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Simple Dictionary Definition |
先々月 see styles |
sensengetsu せんせんげつ |
(temporal noun) month before last |
先々週 see styles |
sensenshuu / sensenshu せんせんしゅう |
(temporal noun) week before last |
先ずは see styles |
mazuha まずは |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (more emphatic than まず) (See まず・1) first of all; to begin with; before anything else; (adverb) (2) (kana only) probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually; (adverb) (3) (kana only) more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably; (adverb) (4) (kana only) anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being |
先だつ see styles |
sakidatsu さきだつ |
(v5t,vi) (1) to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); (2) to precede; to go before; to take precedence; (3) to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); (4) to be a prerequisite |
先どり see styles |
sakidori さきどり |
(noun/participle) (1) receiving in advance; taking before others; (2) (computer terminology) prefetch; (3) (linguistics terminology) anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next |
先の先 see styles |
sennosen せんのせん |
(exp,n) {MA} striking just before one's opponent makes a move |
先先月 see styles |
sensengetsu せんせんげつ |
(temporal noun) month before last |
先先週 see styles |
sensenshuu / sensenshu せんせんしゅう |
(temporal noun) week before last |
先刷り see styles |
sakizuri さきずり |
{print} pre-printing (e.g. one specific ink before the others) |
先取り see styles |
sakidori さきどり |
(noun/participle) (1) receiving in advance; taking before others; (2) (computer terminology) prefetch; (3) (linguistics terminology) anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next |
先取る see styles |
sakidoru さきどる |
(transitive verb) (colloquialism) to take (something) before (someone else); to do (something) before it becomes popular |
先回り see styles |
sakimawari さきまわり |
(n,vs,vi) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another |
先染め see styles |
sakizome さきぞめ |
yarn dyeing; thread dyeing; prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven |
先立ち see styles |
sakidachi さきだち |
(n,adv) before |
先立つ see styles |
sakidatsu さきだつ |
(v5t,vi) (1) to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); (2) to precede; to go before; to take precedence; (3) to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); (4) to be a prerequisite |
兜率陀 see styles |
dōu shuài tuó dou1 shuai4 tuo2 tou shuai t`o tou shuai to Tosotsuda |
(兜率 or 兜率哆); 兜術; 珊都史多, 珊覩史多; 鬭瑟多 Tuṣita, from tuṣ, contented, satisfied, gratified; name of the Tuṣita heaven, the fourth devaloka in the 欲界 passion realm, or desire realm between the Yama and Nirmāṇarati heavens. Its inner department is the Pure Land of Maitreya who, like Śākyamuni and all Buddhas, is reborn there before descending to earth as the next Buddha; his life there is 4,000 Tuṣita years (each day there being equal to 4000 earth-years) 584 million such years. |
八敬戒 see styles |
bā jìng jiè ba1 jing4 jie4 pa ching chieh hakkyōkai |
The eight commands given by the Buddha to his foster-mother, i.e. aunt, when she was admitted to the order, and which remain as commands to nuns: (1) even though a hundred years old a nun must pay respect to a monk, however young, and offer her seat to him; (2) must never scold a monk; (3) never accuse, or speak of his misdeeds; but a monk may speak of hers; (4) at his hands obtain reception into the order; (5) confess sin (sexual or other) before the assembly of monks and nuns; (6) ask the fraternity for a monk as preceptor; (7) never share the same summer resort with monks; (8) after the summer retreat she must report and ask for a responsible confessor. Also 八敬法; 八不可越法 (or 八不可過法) ; 八尊重法; v. 四分律 48. |
八王子 see styles |
bā wáng zǐ ba1 wang2 zi3 pa wang tzu hachiouji / hachioji はちおうじ |
Hachiōji (city); (place-name, surname) Hachiouji; Hachioji The eight sons of the last of the 20,000 shining Buddhas 燈明佛 born before he left home to become a monk; their names are given in the first chapter of the Lotus sūtra. In Japan there are also eight sons of a Shinto deity, reincarnated as one of the six Guanyin. |
公元前 see styles |
gōng yuán qián gong1 yuan2 qian2 kung yüan ch`ien kung yüan chien |
BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ) |
其の内 see styles |
sonouchi / sonochi そのうち |
(adverb) (kana only) before very long; soon; eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned |
其れ処 see styles |
soredokoro それどころ |
(exp,adj-no) (kana only) (usu. before a verb in negative form) (not) so much; (not) that much |
出る前 see styles |
derumae でるまえ |
(exp,n) before going out |
出陣式 see styles |
shutsujinshiki しゅつじんしき |
(1) (hist) ceremony held before going into battle; (2) ceremony to kick off an election campaign |
切り幣 see styles |
kirinusa きりぬさ |
paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods |
前々回 see styles |
zenzenkai ぜんぜんかい |
the time before last; last time but one |
前一天 see styles |
qián yī tiān qian2 yi1 tian1 ch`ien i t`ien chien i tien |
the day before (an event) |
前不久 see styles |
qián bù jiǔ qian2 bu4 jiu3 ch`ien pu chiu chien pu chiu |
not long ago; not long before |
