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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
 zuru
    ずる

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Cunning / Sly / Sneaky
crafty; cunning; sly
(1) (kana only) cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; (2) (kana only) cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

善行

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shàn xíng
    shan4 xing2
shan hsing
 zenkou / zenko
    ぜんこう

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Good Conduct
good actions
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (ant: 悪行) good deed; good conduct; benevolence; (given name) Yoshiyuki
practice of good deeds

八正道

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bā zhèng dào
    ba1 zheng4 dao4
pa cheng tao
 hasshōdō
    はっしょうどう

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The Noble Eightfold Path
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
(Buddhist term) noble eightfold path
(八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are: (1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion. (2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose. (3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk. (4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity. (5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations. (6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa. (7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false. (8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong.

一日一善

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 ichinichiichizen / ichinichichizen
    いちにちいちぜん

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One Good Deed Each Day
doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day

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gōng
    gong1
kung
 kou / ko
    こう
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
(1) merit; success; meritorious deed; (2) achievement; accumulated experience; (male given name) Tsutomu
Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good).

善事

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shàn shì
    shan4 shi4
shan shih
 zenji
    ぜんじ
good deeds
good thing; good deed
good deed

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zhǔ
    zhu3
chu
 nushi
    ぬし
owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
(1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master; (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress; (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.); (5) husband; (pronoun) (6) (familiar language) (See おぬし) you; (given name) Mamoru
Chief, lord, master; to control.

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quàn
    quan4
ch`üan
    chüan
 ken
    けん
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate
(n,n-suf) ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
promissory note


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láo
    lao2
lao
 rō
to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing something); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)
Toil, labour, trouble; to reward.

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kǒu
    kou3
k`ou
    kou
 kuchi
    くち
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
(1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords; (surname) Hamanoguchi
mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought.

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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
 hisashi
    ひさし
to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
(given name) Hisashi
A tally, covenant, bond; to agree with; devoted to; adopted (by).


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    ju3
chü
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed

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xíng
    xing2
hsing
 kou / ko
    こう
to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
(n,n-suf) (1) going; travelling; traveling; journey; trip; (2) act; action; (suffix noun) (3) bank; (counter) (4) counter for banks; (counter) (5) counter for groups or parties of people; (6) type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards); (7) (hist) shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods); (8) (hist) merchants' guild (in the Tang period); (female given name) Yukue
Go; act; do; perform; action; conduct; functioning; the deed; whatever is done by mind, mouth, or body, i.e. in thought, word, or deed. It is used for ayana, going, road, course; a march, a division of time equal to six months; also for saṁskāra, form, operation, perfecting, as one of the twelve nidānas, similar to karma, action, work, deed, especially moral action, cf. 業.

一行

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yī xíng
    yi1 xing2
i hsing
 ikkou / ikko
    いっこう
party; delegation
(1) party; group; troop; company; (2) one act; one action; one deed; (personal name) Motoyuki
One act (of body, mouth, or mind); holding to one course; devoted. Yixing, A.D. 672-717, a celebrated monk whose secular name was 張遂 Zhang Sui, posthumous title 大慧禪師; he was versed in mathematics and astronomy, a reformer of the Chinese calendar, and author of several works.

三學


三学

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sān xué
    san1 xue2
san hsüeh
 sangaku
The "three studies" or vehicles of learning— discipline, meditation, wisdom: (a) 戒學 learning by the commandments, or prohibitions, so as to guard against the evil consequences of error by mouth, body, or mind, i.e. word, deed, or thought; (b) 定學 learning by dhyāna, or quietist meditation; (c) 慧學 learning by philosophy, i.e. study of principles and solving of doubts. Also the Tripiṭaka; the 戒 being referred to the 律 vinaya, the 定 to the 經 sūtras, and the to the 論 śāstras.

