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    fa3
fa
 minori
    みのり

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Dharma / The Law
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori
Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵.

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guó
    guo2
kuo

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Guo
surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai
    さんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

達磨


达磨

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dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma
    だるま

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Daruma / Damo
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) (kana only) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

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    qu3
ch`ü
    chü
 takadori
    たかどり
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) appropriation; obtaining; (surname) Takadori
upādāna. To grasp, hold on to, held by, be attached to, love; used as indicating both 愛 love or desire and 煩惱 the vexing passions and illusions. It is one of the twelve nidānas 十二因緣 or 十二支 the grasping at or holding on to self-existence and things.

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    bu3
pu
 ho
    ほ
to feed
(archaism) (See 哺を吐く) holding food in one's mouth; food held in one's mouth

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guī
    gui1
kuei
 misaki
    みさき
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial; (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
(female given name) Misaki

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    su4
su
 hayashi
    はやし
morning; early; long-held; long-cherished
(adverb) (kana only) a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning); outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period; (given name) Hayashi

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    fu2
fu
object held by dancer

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pěng
    peng3
p`eng
    peng
 sasage
    ささげ
to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
(surname) Sasage
To hold in both hands, offer, receive: a double handful.

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huán
    huan2
huan
(old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies

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piào
    piao4
p`iao
    piao
 hyou / hyo
    ひょう
ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
(n,n-suf,ctr) (1) (sometimes びょう, ぴょう as a suffix) vote; ballot; (n-suf,n) (2) label; ticket; tag; stub

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    hu4
hu
 shaku
    しゃく
(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb

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shuò
    shuo4
shuo
to hit sb with a pole; (archaic) pole held by a dancer

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    yi4
i
 ei
    さしば
feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
(kana only) dimness (of sight); (1) shade; shadow; (2) other side; back; background; large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
A film; screen; fan; hide, invisible; translit. e, a.


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    la4
la
 rou / ro
    ろう
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
(1) {Buddh} offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
Dried flesh; to sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; the end of the year; a year; a monastic year, i.e. the end of the annual summer retreat, also called 戒臘; 夏臘; 法臘.

七夕

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qī xī
    qi1 xi1
ch`i hsi
    chi hsi
 nayuu / nayu
    なゆう
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver; (female given name) Nayū

人因

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rén yīn
    ren2 yin1
jen yin
 ninin
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation.

作揖

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zuò yī
    zuo4 yi1
tso i
to bow with hands held in front

修祓

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 shubatsu; shuubatsu; shuufutsu / shubatsu; shubatsu; shufutsu
    しゅばつ; しゅうばつ; しゅうふつ
(n,vs,vi) purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

倒懸


倒悬

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dào xuán
    dao4 xuan2
tao hsüan
 touken / token
    とうけん
lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
hanging (someone) upside down
Hanging upside down; the condition of certain condemned souls, especially for whom the Ullambana (or Lambana, cf. 盂) festival is held in the seventh month; the phrase is used as a tr. of Ullambana, and as such seems meant for Lambana.

偏鋒


偏锋

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piān fēng
    pian1 feng1
p`ien feng
    pien feng
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1]); (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things

側鋒


侧锋

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cè fēng
    ce4 feng1
ts`e feng
    tse feng
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1 feng1])

僧地

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sēng dì
    seng1 di4
seng ti
 souchi / sochi
    そうち
(place-name) Souchi
the land held by the saṃgha

公有

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gōng yǒu
    gong1 you3
kung yu
 kouyuu / koyu
    こうゆう
publicly owned; communal; held in common
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) public ownership; (2) {law} (See パブリックドメイン) public domain

公燕

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gōng yàn
    gong1 yan4
kung yen
banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials

共果

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gòng guǒ
    gong4 guo3
kung kuo
 gūka
realizations, or fruits held in common

刺羽

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 sashiba
    さしば
    sashiha
    さしは
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

前張

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 maebari
    まえばり
(noun/participle) (1) covering private parts (esp. actors during filming); (2) minimal bikini bottom (held only by tiny straps or adhesive tape); (3) lined hakama that bulge in the front

勅祭

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 chokusai
    ちょくさい
festival held by imperial order

卡殼


卡壳

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qiǎ ké
    qia3 ke2
ch`ia k`o
    chia ko
(of a bullet or shell) to jam; (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse

印地

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 inji
    いんぢ
(hist) (abbreviation) (See 印地打ち) team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month; (place-name) Indi

取著


取着

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qǔ zhuó
    qu3 zhuo2
ch`ü cho
    chü cho
 shujaku
To grasp, hold on to, or be held by any thing or idea.

