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杯水車薪


杯水车薪

see styles
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
    bei1 shui3 che1 xin1
pei shui ch`e hsin
    pei shui che hsin
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure


see styles
yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 nagae
    ながえ
shafts of cart; yamen
shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)

小車


小车

see styles
xiǎo chē
    xiao3 che1
hsiao ch`e
    hsiao che
 koguruma; oguruma
    こぐるま; おぐるま
small model car; mini-car; small horse-cart; barrow; wheelbarrow; type of folk dance
(1) (おぐるま only) (archaism) Inula japonica; (2) (archaism) (See 牛車) small cart; small carriage; (3) (こぐるま only) (See 輦車) wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box); (place-name, surname) Oguruma

馬車


马车

see styles
mǎ chē
    ma3 che1
ma ch`e
    ma che
 maacho / macho
    マーチョ
cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
(rare) (See 馬車・ばしゃ) coach (horse-drawn) (chi:); carriage; wagon; cart

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 hiki
    ひき
to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover
(surname) Hiki


see styles

    ju1
chü
 sha
    しゃ
war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
(suffix) (1) car; vehicle; van; truck; wagon; lorry; (suf,ctr) (2) (train) car; carriage; (surname) Chiya
A cart, wheeled conveyance.


see styles
zhōu
    zhou1
chou
(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart


see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
variant of 挽[wan3]; to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
See:

see styles
guǒ
    guo3
kuo
grease-pot under a cart


see styles
lún
    lun2
lun
 rin
    りん
wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
(counter) counter for wheels and flowers; (female given name) Run
cakra; wheel, disc, rotation, to revolve; v. 研. The three wheels are 惑業苦illusion, karma, suffering, in constant revolution. The five are earth, water, fire, wind, and space; the earth rests on revolving spheres of water, fire, wind, and space. The nine are seen on the tops of pagodas, cf. 九輪.; The two wheels of a cart compared by the Tiantai school to 定 (or to its Tiantai form 止觀) and 慧 meditation and wisdom; see 止觀 5. Also 食 food and 法 the doctrine, i. e. food physical and spiritual.

see styles

    fu4
fu
parts of cart holding the axle

see styles

    se4
se
leather top of a cart


see styles

    ke4
k`o
    ko
grease-pot for cart; ingot


see styles
jià
    jia4
chia
 ga
    が
to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage; (place-name) Kago
[horse] carriage

光宅

see styles
guāng zhái
    guang1 zhai2
kuang chai
 Kōtaku
Kuang-chai, name of the temple where 法雲 Fa-yun early in the sixth century wrote his commentary on the Lotus Sutra, which is known as the 光宅疏; 光宅 became his epithet. He made a division of four yāna from the Burning House parable, the goat cart representing the śrāvaka, the deer cart the pratyekabuddha, the ox-cart the Hīnayāna bodhisattva, and the great white ox-cart the Mahāyāna bodhisattva; a division adopted by T'ien-t'ai.

台車

see styles
 daisha
    だいしゃ
(1) platform truck; hand truck; trolley; dolly; cart; (2) {rail} truck; bogie

四乘

see styles
sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shijō
The goat, deer, and ox carts and the great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, see 四車.

地車

see styles
 jiguruma
    じぐるま
four-wheeled cart for moving heavy objects

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。.

大車


大车

see styles
dà chē
    da4 che1
ta ch`e
    ta che
 ooguruma
    おおぐるま
(surname) Ooguruma
The great bullock-cart in the parable of the burning house, i.e. Mahāyāna, v. Lotus Sutra.

套車


套车

see styles
tào chē
    tao4 che1
t`ao ch`e
    tao che
to harness (a horse to a cart)

家台

see styles
 yatai
    やたい
(irregular kanji usage) (1) cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; (2) festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; (3) stage prop fashioned after a large building; (4) (abbreviation) framework (of a house, etc.); (5) (archaism) house (esp. a small and miserable house)

寶車


宝车

see styles
bǎo chē
    bao3 che1
pao ch`e
    pao che
 hōsha
The precious cart (in the Lotus Sutra), i.e. the one vehicle, the Mahāyāna.

