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先時 先时 see styles |
xiān shí xian1 shi2 hsien shih senji |
before |
先期 see styles |
xiān qī xian1 qi1 hsien ch`i hsien chi |
the time before a certain date; in advance; beforehand; premature; initial period |
先染 see styles |
sakizome さきぞめ |
yarn dyeing; thread dyeing; prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven |
先說 先说 see styles |
xiān shuō xian1 shuo1 hsien shuo sensetsu |
explained before |
先週 see styles |
senshuu / senshu せんしゅう |
(n,adv) last week; the week before |
光瑞 see styles |
guāng ruì guang1 rui4 kuang jui kouzui / kozui こうずい |
(given name) Kōzui The auspicious ray sent from between the Buddha's eyebrows before a revelation. |
入眼 see styles |
rù yǎn ru4 yan3 ju yen |
to appear before one's eyes; pleasing to the eye; nice to look at |
公使 see styles |
gōng shǐ gong1 shi3 kung shih koushi / koshi こうし |
minister; diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation); (surname) Kuramu |
其先 see styles |
qí xiān qi2 xian1 ch`i hsien chi hsien |
previously; before that; up to then |
冠茶 see styles |
kabusecha かぶせちゃ |
kabusecha; mild green tea which has been lightly screened from sunlight for 1-3 weeks before picking |
冬夜 see styles |
dōng yè dong1 ye4 tung yeh touya / toya とうや |
(female given name) Touya The night before the 冬至 winter solstice. |
冬筍 冬笋 see styles |
dōng sǔn dong1 sun3 tung sun |
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) |
別段 see styles |
betsudan; bechidan(ok) べつだん; べちだん(ok) |
(adj-no,n) (1) particular; special; (adverb) (2) (usu. before a verb in negative form) (not) particularly; (not) especially; (surname) Betsudan |
前に see styles |
maeni まえに |
(adverb) ahead; before; ago |
前人 see styles |
qián rén qian2 ren2 ch`ien jen chien jen zenjin ぜんじん |
predecessor; forebears; the person facing you predecessor; people of former times the person before one |
前來 前来 see styles |
qián lái qian2 lai2 ch`ien lai chien lai |
to come (formal); before; previously |
前兒 前儿 see styles |
qián r qian2 r5 ch`ien r chien r |
before; day before yesterday |
前厄 see styles |
maeyaku まえやく |
(See 厄年・1) the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year |
前夕 see styles |
qián xī qian2 xi1 ch`ien hsi chien hsi |
eve; the day before |
前天 see styles |
qián tiān qian2 tian1 ch`ien t`ien chien tien |
the day before yesterday |
前年 see styles |
qián nián qian2 nian2 ch`ien nien chien nien zennen ぜんねん |
the year before last (n,adv) the preceding year; the previous year; last year |
前後 前后 see styles |
qián hòu qian2 hou4 ch`ien hou chien hou maeshirie まえしりえ |
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear (archaism) front and rear; front and back; before and behind; (place-name, surname) Zengo before and after |
前此 see styles |
qián cǐ qian2 ci3 ch`ien tz`u chien tzu |
before today |
前泊 see styles |
zenpaku ぜんぱく |
(n,vs,vi) (See 後泊・こうはく) spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before; (surname) Maehaku |
前程 see styles |
qián chéng qian2 cheng2 ch`ien ch`eng chien cheng zentei / zente ぜんてい |
future (career etc) prospects the journey before one; distance one has to travel |
前置 see styles |
qián zhì qian2 zhi4 ch`ien chih chien chih zenchi ぜんち |
to place before; frontal; leading; pre- (noun - becomes adjective with の) preface; introduction |
前説 see styles |
maesetsu まえせつ |
(1) warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording); (2) prologue; introduction |
前轍 see styles |
zentetsu ぜんてつ |
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before |
前週 see styles |
zenshuu / zenshu ぜんしゅう |
(n,adv) last week; the week before |
加以 see styles |
jiā yǐ jia1 yi3 chia i |
in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to something or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (something) |
化前 see styles |
huà qián hua4 qian2 hua ch`ien hua chien kezen |
In the Amitābha cult the term means before its first sutra, the 觀無量壽經, just as 爾前 in the Lotus School means 'before the Lotus.' |
十德 see styles |
shí dé shi2 de2 shih te jittoku |
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness. |
十数 see styles |
juusuu / jusu じゅうすう |
(prefix) (before a counter or unit of measurement, currency, etc.) ten-odd; a dozen or so |
印褥 see styles |
injoku いんじょく |
pad placed under sheet before using a seal (to make imprint clearer) |
卵綴 see styles |
tamagotoji たまごとじ |
(irregular okurigana usage) (food term) soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup |
厄前 see styles |
yakumae やくまえ |
the year before the unlucky year |
原樣 原样 see styles |
yuán yàng yuan2 yang4 yüan yang |
original shape; the same as before |
原處 原处 see styles |
