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Characters Pronunciation
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Simple Dictionary Definition

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rén
    ren2
jen
 jin(p); nin
    じん(P); にん

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Benevolence
humane; kernel
(1) (じん only) benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity; (2) (じん only) human; (3) kernel; (4) (じん only) {biol} (See 核小体) nucleolus; (given name) Yasushi
Kindness, benevolence, virtue.

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    de2
te
 toku

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Moral and Virtuous
virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
Virtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta.

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ēn
    en1
en
 on
    おん

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Grace
favor; grace; kindness
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude; (given name) Megumu
Grace, favour.

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    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Mercy / Compassion / Love
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
(personal name) Yoshimi
Affection (as that of a mother), mercy, compassion, tenderness; mother.

人情

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rén qíng
    ren2 qing2
jen ch`ing
    jen ching
 ninjou / ninjo
    にんじょう

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Empathy / Humanity
human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
(1) humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy; (2) human nature; common sense; customs and manners
human emotions

仁慈

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rén cí
    ren2 ci2
jen tz`u
    jen tzu
 jinji
    じんじ

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Kindness / Benevolence
benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
kind-hearted; benevolence; (given name) Hitoji
benevolence

善心

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shàn xīn
    shan4 xin1
shan hsin
 zenshin
    ぜんしん

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Good Heart
kindness; benevolence; philanthropy; virtuous intentions
virtue; moral sense; conscience; (given name) Yoshinaka
A good heart, or mind.

善意

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shàn yì
    shan4 yi4
shan i
 zeni
    ぜんい
goodwill; benevolence; kindness
(1) virtuous mind; (2) good intentions; good will; (3) positive mindset; (4) {law} (See 悪意・3) bona fides; good faith; (personal name) Yoshii
good intentions

好意

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hǎo yì
    hao3 yi4
hao i
 koui / koi
    こうい

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Good Intentions
good intention; kindness
(1) kindness; favor; favour; friendliness; (2) goodwill; affection; liking (for someone); love

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuse
    ふせ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

恩慈

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ēn cí
    en1 ci2
en tz`u
    en tzu
 onji
    おんじ

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Kindness
bestowed kindness
(surname) Onji
favour

愛心


爱心

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ài xīn
    ai4 xin1
ai hsin
 aishin
    あいしん

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Loving Heart / Compassion
compassion; kindness; care for others; love; CL:片[pian4]; charity (bazaar, golf day etc); heart (the symbol ♥)
(obsolete) love; affection; (female given name) Rabu
A loving heart; a mind full of desire; a mind dominated by desire.

愛敬


爱敬

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ài jìng
    ai4 jing4
ai ching
 aigyou; aikei / aigyo; aike
    あいぎょう; あいけい
(noun/participle) (archaism) love and respect; (personal name) Aitaka
kindness and respect

無量


无量

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wú liàng
    wu2 liang4
wu liang
 muryou / muryo
    むりょう

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Immeasurable / Unlimited
measureless; immeasurable
(adj-no,n) immeasurable; infinite; inestimable; (given name) Muryō
apramāṇa; amita; ananta; immeasurable, unlimited, e.g. the 'four infinite' characteristics of a bodhisattva are 慈悲喜捨 kindness, pity, joy, and self-sacrifice.

親切


亲切

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qīn qiè
    qin1 qie4
ch`in ch`ieh
    chin chieh
 shinsetsu
    しんせつ

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Kindness / Caring
amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
(noun or adjectival noun) kindness; gentleness

四無量心


四无量心

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sì wú liàng xīn
    si4 wu2 liang4 xin1
ssu wu liang hsin
 shi muryōshin
catvāri apramāṇāni; the four immeasurables, or infinite Buddha-states of mind, also styled 四等 the four equalities, or universals, and 四梵行 noble acts or characteristics; i. e. four of the twelve 禪 dhyānas: 慈無量心 boundless kindness, maitrī, or bestowing of joy or happiness; 悲無量心 boundless pity, karuṇā, to save from suffering; 喜無量心 boundless joy, muditā, on seeing others rescued from suffering; 捨無量心 limitless indifference, upekṣā, i. e. rising above these emotions, or giving up all things, e. g. distinctions of friend and enemy, love and hate, etc. The esoteric sect has a special definition of its own, connecting each of the four with 普賢; 虛 空 藏; 觀自在; or 盧 空 庫.

思いやり

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 omoiyari
    おもいやり

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Compassion / Kindness
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness; understanding; regard; kindheartedness

報恩


报恩

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bào ēn
    bao4 en1
pao en
 houon / hoon
    ほうおん
to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness
(noun/participle) repaying a kindness; gratitude
To acknowledge, or requite favours.