三業


三业

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sān yè
    san1 ye4
san yeh
 sangou / sango
    さんごう
{Buddh} (See 身口意) three activities (action, speech and thought)
trividha-dvāra. The three conditions, inheritances, or karma, of which there are several groups. (1) Deed, word, thought, 身, 口, 意. (2) (a) Present-1ife happy karma; (6) present-life unhappy karma; (c) 不動 karma of an imperturbable nature. (3) (a) Good; (b) evil; (c) neutral karma. (4) (a) 漏業 Karma of ordinary rebirth; (6) 無漏業 karma of Hīnayāna nirvana; (c) 非漏非無漏 karma of neither, independent of both, Mahāyāna nirvana. (5) (a) Present deeds and their consequences in this life; (b) present deeds and their next life consequences; (c) present deeds and consequences after the next life, There are other groups of three.

丕業

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 higyou / higyo
    ひぎょう
great deed; great undertaking

事戒

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shì jiè
    shi4 jie4
shih chieh
 ji kai
The commands relating to body, speech, and mind 身, 口, 意.

事績

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 jiseki
    じせき
achievement; deed; exploit; merits

事跡


事迹

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shì jì
    shi4 ji4
shih chi
 jiseki
    じせき
deed; past achievement; important event of the past
evidence; trace; vestige

二善

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èr shàn
    er4 shan4
erh shan
 futayoshi
    ふたよし
(surname) Futayoshi
The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice.

仕業

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 shiwaza
    しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

估券

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 koken
    こけん
(1) dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation; (2) (archaism) deed of sale (for a land, forest or house); (3) (archaism) sale value; selling price

作事

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zuò shì
    zuo4 shi4
tso shih
 sakuji
    さくじ
(place-name) Sakuji
deed

作為


作为

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zuò wéi
    zuo4 wei2
tso wei
 sakui
    さくい
one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (something as); to take something to be
(n,vs,vi) (1) artificiality; pretence; contrived act; (2) {law} (ant: 不作為) commission (of a crime); feasance

佳話


佳话

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jiā huà
    jia1 hua4
chia hua
 kawa
    かわ
story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
(form) good story; beautiful story; heartwarming story

偉功

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 ikou / iko
    いこう
great deed; (male given name) Hidenori

券文

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 kenmon
    けんもん
(archaism) bond; deed; contract

功り

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 itawari
    いたわり
(archaism) service; labor; labour; trouble; meritorious deed

功労

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 kourou / koro
    こうろう
meritorious deed; services

功勛


功勋

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gōng xūn
    gong1 xun1
kung hsün
achievement; meritorious deed; contributions (for the good of society)

功名

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gōng míng
    gong1 ming2
kung ming
 koumyou(p); koumei / komyo(p); kome
    こうみょう(P); こうめい
scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction; (female given name) Isana

功徳

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 kudoku
    くどく
(1) {Buddh} merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity; (2) {Buddh} divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing; (3) {Christn} merit; meritum; (personal name) Kōtoku

功業


功业

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gōng yè
    gong1 ye4
kung yeh
 kougyou / kogyo
    こうぎょう
achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
exploit; achievement

功績


功绩

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gōng jì
    gong1 ji4
kung chi
 kouseki / koseki
    こうせき
feat; contribution; merits and achievements
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution

労り

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 itawari
    いたわり
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) sympathy; consideration; carefulness; attention; (2) (archaism) service; labor; labour; trouble; meritorious deed; (3) (archaism) illness; disease; sickness

労功

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 roukou / roko
    ろうこう
meritorious deed

十心

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shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

名義


名义

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míng yì
    ming2 yi4
ming i
 meigi / megi
    めいぎ
name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
(1) name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); (2) (See 名分・1) moral duty; (3) justification; pretext
Name and meaning; the meaning of a name, or term.

咒願


咒愿

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zhòu yuàn
    zhou4 yuan4
chou yüan
 jugan
Vows, prayers, or formulas uttered in behalf of donors, or of the dead; especially at the All Souls Day's offerings to the seven generations of ancestors. Every word and deed of a bodhisattva should be a dhāraṇī.

善因

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shàn yīn
    shan4 yin1
shan yin
 zenin
    ぜんいん
(Buddhism) good karma
{Buddh} (ant: 悪因) good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
Good causation, i.e. a good cause for a good effect.