屋体

see styles
 yatai
    やたい
(1) cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; (2) festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; (3) stage prop fashioned after a large building; (4) (abbreviation) framework (of a house, etc.); (5) (archaism) house (esp. a small and miserable house)

屋台

see styles
 yatai
    やたい
(1) cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; (2) festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; (3) stage prop fashioned after a large building; (4) (abbreviation) framework (of a house, etc.); (5) (archaism) house (esp. a small and miserable house)

推車


推车

see styles
tuī chē
    tui1 che1
t`ui ch`e
    tui che
cart; trolley; to push a cart

攪局


搅局

see styles
jiǎo jú
    jiao3 ju2
chiao chü
to upset the apple cart; to disrupt things

板車


板车

see styles
bǎn chē
    ban3 che1
pan ch`e
    pan che
handcart; flatbed cart; flatbed tricycle

柴車


柴车

see styles
chái chē
    chai2 che1
ch`ai ch`e
    chai che
 shibakuruma
    しばくるま
simple and crude cart (or chariot)
(surname) Shibakuruma

横車

see styles
 yokoguruma
    よこぐるま
(exp,n) (1) (See 横車を押す) perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); (2) side wheel throw (judo); (surname) Yokoguruma

檻車


槛车

see styles
jiàn chē
    jian4 che1
chien ch`e
    chien che
cart with cage, used to escort prisoner

火宅

see styles
huǒ zhái
    huo3 zhai2
huo chai
 kataku
    かたく
{Buddh} this world of suffering
The parable of the burning house; one of the 'seven parables' in the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, that of the burning house from which the owner tempts his heedless children by the device of the three kinds of carts— goat, deer, and bullock, especially a white-bullock cart i. e. Mahāyāna.

牛車


牛车

see styles
niú chē
    niu2 che1
niu ch`e
    niu che
 gyuusha; gissha; ushiguruma / gyusha; gissha; ushiguruma
    ぎゅうしゃ; ぎっしゃ; うしぐるま
(hist) ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
Bullock cart, the 自牛車 white bullock cart as the one universal vehicle of salvation, v. 火宅.

牽引


牵引

see styles
qiān yǐn
    qian1 yin3
ch`ien yin
    chien yin
 kenin
    けんいん
to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
(noun/participle) (1) traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing; (2) driving (economic growth, etc.)
to pull

礦車


矿车

see styles
kuàng chē
    kuang4 che1
k`uang ch`e
    kuang che
miner's cart; pit truck

繋駕

see styles
 keiga / kega
    けいが
(noun/participle) harnessing (a horse to a cart, esp. for a race)

羊乘

see styles
yáng shèng
    yang2 sheng4
yang sheng
 yōjō
goat cart

荷車

see styles
 niguruma
    にぐるま
cart; wagon

覆轍


覆辙

see styles
fù zhé
    fu4 zhe2
fu che
the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

識牛


识牛

see styles
shì niú
    shi4 niu2
shih niu
 shikigo
Intellect the motive power of the body, as the ox is of the cart.

趕車


赶车

see styles
gǎn chē
    gan3 che1
kan ch`e
    kan che
to drive a cart

車夫


车夫

see styles
chē fū
    che1 fu1
ch`e fu
    che fu
 shafu
    しゃふ
cart driver; coachman
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man

車斗


车斗

see styles
chē dǒu
    che1 dou3
ch`e tou
    che tou
open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads; dump box (of a dump truck); bucket (of a front loader); wheelbarrow

車架


车架

see styles
chē jià
    che1 jia4
ch`e chia
    che chia
cart; barrow; frame; chassis

車軸


车轴

see styles
chē zhóu
    che1 zhou2
ch`e chou
    che chou
 shajiku
    しゃじく
axle; CL:根[gen1]
axle
The hub of a cart; applied to large drops (of rain).

車轅


车辕

see styles
chē yuán
    che1 yuan2
ch`e yüan
    che yüan
shaft (pulling a cart)

輓馬

see styles
 banba
    ばんば
draft horse; cart horse

馬力


马力

see styles
mǎ lì
    ma3 li4
ma li
 bariki
    ばりき
horsepower
(1) horsepower; hp; (2) energy; vitality; vigour; strength; (3) (obsolete) (See 荷馬車) horse-drawn cart

驢車

see styles
 rosha
    ろしゃ
(rare) donkey cart

鹿車


鹿车

see styles
lù chē
    lu4 che1
lu ch`e
    lu che
Deer carts, one of the three kinds of vehicle referred to in the Lotus Sūtra, the medium kind; v. 三車.

