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12>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
生 see styles |
shēng / sheng1 sheng fu / ふ |
 More info & calligraphy: (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.); (surname) Yanao jāti 惹多; life; utpāda means coming forth, birth, production; 生 means beget, bear, birth, rebirth, born, begin, produce, life, the living. One of the twelve nidānas, 十二因緣; birth takes place in four forms, catur yoni, v. 四生, in each case causing: a sentient being to enter one of the 六道 six gati, or paths of transmigration; arising |
正命 see styles |
zhèng mìng / zheng4 ming4 cheng ming shoumyou / shomyo / しょうみょう |
 More info & calligraphy: samyagājīva, the fifth of the 八正道, right livelihood, right life; 'abstaining from any of the forbidden modes of living. ' 正因 The true or direct cause, as compared with 緣因 a contributory cause. |
生命 see styles |
shēng mìng / sheng1 ming4 sheng ming seimei / seme / せいめい |
 More info & calligraphy: life; existence |
生活 see styles |
shēng huó / sheng1 huo2 sheng huo seikatsu / sekatsu / せいかつ |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun/participle) living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood one's living |
生きる see styles |
ikiru / いきる |  More info & calligraphy: |
生活法 see styles |
seikatsuhou / sekatsuho / せいかつほう |  More info & calligraphy: |
活 see styles |
huó / huo2 huo katsu / かつ |
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship (1) living; life; (2) (See 活を入れる・1) judo art of resuscitation; (suffix) (3) (abbreviation) (See 活動・1) action; activity; (personal name) Katsuji jīva, jīvaka; alive, living, lively, revive, movable; be lively |
乞食 see styles |
qǐ shí / qi3 shi2 ch`i shih / chi shih kojiki(p);kotsujiki / こじき(P);こつじき |
to beg for food (1) (sensitive word) beggar; (noun/participle) (2) begging To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food; begging for food |
人世 see styles |
rén shì / ren2 shi4 jen shih jinsei / jinse / じんせい |
the world; this world; the world of the living this world; life; (given name) Jinsei |
做活 see styles |
zuò huó / zuo4 huo2 tso huo |
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2] |
利人 see styles |
lì rén / li4 ren2 li jen rinin / りひと |
(given name) Rihito To benefit or profit men, idem利他 parahita; the bodhisattva-mind is 自利利他 to improve oneself for the purpose of improving or benefiting others; the Buddha-mind is 利他一心 with single mind to help others, pure altruism; 利生 is the extension of this idea to 衆生 all the living, which of course is not limited to men or this earthly life; 利物 is also used with the same meaning, 物 being the living; to improve the condition of others |
十智 see styles |
shí zhì / shi2 zhi4 shih chih jū chi |
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas; ten kinds of cognition |
含生 see styles |
hán shēng / han2 sheng1 han sheng gan shō |
含靈 Living beings, all beings possessing life, especially sentient life. |
命者 see styles |
mìng zhě / ming4 zhe3 ming che myōsha |
The living being; the one possessing life; life. |
命難 命难 see styles |
mìng nán / ming4 nan2 ming nan myō nan |
Life's hardships; the distress of living; life's hardships |
四相 see styles |
sì xiàng / si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shisō |
The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相; four marks |
好生 see styles |
hǎo shēng / hao3 sheng1 hao sheng kōsan / よしみ |
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly (female given name) Yoshimi Love of life; love of the living; to love life |
幽栖 see styles |
yuusei / yuse / ゆうせい | (noun/participle) living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses |
幽棲 see styles |
yuusei / yuse / ゆうせい | (noun/participle) living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses |
暮し see styles |
kurashi / くらし | (n,n-suf) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances |
有生 see styles |
yǒu shēng / you3 sheng1 yu sheng ushou;yuusei / usho;yuse / うしょう;ゆうせい |