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 kokorozashi
    こころざし
aspiration; ambition; the will
(1) will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal; (2) kindness; goodwill; kind offer; (3) gift (as a token of gratitude); (female given name) Yuki
Will, resolve, 志意; 心志; also data, records.

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huì
    hui4
hui
 megumu
    めぐむ
(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
(female given name) Megumu
Kind, gracious, forbearing, accordant.


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lín
    lin2
lin
 rin
    りん
to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
(female given name) Rin
To regard with kindness: approach, on the brink of, about to; whilst.

お志

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 okokorozashi
    おこころざし
(honorific or respectful language) kindness; courtesy

ご恩

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 goon
    ごおん
(honorific or respectful language) (received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

三病

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sān bìng
    san1 bing4
san ping
 sanbyō
The three ailments: (1) (a) 貪 lust, for which the 不淨觀 meditation on uncleanness is the remedy; (b) 瞋 anger, or hate, remedy 慈悲觀 meditation on kindness and pity; (c) 癡 stupidity, or ignorance, remedy 因緣觀 meditation on causality. (2) (a) 謗 Slander of Mahāyāna; (b) 五逆罪 the five gross sins; (c) to be a "heathen" or outsider; the forms recorded seem to be icchantika, ecchantika, and aicchantika. Cf. 三毒.

人心

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rén xīn
    ren2 xin1
jen hsin
 jinshin(p); hitogokoro
    じんしん(P); ひとごころ
popular feeling; the will of the people
(1) human nature; human heart; human spirit; kindness; sympathy; (2) (じんしん only) public feeling; people's sentiments; (3) (ひとごころ only) (See 人心地・ひとごこち・1) consciousness; awareness; (given name) Jinshin
minds of men

仁術


仁术

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rén shù
    ren2 shu4
jen shu
 jinjutsu
    じんじゅつ
kindness; benevolence; to govern in humanitarian way
benevolent act; healing act

十恩

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shí ēn
    shi2 en1
shih en
 jūon
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation.

厄介

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 yakkai
    やっかい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)

厚情

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 koujou / kojo
    こうじょう
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality

厚意

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 koui / koi
    こうい
kindness; favor; favour

四心

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sì xīn
    si4 xin1
ssu hsin
 shishin
The hearts of kindness, pity, joy, and indifference, idem 四無量心.

四等

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sì děng
    si4 deng3
ssu teng
 shitō
The four virtues which a Buddha out of his infinite heart manifests equally to all; also called 四無量 q. w. They are: 慈悲喜捨 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā, i. e. kindness, pity, joy and indifference, or 護 protection. Another group is 字語法身, i. e. 字 that all Buddhas have the same title or titles; 語 speak the same language; 法 proclaim the same truth; and 身 have each the threefold body, or trikāya. A third group is 諸法 all things are equally included in the bhūtatathatā; 發心 the mind-nature being universal, its field of action is universal; 道等 the way or method is also universal; therefore 慈悲 the mercy (of the Buddhas) is universal for all.

報徳

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 houtoku / hotoku
    ほうとく
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital; (place-name) Houtoku

報德


报德

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bào dé
    bao4 de2
pao te
to repay debts of gratitude; to repay kindness

報效


报效

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bào xiào
    bao4 xiao4
pao hsiao
render service to repay kindness

大慈

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dà cí
    da4 ci2
ta tz`u
    ta tzu
 daiji
    だいじ
(given name) Daiji
Great mercy,or compassion.

好心

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hǎo xīn
    hao3 xin1
hao hsin
kindness; good intentions

寛厚

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 kankou / kanko
    かんこう
(noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) kindness; largeheartedness; (given name) Hiroatsu

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

師恩

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 shion
    しおん
the kindness of a teacher

御志

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 okokorozashi
    おこころざし
(honorific or respectful language) kindness; courtesy

御恩

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 goon
    ごおん
(honorific or respectful language) (received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

心領


心领

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xīn lǐng
    xin1 ling3
hsin ling
I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer)

念恩

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niàn ēn
    nian4 en1
nien en
 nenon
mindful of kindness

恩情

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ēn qíng
    en1 qing2
en ch`ing
    en ching
 onjou / onjo
    おんじょう
kindness; affection; grace; favor
compassion; affection

恩惠

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ēn huì
    en1 hui4
en hui
 on'e
favor; grace
Grace, kindness.