口碑

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kǒu bēi
    kou3 bei1
k`ou pei
    kou pei
 kouhi / kohi
    こうひ
public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
oral tradition; legend; folklore

名寄

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 nayoro
    なよろ
(noun/participle) (1) aggregation of names, addresses, etc.; (2) collation of accounts held by the same person (by financial institutions); (place-name, surname) Nayoro

喪棒


丧棒

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sāng bàng
    sang1 bang4
sang pang
funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)

固唾

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 katazu; katazu
    かたず; かたづ
(See 固唾を飲む) saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

執受


执受

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zhí shòu
    zhi2 shou4
chih shou
 shūju
Impressions, ideas grasped and held.

執見


执见

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zhí jiàn
    zhi2 jian4
chih chien
 azami
    あざみ
(surname) Azami
Views obstinately held, with consequent delusion; bigoted.

大天

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dà tiān
    da4 tian1
ta t`ien
    ta tien
 daiten
    だいてん
(surname) Daiten
Mahādeva. 摩訶提婆. (1) A former incarnation of Śākyamuni as a Cakravartī. (2) A title of Maheśvara. (3) An able supporter of the Mahāsāṃghikaḥ, whose date is given as about a hundred years after the Buddha's death, but he is also described as a favorite of Aśoka, with whom he is associated as persecutor of the Sthavirāḥ, the head of which escaped into Kashmir. If from the latter school sprang the Mahāyāna, it may account for the detestation in which Mahādeva is held by the Mahāyānists. An account of his wickedness and heresies is given in 西域記 3 and in 婆沙論 99.

妙中

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miào zhōng
    miao4 zhong1
miao chung
 taenaka
    たえなか
(surname) Taenaka
The profound medium (madhya); the universal life essence, the absolute, the bhūtatathatā which expresses the unity of all things, i.e. the doctrine held by Tiantai as distinguished from the 別教 which holds the madhya doctrine but emphasizes the dichotomy of the 空 transcendental and 假 phenomenal.

始教

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shǐ jiào
    shi3 jiao4
shih chiao
 shikyō
According to Tiantai, the preliminary teaching of the Mahāyāna, made by the Avataṃsaka (Kegon) School; also called 相始教; it discussed the nature of all phenomena as in the 唯識論, 空始教; and held to the immateriality of all things, but did not teach that all beings have the Buddha-nature.

子忌

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 neimi / nemi
    ねいみ
(obscure) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

宵祭

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 yoimatsuri
    よいまつり
small festival held the night before a full festival

家宴

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jiā yàn
    jia1 yan4
chia yen
dinner party held in one's home; family reunion dinner

宿見


宿见

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sù jiàn
    su4 jian4
su chien
 shukumi
    しゅくみ
long-held opinion; long-cherished view
(surname) Shukumi

封地

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fēng dì
    feng1 di4
feng ti
 houchi / hochi
    ほうち
feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
daimiate; fief

小乘

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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.

左券

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zuǒ quàn
    zuo3 quan4
tso ch`üan
    tso chüan
a sure thing; a certainty; copy of a contract held by a creditor

庫存


库存

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kù cún
    ku4 cun2
k`u ts`un
    ku tsun
property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory

庭火

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 niwabi
    にわび
    teiryou / teryo
    ていりょう
(archaism) garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)

庭燎

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 niwabi
    にわび
    teiryou / teryo
    ていりょう
(archaism) garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)

式年

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 noritoshi
    のりとし
(See 式年祭) year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter); (male given name) Noritoshi

張華


张华

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zhāng huá
    zhang1 hua2
chang hua
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention

彼岸

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bǐ àn
    bi3 an4
pi an
 higan
    ひがん
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
(1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbreviation) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) {Buddh} (See 此岸) nirvana; (4) (form) opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side
波羅 parā, yonder shore i. e. nirvāṇa. The saṃsāra life of reincarnation is 此岸 this shore; the stream of karma is 中流 the stream between the one shore and the other. Metaphor for an end to any affair. pāramitā (an incorrect etymology, no doubt old) is the way to reach the other shore.; The other shore; nirvāṇa.