yuán chù yuan2 chu4 yüan ch`u yüan chu |
original spot; previous place; where it was before |
去臺 去台 see styles |
qù tái qu4 tai2 ch`ü t`ai chü tai |
to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 |
參前 参前 see styles |
sān qián san1 qian2 san ch`ien san chien sanzen |
Before the evening assembly. |
參詣 参诣 see styles |
sān yì san1 yi4 san i sankei |
To approach the gods or Buddhas in worship. |
受齋 受斋 see styles |
shòu zhāi shou4 zhai1 shou chai jusai |
to receive offerings of food [properly] before the noon hour |
古訳 see styles |
koyaku こやく |
(hist) {Buddh} pre-Kumarajiva Chinese translation (i.e. before the 5th century) |
句讀 句读 see styles |
jù dòu ju4 dou4 chü tou |
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases |
句逗 see styles |
jù dòu ju4 dou4 chü tou kutō |
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号; sentences and phrases punctuations (or divisions) into sentences and phrases |
叫板 see styles |
jiào bǎn jiao4 ban3 chiao pan |
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge |
右前 see styles |
migimae みぎまえ |
front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing) |
向前 see styles |
xiàng qián xiang4 qian2 hsiang ch`ien hsiang chien mukamae むかまえ |
forward; onward (surname) Mukamae before |
哭靈 哭灵 see styles |
kū líng ku1 ling2 k`u ling ku ling |
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead |
啟明 启明 see styles |
qǐ míng qi3 ming2 ch`i ming chi ming |
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
單麻 单麻 see styles |
dān má dan1 ma2 tan ma tanma |
The single hempseed a day to which the Buddha reduced his food before his enlightenment. |
嘗て see styles |
katsute かつて |
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; (2) (kana only) never yet; never before; first time; still not happened |
因循 see styles |
yīn xún yin1 xun2 yin hsün injun いんじゅん |
to continue the same old routine; to carry on just as before; to procrastinate (noun or adjectival noun) indecision; vacillation |
在日 see styles |
zainichi ざいにち |
(adj-f,n,vs,vi) (1) resident in Japan (of a foreigner); situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy); (2) (abbreviation) (sensitive word) (See 在日韓国人,在日朝鮮人) Zainichi; Zainichi Korean; North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person) |
地前 see styles |
dì qián di4 qian2 ti ch`ien ti chien jizen |
The stages of a Bodhisattva before the 初地. |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
坐參 坐参 see styles |
zuò sān zuo4 san1 tso san zasan |
The evening meditation at a monastery (preceding instruction by the abbot). |
夜伽 see styles |
yotogi よとぎ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); (n,vs,vi) (2) sleeping with a man (at his bidding); (n,vs,vi) (3) overnight vigil before burial; (female given name) Yotogi |
大加 see styles |
dà jiā da4 jia1 ta chia ooga おおが |
(before a two-syllable verb) considerably; greatly (exaggerate); vehemently (oppose); severely (punish); extensively (refurbish); effusively (praise) (surname) Ooga |
大夜 see styles |
dà yè da4 ye4 ta yeh daiya |
The great night, i.e. that before the funeral pyre of a monk is lighted; also 迨夜; 宿夜. |
大祓 see styles |
ooharae おおはらえ ooharai おおはらい |
(Shinto) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijosai and after major disasters |
天花 see styles |
tiān huā tian1 hua1 t`ien hua tien hua tenge てんげ |
smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil (Buddhist term) flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image; snow; (place-name) Tenge heavenly flowers |
天華 天华 see styles |
tiān huā tian1 hua1 t`ien hua tien hua yuki ゆき |
(Buddhist term) flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image; snow; (female given name) Yuki Deva, or divine, flowers, stated in the Lotus Sutra as of four kinds, mandāras, mahāmandāras, mañjūṣakas, and mahāmañjūṣakas, the first two white, the last two red. |
女流 see styles |
nǚ liú nu:3 liu2 nü liu joryuu / joryu じょりゅう |
(derog.) woman (often used before a job title, etc.) woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.) |
如初 see styles |
rú chū ru2 chu1 ju ch`u ju chu |
as before; as ever |
如故 see styles |
rú gù ru2 gu4 ju ku nyoko |
as before; as usual; (to be) like old friends as before |
孟婆 see styles |
mèng pó meng4 po2 meng p`o meng po |
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life; (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind |
宗派 see styles |
zōng pài zong1 pai4 tsung p`ai tsung pai shuuha / shuha しゅうは |
sect (1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry) Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects. |
定年 see styles |
sadatoshi さだとし |