恩愛


恩爱

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ēn ài
    en1 ai4
en ai
 onai; onnai
    おんあい; おんない
loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love
kindness and affection; love; (female given name) On'ai
Grace and love; human affection, which is one of the causes of rebirth.

恩憐


恩怜

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ēn lián
    en1 lian2
en lien
 onren
Loving-kindness and pity.

恩河

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ēn hé
    en1 he2
en ho
 onga
    おんが
(place-name, surname) Onga
The river of grace.

恩海

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ēn hǎi
    en1 hai3
en hai
 onkai
    おんかい
(surname) Onkai
The sea of grace.

息慈

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xí cí
    xi2 ci2
hsi tz`u
    hsi tzu
 sokuji
At rest and kind, an old translation of śramaṇa, one who has entered into the life of rest and shows loving-kindness to all.

惠利

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huì lì
    hui4 li4
hui li
 eri
    えり
(surname, female given name) Eri
To show kindness to and benefit others.

慈惠

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cí huì
    ci2 hui4
tz`u hui
    tzu hui
 jie
kindness

慈意

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cí yì
    ci2 yi4
tz`u i
    tzu i
 jii
The mind or spirit of compassion and kindness.

懇意

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 koni
    こんい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (dated) kindness; goodwill

推恩

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tuī ēn
    tui1 en1
t`ui en
    tui en
to extend kindness

施惠

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shī huì
    shi1 hui4
shih hui
 see
to give charity to sb; to oblige
To bestow kindness, or charity.

水心

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 mizugokoro
    みずごころ
(1) knowing how to swim; (expression) (2) (proverb) (abbreviation) (See 魚心あれば水心) kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

深切

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shēn qiè
    shen1 qie4
shen ch`ieh
    shen chieh
 shinsetsu
    しんせつ
deeply felt; heartfelt; sincere; honest
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) kindness; gentleness

發心


发心

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fā xīn
    fa1 xin1
fa hsin
 hosshin
Mental initiation or initiative, resolve, make up the mind to; to start out for bodhi, or perfect enlightenment; to show kindness of heart, give alms.

皇恩

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huáng ēn
    huang2 en1
huang en
imperial kindness; benevolence from the emperor

盛德

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shèng dé
    sheng4 de2
sheng te
splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness

盛情

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shèng qíng
    sheng4 qing2
sheng ch`ing
    sheng ching
great kindness; magnificent hospitality

示恩

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shì ēn
    shi4 en1
shih en
to show kindness

福田

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fú tián
    fu2 tian2
fu t`ien
    fu tien
 fuguda
    ふぐだ
field for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
(surname) Fuguda
The field of blessedness, i.e. any sphere of kindness, charity, or virtue; there are categories of 2, 3, 4, and 8, e.g. that of study and that of charity; parents, teachers, etc.; the field of poverty as a monk, etc.

美意

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měi yì
    mei3 yi4
mei i
goodwill; kindness

背恩

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bèi ēn
    bei4 en1
pei en
 baion
ignoring kindness

至德

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zhì dé
    zhi4 de2
chih te
 shitoku
splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness
Jñānagupta

芳志

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 houshi / hoshi
    ほうし
(your) kindness; (given name) Yoshiyuki

芳恩

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 houon / hoon
    ほうおん
(honorific or respectful language) (See 恩) favour; favor; kindness; obligation; debt of gratitude

蒙る

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 koumuru / komuru
    こうむる
(transitive verb) to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

蒙恩

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méng ēn
    meng2 en1
meng en
 mōon
to receive favor
to receive kindness

被る

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 koumuru / komuru
    こうむる
    kamuru
    かむる
    kaburu
    かぶる
(transitive verb) to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage); (transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); (2) (kana only) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; (3) (kana only) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color); (5) to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r,vi) (6) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); (7) to close; to come to an end; (8) to get a full house; to sell out; (9) (archaism) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (10) (archaism) to be deceived

補報


补报

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bǔ bào
    bu3 bao4
pu pao
to make a report after the event; to make a supplementary report; to repay a kindness

錯愛


错爱

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cuò ài
    cuo4 ai4
ts`o ai
    tso ai
misplaced kindness; humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.