壞驢車


坏驴车

see styles
huài lǘ chē
    huai4 lv2 che1
huai lü ch`e
    huai lü che
 e rosha
A worn-out donkey cart; —i. e. Hīnayāna.

大牛車


大牛车

see styles
dà niú chē
    da4 niu2 che1
ta niu ch`e
    ta niu che
 dai gyū sha
The great ox cart in the Lotus Sutra 法華經 parable of the burning house, i.e. Mahāyāna.

後押し

see styles
 atooshi
    あとおし
(noun, transitive verb) (1) pushing; backing; boosting; supporting; (noun, transitive verb) (2) pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

手拉車


手拉车

see styles
shǒu lā chē
    shou3 la1 che1
shou la ch`e
    shou la che
cart

手推車


手推车

see styles
shǒu tuī chē
    shou3 tui1 che1
shou t`ui ch`e
    shou tui che
trolley; cart; barrow; handcart; wheelbarrow; baby buggy

荷馬車

see styles
 nibasha
    にばしゃ
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray

購物車


购物车

see styles
gòu wù chē
    gou4 wu4 che1
kou wu ch`e
    kou wu che
shopping cart

車把式


车把式

see styles
chē bǎ shi
    che1 ba3 shi5
ch`e pa shih
    che pa shih
expert cart-driver; charioteer

軽車両

see styles
 keisharyou / kesharyo
    けいしゃりょう
light vehicle lacking a motor (e.g. cart, bicycle)

馬車馬

see styles
 bashauma
    ばしゃうま
(1) cart-horse; work-horse; (2) (usu. as 馬車馬のように) doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention

かご落ち

see styles
 kagoochi
    かごおち
(exp,n) (computer terminology) leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart

主客転倒

see styles
 shukyakutentou / shukyakutento
    しゅきゃくてんとう
    shukakutentou / shukakutento
    しゅかくてんとう
(noun/participle) (yoji) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

主客顛倒

see styles
 shukyakutentou / shukyakutento
    しゅきゃくてんとう
    shukakutentou / shukakutento
    しゅかくてんとう
(noun/participle) (yoji) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

二頭挽き

see styles
 nitoubiki / nitobiki
    にとうびき
two-horse cart

二頭立て

see styles
 nitoudate / nitodate
    にとうだて
two-horse cart

倒果為因


倒果为因

see styles
dào guǒ wéi yīn
    dao4 guo3 wei2 yin1
tao kuo wei yin
to reverse cause and effect; to put the horse before the cart

大白牛車


大白牛车

see styles
dà bái niú chē
    da4 bai2 niu2 che1
ta pai niu ch`e
    ta pai niu che
 dai byaku gosha
The great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, the Mahāyāna, as contrasted with the deer-cart and goat-cart of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, i.e. of Hīnayāna.

後車之鑒


后车之鉴

see styles
hòu chē zhī jiàn
    hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
hou ch`e chih chien
    hou che chih chien
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy

本末倒置

see styles
běn mò dào zhì
    ben3 mo4 dao4 zhi4
pen mo tao chih
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse

本末転倒

see styles
 honmatsutentou / honmatsutento
    ほんまつてんとう
(n,vs,adj-no) (yoji) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

本末顛倒

see styles
 honmatsutentou / honmatsutento
    ほんまつてんとう
(n,vs,adj-no) (yoji) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

私通車馬


私通车马

see styles
sī tōng chē mǎ
    si1 tong1 che1 ma3
ssu t`ung ch`e ma
    ssu tung che ma
 hisoka ni shaba wo tsūzu
privately a cart and horse can get through

等一大車


等一大车

see styles
děng yī dà chē
    deng3 yi1 da4 che1
teng i ta ch`e
    teng i ta che
 tōitsu daisha
The highest class great cart, i.e. universal salvation; cf. Lotus Sūtra 3.

