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か see styles |
ka か |
(particle) (1) (at sentence end) indicates a question; (particle) (2) (after each alternative) or; whether or not; (particle) (3) (after an interrogative) (See 何か・1) some- (e.g. something, someone); (particle) (4) (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles) hmm; huh; (prefix) (5) (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective) (See か弱い) very; (suffix) (6) (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word) (See 定か) -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y; (adverb) (7) (archaism) in that way |
佛 see styles |
fú fu2 fu hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
光 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright / Shine(1) light; (2) illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; (3) happiness; hope; (4) influence; power; (5) vision; eyesight; (6) (abbreviation) (See 光回線) optical fiber; optical fibre; (female given name) Rei 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
動 动 see styles |
dòng dong4 tung yurugi ゆるぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Dynamic(ant: 静・1) motion; (female given name) Yurugi Move, stir, motion, mutable; movement arises from the nature of wind which is the cause of motion. |
吉 see styles |
jí ji2 chi reikichi / rekichi れいきち |
More info & calligraphy: Lucky / Auspicious(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 御神籤・おみくじ) good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; (2) (abbreviation) (See 吉日・2) unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written); (given name) Reikichi śrī; auspicious, lucky, fortunate; translit. k, ke, ku, g. |
国 see styles |
kokuki こくき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
國 国 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo kuniyuki くにゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo(out-dated kanji) (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (personal name) Kuniyuki A country, a nation; national. |
妙 see styles |
miào miao4 miao myou / myo みょう |
More info & calligraphy: Clever / Superb / Wonderful(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound. |
幸 see styles |
xìng xing4 hsing rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness / Fortune / Lucky(1) good luck; fortune; happiness; (2) (さち only) (See 海の幸,山の幸) harvest; yield; (given name) Rei exactly |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin haato / hato ハート |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
慈 see styles |
cí ci2 tz`u tzu yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Mercy / Compassion / Love(personal name) Yoshimi Affection (as that of a mother), mercy, compassion, tenderness; mother. |
慾 欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Desire / Longing / Cravinggreed; craving; desire; avarice; wants Passion, inordinate desire, lust, v. 欲. |
月 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh runa るな |
More info & calligraphy: Moon(1) Moon; (2) month; (3) moonlight; (4) (See 衛星・1) (a) moon; natural satellite; (female given name) Runa candra, 旅達 (旅達羅); 旂陀羅; 戰達羅; 戰捺羅 the moon, called also 蘇摩 soma, from the fermented juice of asclepias acida used in worship, and later personified in association with the moon. It has many other epithets, e. g. 印度 Indu, incorrectly intp. as marked like a hare; 創夜神 Niśākara, maker of the night; 星宿王 Nakṣatranātha, lord of constellations; 喜懷之頭飾 the crest of Siva; 蓮華王 Kumuda-pati, lotus lord; 白馬主 Śvetavājin, drawn by (or lord of) white horses; 大白光神 Śītāṃśu, the spirit with white rays; 冷光神 Sitamarici, the spirit with cool rays; 鹿形神 Mṛgāṅka, the spirit with marks m form like a deer; 野兎形神 Śaśi, ditto like a hare. |
機 机 see styles |
jī ji1 chi hata はた |
More info & calligraphy: Opportunityloom; (surname) Hata The spring, or motive principle, machine, contrivance, artifice, occasion, opportunity; basis, root or germ; natural bent, fundamental quality. |
氣 气 see styles |
qì qi4 ch`i chi ki き |
More info & calligraphy: Life Energy / Spiritual Energy(out-dated kanji) (1) spirit; mind; heart; (2) nature; disposition; (3) motivation; intention; (4) mood; feelings; (5) ambience; atmosphere; mood energy |
派 see styles |
pài pai4 p`ai pai minamata みなまた |