善舉


善举

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shàn jǔ
    shan4 ju3
shan chü
meritorious deed; benevolent act

地券

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 chiken
    ちけん
(hist) (in the Meiji era) title deed; land certificate; muniments

地契

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dì qì
    di4 qi4
ti ch`i
    ti chi
title deed (for land); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]

報功


报功

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bào gōng
    bao4 gong1
pao kung
to report a heroic deed; to mention sb in dispatches

売券

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 baiken
    ばいけん
(archaism) certificate of sale; deed of sale

大業


大业

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dà yè
    da4 ye4
ta yeh
 taigyou / taigyo
    たいぎょう
great cause; great undertaking
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
great work

契據


契据

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qì jù
    qi4 ju4
ch`i chü
    chi chü
deed

好事

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hào shì
    hao4 shi4
hao shih
 kouji; kouzu / koji; kozu
    こうじ; こうず
to be meddlesome
fortune; good deed; curious
good works

小善

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xiǎo shàn
    xiao3 shan4
hsiao shan
 shouzen / shozen
    しょうぜん
a small kindness; minor good deed; (surname) Shouzen
small amount of goodness

尸羅


尸罗

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shī luó
    shi1 luo2
shih lo
 shira
sila (Buddhism)
Sila, 尸; 尸怛羅 intp. by 淸凉 pure and cool, i.e. chaste; also by 戒 restraint, or keeping the commandments; also by 性善 of good disposition. It is the second pāramitā, moral purity, i. e. of thought, word, and deed. The four conditions of śīla are chaste, calm, quiet, extinguished, i. e. no longer perturbed by the passions. Also, perhaps śīla, a stone, i. e. a precious stone, pearl, or coral. For the ten śīlas or commandments v. 十戒, the first five, or pañca-śīla 五戒, are for all Buddhists.

後報


后报

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hòu bào
    hou4 bao4
hou pao
 kouhou; gohou / koho; goho
    こうほう; ごほう
(1) later report; further information; further news; (2) (ごほう only) {Buddh} later retribution (for one's deed); later compensation
The retribution received in further incarnation (for the deeds' done in this life).

快挙

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 kaikyo
    かいきょ
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed

悪事

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 akuji
    あくじ
(1) evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice; (2) misfortune; calamity

悪名

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 akumei; akumyou / akume; akumyo
    あくめい; あくみょう
(1) bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; notoriety; (2) (あくみょう only) (archaism) evil deed; wrongdoing; wrongdoer; (personal name) Akumei

悪業

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 akugou / akugo
    あくごう
{Buddh} (ant: 善業) bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

惡事


恶事

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è shì
    e4 shi4
o shih
 akuji
malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe
evil deeds

惡業


恶业

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è yè
    e4 ye4
o yeh
 akugō
Evil conduct in thought, word, or deed, which leads to evil recompense; evil karma.

意業


意业

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yì yè
    yi4 ye4
i yeh
 igō
The function of mind or thought, one of the 三業 thought, word, deed.

慶功


庆功

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qìng gōng
    qing4 gong1
ch`ing kung
    ching kung
to celebrate a heroic deed

房契

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fáng qì
    fang2 qi4
fang ch`i
    fang chi
deed (for a house); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]

所感

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suǒ gǎn
    suo3 gan3
so kan
 shokan
    しょかん
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
a deed

所業

see styles
 shogyou / shogyo
    しょぎょう
deed; act

所為


所为

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suǒ wéi
    suo3 wei2
so wei
 shoi; soi(ok)
    しょい; そい(ok)
what one does; doings
(1) (See 仕業) act; deed; one's doing; (2) (しょい only) cause; reason

所行

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suǒ xíng
    suo3 xing2
so hsing
 shogyō
    しょぎょう
deed; act
that which is practiced

手柄

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shǒu bǐng
    shou3 bing3
shou ping
 tegara
    てがら
handle; video game controller
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service; (place-name, surname) Tegara

施為

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 shii / shi
    しい
(rare) deed; act; conduct

果位

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guǒ wèi
    guo3 wei4
kuo wei
 kai
The stage of attainment, or reward as contrasted with the cause-stage, i. e. the deed.

業因


业因

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yè yīn
    ye4 yin1
yeh yin
 gouin / goin
    ごういん
karma
The deed as cause; the cause of good or bad karma.

