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因緣


因缘

see styles
yīn yuán
    yin1 yuan2
yin yüan
 innen

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Fate / Opportunity / Chance
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
hetupratyaya. 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'.

土雞


土鸡

see styles
tǔ jī
    tu3 ji1
t`u chi
    tu chi

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Earth Rooster
free-range chicken

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

連綿


连绵

see styles
lián mián
    lian2 mian2
lien mien
 renmen
    れんめん

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Unbroken
continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
(adj-t,adv-to) unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to bind on

レンシ

see styles
 renshi
    レンシ
(1) range; stove; cooker; (2) (abbreviation) (See 電子レンジ) microwave oven; (personal name) Rensi

阿里山

see styles
ā lǐ shān
    a1 li3 shan1
a li shan
 arisan
    ありさん

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Alisan
Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
(place-name) Alishan (Taiwan)

射程

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shè chéng
    she4 cheng2
she ch`eng
    she cheng
 shatei / shate
    しゃてい
range; reach; firing range
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

山脈


山脉

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shān mài
    shan1 mai4
shan mai
 sanmyaku
    さんみゃく
mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]
mountain range; mountain belt

群山

see styles
qún shān
    qun2 shan1
ch`ün shan
    chün shan
 kunsan
    クンサン
mountains; a range of hills
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region; (place-name) Gunsan (South Korea)

群峰

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qún fēng
    qun2 feng1
ch`ün feng
    chün feng
 gunpou / gunpo
    ぐんぽう
the peaks of a mountain range
(the many peaks of a) mountain range

音域

see styles
yīn yù
    yin1 yu4
yin yü
 oniki
    おんいき
vocal range; register (music)
{music} range (of a voice or instrument); register; compass

年較差


年较差

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nián jiào chā
    nian2 jiao4 cha1
nien chiao ch`a
    nien chiao cha
 nenkakusa; nenkousa / nenkakusa; nenkosa
    ねんかくさ; ねんこうさ
annual range (temperature, humidity etc)
{met} annual range (of temperature)

日較差


日较差

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rì jiào chā
    ri4 jiao4 cha1
jih chiao ch`a
    jih chiao cha
 nichikakusa; nikkousa / nichikakusa; nikkosa
    にちかくさ; にっこうさ
(meteorology) diurnal range (temperature, humidity etc)
{met} diurnal range (of temperature); daily range

測距儀


测距仪

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cè jù yí
    ce4 ju4 yi2
ts`e chü i
    tse chü i
 sokkyogi
    そっきょぎ
electronic equipment used to measure distance (e.g. a rangefinder, telemeter etc)
range finder

練習場


练习场

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liàn xí chǎng
    lian4 xi2 chang3
lien hsi ch`ang
    lien hsi chang
 renshuujou / renshujo
    れんしゅうじょう
driving range (golf); practice court; practice ground
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space

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tái
    tai2
t`ai
    tai
 dai
    だい
(classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tai2]
(n,n-suf) (1) stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack; (2) setting (of a gem); mounting; (3) (See 台木・1) stock (in grafting); (counter) (4) counter for machines and vehicles; (suffix) (5) (after a rounded value) level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life); (suffix noun) (6) tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform; (suffix noun) (7) (in place names) plateau; heights; (surname) Dai
A flat place, platform, plateau, terrace; an abbrev. for 臺 and for 天台 Tiantai, hence 台嶽 the Tiantai mountain; 台宗; 台家 its 'school'; 台徒 its disciples; 台教; 台道 its doctrine, or way.


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    lu:3

 roi
    ろい
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
(1) (abbreviation) {music} bass range (in Japanese music); (2) (See 十二律,律・6) six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (3) (See 呂旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (surname) Roi

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quān
    quan1
ch`üan
    chüan
 ken
    けん
Japanese variant of 圈
(suffix) (1) sphere; circle; range; area; zone; bloc; (2) {math} category

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tào
    tao4
t`ao
    tao
to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)

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    li4
li
high mountain range

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chà
    cha4
ch`a
    cha
fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)

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    yu2
mountain range

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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 akira
    あきら
cliff; range of peaks
(given name) Akira


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lǐng
    ling3
ling
 rei / re
    れい
mountain range; mountain ridge
(1) peak; summit; ridge; top; (2) back of a blade; (surname, female given name) Rei

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gòu
    gou4
kou
to draw a bow to the full; the range of a bow and arrow; old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough

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    wo3
wo
 ga
    が
I; me; my
(1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego
I, my, mine; the ego, the master of the body, compared to the ruler of a country. Composed of the five skandhas and hence not a permanent entity. It is used for ātman, the self, personality. Buddhism takes as a fundamental dogma 無我, i.e. no 常我, no permanent ego, only recognizing a temporal or functional ego. The erroneous idea of a permanent self continued in reincarnation is the source of all illusion. But the Nirvana Sutra definitely asserts a permanent ego in the transcendental world, above the range of reincarnation; and the trend of Mahāyāna supports such permanence; v. 常我樂淨.

