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律 see styles |
lǜ lu:4 lü ritsu りつ |
More info & calligraphy: Ritsu(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
虢 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
東歐 东欧 see styles |
dōng ōu dong1 ou1 tung ou |
More info & calligraphy: Eastern Europe |
泰山 see styles |
tài shān tai4 shan1 t`ai shan tai shan yasuyama やすやま |
More info & calligraphy: Tarzanlarge mountain; Mt Taishan (China); (surname) Yasuyama Tai Shan in Shandong, the eastern sacred mountain of China. |
班固 see styles |
bān gù ban1 gu4 pan ku hanko はんこ |
More info & calligraphy: Hanko(surname) Hanko |
蒼龍 苍龙 see styles |
cāng lóng cang1 long2 ts`ang lung tsang lung souryuu / soryu そうりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Blue Dragon(1) blue dragon; (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree; (given name) Souryū |
截拳道 see styles |
jié quán dào jie2 quan2 dao4 chieh ch`üan tao chieh chüan tao jiikundoo / jikundoo ジークンドー |
More info & calligraphy: Jeet Kune Do{MA} Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee) |
後漢 后汉 see styles |
hòu hàn hou4 han4 hou han gokan; koukan / gokan; kokan ごかん; こうかん |
Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) (1) (hist) (esp. ごかん) Later Han dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; (2) (hist) (esp. こうかん) (See 五代・ごだい) Later Han dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE) |
東周 东周 see styles |
dōng zhōu dong1 zhou1 tung chou toushuu / toshu とうしゅう |
Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) (hist) (See 周・3) Eastern Zhou dynasty (of China; 771-256 BCE); Eastern Chou dynasty; (surname) Higashiamane |
東夷 东夷 see styles |
dōng yí dong1 yi2 tung i azumaebisu; toui / azumaebisu; toi あずまえびす; とうい |
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC (1) (derogatory term) (archaism) (ktb:) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; (2) (とうい only) eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China) |
東漢 东汉 see styles |
dōng hàn dong1 han4 tung han toukan / tokan とうかん |
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 (hist) (See 後漢・1) Eastern Han dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE); Later Han dynasty |
東部 东部 see styles |
dōng bù dong1 bu4 tung pu toubu / tobu とうぶ |
the east; eastern part eastern part; the east (of a region); (surname) Higashibe |
東魏 东魏 see styles |
dōng wèi dong1 wei4 tung wei tougi / togi とうぎ |
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Eastern Wei dynasty (of China; 534-550) |
東半球 东半球 see styles |
dōng bàn qiú dong1 ban4 qiu2 tung pan ch`iu tung pan chiu higashihankyuu / higashihankyu ひがしはんきゅう |
the Eastern Hemisphere; the Old World (See 西半球) eastern hemisphere; the Orient |
東部時間 东部时间 see styles |
dōng bù shí jiān dong1 bu4 shi2 jian1 tung pu shih chien toubujikan / tobujikan とうぶじかん |
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Eastern Time (US time zone) |
呉 see styles |
wú wu2 wu go ご |
Japanese variant of 吳|吴[Wu2] (1) Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); (2) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; (3) (hist) (See 三国・2) Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; (4) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE); (surname) Gou Wu |
戎 see styles |
róng rong2 jung munemori むねもり |
generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce; (1) (archaism) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derogatory term) foreigner; barbarian; (personal name) Munemori |
阼 see styles |
zuò zuo4 tso |
steps leading to the eastern door |
鯝 鲴 see styles |
gù gu4 ku |
Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia |
鰁 鳈 see styles |
quán quan2 ch`üan chüan |
fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) |
鴻 鸿 see styles |
hóng hong2 hung bishiyago びしやご |
eastern bean goose; great; large (kana only) bean goose (Anser fabalis); (1) large bird; (2) peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); (3) fenghuang (Chinese phoenix); (surname) Bishiyago |
鷦 鹪 see styles |
jiāo jiao1 chiao sasaki ささき |
eastern wren (surname) Sasaki |
鷯 鹩 see styles |
liáo liao2 liao |
eastern wren |