前中後 前中后 see styles |
qián zhōng hòu qian2 zhong1 hou4 ch`ien chung hou chien chung hou zen chū go |
Former, intermediate, after. |
前前回 see styles |
zenzenkai ぜんぜんかい |
the time before last; last time but one |
前哨戦 see styles |
zenshousen / zenshosen ぜんしょうせん |
(1) (preliminary) skirmish; (2) prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final) |
前夜祭 see styles |
zenyasai ぜんやさい |
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve) |
前幾天 前几天 see styles |
qián jǐ tiān qian2 ji3 tian1 ch`ien chi t`ien chien chi tien |
a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days |
前後ろ see styles |
maeushiro まえうしろ |
front and back; before and behind; before and after |
勒沙婆 see styles |
lè shā pó le4 sha1 po2 le sha p`o le sha po Rokushaba |
Ṛṣabha, described as one of three famous ṛṣi, before the days of Śākyamuni, of the Nirgrantha type of naked ascetics. |
十五佛 see styles |
shí wǔ fú shi2 wu3 fu2 shih wu fu |
The thirty-five Buddhas before whom those who have committed sins involving interminable suffering should heartily repent. There are different lists. |
卵とじ see styles |
tamagotoji たまごとじ |
(food term) soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup |
卵綴じ see styles |
tamagotoji たまごとじ |
(food term) soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup |
卵黃囊 卵黄囊 see styles |
luǎn huáng náng luan3 huang2 nang2 luan huang nang |
yolk sac (ectodermal cells attaching fetus to uterus before the development of the placenta) |
取相懺 取相忏 see styles |
qǔ xiāng chàn qu3 xiang1 chan4 ch`ü hsiang ch`an chü hsiang chan shu sō zan |
To hold repentance before the mind until the sign of Buddha's presence annihilates the sin. |
古渡り see styles |
kowatari こわたり |
old imported article (esp. a precious item imported during or before the Muromachi period) |
向彼悔 see styles |
xiàng bǐ huǐ xiang4 bi3 hui3 hsiang pi hui kōhikai |
pratideśanīya 波羅提提舍尼 sin to be confessed before the assembly. |
四旬齋 四旬斋 see styles |
sì xún zhāi si4 xun2 zhai1 ssu hsün chai |
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
在りし see styles |
arishi ありし |
(pre-noun adjective) (1) prior; past; old; (pre-noun adjective) (2) before having died |
地直し see styles |
jinaoshi じなおし |
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion |
地鎮祭 see styles |
jichinsai じちんさい |
{Shinto} ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony |
塩撒き see styles |
shiomaki しおまき |
{sumo} salt-throwing ceremony before the sumo bout |
売抜け see styles |
urinuke うりぬけ |
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market |
夏前に see styles |
natsumaeni なつまえに |
(adverb) before summer |
大士籤 大士签 see styles |
dà shì qiān da4 shi4 qian1 ta shih ch`ien ta shih chien daishi sen |
Bamboo slips used before Kuan-yin when the latter is consulted as an oracle. ' |
大祓い see styles |
ooharai おおはらい |
(Shinto) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijosai and after major disasters |
大祓え see styles |
ooharae おおはらえ |
(Shinto) great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijosai and after major disasters |
大齋期 大斋期 see styles |
dà zhāi qī da4 zhai1 qi1 ta chai ch`i ta chai chi |
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
天中天 see styles |
tiān zhōng tiān tian1 zhong1 tian1 t`ien chung t`ien tien chung tien tenchū ten |
devaatideva: deva of devas. The name given to Siddhartha (i. e. Śākyamuni) when, on his presentation in the temple of 天王 Maheśvara (Siva), the statues of all the gods prostrated themselves before him. |
天前配 see styles |
tiān qián pèi tian1 qian2 pei4 t`ien ch`ien p`ei tien chien pei |
soul mates; before heaven match |
太古代 see styles |
tài gǔ dài tai4 gu3 dai4 t`ai ku tai tai ku tai taikodai たいこだい |
Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era |
太古宙 see styles |
tài gǔ zhòu tai4 gu3 zhou4 t`ai ku chou tai ku chou |
Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago) |
奇特法 see styles |
qí tè fǎ qi2 te4 fa3 ch`i t`e fa chi te fa kidokuhō |
never before experienced |
女人拜 see styles |
nǚ rén bài nv3 ren2 bai4 nü jen pai nyonin hai |
A woman's salutation, greeting, or obeisance, performed by standing and bending the knees, or putting hands together before the breast and bending the body. |
孟婆湯 孟婆汤 see styles |
mèng pó tāng meng4 po2 tang1 meng p`o t`ang meng po tang |
potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4 po2] before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life |
宵祭り see styles |
yoimatsuri よいまつり |
small festival held the night before a full festival |
寒締め see styles |
kanjime かんじめ |
exposing greenhouse-grown fruit and vegetables to cold before harvesting |
寝化粧 see styles |
negeshou / negesho ねげしょう |
cosmetics put on before going to bed |
寸止め see styles |
sundome すんどめ |
stopping just before |
小年夜 see styles |
xiǎo nián yè xiao3 nian2 ye4 hsiao nien yeh |
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve; (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian); (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god) |
小望月 see styles |
komochizuki こもちづき |
(See 望月・1) moon on the night before a full moon; moon on the 14th day of the month (by the lunar calendar) |
小除夕 see styles |
xiǎo chú xī xiao3 chu2 xi1 hsiao ch`u hsi hsiao chu hsi |
