plagiarism; piracy |
勾沢 see styles |
magarisawa まがりさわ |
(place-name) Magarisawa |
北辰 see styles |
běi chén bei3 chen2 pei ch`en pei chen hokushin ほくしん |
Polaris; North Star North-Star; (place-name, surname) Hokushin |
十境 see styles |
shí jìng shi2 jing4 shih ching jikkyō |
Ten objects of or stages in meditation觀 in the Tiantai school, i.e. 陰境 the five skandhas; 煩惱境 life's distresses and delusion; 病患境 sickness, or duḥkha, its cause and cure; 業相境 age-long karmaic influences; 魔事境 Māra affairs, how to overthrow their rule; 禪定境 the conditions of dhyāna and samādhi; 諸見境 various views and doubts that arise; 慢境 pride in progress and the delusion that one has attained nirvāṇa; 二乘境 temptation to be content with the lower nirvāṇa, instead of going on to the greater reward; 菩薩境 bodhisattvahood; see the 止觀 5. |
十妙 see styles |
shí miào shi2 miao4 shih miao jūmyō |
The ten wonders, or incomprehensibles; there are two groups, the 迹ｖ traceable or manifested and 本門妙 the fundamental. The 迹門十妙 are the wonder of: (1) 境妙 the universe, sphere, or whole, embracing mind, Buddha, and all things as a unity; (2) 智妙 a Buddha's all-embracing knowledge arising from such universe; (3) 行妙 his deeds, expressive of his wisdom; (4) 位妙 his attainment of all the various Buddha stages, i.e. 十住 and十地; (5) 三法妙 his three laws of 理, 慧, and truth, wisdom, and vision; (6) 感應妙 his response to appeal, i.e. his (spiritual) response or relation to humanity, for "all beings are my children"; (7) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (8) 說法妙 his preaching; (9) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (10) 利益妙 the blessings derived through universal elevation into Buddhahood. The 本門十妙 are the wonder of (1) 本因妙 the initial impulse or causative stage of Buddhahood; (2) 本果妙 its fruit or result in eternity, joy, and purity; (3) 國土妙 his (Buddha) realm; (4) 感應妙 his response (to human needs); (5) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (6) 說法妙 his preaching; (7) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (8) 涅槃妙 his nirvāṇa; (9) 壽命妙 his (eternal) life; (10) his blessings as above. Both groups are further defined as progressive stages in a Buddha's career. These "wonders" are derived from the Lotus sūtra. |
半臂 see styles |
hanpi はんぴ |
short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men |
卑俗 see styles |
hizoku ひぞく |
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgarity; vulgarism; vulgar; coarse |
卑言 see styles |
higen ひげん |
vulgar expression; vulgarism; slang expression |
卑語 see styles |
higo ひご |
vulgar expression; vulgarism |
参照 see styles |
sanshou / sansho さんしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {comp} browsing (to a file or folder) |
参看 see styles |
sankan さんかん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (form) (See 参照・1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) (See 参観) visit; inspection |
参進 see styles |
sanshin さんしん |
(1) {Shinto} procession towards the altar (in a wedding); (2) stepping forward (towards an aristocrat) |
参酌 see styles |
sanshaku さんしゃく |
(noun, transitive verb) comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to |
反切 see styles |
fǎn qiè fan3 qie4 fan ch`ieh fan chieh hansetsu はんせつ |
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone The system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others, ascribed to Sun Yen 孫炎 in the third century A D., arising out of the translit. of Sanskrit terms in Buddhist translation. |
可彩 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
合音 see styles |
hé yīn he2 yin1 ho yin gouon / goon ごうおん |
backup vocal (music); (phonetic) contraction long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds |
善後 善后 see styles |
shàn hòu shan4 hou4 shan hou zengo ぜんご |
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations (usu. in compounds) (See 善後処置) careful settlement (of a matter); dealing with properly; planning for the future |
四力 see styles |
sì lì si4 li4 ssu li shiriki |
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment. |
四取 see styles |
sì qǔ si4 qu3 ssu ch`ü ssu chü shishu |
catuḥ-parāmarśa, the four attachments, i. e. desire, (unenlightened) views, (fakir) morals, and ideas arising from the conception of the self. Also, the possible delusions of the 四住地. Also, seeking fame in the four quarters. |
四微 see styles |
sì wēi si4 wei1 ssu wei shimi |
The four minutest forms or atoms perceptible to the four senses of sight, smell, taste, or touch; from these arise the 四大 four elements, from which arise the 五智 five wisdoms, q. v. |
四戒 see styles |
sì jiè si4 jie4 ssu chieh shikai |
Four stages in moral development: that of release, or deliverance from the world on becoming a monk; that arising from the four meditations on the realms of form; that above the stage of 見道 q. v.; that in which all moral evil is ended and delusion ceases. |
四河 see styles |
sì hé si4 he2 ssu ho shigou / shigo しごう |
(place-name) Shigou The four rivers— Ganges, Sindhu (Indus), Vākṣu (Oxus), and Tārīm, all reputed to arise out of a lake, Anavatapta, in Tibet. |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
四運 四运 see styles |
sì yùn si4 yun4 ssu yün shiun |
(四運心) The four stages of a thought: not yet arisen, its initiation, its realization, its passing away, styled 未念, 欲念, 正念, and 念巳. |