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    da3
ta
 da
    だ
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
(n,ctr) {sports} hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
To beat, strike, make, do; used for many kinds of such action.

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zào
    zao4
tsao
 kamado
    かまど
old variant of 灶[zao4]
(kana only) kitchen range; cooking stove; hearth; (kitchen) furnace; stove; furnace; kiln; (surname) Kamado
cooking stove


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zào
    zao4
tsao
 hekkoi
    へっこい
variant of 灶[zao4]
the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself; (out-dated kanji) (kana only) kitchen range; cooking stove; hearth; (kitchen) furnace; stove; furnace; kiln; (place-name) Hekkoi
A kitchen-stove.

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    xi4
hsi
 kei / ke
    けい
system; department; faculty
(n,n-suf) (1) system; lineage; group; (2) {math} corollary; (n,n-suf) (3) {geol} system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (n,n-suf) (4) (taxonomical) series; (personal name) Kei

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dài
    dai4
tai
 mayuzumi
    まゆづみ
umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
(1) eyebrow pencil; (2) blackened eyebrows; (3) (metaphorically) distant mountain range; (surname) Mayuzumi

中常

see styles
zhōng cháng
    zhong1 chang2
chung ch`ang
    chung chang
 nakatsune
    なかつね
ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
(surname) Nakatsune

中檔


中档

see styles
zhōng dàng
    zhong1 dang4
chung tang
mid-range (in quality and price)

中波

see styles
zhōng bō
    zhong1 bo1
chung po
 nakanami
    なかなみ
medium wave (radio frequency range)
medium wave; medium frequency; MF; medium frequency wave; (place-name, surname) Nakanami

中程

see styles
zhōng chéng
    zhong1 cheng2
chung ch`eng
    chung cheng
 nakabodo
    なかぼど
medium-range
(about) middle; midway; (surname) Nakabodo

中阮

see styles
zhōng ruǎn
    zhong1 ruan3
chung juan
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range

主峰

see styles
zhǔ fēng
    zhu3 feng1
chu feng
 shuhou / shuho
    しゅほう
main peak (of a mountain range)
the highest peak

主脈

see styles
 shumyaku
    しゅみゃく
(1) main mountain range; (2) {med} midrib; costa; (3) {bot} main vein (leaf)

亘る

see styles
 wataru
    わたる
(v5r,vi) (1) to cross over; to go across; (2) to extend; to cover; to range; to span

亙る

see styles
 wataru
    わたる
(v5r,vi) (1) to cross over; to go across; (2) to extend; to cover; to range; to span

値域

see styles
 chiiki / chiki
    ちいき
{math} range (of a function)

値巾

see styles
 nehaba
    ねはば
price range or fluctuation

値幅

see styles
 nehaba
    ねはば
price range or fluctuation

值域

see styles
zhí yù
    zhi2 yu4
chih yü
image (or range) of a function (math.)

全距

see styles
quán jù
    quan2 ju4
ch`üan chü
    chüan chü
range (of a set of data) (statistics)

前山

see styles
 maeyama
    まえやま
foothills; first range of mountains; (place-name, surname) Maeyama

區間


区间

see styles
qū jiān
    qu1 jian1
ch`ü chien
    chü chien
delimited area; defined section of a train or bus route; numerical range; (math.) interval

圏内

see styles
 kennai
    けんない
(See 圏外) inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)

圏外

see styles
 kengai
    けんがい
(See 圏内) outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach

地鳥

see styles
 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
(1) nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; (2) locally raised chicken

地鶏

see styles
 jidori
    じどり
    jitori
    じとり
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

声域

see styles
 seiiki / seki
    せいいき
range (of voice); vocal range; register

変域

see styles
 heniki
    へんいき
(1) {math} (See 定義域) domain (of a function); (2) {math} (See 値域) range (of a function)