御柱

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 onbashira; mihashira
    おんばしら; みはしら
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

怨嗟

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 ensa
    えんさ
(n,vs,vi) (form) (deeply held) resentment

所持

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suǒ chí
    suo3 chi2
so ch`ih
    so chih
 shoji
    しょじ
(noun, transitive verb) possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
held

持駒

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 mochigoma
    もちごま
(1) (shogi) captured piece that can be reused; (2) person or object held in reserve; available means

指羽

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 sashiba
    さしば
    sashiha
    さしは
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

振替

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 furikae
    ふりかえ
(1) transfer; switching over; change; (2) money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person); (3) (abbreviation) postal transfer

提爐


提炉

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tí lú
    ti2 lu2
t`i lu
    ti lu
 teiro
hand-held censer

撕票

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sī piào
    si1 piao4
ssu p`iao
    ssu piao
lit. to tear the ticket; to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)

擂臺


擂台

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lèi tái
    lei4 tai2
lei t`ai
    lei tai
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring

數人


数人

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shù rén
    shu4 ren2
shu jen
 shunin
數法人 Those of the Sarvāstivādāḥ school, cf. 薩, who held that all things are real.

文殊

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wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 monju
    もんじゅ
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju
(文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.

星祭

see styles
xīng jì
    xing1 ji4
hsing chi
 hoshi matsuri
    ほしまつり
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
星供 To sacrifice, or pay homage to a star, especially one's natal star.

春試


春试

see styles
chūn shì
    chun1 shi4
ch`un shih
    chun shih
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)

春闈


春闱

see styles
chūn wéi
    chun1 wei2
ch`un wei
    chun wei
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times); Crown Prince's chambers; by extension, the Crown Prince

會期


会期

see styles
huì qī
    hui4 qi1
hui ch`i
    hui chi
the duration of a conference; the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held; session; the date of a meeting
See: 会期

棚幡

see styles
 tanabata
    たなばた
(out-dated kanji) Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

棚機

see styles
 tanabata
    たなばた
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

槍衾

see styles
 yaribusuma
    やりぶすま
line of spears held at the ready

檔期


档期

see styles
dàng qī
    dang4 qi1
tang ch`i
    tang chi
slot within a schedule; timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc); range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)

歌台

see styles
gē tái
    ge1 tai2
ko t`ai
    ko tai
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2] in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia

淵酔

see styles
 ensui; enzui
    えんすい; えんずい
(1) type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later; (2) (archaism) (original meaning) being dead drunk; being very drunk

火焚

see styles
huǒ fén
    huo3 fen2
huo fen
 hitaki
    ひたき
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines); building a fire; (surname) Hitaki
blazing

火焼

see styles
 hotaki
    ほたき
    hitaki
    ひたき
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines); building a fire; (kana only) Old World flycatcher (any bird of family Muscicapinae, esp. the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae)

留種


留种

see styles
liú zhǒng
    liu2 zhong3
liu chung
to keep a seed stock; seed held back for planting

痴取

see styles
chī qǔ
    chi1 qu3
ch`ih ch`ü
    chih chü
The kleśa of moha, held in unenlightenment.

白撞

see styles
bái zhuàng
    bai2 zhuang4
pai chuang
(car) accident where the driver is not held responsible

目刺

see styles
 mezashi
    めざし
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

相空

see styles
xiàng kōng
    xiang4 kong1
hsiang k`ung
    hsiang kung
 sōkū
The unreality of form; the doctrine that phenomena have no reality in themselves, in contrast with that of Hīnayāna which only held that the ego had no reality.

石榴

see styles
shí liu
    shi2 liu5
shih liu
 zakuro
    ざくろ
pomegranate
(kana only) pomegranate (Punica granatum); (female given name) Zakuro
The pomegranate, symbol of many children because of its seeds; a symbol held in the hand of 鬼子母神 Hariti, the deva-mother of demons, converted by the Buddha.