the day before New Year's Eve |
就寝前 see styles |
shuushinzen / shushinzen しゅうしんぜん |
before retiring |
尻もち 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 |
差し足 see styles |
sashiashi さしあし |
(1) stealthy steps; (2) spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line |
平伏す see styles |
hirefusu ひれふす |
(v5s,vi) to prostrate oneself before |
年内に see styles |
nennaini ねんないに |
(adverb) within the year; before the year is out |
年末迄 see styles |
nenmatsumade ねんまつまで |
(expression) before the end of this year |
引き波 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) |
引回し see styles |
hikimawashi ひきまわし |
(1) taking someone around; (2) guidance; (3) (archaism) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period) |
引廻し see styles |
hikimawashi ひきまわし |
(1) taking someone around; (2) guidance; (3) (archaism) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period) |
引退作 see styles |
intaisaku いんたいさく |
one's last work (e.g. film, album) before retiring |
待合い 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. |
後出し see styles |
atodashi あとだし |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); (noun/participle) (2) bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute |
從先來 从先来 see styles |
cóng xiān lái cong2 xian1 lai2 ts`ung hsien lai tsung hsien lai jū senrai |
from before |
御仏前 see styles |
gobutsuzen ごぶつぜん |
(1) (See 仏前・1) before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; (2) offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet |
御勤め see styles |
otsutome おつとめ |
(1) (archaism) (polite language) one's business; (2) reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; (3) bargain; discount; (4) money paid to a prostitute or geisha |
御百度 see styles |
ohyakudo おひゃくど |
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) |
御立台 see styles |
otachidai おたちだい |
(1) Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (2) (colloquialism) (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum; (3) (slang) dancing platform (in a disco) |
御霊前 see styles |
goreizen / gorezen ごれいぜん |
"before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope) |
快進撃 see styles |
kaishingeki かいしんげき |
(noun/participle) steady advance; carrying all before one |
截止到 see styles |
jié zhǐ dào jie2 zhi3 dao4 chieh chih tao |
(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time) |
截止至 see styles |
jié zhǐ zhì jie2 zhi3 zhi4 chieh chih chih |
(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time) |
戰國末 战国末 see styles |
zhàn guó mò zhan4 guo2 mo4 chan kuo mo |
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty |
扇子腹 see styles |
sensubara せんすばら |
(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 |
手抄本 see styles |
shǒu chāo běn shou3 chao1 ben3 shou ch`ao pen shou chao pen |
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press) |
抜駆け see styles |
nukegake ぬけがけ |
(noun/participle) stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others |
押し波 see styles |
oshinami おしなみ |
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) |
持越し see styles |
mochikoshi もちこし |
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) (colloquialism) work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; (noun/participle) (2) hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested) |
挽き茶 see styles |
hikicha ひきちゃ |
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground) |
据え膳 see styles |
suezen すえぜん |
(1) meal set before one; (2) women's advances |
掛け湯 see styles |
kakeyu かけゆ |
(1) pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub; (2) pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure) |
摩利支 see styles |
mó lì zhī mo2 li4 zhi1 mo li chih marishi まりし |
{Buddh} Marici (or 摩梨支, or 摩里支); 末利支 Marīci. Rays of light, the sun's rays, said to go before the sun; mirage; also intp. as a wreath. A goddess, independent and sovereign, protectress against all violence and peril. 'In Brahmanic mythology, the personification of light, offspring of Brahmā, parent of Sūrya.' 'Among Chinese Buddhists Maritchi is represented as a female with eight arms, two of which are holding aloft emblems of sun and moon, and worshipped as goddess of light and as the guardian of all nations, whom she protects from the fury of war. She is addressed as 天后 queen of heaven, or as 斗姥 lit. mother of the Southern measure (μλρστζ Sagittarī), and identified with Tchundi' and 'with Mahēśvarī, the wife of Maheśvara, and has therefore the attribute Mātrikā', mother of Buddhas. Eitel. Taoists address her as Queen of Heaven. |
放光瑞 see styles |
fàng guāng ruì fang4 guang1 rui4 fang kuang jui hōkōzui |
The auspicious ray emitted from between the eyebrows of the Buddha before pronouncing the Lotus Sutra. |
方違い see styles |
katatagai かたたがい |
(archaism) (See 方塞がり) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) |
方違え see styles |
katatagae かたたがえ |
(archaism) (See 方塞がり,方違へ所) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) |
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:
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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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