More info & calligraphy: Pai(n,n-suf) (1) group; faction; clique; coterie; (n,n-suf) (2) (political) faction; wing; camp; (n,n-suf) (3) school (of thought, painting, etc.); (n,n-suf) (4) sect; denomination; (surname) Minamata branch |
王 see styles |
wàng wang4 wang wan わん |
More info & calligraphy: King(n,n-suf) (1) king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; (n,n-suf) (2) tycoon; magnate; champion; master; (n,n-suf) (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 王将・おうしょう・1) king (of the senior player); (surname) Wan rāja, king, prince, royal; to rule. |
理 see styles |
lǐ li3 li wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Science(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify. |
神 see styles |
shén shen2 shen miwa みわ |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit / Spiritual Essence(1) spirit; psyche; (2) (See 神・かみ・1) god; deity; divinity; kami; (female given name) Miwa Inscrutable spiritual powers, or power; a spirit; a deva, god, or divinity; the human spirit; divine, spiritual, supernatural. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
空 see styles |
kòng kong4 k`ung kung ron ろん |
More info & calligraphy: Sky / Ether / Void / Emptiness / Unreality(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
華 华 see styles |
huá hua2 hua ririka りりか |
More info & calligraphy: Flowers / Blooming / Splendid / China(1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (3) (abbreviation) (See 中華民国・1) Republic of China; (female given name) Ririka kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China. |
覺 觉 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoru さとる |
More info & calligraphy: Awareness(personal name) Satoru bodhi, from bodha, 'knowing, understanding', means enlightenment, illumination; 覺 is to awake, apprehend, perceive, realize; awake, aware; (also, to sleep). It is illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming; also, enlightenment in regard to moral evil. Cf. 菩提 and 佛. |
身 see styles |
shēn shen1 shen misaki みさき |
More info & calligraphy: Body(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身. |
道 see styles |
dào dao4 tao wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Daoism / Taoism(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs. |
陽 阳 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang youji / yoji ようじ |
More info & calligraphy: Yako / Minami(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (the) positive; (2) (ant: 陰・2) yang (in Chinese divination); (3) (See 陰に陽に) the open; visible place; public place; (personal name) Yōji The side on which the sun shines, the sun, heat, this life, positive, masculine, dynamic, etc. |
から see styles |
kara カラ |
(particle) (1) from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; (particle) (2) from (originator); by; (particle) (3) (follows verbs, adjectives) because; since; (particle) (4) out of (constituent, part); (particle) (5) through (e.g. window, vestibule); (particle) (6) (following the te-form of a verb) after; since; (particle) (7) (See いいから・1) expresses sympathy or warning; (place-name) Qara (Arab Union) |
トビ see styles |
tobi トビ |
More info & calligraphy: Tobi |
七月 see styles |
qī yuè qi1 yue4 ch`i yüeh chi yüeh natsuki なつき |
More info & calligraphy: July(adverbial noun) July; (female given name) Natsuki |
三昧 see styles |
sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai さんまい |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(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. |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì san1 di4 san ti santai; sandai さんたい; さんだい |
More info & calligraphy: The Three TruthsThe three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same. |
五福 see styles |
wǔ fú wu3 fu2 wu fu gofuku ごふく |
More info & calligraphy: The Five Fortunesfive blessings |
人性 see styles |
rén xìng ren2 xing4 jen hsing jinsei / jinse じんせい |
More info & calligraphy: Human Naturehuman nature; instinct; humanity; humanism |
人情 see styles |
rén qíng ren2 qing2 jen ch`ing jen ching ninjou / ninjo にんじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Empathy / Humanity(1) humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy; (2) human nature; common sense; customs and manners human emotions |
人道 see styles |
rén dào ren2 dao4 jen tao jindou(p); nindou / jindo(p); nindo じんどう(P); にんどう |