立つ

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 tatsu
    たつ
(v5t,vi) (1) to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; (v5t,vi) (2) to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); (v5t,vi) (3) to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself; (v5t,vi) (4) to leave (to do something); (v5t,vi) (5) (oft. written as 発つ) to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start; (v5t,vi) (6) to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce; (v5t,vi) (7) to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.); (v5t,vi) (8) to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known; (v5t,vi) (9) to stand (for election); to run; (v5t,vi) (10) (also written as 起つ) to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself; (v5t,vi) (11) (colloquialism) (also written as 勃つ) to have an erection; to become erect (e.g. of nipples); (v5t,vi) (12) to be established (of a policy, plan, objective, etc.); to be formed; (v5t,vi) (13) to be valid (of an argument, logic, etc.); to hold up; to hold water; to stand up (e.g. of evidence); to be logical; to be reasonable; (v5t,vi) (14) to be sustained (of a living, business, etc.); to be maintained; to survive; to be preserved (of one's reputation, honour, etc.); to be saved; (v5t,vi) (15) to start (of a season); to begin; (v5t,vi) (16) to be held (of a market); (v5t,vi) (17) to shut (of a door, shoji, etc.); to be shut; to be closed; (v5t,vi) (18) to be (the result of a division)

竭叉

see styles
jié chā
    jie2 cha1
chieh ch`a
    chieh cha
 Katsusha
A place said to be in the Karakoram mountains, where according to Faxian formerly great assemblies were held under royal patronage and with royal treatment. Eitel gives it as Khaśa, and says 'an ancient tribe on the Paropamisus, the Kasioi of Ptolemy'; others give different places, e.g. Kashmir, Iskardu, Krtchou.

節分

see styles
 setsubun; sechibun(ok); sechibu(ok)
    せつぶん; せちぶん(ok); せちぶ(ok)
(1) setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; (2) (orig. meaning) last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

素意

see styles
sù yì
    su4 yi4
su i
 soi
    そい
long-standing desire; long-held belief
素懷 Ordinary thoughts, or hopes; the common purposes of the mind.

素願

see styles
 sogan
    そがん
(archaism) long-held desire; cherished hope; lifelong wish

緣心


缘心

see styles
yuán xīn
    yuan2 xin1
yüan hsin
 enshin
The conditioned mind, the mind held by the phenomenal.

織女


织女

see styles
zhī nǚ
    zhi1 nu:3
chih nü
 shokujo
    しょくじょ
Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver; (1) female weaver; (2) (astron) Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae; female weaver; (personal name) Shokujo

花鏡

see styles
 hananokagami
    はなのかがみ
(work) Mirror Held to the Flower (1424 treatise on noh theater, written by Zeami); Kakyō; (wk) Mirror Held to the Flower (1424 treatise on noh theater, written by Zeami); Kakyō

苔玉

see styles
 kokedama
    こけだま
kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

茶事

see styles
 chagoto; chaji; saji
    ちゃごと; ちゃじ; さじ
(1) tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); (2) some matter concerning tea; (3) family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors

資政


资政

see styles
zī zhèng
    zi1 zheng4
tzu cheng
 sukemasa
    すけまさ
(literary) to assist in governing the country (used in titles of honorary advisory positions in imperial China); (Singapore) senior minister (advisory cabinet position typically held by former top officeholders); (Tw) presidential senior advisor (honorary title conferred by the president of the Republic of China, abbr. for 總統府資政|总统府资政[zong3 tong3 fu3 zi1 zheng4])
(given name) Sukemasa

質子


质子

see styles
zhì zǐ
    zhi4 zi3
chih tzu
 tadako
    ただこ
proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China
(female given name) Tadako

賭射

see styles
 noriyumi
    のりゆみ
(1) prize archery; (2) imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)

賭弓

see styles
 noriyumi
    のりゆみ
(1) prize archery; (2) imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)

辦桌


办桌

see styles
bàn zhuō
    ban4 zhuo1
pan cho
(Tw) to hold a banquet; to provide catering; catering; banquet; roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)

迷子

see styles
mí zǐ
    mi2 zi3
mi tzu
 meishi / meshi
    めいし
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child; (given name) Meishi
The deluded son who held a gold coin in his hand while starving in poverty; such is the man with Buddha-nature who fails to use it. v. 金剛三昧經.

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