(1) living thing; (can be adjective with の) (2) animate; (female given name) Yumi take a life |
殺生 杀生 see styles |
shā shēng / sha1 sheng1 sha sheng sesshou / sessho / せっしょう |
to take the life of a living creature (noun/participle) (1) killing; destruction of life; (adjectival noun) (2) barbarous; callous; brutal; cruel; heartless; (female given name) Setsuna To take life, kill the living, or any conscious being; the taking of human life offends against the major commands, of animal life against the less stringent commands. Suicide also leads to severe penalties; taking of life |
比丘 see styles |
bǐ qiū / bi3 qiu1 pi ch`iu / pi chiu biku / びく |
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk) (san: bhiksu) 比呼; 苾芻; 煏芻 bhikṣu, a religious mendicant, an almsman, one who has left home, been fully ordained, and depends on alms for a living. Some are styled 乞士 mendicant scholars, all are 釋種 Śākya-seed, offspring of Buddha. The Chinese characters are clearly used as a phonetic equivalent, but many attempts have been made to give meanings to the two words, e. g. 比 as 破 and 丘 as 煩惱, hence one who destroys the passions and delusions, also 悕能 able to overawe Māra and his minions; also 除饉 to get rid of dearth, moral and spiritual. Two kinds 内乞 and 外乞; both indicate self-control, the first by internal mental or spiritual methods, the second by externals such as strict diet. 苾芻 is a fragrant plant, emblem of the monastic life; (Skt. bhikṣu) |
水棲 水栖 see styles |
shuǐ qī / shui3 qi1 shui ch`i / shui chi suisei / suise / すいせい |
aquatic; living in water (noun - becomes adjective with の) aquatic (life); living in the water |
水生 see styles |
shuǐ shēng / shui3 sheng1 shui sheng mizuki / みずき |
aquatic (plant, animal) (noun - becomes adjective with の) aquatic (life); living in the water; (female given name) Mizuki |
治生 see styles |
zhì shēng / zhi4 sheng1 chih sheng jishō / はるみ |
(female given name) Harumi A living, that by which one maintains life; making a living |
活命 see styles |
huó mìng / huo2 ming4 huo ming katsumei |
life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living Life, living; to revive; life |
流寓 see styles |
ryuuguu / ryugu / りゅうぐう | (noun/participle) living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land |
浮世 see styles |
fú shì / fu2 shi4 fu shih ukiyo / うきよ |
(Buddhism) the world of the living (1) fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; (2) sad world; world of grief and worry; (surname, female given name) Ukiyo |
淡泊 see styles |
dàn bó / dan4 bo2 tan po tanbaku / たんぱく |
living a simple life (noun or adjectival noun) (1) light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; (2) frank; candid; ingenuous; indifferent tranquil |
現生 现生 see styles |
xiàn shēng / xian4 sheng1 hsien sheng gensei / gense / げんせい |
(noun/participle) living in the present The present life; the present life |
生前 see styles |
shēng qián / sheng1 qian2 sheng ch`ien / sheng chien seizen / sezen / せいぜん |
(of a deceased) during one's life; while living (n-adv,n-t) while alive; during one's lifetime prior to birth |
生法 see styles |
shēng fǎ / sheng1 fa3 sheng fa shōbō |
The living and things, i. e. 人法, 我法 men and things, the self and things; the 有情 sentient, or those with emotions, i. e. the living; and 非情 those without, i. e. insentient things; dharma of life |
生物 see styles |
shēng wù / sheng1 wu4 sheng wu seibutsu / sebutsu / せいぶつ |
organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) living thing; organism; creature; life; (2) (abbreviation) (See 生物学) biology |
薩埵 萨埵 see styles |
sà duǒ / sa4 duo3 sa to satta |
sattva, being, existence, essence, nature, life, sense, consciousness, substance, any living or sentient being, etc. M.W. Tr. by 情 sentient, 有情 possessing sentience, feeling, or consciousness; and by 衆生 all the living. Abbrev. for bodhisattva. Also 薩多婆; 薩怛嚩; 索埵, etc; (Skt. sattva) |
起臥 see styles |
kiga / きが | (noun/participle) daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep |
過活 过活 see styles |
guò huó / guo4 huo2 kuo huo |