More info & calligraphy: The Tao or Dao of Being Human / Humanity(1) humanity; (2) sidewalk; footpath; (3) (にんどう only) {Buddh} (See 六道) human realm rebirth as a human being |
人魚 人鱼 see styles |
rén yú ren2 yu2 jen yü hitona ひとな |
More info & calligraphy: Mermaid / Mermanmermaid; merman; (female given name) Hitona |
光明 see styles |
guāng míng guang1 ming2 kuang ming kanmyon クァンミョン |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright and Promising Future(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea) v. last entry. |
八卦 see styles |
bā guà ba1 gua4 pa kua hatsuke はつけ |
More info & calligraphy: Ba Gua(1) eight trigrams; divination signs; (2) divination; fortune-telling; (place-name) Hatsuke eight trigrams |
公案 see styles |
gōng àn gong1 an4 kung an kouan / koan こうあん |
More info & calligraphy: Koan{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping) J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination. |
冷靜 冷静 see styles |
lěng jìng leng3 jing4 leng ching |
More info & calligraphy: Calm / Cool-HeadedSee: 冷静 |
化身 see styles |
huà shēn hua4 shen1 hua shen keshin けしん |
More info & calligraphy: Avatar(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances. |
十戒 see styles |
shí jiè shi2 jie4 shih chieh jukkai じゅっかい |
More info & calligraphy: Ten Commandments(1) (Buddhist term) the 10 precepts; (2) Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog; (surname) Jukkai Śikṣāpada. The ten prohibitions (in Pāli form) consist of five commandments for the layman: (1) not to destroy life 不殺生 pāṇātipātāveramaṇi; (2) not to steal 不倫盜 adinnādānāver; (3) not to commit adultery 不婬慾 abrahmacaryaver.; (4) not to lie 不妄語musāvādāver.; (5) not to take intoxicating liquor 不飮酒 suramereyya-majjapamādaṭṭhānāver. Eight special commandments for laymen consist of the preceding five plus: (6) not to eat food out of regulated hours 不非時食 vikāla-bhojanāver.; (7) not to use garlands or perfumes 不著華鬘好香塗身 mālā- gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūṣanaṭṭhānā; (8) not to sleep on high or broad beds (chastity) 不坐高廣大牀 uccāsayanā-mahāsayanā. The ten commandments for the monk are the preceding eight plus: (9) not to take part in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances, not to see or listen to such 不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽 nacca-gīta-vādita-visūkadassanāver.; (10) to refrain from acquiring uncoined or coined gold, or silver, or jewels 不得捉錢金銀寶物 jātarūpa-rajata-paṭīggahaṇāver. Under the Māhayāna these ten commands for the monk were changed, to accord with the new environment of the monk, to the following: not to kill, not to steal, to avoid all unchastity, not to lie, not to slander, not to insult, not to chatter, not to covet, not to give way to anger, to harbour no scepticism. |
協作 协作 see styles |
xié zuò xie2 zuo4 hsieh tso |
More info & calligraphy: Cooperation / Collaboration |
協同 协同 see styles |
xié tóng xie2 tong2 hsieh t`ung hsieh tung kyoudou / kyodo きょうどう |
More info & calligraphy: Collaboration / Cooperation / Synergy(n,vs,adj-no) doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association |
參悟 参悟 see styles |
cān wù can1 wu4 ts`an wu tsan wu |
More info & calligraphy: Truth Flashed Through The Mind |
古里 see styles |
furuzato ふるざと |
More info & calligraphy: Kori |
啟示 启示 see styles |
qǐ shì qi3 shi4 ch`i shih chi shih |
More info & calligraphy: Inspire |
善良 see styles |
shàn liáng shan4 liang2 shan liang yoshinaga よしなが |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Kind-Hearted(noun or adjectival noun) good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest; (given name) Yoshinaga |
四諦 四谛 see styles |
sì dì si4 di4 ssu ti shitai したい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths (Buddhism){Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅. |
因果 see styles |
yīn guǒ yin1 guo3 yin kuo inga いんが |
More info & calligraphy: Karma - Cause and Effect(1) cause and effect; causality; (2) {Buddh} karma; fate; (adjectival noun) (3) unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated Cause and effect; every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause. |
因緣 因缘 see styles |
yīn yuán yin1 yuan2 yin yüan innen |