回虫 see styles |
kaichuu / kaichu かいちゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm |
土吹 see styles |
tsuchifuki; tsuchifuki つちふき; ツチフキ |
(kana only) Chinese false gudgeon (Abbottina rivularis) |
在佐 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在作 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在定 see styles |
zài dìng zai4 ding4 tsai ting arisada ありさだ |
(surname) Arisada in meditation |
在寿 see styles |
arisu ありす |
(female given name) Arisu |
在島 see styles |
arishima ありしま |
(surname) Arishima |
在巣 see styles |
arisu ありす |
(surname, female given name) Arisu |
在彩 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(personal name) Arisa |
在早 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在末 see styles |
arisue ありすえ |
(surname) Arisue |
在沙 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在砂 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在紗 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
在里 see styles |
arisato ありさと |
(surname) Arisato |
地縛 see styles |
jishibari じしばり |
(1) (kana only) creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera); (2) (kana only) southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris) |
域什 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(personal name) Arisa |
域充 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(personal name) Arisa |
堂區 堂区 see styles |
táng qū tang2 qu1 t`ang ch`ü tang chü |
parish; civil parish |
壇家 see styles |
danke だんけ danka だんか |
family which supports a temple; parishioner |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
奈紗 see styles |
narisa なりさ |
(female given name) Narisa |
如實 如实 see styles |
rú shí ru2 shi2 ju shih nyo jitsu |
as things really are; realistic Real, reality, according to reality ( yathābhūtam); true; the 眞如 zhenru, or bhūtatathatā, for which it is also used; the universal undifferentiated, i. e. 平等不二, or the primary essence out of which the phenomenal arises; 如實空 is this essence in its purity; 如實不空 is this essence in its differentiation. |
始覺 始觉 see styles |
shǐ jué shi3 jue2 shih chüeh shigaku |
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
実化 see styles |
jikke じっけ |
{Buddh} (See 権化・1) noumenal Buddha (in comparison to phenomenal Buddha) |
宥沙 see styles |
arisa ありさ |
(female given name) Arisa |
宮座 see styles |
miyaza みやざ |
organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild; (surname) Miyaza |
家犬 see styles |
ieinu; ieinu / ienu; ienu いえいぬ; イエイヌ |
(kana only) domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) |
容克 see styles |
róng kè rong2 ke4 jung k`o jung ko masayoshi まさよし |
Junker (German aristocracy); Jean-Claude Juncker (1954-), Luxembourgish politician, prime minister of Luxembourg 1995-2013, president of the European Commission 2014-2019 (male given name) Masayoshi |
対比 see styles |
taihi たいひ |
(noun/participle) contrast; comparison |
対照 see styles |
taishou / taisho たいしょう |
(noun/participle) contrast; antithesis; comparison |
尊卑 see styles |
zūn bēi zun1 bei1 tsun pei sonpi そんぴ |
superior and subordinate; social ranking high and low; aristocrat and plebeian noble and base |
對法 对法 see styles |
duì fǎ dui4 fa3 tui fa taihō |
The corresponding law, the philosophy in the Buddha's teaching, the Abhidharma; comparison of cause and effect. |
對照 对照 see styles |
duì zhào dui4 zhao4 tui chao |
to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check |
小篆 see styles |
xiǎo zhuàn xiao3 zhuan4 hsiao chuan shouten / shoten しょうてん |
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty (See 六体) small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period) |
小豆 see styles |
xiǎo dòu xiao3 dou4 hsiao tou azuki(gikun)(p); shouzu; azuki / azuki(gikun)(p); shozu; azuki あずき(gikun)(P); しょうず; アズキ |
see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4] adzuki bean (Vigna angularis); (female given name) Daizu lentils |
尚武 see styles |
shàng wǔ shang4 wu3 shang wu shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike militarism; warlike spirit; (given name) Hisatake |
尚紗 see styles |
narisa なりさ |
(female given name) Narisa |
岩松 see styles |
iwamatsu; iwamatsu いわまつ; イワマツ |
(See いわひば) Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss); (place-name, surname) Iwamatsu |
左下 see styles |
zuǒ xià zuo3 xia4 tso hsia hidarishita ひだりした |
lower left lower left |
左岸 see styles |
zuǒ àn zuo3 an4 tso an sagan さがん |
Left Bank (in Paris) left bank (of a river) |
左澤 see styles |
hidarisawa ひだりさわ |
(surname) Hidarisawa |
左石 see styles |
hidariishi / hidarishi ひだりいし |
(place-name) Hidariishi |
左関 see styles |
hidariseki ひだりせき |
(place-name) Hidariseki |
左隅 see styles |
hidarisumi ひだりすみ |
left-hand corner; lower left |
巻柏 see styles |
iwahiba いわひば |
(kana only) Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss) |
帝俄 see styles |
dì é di4 e2 ti o |
Tsarist Russia |
引合 see styles |
hikiai ひきあい |
(1) reference; comparison; example; (2) inquiry; enquiry; (3) witness; being involved in a court case; deal |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Aris" 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
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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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