to live one's life; to make a living |
不殺生 不杀生 see styles |
bù shā shēng / bu4 sha1 sheng1 pu sha sheng fusesshō |
prāṇātipātād vairamaṇī (virati). The first commandment, Thou shalt not kill the living; abstinence from taking life |
乾物女 干物女 see styles |
gān wù nǚ / gan1 wu4 nu:3 kan wu nü |
single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life (loanword from Japanese "himono onna") See: 干物女 |
五無間 五无间 see styles |
wǔ wú jiān / wu3 wu2 jian1 wu wu chien go mugen |
The uninterrupted, or no-interval hell, i. e. avīci hell, the worst, or eighth of the eight hells. It is ceaseless in five respects— karma and its effects are an endless chain with no escape; its sufferings are ceaseless; it is timeless; its fate or life is endless; it is ceaselessly full. Another interpretation takes the second, third, and fifth of the above and adds that it is packed with 罪器 implements of torture, and that it is full of all kinds of living beings; (hell of the) five kinds of non-remission |
徒食い see styles |
mudagui / むだぐい | (noun/participle) (1) eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources; (2) living idly; loafing one's way through life |
暮らし see styles |
kurashi / くらし | (n,n-suf) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances |
活きる see styles |
ikiru / いきる | (v1,vi) (1) to live; to exist; (2) to make a living; to subsist; (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function; (4) to come to life; to be enlivened; (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.) |
那羅延 那罗延 see styles |
nà luó yán / na4 luo2 yan2 na lo yen Naraen |
(那羅延那); 那羅野拏 Nārāyaṇa, 'son of Nara or the original man, patronymic of the personified Purusha or first living being, author of the Purusha hymn,' M. W. He is also identified with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa; intp. by 人生本 the originator of human life; 堅固 firm and stable; 力士 or 天界力士 hero of divine power; and 金剛 vajra; the term is used adjectivally with the meaning of manly and strong. Nārāyaṇa is represented with three faces, of greenish-yellow colour, right hand with a wheel, riding a garuḍa-bird. |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó / a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o / a mi to Amida / あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
一人暮し see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
一所懸命 see styles |
isshokenmei / isshokenme / いっしょけんめい | (adj-na,n-adv,n) (1) (yoji) (See 一生懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place; (2) sticking at living in one place |
仕事一筋 see styles |
shigotohitosuji / しごとひとすじ | (yoji) living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work |
偕老同穴 see styles |
kairoudouketsu;kairoudouketsu / kairodoketsu;kairodoketsu / かいろうどうけつ;カイロウドウケツ | (1) (かいろうどうけつ only) (yoji) happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; (2) (kana only) Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) |
八不正見 八不正见 see styles |
bā bù zhèng jiàn / ba1 bu4 zheng4 jian4 pa pu cheng chien hachi fushō ken |
The teaching of the 大集經 26, on the eight incorrect views in regard to (1) 我見 the existence of a permanent ego; (2) 衆生見 the five skandhas as not the constituents of the living; (3)壽命見 fate, or determination of length of life; (4) 士夫見a creator; (5)常見 permanence; (6) 斷見 annihilation; (7) 有見 the reality of things; (8) 無見 their unreality. |
六韜三略 六韬三略 see styles |
liù tāo sān lüè / liu4 tao1 san1 lu:e4 liu t`ao san lu:e / liu tao san lu:e rikutousanryaku / rikutosanryaku / りくとうさんりゃく |
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lu:e4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2] (yoji) two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living |
共同生活 see styles |
kyoudouseikatsu / kyodosekatsu / きょうどうせいかつ | living together; communal life; cohabitation |
口力外道 see styles |
kǒu lì wài dào / kou3 li4 wai4 dao4 k`ou li wai tao / kou li wai tao kuriki gedō |