殺業


杀业

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shā yè
    sha1 ye4
sha yeh
 setsugō
The karma resulting from killing.

沽券

see styles
 koken
    こけん
    uriken
    うりけん
(1) dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation; (2) (archaism) deed of sale (for a land, forest or house); (3) (archaism) sale value; selling price; (archaism) certificate of sale; deed of sale

為業

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 shiwaza
    しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

煞業


煞业

see styles
shà yè
    sha4 ye4
sha yeh
 setsugō
deed of killing

神機

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 shinki
    しんき
miraculous deed; unmeasurable resourcefulness

美事

see styles
měi shì
    mei3 shi4
mei shih
 migoto
    みごと
a fine thing; a wonderful thing
(ateji / phonetic) (adjectival noun) (1) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; (2) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; (adjectival noun) (3) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete

義挙

see styles
 gikyo
    ぎきょ
noble undertaking; heroic deed

義行


义行

see styles
yì xíng
    yi4 xing2
i hsing
 yoshiyuki
    よしゆき
righteous deed
(given name) Yoshiyuki
beneficial conduct

羯磨

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jié mó
    jie2 mo2
chieh mo
 katsuma
    かつま
karma (loanword)
{Buddh} (read as かつま in the Tendai sect, etc.; as こんま in Shingon, Ritsu, etc.) (See 業・ごう・1) karma; (surname) Katsuma
karma; action, work, deed, performance, service, 'duty'; religious action, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. Cf. 業 for definition of karma, deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also 五蘊 for karma as the fourth skandha.

芳烈

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 houretsu / horetsu
    ほうれつ
(noun or adjectival noun) aromatic; heroic deed; outstanding achievement

芸当

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 geitou / geto
    げいとう
(1) performance; trick; feat; stunt; (2) extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move

行い

see styles
 okonai
    おこない
(irregular okurigana usage) deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour; asceticism

行好

see styles
xíng hǎo
    xing2 hao3
hsing hao
 yukiyoshi
    ゆきよし
to be charitable; to do a good deed
(s,m) Yukiyoshi

行果

see styles
xíng guǒ
    xing2 guo3
hsing kuo
 gyōka
Deed and result; the inevitable sequence of act and its effect.

行業


行业

see styles
háng yè
    hang2 ye4
hang yeh
 gyōgō
trade; profession; industry; business
That which is done, the activities of thought, word, or deed; moral action; karma.

行為


行为

see styles
xíng wéi
    xing2 wei2
hsing wei
 koui / koi
    こうい
action; conduct; behavior; activity
act; deed; conduct

表德

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biǎo dé
    biao3 de2
piao te
 hyōtoku
To manifest virtue, in contrast with 遮情 to repress the passions; the positive in deed and thought, as expounded by the 華嚴宗 Huayan school.

見事

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 migoto
    みごと
(adjectival noun) (1) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; (2) praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; (adjectival noun) (3) utter (esp. defeat); total; complete

証文

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 shoumon / shomon
    しょうもん
bond; deed; contract

証書

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 shousho / shosho
    しょうしょ
document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed

逆縁

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 gyakuen
    ぎゃくえん
(1) {Buddh} bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; (2) older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

過火


过火

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guò huǒ
    guo4 huo3
kuo huo
to go too far (in word or deed); over the top

テート

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 deeto
    デート
(n,vs,vi) (1) date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; (2) date (day); (personal name) Deed

人助け

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 hitodasuke
    ひとだすけ
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone

利行攝


利行摄

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lì xíng shè
    li4 xing2 she4
li hsing she
 rigyō shō
saṃgraha-vastu, the drawing of all beings to Buddhism through blessing them by deed, word, and will; one of the 四攝法 q.v.

名義人

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 meiginin / meginin
    めいぎにん
holder of a title deed; stock holder; lease holder

善之行

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shàn zhī xíng
    shan4 zhi1 xing2
shan chih hsing
 zen no gyō
good deed(s)

売り券

see styles
 uriken
    うりけん
(archaism) certificate of sale; deed of sale

恩送り

see styles
 onokuri
    おんおくり
paying it forward (repaying a good deed by doing good for others)

手がら

see styles
 tegara
    てがら
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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.

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