老牛破車


老牛破车

see styles
lǎo niú pò chē
    lao3 niu2 po4 che1
lao niu p`o ch`e
    lao niu po che
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom); fig. slow and inefficient

輕重主次


轻重主次

see styles
qīng zhòng zhǔ cì
    qing1 zhong4 zhu3 ci4
ch`ing chung chu tz`u
    ching chung chu tzu
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point); lacking a sense of perspective; to put the cart before the horse

輕重倒置


轻重倒置

see styles
qīng zhòng dào zhì
    qing1 zhong4 dao4 zhi4
ch`ing chung tao chih
    ching chung tao chih
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important); lacking a sense of perspective; to put the cart before the horse

轍を踏む

see styles
 tetsuofumu
    てつをふむ
(exp,v5m) (idiom) to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts of a previous cart

重蹈覆轍


重蹈覆辙

see styles
chóng dǎo fù zhé
    chong2 dao3 fu4 zhe2
ch`ung tao fu che
    chung tao fu che
lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake

閉門造車


闭门造车

see styles
bì mén zào chē
    bi4 men2 zao4 che1
pi men tsao ch`e
    pi men tsao che
lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom); fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities

ゴーカート

see styles
 gookaato / gookato
    ゴーカート
go-cart

前轍を踏む

see styles
 zentetsuofumu
    ぜんてつをふむ
(exp,v5m) (idiom) (See 轍を踏む) to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts of a previous cart

寺から里へ

see styles
 terakarasatohe
    てらからさとへ
(expression) (idiom) (See 本末転倒) putting the cart before the horse

購物手推車


购物手推车

see styles
gòu wù shǒu tuī chē
    gou4 wu4 shou3 tui1 che1
kou wu shou t`ui ch`e
    kou wu shou tui che
shopping cart

ゴルフカート

see styles
 gorufukaato / gorufukato
    ゴルフカート
golf cart

ティーワゴン

see styles
 tiiwagon / tiwagon
    ティーワゴン
tea trolley; tea wagon; tea cart

リリーフカー

see styles
 ririifukaa / ririfuka
    リリーフカー
bullpen cart; bullpen car

ワゴンセール

see styles
 wagonseeru
    ワゴンセール
bargain corner to sell off stock cheaply (wasei: wagon sale); cart sale

ゴルフ・カート

see styles
 gorufu kaato / gorufu kato
    ゴルフ・カート
golf cart

ティー・ワゴン

see styles
 tii wagon / ti wagon
    ティー・ワゴン
tea trolley; tea wagon; tea cart

プッシュカート

see styles
 pusshukaato / pusshukato
    プッシュカート
push cart

リリーフ・カー

see styles
 ririifu kaa / ririfu ka
    リリーフ・カー
bullpen cart; bullpen car

ワゴン・セール

see styles
 wagon seeru
    ワゴン・セール
bargain corner to sell off stock cheaply (wasei: wagon sale); cart sale

前車の轍を踏む

see styles
 zenshanotetsuofumu
    ぜんしゃのてつをふむ
(exp,v5m) (idiom) (See 轍を踏む) to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts of a previous cart

パンジャンドラム

see styles
 panjandoramu
    パンジャンドラム
(hist) Panjandrum (rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during WWII); The Great Panjandrum

プッシュ・カート

see styles
 pusshu kaato / pusshu kato
    プッシュ・カート
push cart

官不容針私通車馬


官不容针私通车马

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guān bù róng zhēn sī tōng chē mǎ
    guan1 bu4 rong2 zhen1 si1 tong1 che1 ma3
kuan pu jung chen ssu t`ung ch`e ma
    kuan pu jung chen ssu tung che ma
 kan ni wa hari wo irezu hisoka ni shaba wo tsūzu
officially, a needle cannot fit, but privately a cart and horse can get through

Variations:
カゴ落ち
かご落ち

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 kagoochi(kago落chi); kagoochi(kago落chi)
    カゴおち(カゴ落ち); かごおち(かご落ち)
(exp,n) {comp} leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart

ショッピングカート

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 shoppingukaato / shoppingukato
    ショッピングカート
shopping cart

Variations:
主客転倒
主客顛倒

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 shukakutentou; shukyakutentou / shukakutento; shukyakutento
    しゅかくてんとう; しゅきゃくてんとう
(noun/participle) (yoji) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

前車之覆,後車之鑒


前车之覆,后车之鉴

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qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
    qian2 che1 zhi1 fu4 , hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
ch`ien ch`e chih fu , hou ch`e chih chien
    chien che chih fu , hou che chih chien
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy

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.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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