One of the eleven heretical sects of India. which is said to have compared the mouth to the great void out of which all things were produced. The great void produced the four elements, these produced herbs, and these in turn all the living; or more in detail the void produced wind, wind fire, fire warmth, warmth water, water congealed and formed earth which produced herbs, herbs cereals and life, hence life is food; ultimately all returns to the void, which is nirvana; voice power non-Buddhist |
和光同塵 和光同尘 see styles |
hé guāng tóng jen / he2 guang1 tong2 jen2 ho kuang t`ung jen / ho kuang tung jen wakoudoujin / wakodojin / わこうどうじん |
(yoji) mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself to dim the radiance and mingle with the dust |
国民生活 see styles |
kokuminseikatsu / kokuminsekatsu / こくみんせいかつ | the life of the people; the people's living |
地域生活 see styles |
chiikiseikatsu / chikisekatsu / ちいきせいかつ | (1) community life; local life; regional life; (2) integration in the community; living in the local community (social work) |
外国生活 see styles |
gaikokuseikatsu / gaikokusekatsu / がいこくせいかつ | life in a foreign country; living abroad |
悠々自適 see styles |
yuuyuujiteki / yuyujiteki / ゆうゆうじてき | (adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate |
悠悠自適 see styles |
yuuyuujiteki / yuyujiteki / ゆうゆうじてき | (adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate |
放蕩生活 see styles |
houtouseikatsu / hotosekatsu / ほうとうせいかつ | (yoji) fast living; dissipated life; riotous life |
活靈活現 活灵活现 see styles |
huó líng huó xiàn / huo2 ling2 huo2 xian4 huo ling huo hsien |
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic |
活龍活現 活龙活现 see styles |
huó lóng huó xiàn / huo2 long2 huo2 xian4 huo lung huo hsien |
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic |
淡泊明志 see styles |
dàn bó míng zhì / dan4 bo2 ming2 zhi4 tan po ming chih |
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) |
清風明月 清风明月 see styles |
qīng fēng míng yuè / qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4 ch`ing feng ming yüeh / ching feng ming yüeh seifuumeigetsu / sefumegetsu / せいふうめいげつ |
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); fig. peaceful and clear night; (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life (yoji) refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon |
無駄食い see styles |
mudagui / むだぐい | (noun/participle) (1) eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources; (2) living idly; loafing one's way through life |
独り暮し see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
籠鳥檻猿 笼鸟槛猿 see styles |
lóng niǎo jiàn yuán / long2 niao3 jian4 yuan2 lung niao chien yüan rouchoukanen / rochokanen / ろうちょうかんえん |
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner (yoji) denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird |
路上生活 see styles |
rojouseikatsu / rojosekatsu / ろじょうせいかつ | (noun/participle) (yoji) living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness |
跳出火坑 see styles |
tiào chū huǒ kēng / tiao4 chu1 huo3 keng1 t`iao ch`u huo k`eng / tiao chu huo keng |
lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell; to free oneself from a life of torture |
都会生活 see styles |
tokaiseikatsu / tokaisekatsu / とかいせいかつ | city life; urban living |
隠遁生活 see styles |
intonseikatsu / intonsekatsu / いんとんせいかつ | (yoji) a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life |
集団生活 see styles |
shuudanseikatsu / shudansekatsu / しゅうだんせいかつ | living in a group; communal living; community life |
その日暮し see styles |
sonohigurashi / そのひぐらし | (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time |
ひとり暮し see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
一人暮らし see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
其の日暮し see styles |
sonohigurashi / そのひぐらし | (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time |
幽棲;幽栖 see styles |
yuusei / yuse / ゆうせい | (noun/participle) living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses |
水生;水棲 see styles |
suisei / suise / すいせい | (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 陸生) aquatic (life); living in the water |
海外暮らし see styles |