雅愛


雅爱

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yǎ ài
    ya3 ai4
ya ai
 masayoshi
    まさよし
(hon.) your great kindness
(male given name) Masayoshi

領情


领情

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lǐng qíng
    ling3 qing2
ling ch`ing
    ling ching
to feel grateful to sb; to appreciate the kindness

高宜

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 kougi / kogi
    こうぎ
(your) kindness or favour (favor)

高誼

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 kougi / kogi
    こうぎ
(your) kindness or favour (favor)

高配

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 kouhai / kohai
    こうはい
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (usu. as ご高配) (your) consideration; attention; trouble; kindness; good offices; (2) high dividends; high rate of return

魚心

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 uogokoro
    うおごころ
(See 魚心あれば水心) kindness; favor; goodwill; (given name) Gyoshin

三善根

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sān shàn gēn
    san1 shan4 gen1
san shan ken
 sanzengon; sanzenkon
    さんぜんごん; さんぜんこん
{Buddh} three wholesome roots (no coveting, no anger, no delusion)
The three good "roots", the foundation of all moral development, i.e. 無貪, 無瞋, 無痴 no lust (or selfish desire), no ire, no stupidity (or unwillingness to learn). Also, 施, 慈, 慧 giving, kindness, moral wisdom; v. 三毒 the three poisons for which these are a cure.

三福業


三福业

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sān fú yè
    san1 fu2 ye4
san fu yeh
 san fukugō
The three things that bring a happy lot— almsgiving, impartial kindness and Iove, pondering over the demands of the life beyond.

人助け

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

人情味

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rén qíng wèi
    ren2 qing2 wei4
jen ch`ing wei
    jen ching wei
 ninjoumi / ninjomi
    にんじょうみ
human warmth; friendliness; human touch
human interest; kindness

人間味

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 ningenmi
    にんげんみ
human kindness; human weakness

六十心

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liù shí xīn
    liu4 shi2 xin1
liu shih hsin
 rokujū shin
The sixty different mental positions that may occur to the practitioner of Yoga, see 大日經, 住心品; examples of them are desire, non-desire, ire, kindness, foolishness, wisdom, decision, doubt, depression, brightness, contention, dispute, non-contention, the spirit of devas, of asuras, of nāgas, of humanity, woman (i. e. lust), mastery, commercial, and so on.

具憐愍


具怜愍

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jù lián mǐn
    ju4 lian2 min3
chü lien min
 gu renmin
replete with kindness

四十位

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sì shí wèi
    si4 shi2 wei4
ssu shih wei
 shijū i
The 'forty bodhisattva positions' of the 梵網經. They are classified into four groups: (1) 十發趣 Ten initial stages, i. e. the minds 心 of abandoning things of the world, of keeping the moral law, patience, zealous progress, dhyāna, wisdom, resolve, guarding (the Law), joy, and spiritual baptism by the Buddha. These are associated with the 十住. (2) 十長養 Ten steps in the nourishment of perfection, i. e. minds of kindness, pity, joy, relinquishing, almsgiving, good discourse, benefiting, friendship, dhyāna, wisdom. These are associated with the 十行. (3) 十金剛 Ten 'diamond' steps of firmness, i. e. a mind of faith, remembrance, bestowing one's merits on others, understanding, uprighthess, no-retreat, Mahāyāna, formlessness, wisdom, indestructibility; these are associated with the 十廻向. (4) The 十地 q. v.

大慈尊

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dà cí zūn
    da4 ci2 zun1
ta tz`u tsun
    ta tzu tsun
 dai jison
The honored one of great kindness, Maitreya.

心の色

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 kokoronoiro
    こころのいろ
(1) one's emotional state; one's mood; (2) human interest; kindness; simple-heartedness

心尽し

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 kokorozukushi
    こころづくし
(ik) kindness; consideration

恩返し

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 ongaeshi
    おんがえし
(n,vs,vi) requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

施恩惠

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shī ēn huì
    shi1 en1 hui4
shih en hui
 se one
extend kindness

正思惟

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zhèng sī wéi
    zheng4 si1 wei2
cheng ssu wei
 shō shiyui
samyak-saṃkalpa, right thought and intent, the second of the 八正道, 'right aspiration towards renunciation, benevolence and kindness. ' Keith.

老婆心

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 roubashin / robashin
    ろうばしん
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

親切心

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 shinsetsushin
    しんせつしん
kindness

逆恨み

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 sakaurami
    さかうらみ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); (noun, transitive verb) (2) responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; resentment caused by a misunderstanding; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (colloquialism) unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

七相憐愍


七相怜愍

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qī xiàng lián mǐn
    qi1 xiang4 lian2 min3
ch`i hsiang lien min
    chi hsiang lien min
 shichisō renmin
seven forms of kindness

不識抬舉


不识抬举

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bù shí tái jǔ
    bu4 shi2 tai2 ju3
pu shih t`ai chü
    pu shih tai chü
fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors

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

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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

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