鸒 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
the eastern jackdaw |
䲘 鳤 see styles |
guǎn guan3 kuan |
Ochetobius elongatus, species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia |
てる see styles |
teru テル |
tell (Middle-Eastern archaeological mound); (personal name) Del; Dell |
下町 see styles |
shitamachi したまち |
(1) low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); (2) (See 山の手・2) Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds); (place-name, surname) Shimomachi |
不空 see styles |
bù kōng bu4 kong1 pu k`ung pu kung fukuu / fuku ふくう |
(given name, person) Fukuu Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka. |
侏羅 侏罗 see styles |
zhū luó zhu1 luo2 chu lo |
Jura mountains of eastern France and extending into Switzerland |
依雲 依云 see styles |
yī yún yi1 yun2 i yün |
Evian, mineral water company; Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France |
兩漢 两汉 see styles |
liǎng hàn liang3 han4 liang han |
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han |
八佛 see styles |
bā fó ba1 fo2 pa fo hachibutsu |
Eight Buddhas of the eastern quarter. |
六朝 see styles |
liù cháo liu4 chao2 liu ch`ao liu chao rikuchou; rokuchou / rikucho; rokucho りくちょう; ろくちょう |
Six Dynasties (220-589) (1) (hist) Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); (2) calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period |
劉毅 刘毅 see styles |
liú yì liu2 yi4 liu i |
Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316); Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) |
劉裕 刘裕 see styles |
liú yù liu2 yu4 liu yü ryuuyou / ryuyo りゅうよう |
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4] (personal name) Ryūyou |
匈奴 see styles |
xiōng nú xiong1 nu2 hsiung nu kyoudo; funnu / kyodo; funnu きょうど; フンヌ |
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties (hist) Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns) |
北羅 北罗 see styles |
běi luó bei3 luo2 pei lo kitara きたら |
(surname) Kitara Valabhī. Northern Lāṭa. 'An ancient kingdom and city on the Eastern coast of Gujerat.' Eitel. |
吾妻 see styles |
wagatsuma わがつま |
(1) (archaism) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (2) (archaism) east; (3) (abbreviation) six-stringed Japanese zither; (4) my spouse; (surname) Wagatsuma |
吾嬬 see styles |
azuma あずま |
(1) (archaism) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces; (2) (archaism) east; (3) (abbreviation) six-stringed Japanese zither; (4) my spouse; (surname) Azuma |
周朝 see styles |
zhōu cháo zhou1 chao2 chou ch`ao chou chao |
Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC) |
喝捍 see styles |
hē hàn he1 han4 ho han Katsukan |
Gahan, an ancient kingdom, also called 東安國, i.e. Eastern Parthia, west of Samarkand, now a district of Bukhara. |
大泰 see styles |
dà tài da4 tai4 ta t`ai ta tai hiroyasu ひろやす |
(given name) Hiroyasu Syria, the Eastern Roman Empire. |
契丹 see styles |
qì dān qi4 dan1 ch`i tan chi tan kittan; keitan; kitai; kitan / kittan; ketan; kitai; kitan きったん; けいたん; キタイ; キタン |
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] Khitan people; Khitai; Kitan; Kidan |
寰螽 see styles |
huán zhōng huan2 zhong1 huan chung |
eastern shield-backed katydid (genus Atlanticus) |
小昊 see styles |
xiǎo hào xiao3 hao4 hsiao hao |
Xiaohao (c. 2200 BC), leader of the Dongyi 東夷|东夷[Dong1 yi2] or Eastern Barbarians |
巴力 see styles |
bā lì ba1 li4 pa li |
Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities |
巴山 see styles |
bā shān ba1 shan1 pa shan hayama はやま |
Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan (surname) Hayama |
建業 建业 see styles |
jiàn yè jian4 ye4 chien yeh |
an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) |
征東 see styles |
seitou / seto せいとう |
(noun/participle) (hist) (See 東征) eastern expedition; military campaign to the east |
志摩 see styles |
shima しま |
(hist) Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture); (p,s,f) Shima |
打口 see styles |
dǎ kǒu da3 kou3 ta k`ou ta kou |
(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc |
日曜 see styles |
rì yào ri4 yao4 jih yao nichiyou / nichiyo にちよう |
(See 日曜日) Sunday The sun, one of the nine 曜 luminaries; one of the retinue of 日天 shown in the eastern part of the Garbhadhātu group driving three horses. |