More info & calligraphy: Fate / Opportunity / Chancehetupratyaya. Cause; causes; 因 hetu, is primary cause, 緣 pratyaya, secondary cause, or causes, e. g. a seed is 因, rain, dew, farmer, etc., are 緣. The 十二因緣 twelve nidānas or links are 'the concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range of existence'. |
固執 固执 see styles |
gù zhí gu4 zhi2 ku chih koshitsu(p); koshuu / koshitsu(p); koshu こしつ(P); こしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Persistence(n,vs,vt,vi) sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence |
圓光 圆光 see styles |
yuán guāng yuan2 guang1 yüan kuang enkou / enko えんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Halo(surname) Enkou The halo surrounding the head of a Buddha, etc. |
土狗 see styles |
tǔ gǒu tu3 gou3 t`u kou tu kou |
More info & calligraphy: Earth Dog |
執拗 执拗 see styles |
zhí niù zhi2 niu4 chih niu shitsuyou / shitsuyo しつよう shitsuou / shitsuo しつおう |
More info & calligraphy: Relentless / Stubborn(adjectival noun) persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn |
堅毅 坚毅 see styles |
jiān yì jian1 yi4 chien i |
More info & calligraphy: Unswerving Determination / Firm and Persistent |
夏原 see styles |
natsubara なつばら |
More info & calligraphy: Natsuhara |
夏基 see styles |
natsuki なつき |
More info & calligraphy: Shaki |
多爾 多尔 see styles |
duō ěr duo1 er3 to erh |
More info & calligraphy: Doll |
天地 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti amachi あまち |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven and Earth(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi heaven and earth |
天恩 see styles |
tenon てんおん |
More info & calligraphy: Grace from Heaven / Grace from God |
天恵 see styles |
tenkei / tenke てんけい |
More info & calligraphy: Blessed by Heaven |
威利 see styles |
wēi lì wei1 li4 wei li |
More info & calligraphy: Wille |
宗家 see styles |
zōng jiā zong1 jia1 tsung chia muneie / munee むねいえ |
More info & calligraphy: Soke / ShukeA name for Shandao 善導 (d. 681), a writer of commentaries on the sutras of the Pure Land sect, and one of its principal literary men; cf. 念佛宗. |
室利 see styles |
shì lì shi4 li4 shih li shiri |
More info & calligraphy: Shili / Shiri / Sri |
尼瑪 尼玛 see styles |
ní mǎ ni2 ma3 ni ma |
(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽|你妈[ni3 ma1]; (transcription from Tibetan) the sun |
布施 see styles |
bù shī bu4 shi1 pu shih fuho ふほ |
More info & calligraphy: Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity(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. |
幸運 幸运 see styles |
xìng yùn xing4 yun4 hsing yün yoshikazu よしかず |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck(noun or adjectival noun) good luck; fortune; (given name) Yoshikazu |
強い see styles |
kowai こわい |
More info & calligraphy: Tsuyoi |
忍術 see styles |
ninjutsu にんじゅつ |
More info & calligraphy: Ninjutsu / Ninjitsu |
志気 see styles |
shige しげ |
More info & calligraphy: Esprit de Corps / Determination |
怡保 see styles |
yí bǎo yi2 bao3 i pao |
More info & calligraphy: Ipoh |
悟空 see styles |
wù kōng wu4 kong1 wu k`ung wu kung gokuu / goku ごくう |
More info & calligraphy: Wukong / Goku(surname, given name) Gokuu |
想い see styles |
omoi おもい |
More info & calligraphy: Omoi / Desire |
想像 see styles |
xiǎng xiàng xiang3 xiang4 hsiang hsiang souzou / sozo そうぞう |
More info & calligraphy: Imagine / Imagination(noun, transitive verb) imagination; supposition; guess |
意志 see styles |
yì zhì yi4 zhi4 i chih ishi いし |
More info & calligraphy: Determination to Achieve / Will-Powerwill; volition; intention; intent; determination; (given name) Ishi intention |
愛心 爱心 see styles |
ài xīn ai4 xin1 ai hsin rabu らぶ |
More info & calligraphy: Loving Heart / Compassion(obsolete) love; affection; (female given name) Rabu A loving heart; a mind full of desire; a mind dominated by desire. |
慈心 see styles |
cí xīn ci2 xin1 tz`u hsin tzu hsin jishin じしん |
More info & calligraphy: Compassionate Heart / Benevolent HeartA compassionate heart. |
慈悲 see styles |
cí bēi ci2 bei1 tz`u pei tzu pei jihi じひ |
More info & calligraphy: Mercy / Compassion / Buddhist Loving Kindness(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence; (2) (abbreviation) (See 慈悲心鳥) rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo Compassion and pity, merciful, compassionate. |
慈母 see styles |
cí mǔ ci2 mu3 tz`u mu tzu mu jibo じぼ |
More info & calligraphy: Loving Mother(See 慈父) affectionate mother |