kaigaigurashi;kaigaikurashi / かいがいぐらし;かいがいくらし | (noun/participle) living abroad; life overseas |
独り暮らし see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
生活必需品 see styles |
shēng huó bì xū pǐn / sheng1 huo2 bi4 xu1 pin3 sheng huo pi hsü p`in / sheng huo pi hsü pin seikatsuhitsujuhin / sekatsuhitsujuhin / せいかつひつじゅひん |
life's necessities daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life |
田舎暮らし see styles |
inakagurashi;inakakurashi / いなかぐらし;いなかくらし | country living; life in the country; country life |
自在天外道 see styles |
zì zài tiān wài dào / zi4 zai4 tian1 wai4 dao4 tzu tsai t`ien wai tao / tzu tsai tien wai tao Jizaiten gedō |
Śivaites, who ascribed creation and destruction to Śiva, and that all things form his body, space his head, sun and moon his eyes, earth his body, rivers and seas his urine, mountains his fæces, wind his life, fire his heat, and all living things the vermin on his body. This sect is also known as the 自在等因宗. Śiva is represented with eight arms, three eyes, sitting on a bull. |
その日暮らし see styles |
sonohigurashi / そのひぐらし | (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time |
ひとり暮らし see styles |
hitorigurashi / ひとりぐらし | a single life; a solitary life; living alone |
ダウンシフト see styles |
daunshifuto / ダウンシフト | (1) downshift; changing from upper to lower case letters; (2) downshifting; living a simpler life; (3) (rare) (See シフトダウン) downshifting (on a vehicle) |
其の日暮らし see styles |
sonohigurashi / そのひぐらし | (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time |
日常生活動作 see styles |
nichijouseikatsudousa / nichijosekatsudosa / にちじょうせいかつどうさ | activities of daily living; ADL; normal activities of daily life |
無駄食い;徒食い see styles |
mudagui / むだぐい | (noun/participle) (1) eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources; (2) (See 無駄飯・むだめし,徒食・としょく) living idly; loafing one's way through life |
エンディングノート see styles |
endingunooto / エンディングノート | booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.) (wasei: ending note) |
悠々自適;悠悠自適 see styles |
yuuyuujiteki / yuyujiteki / ゆうゆうじてき | (adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate |
暮らし(P);暮し see styles |
kurashi / くらし | (n,n-suf) (usu. ぐらし as a suffix) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances |
生於憂患，死於安樂 生于忧患，死于安乐 see styles |
shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè / sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4 sheng yü yu huan , ssu yü an le |
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom); life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure |
エンディング・ノート see styles |
endingu nooto / エンディング・ノート | booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.) (wasei: ending note) |
博報堂生活総合研究所 see styles |
hakuhoudouseikatsusougoukenkyuujo / hakuhodosekatsusogokenkyujo / はくほうどうせいかつそうごうけんきゅうじょ | (o) Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living |
生きる(P);活きる see styles |
ikiru / いきる | (v1,vi) (1) to live; to exist; (2) to make a living; to subsist; (3) to be in effect; to be in use; to function; (4) to come to life; to be enlivened; (5) to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.) |
生き物(P);生きもの see styles |
ikimono / いきもの | living thing; living creature; animal; life |
浮世;浮き世;憂き世;憂世 see styles |
ukiyo;fusei(浮世) / ukiyo;fuse(浮世) / うきよ;ふせい(浮世) | (1) fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; (2) (esp. 憂き世) sad world; world of grief and worry; (3) the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world; (4) (the world of the) red light districts |
生き甲斐(P);生きがい;生甲斐 see styles |
ikigai / いきがい | reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être |
住まい(P);住い;住居(ateji) see styles |
sumai / すまい | (1) (See 住居・じゅうきょ) dwelling; house; residence; address; (n-suf,n) (2) (pronounced ずまい as a suffix) living; life |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Life is for Living" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
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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