東半 see styles |
touhan / tohan とうはん |
the eastern half |
東吳 东吴 see styles |
dōng wú dong1 wu2 tung wu |
Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 |
東国 see styles |
tougoku / togoku とうごく |
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces; (surname) Higashikuni |
東土 东土 see styles |
dōng tǔ dong1 tu3 tung t`u tung tu hideto ひでと |
the East; China (personal name) Hideto The eastern land, i. e. China. |
東堂 东堂 see styles |
dōng táng dong1 tang2 tung t`ang tung tang toudou / todo とうどう |
(surname) Tōdou eastern hall |
東天 see styles |
touten / toten とうてん |
the eastern sky |
東密 东密 see styles |
dōng mì dong1 mi4 tung mi toumitsu / tomitsu とうみつ |
Japanese Esoteric Buddhism {Buddh} (See 台密・たいみつ) esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect The eastern esoteric or Shingon sect of Japan, in contrast with the Tiantai esoteric sect. |
東山 东山 see styles |
dōng shān dong1 shan1 tung shan tousan; touzan; higashiyama / tosan; tozan; higashiyama とうさん; とうざん; ひがしやま |
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan (1) eastern mountains; mountains to the east; (2) (とうさん only) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 東山道) Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); (3) (ひがしやま only) Higashiyama (Kyoto district); (surname) Bigashiyama An eastern hill, or monastery, general and specific, especially the 黃梅東山 Huangmei eastern monastery of the fourth and fifth patriarchs of the Chan (Zen) school. |
東岸 see styles |
tougan / togan とうがん |
eastern coast; east bank; (surname) Higashikishi |
東嶽 东岳 see styles |
dōng yuè dong1 yue4 tung yüeh Tōgaku |
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] The Eastern Peak, Tai Shan in Shandong, one of the five sacred peaks; the god or spirit of this peak, whose protection is claimed all over China. |
東帰 see styles |
touki / toki とうき |
(noun/participle) (rare) returning to an eastern place (esp. from Kyoto to Tokyo); (surname) Tōki |
東庵 东庵 see styles |
don gān don1 gan1 don kan touan / toan とうあん |
(given name) Tōan The eastern hall of monastery. |
東征 东征 see styles |
dōng zhēng dong1 zheng1 tung cheng tousei / tose とうせい |
punitive expedition to the east (noun/participle) (hist) eastern expedition; military campaign to the east |
東方 东方 see styles |
dōng fāng dong1 fang1 tung fang touhou(p); higashikata; higashigata / toho(p); higashikata; higashigata とうほう(P); ひがしかた; ひがしがた |
east (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) eastern direction; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) the Orient; (3) (ひがしかた, ひがしがた only) {MA} eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling); (place-name, surname) Higashigata The east, or eastern region. |
東晉 东晋 see styles |
dōng jìn dong1 jin4 tung chin |
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420 |
東晋 see styles |
toushin / toshin とうしん |
(hist) (See 晋) Eastern Jin dynasty (of China; 317-420 CE); Eastern Chin dynasty |
東欧 see styles |
touou / too とうおう |
(See 西欧・1) Eastern Europe; (place-name) Tōou |
東海 东海 see styles |
dōng hǎi dong1 hai3 tung hai toukai / tokai とうかい |
East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) (1) Tōkai region; region south of Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan; (2) (sensitive word) (See 日本海) East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan); (place-name) Donghae (South Korea) eastern sea |
東清 see styles |
toushin / toshin とうしん |
(hist) Eastern China; (surname) Higashikiyo |
東瀛 东瀛 see styles |
dōng yíng dong1 ying2 tung ying touei / toe とうえい |
East China Sea; Japan (1) the pacific side of Japan; eastern sea; (2) of or about Japan |
東男 see styles |
azumaotoko あずまおとこ |
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region); (given name) Haruo |
東端 see styles |
toutan / totan とうたん |
east end; eastern tip; (surname) Higashibata |
東縁 see styles |
touen / toen とうえん |
(See 西縁) eastern edge; east margin |
東署 see styles |
higashisho ひがししょ |
eastern office (esp. police); eastern department |
東胡 东胡 see styles |
dōng hú dong1 hu2 tung hu |
Eastern barbarian; ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China |
東軍 see styles |
tougun / togun とうぐん |
