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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
觀世音 观世音 see styles |
guān shì yīn guan1 shi4 yin1 kuan shih yin Kanzeon かんぜおん |
More info & calligraphy: Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel. |
もう see styles |
mou / mo モウ |
(adverb) (1) now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; (2) (See すでに) already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; (3) further; more; again; another; the other; (interjection) (4) interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation); (personal name) Moe |
先程 see styles |
sakihodo さきほど |
(n-adv,n-t) some time ago; not long ago; just now |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
最早 see styles |
mohaya もはや |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) already; now; (adverb) (2) (kana only) (with negative verb) no longer; not any more |
真逆 see styles |
masaka まさか |
(interjection) (1) (kana only) by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (kana only) (See まさかの時) something unexpected; emergency; (3) (kana only) (archaism) currently; for the time being; presently; for now; (adv,adj-no) (4) (kana only) (rare) (See 本当に) indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly |
今以て see styles |
imamotte いまもって |
(adverb) until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since |
先ほど see styles |
sakihodo さきほど |
(n-adv,n-t) some time ago; not long ago; just now |
盂蘭盆 盂兰盆 see styles |
yú lán pén yu2 lan2 pen2 yü lan p`en yü lan pen urabon うらぼん |
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns (盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經). |
まあまあ see styles |
maamaa / mama まあまあ |
(adj-no,adj-na,adv) (1) so-so; passable; not (so) bad; reasonable; (interjection) (2) (used to comfort someone or calm someone down) now, now; there, there; there now; (interjection) (3) (feminine speech) (expression of surprise or wonder) my, my; oh my!; dear me! |
今もって see styles |
imamotte いまもって |
(adverb) until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since |
未だ嘗て see styles |
imadakatsute いまだかつて |
(expression) (kana only) not until now (with neg. verb); never yet |
未だ曾て see styles |
imadakatsute いまだかつて |
(expression) (kana only) not until now (with neg. verb); never yet |
迄今為止 迄今为止 see styles |
qì jīn wéi zhǐ qi4 jin1 wei2 zhi3 ch`i chin wei chih chi chin wei chih |
so far; up to now; still (not) |
未だかつて see styles |
imadakatsute いまだかつて |
(expression) (kana only) not until now (with neg. verb); never yet |
死んでもいいわ see styles |
shindemoiiwa / shindemoiwa しんでもいいわ |
(expression) (rare) (euph) (from a Meiji-period translation by Futabatei Shimei of a short story by Turgenev; sometimes as a response to 月が綺麗ですね) (See 月が綺麗ですね) I love you too; I would (now) not mind dying |
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imamotte いまもって |
(adverb) until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since |
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ijou / ijo いじょう |
(n,adv) (1) not less than; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more; (n,adv) (2) beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than; (adj-no,n,adv) (3) above-mentioned; aforementioned; foregoing; (n,adv) (4) since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...; (expression) (5) that's all; that is the end; the end |
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zuba; zunba; zuha ずば; ずんば; ずは |
(expression) (archaism) (after the -nai stem of a verb; ずは is now pronounced ずわ) if it is not ...; if it does not ... |
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mou(p); moo(ik) / mo(p); moo(ik) もう(P); もー(ik) |
(adverb) (1) (もう only) now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; (adverb) (2) (See すでに) already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; (adverb) (3) (もう only) further; more; again; another; the other; (interjection) (4) (used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)) tsk; dammit; jeez; come on; what the hell |
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ijou / ijo いじょう |
(suffix noun) (1) (ant: 以下・1) not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more; (suffix noun) (2) beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than; (adj-no,n) (3) the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing; (n,conj) (4) (after a verb) since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...; (expression) (5) that's all; that is the end; the end |
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saa(p); saa(p); saぁ(sk) / sa(p); sa(p); saぁ(sk) さあ(P); さー(P); さぁ(sk) |
(interjection) (1) (used to urge or encourage others) come (on); come now; come along; here; (interjection) (2) (indicates resolve) all right; right; okay; now; here goes; (interjection) (3) (indicates uncertainty or hesitation) well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure; (interjection) (4) (said when something arrives, starts, finishes, etc.) here; now; there (we go); ah; oh; (interjection) (5) (used when interrupting someone) about that, ...; actually, ... |
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soredokorojanai; soredokorodehanai それどころじゃない; それどころではない |
(expression) this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now |
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mou(p); moo(sk); moぉ(sk) / mo(p); moo(sk); moぉ(sk) もう(P); もー(sk); もぉ(sk) |
(adverb) (1) already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer; (adverb) (2) soon; shortly; before long; presently; (adverb) (3) further; more; again; another; the other; (interjection) (4) (used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)) jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; damn; seriously |
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hitomazu ひとまず |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) for now; for the time being; for the present; (adverb) (2) (kana only) though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion |
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imadakatsute いまだかつて |
(expression) (kana only) (with neg. verb) not until now; never yet |
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mottemeisubeshi / mottemesubeshi もってめいすべし |
(expression) (idiom) being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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