(1) retirement age; (2) (archaism) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion; (personal name) Sadatoshi |
実飲 see styles |
jitsuin じついん |
(noun/participle) (See 実食) tasting a drink that one has heard of before |
客前 see styles |
kyakuzen; kyakumae きゃくぜん; きゃくまえ |
in front of the customer (guest, visitor, etc.); before the customer |
宵祭 see styles |
yoimatsuri よいまつり |
small festival held the night before a full festival |
宿夜 see styles |
sù yè su4 ye4 su yeh shukuya |
to stay overnight To stay the night; the previous night, e.g. the night before any special service. |
宿忌 see styles |
sù jì su4 ji4 su chi shukuki |
The night before a fast-day. |
寝酒 see styles |
nezake ねざけ |
nightcap; a drink before sleeping |
寫道 写道 see styles |
xiě dào xie3 dao4 hsieh tao |
to write (used before or after a quoted passage) |
寸前 see styles |
sunzen すんぜん |
(n,n-suf) (1) just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; (n,n-suf) (2) just in front of; just ahead of |
小乘 see styles |
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. |
小昼 see styles |
kohiru; kobiru こひる; こびる |
(1) just before noon; (2) late-morning snack |
尻餅 see styles |
shirimochi しりもち |
(1) falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; (2) mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside |
尻餠 see styles |
shirimochi しりもち |
(1) falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; (2) mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside |
展現 展现 see styles |
zhǎn xiàn zhan3 xian4 chan hsien |
to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display |
左前 see styles |
hidarimae ひだりまえ |
(1) wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); (2) going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; (3) front left; front and left; before and left |
差足 see styles |
sashiashi さしあし |
(1) stealthy steps; (2) spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line |
已前 see styles |
yǐ qián yi3 qian2 i ch`ien i chien izen いぜん |
(out-dated kanji) (n-adv,n-t) ago; since; before; previous before |
希法 see styles |
xī fǎ xi1 fa3 hsi fa kehō |
adbhutadharma; supernatural things, prodigies, miracles, a section of the twelve classical books. |
帰米 see styles |
kibei / kibe きべい |
(noun/participle) (1) returning to the United States; (2) (See 二世・にせい・1) kibei; Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to America |
年前 see styles |
nián qián nian2 qian2 nien ch`ien nien chien |
by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year |
引っ see styles |
hi ひっ |
(prefix) (from 引き) (See 引っ抱える) goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis |
引波 see styles |
hikinami ひきなみ |
(1) backwash; rip current; undertow; (2) stern wave; (3) drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest); (surname) Hikinami |
待合 see styles |
machiai まちあい |
(noun/participle) (1) rendezvous; meeting; assignation; (2) area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; (3) (abbreviation) waiting room; (4) (archaism) (abbreviation) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.; (surname) Machiai |
後先 see styles |
atosaki あとさき |
(1) front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; (2) (See 後先になる) order; sequence; (3) (See 後先考えず) consequences; (4) context |
從先 从先 see styles |
cóng xiān cong2 xian1 ts`ung hsien tsung hsien |
(dialect) before; in the past; previously |
御先 see styles |
misaki みさき onsaki おんさき osaki おさき |
(1) (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; (2) animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox); (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; going before; the future |
復社 see styles |
fukusha ふくしゃ |
(noun/participle) returning to a company where one has worked before |
恐縮 see styles |
kyoushuku / kyoshuku きょうしゅく |
(n,vs,vi) (1) feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful; (n,vs,vi) (2) (oft. before a request, as 恐縮ですが) feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.); (n,vs,vi) (3) (archaism) shrinking back in fear |
懐石 see styles |
kaiseki かいせき |
(1) (See 懐石料理・1) kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; (2) (See 茶懐石) simple meal eaten before tea is served |
戦前 see styles |
senzen せんぜん |
(n,adj-no,adv) pre-war days; before the war |
扇腹 see styles |
ougibara / ogibara おうぎばら |
(hist) (See 切腹・1) fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated |
打底 see styles |
dǎ dǐ da3 di3 ta ti |
to lay a foundation (also fig.); to make a first sketch; to eat something before drinking; to apply an undercoat |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Before" 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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