(1) eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); (2) (hist) Eastern Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara) |
東遊 see styles |
azumaasobi / azumasobi あずまあそび |
(archaism) Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) |
東邊 东边 see styles |
dōng bian dong1 bian5 tung pien |
east; east side; eastern part; to the east of |
東郊 see styles |
toukou / toko とうこう |
eastern suburbs; (g,p) Tōkou |
東都 see styles |
touto / toto とうと |
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo; (personal name) Tōto |
東門 see styles |
toumon / tomon とうもん |
eastern gate; (place-name) Higashimon |
東限 see styles |
tougen / togen とうげん |
eastern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal) |
東陵 东陵 see styles |
dōng líng dong1 ling2 tung ling touryou / toryo とうりょう |
Eastern tombs; Dongling district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning (given name) Tōryō |
東館 see styles |
higashikan ひがしかん |
eastern annex; east building; (place-name, surname) Higashidate |
東麓 see styles |
touroku / toroku とうろく |
eastern foot (of a mountain); (place-name) Higashifumoto |
桓玄 see styles |
huán xuán huan2 xuan2 huan hsüan |
Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin |
武定 see styles |
wǔ dìng wu3 ding4 wu ting takesada たけさだ |
Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]; Wuding County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan (given name) Takesada |
沢鵟 see styles |
chuuhi; chuuhi / chuhi; chuhi ちゅうひ; チュウヒ |
(kana only) Eastern marsh harrier (Circus spilonotus) |
浙江 see styles |
zhè jiāng zhe4 jiang1 che chiang choochan チョーチャン |
Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州 (place-name) Zhejiang (China, Eastern coastal province); Chekiang Zhejiang |
漢書 汉书 see styles |
hàn shū han4 shu1 han shu kanjo かんじょ |
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls (work) Book of Han (111 CE); History of the Former Han; (wk) Book of Han (111 CE); History of the Former Han The History of Han |
濟水 济水 see styles |
jǐ shuǐ ji3 shui3 chi shui |
Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852 |
瀛洲 see styles |
yíng zhōu ying2 zhou1 ying chou |
Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality |
烏荼 乌荼 see styles |
wū tú wu1 tu2 wu t`u wu tu Uda |
Uḍa, Uḍradeśa, Oḍra, Oḍivisa; an ancient country of eastern India with a busy port called 折利呾羅 Charitrapura (Xuanzang), probably the province of Orissa. |
玄幻 see styles |
xuán huàn xuan2 huan4 hsüan huan |
xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction) |
石剣 see styles |
sekken せっけん |
sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period |
磐城 see styles |
iwaki いわき |
(hist) Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures); (surname) Banjō |
私多 see styles |
sī duō si1 duo1 ssu to shita |
私陀; 悉陀; 徒多; 枲多 Sītā. Described as the 'cold' river; one of the four great rivers flowing from the Anavatpta or Anavadata Lake 阿耨達池 in Tibet. One account makes it 'an eastern outflux' which subsequently becomes the Yellow River. It is also said to issue from the west. Again, 'the Ganges flows eastward, the Indus south, Vatsch (Oxus) west, Sītā north.' Vatsch = Vākṣu. 'According to Xuanzang, however, it is the northern outflux of the Sirikol [Sarikkol] Lake (Lat. 38°20′N., Long. 74°E.) now called Yarkand daria, which flows into Lake Lop, thence underneath the desert of Gobi, and reappears as the source of the Huanghe.' Eitel. According to Richard, the Huanghe 'rises a little above two neighbouring lakes of Khchara (Charingnor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by a channel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 feet. It may perhaps be at first confounded with Djaghing-gol, a river 110 miles long, which flows from the south and empties into the channel joining the two lakes'. |
范曄 范晔 see styles |
fàn yè fan4 ye4 fan yeh hanyou / hanyo はんよう |
historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书 (personal name) Han'you |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Eastern" 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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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