慈父 see styles |
jifu じふ |
More info & calligraphy: Loving Father |
日方 see styles |
rì fāng ri4 fang1 jih fang hinata ひなた |
the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc) (personal name) Hinata |
更生 see styles |
gēng shēng geng1 sheng1 keng sheng tsugio つぎお |
More info & calligraphy: Rehabilitation / Rebirth(noun/participle) (1) rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew; (noun/participle) (2) rebirth; regeneration; reorganization; rebuilding; recovery; restoration; remaking; (noun/participle) (3) coming back to life; revival; resuscitation; (given name) Tsugio rebirth |
正法 see styles |
zhèng fǎ zheng4 fa3 cheng fa masanori まさのり |
More info & calligraphy: Shobo(1) just law; (2) proper method; (3) {Buddh} the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law; (given name) Masanori The correct doctrine of the Buddha, whose period was to last 500, some say 1, 000 years, be followed by the 像法時 semblance period of 1, 000 years, and then by the 末法時 period of decay and termination, lasting 10, 000 years. The 正法時 is also known as 正法壽. |
正義 正义 see styles |
zhèng yì zheng4 yi4 cheng i masayoshi まさよし |
More info & calligraphy: Justice / Righteousness(1) justice; right; righteousness; (2) (usu. in titles of annotated editions of Confucian classics) correct meaning; correct explanation; (male given name) Masayoshi traditional or accepted viewpoint of one school or sect |
氣功 气功 see styles |
qì gōng qi4 gong1 ch`i kung chi kung |
More info & calligraphy: Qi Gong / Chi Kung |
決心 决心 see styles |
jué xīn jue2 xin1 chüeh hsin kesshin けっしん |
More info & calligraphy: Determination(noun, transitive verb) determination; resolution |
溫厚 温厚 see styles |
wēn hòu wen1 hou4 wen hou |
More info & calligraphy: GentlenessSee: 温厚 |
滅諦 灭谛 see styles |
miè dì mie4 di4 mieh ti mettai めったい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachmentnirodha-āryasatya, the third of the four dogmas, the extinction of suffering, which is rooted in reincarnation, v. 四諦. |
無我 无我 see styles |
wú wǒ wu2 wo3 wu wo muga むが |
More info & calligraphy: Selflessness(1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Muga anātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11. |
熱情 热情 see styles |
rè qíng re4 qing2 je ch`ing je ching netsujou / netsujo ねつじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Passion for a Causeardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor |
熱愛 热爱 see styles |
rè ài re4 ai4 je ai netsuai ねつあい |
More info & calligraphy: Passionate Love / Ardent Love and Devotion(n,vs,vt,adj-no) passionate love; ardent love; devotion |
独立 see styles |
dokuritsu どくりつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own; (n,vs,vi) (2) independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; (n,vs,vi) (3) separation; isolation |
猴王 see styles |
hóu wáng hou2 wang2 hou wang |
More info & calligraphy: Monkey King |
王子 see styles |
wáng zǐ wang2 zi3 wang tzu kimiko きみこ |
More info & calligraphy: Prince(1) prince; (2) subordinate Kumano shrine; (female given name) Kimiko prince |
白狐 see styles |
bái hú bai2 hu2 pai hu byakko びゃっこ |
More info & calligraphy: Arctic Fox(1) old, white fox (trad. said to have supernatural powers); (2) (See ホッキョクギツネ) Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); (place-name) Byakko |
真如 see styles |
zhēn rú zhen1 ru2 chen ju mayuki まゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Tathata / Ultimate Nature of All Things{Buddh} tathata (the ultimate nature of all things); (female given name) Mayuki |
神明 see styles |
shén míng shen2 ming2 shen ming jinmei / jinme じんめい |
More info & calligraphy: Deities / Gods(1) deity; god; (2) (See 天照大神) Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity); (surname) Jinmei The spirits of heaven and earth, the gods; also the intelligent or spiritual nature. |
神道 see styles |
shén dào shen2 dao4 shen tao jindou / jindo じんどう |
More info & calligraphy: ShintoShinto; Shintoism; (surname) Jindō The spirit world of devas, asuras, and pretas. Psychology, or the doctrines concerning the soul. The teaching of Buddha. Shinto, the Way of the Gods, a Japanese national religion. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Nat" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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