大計


大计

see styles
dà jì
    da4 ji4
ta chi
 taikei / taike
    たいけい
large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy

大阮

see styles
dà ruǎn
    da4 ruan3
ta juan
daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range

天山

see styles
tiān shān
    tian1 shan1
t`ien shan
    tien shan
 tenzan
    てんざん
Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
(1) (archaism) enormous thing; (n,adv) (2) (archaism) greatly; very; (surname, given name) Tenzan; (place-name) Tenzan (Japan); Tian Shan (China)

奔襲


奔袭

see styles
bēn xí
    ben1 xi2
pen hsi
to carry out a long-range raid

射場

see styles
 matoba
    まとば
(1) archery range; archery ground; (2) (しゃじょう only) (See 射撃場) shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery; (3) (しゃじょう only) (See 発射場) launch site (for rockets, missiles, etc.); (4) (いば only) position where an archer is standing; (surname) Matoba

層巒


层峦

see styles
céng luán
    ceng2 luan2
ts`eng luan
    tseng luan
range upon range of mountains

山巒


山峦

see styles
shān luán
    shan1 luan2
shan luan
mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks

山彙

see styles
 sani
    さんい
(rare) (See 山塊) mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range

山系

see styles
 sankei / sanke
    さんけい
mountain range; mountain system

峰巒


峰峦

see styles
fēng luán
    feng1 luan2
feng luan
 houran / horan
    ほうらん
peaks and ridges; ragged outline of mountain peaks
(obsolete) (mountain) peak; mountain; mountain range

峻嶺


峻岭

see styles
jun lǐng
    jun4 ling3
chün ling
 shunrei / shunre
    しゅんれい
lofty mountain range
steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain; (given name) Shunrei

崑崙


昆仑

see styles
kūn lún
    kun1 lun2
k`un lun
    kun lun
 konron
    こんろん
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
(place-name) Kunlun mountains
Kunlun, or Pulo Condore Island, or islands generally in the southern seas, hence崑崙子 or崑崙奴 is a native of those islands of black colour, and崑崙國 is described as Java, Sumatra, etc.

帯域

see styles
 taiiki / taiki
    たいいき
(1) band; zone; range; (2) (abbreviation) (See 帯域幅) bandwidth

幅度

see styles
fú dù
    fu2 du4
fu tu
width; extent; range; scope

年層

see styles
 nensou / nenso
    ねんそう
(abbreviation) (See 年齢層) age range; age-group; age bracket

彀中

see styles
gòu zhōng
    gou4 zhong1
kou chung
within the range of a bow and arrow; (fig.) under sb's control

放飼

see styles
 houshi / hoshi
    ほうし
(noun, transitive verb) free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; releasing (insects) into the wild

散養


散养

see styles
sǎn yǎng
    san3 yang3
san yang
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)

斷碼


断码

see styles
duàn mǎ
    duan4 ma3
tuan ma
(fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes

方圓


方圆

see styles
fāng yuán
    fang1 yuan2
fang yüan
 hōen
perimeter; range; (within) a radius of ...
partial and perfect teachings

柳琴

see styles
liǔ qín
    liu3 qin2
liu ch`in
    liu chin
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin

柴雞


柴鸡

see styles
chái jī
    chai2 ji1
ch`ai chi
    chai chi
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs

極差


极差

see styles
jí chā
    ji2 cha1
chi ch`a
    chi cha
range (of a set of data) (statistics)

檔期


档期

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

渉る

see styles
 wataru
    わたる
(v5r,vi) (1) to cross over; to go across; (2) to extend; to cover; to range; to span

渡る

see styles
 wataru
    わたる
(v5r,vi) (1) to cross over; to go across; (2) to extend; to cover; to range; to span

潮差

see styles
 chousa / chosa
    ちょうさ
tidal range

焜炉

see styles
 konro(p); konro
    こんろ(P); コンロ
(kana only) cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

熱価

see styles
 nekka
    ねっか
heat range (of a spark plug); heating value

燕山

see styles
yān shān
    yan1 shan1
yen shan
 tsubakuroyama
    つばくろやま
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
(place-name) Tsubakuroyama

爆表

see styles
bào biǎo
    bao4 biao3
pao piao
off the charts; extreme; beyond the normal range of measurement

狭域

see styles
 kyouiki / kyoiki
    きょういき
(can be adjective with の) narrow; short range; micro

瓦斯

see styles
wǎ sī
    wa3 si1
wa ssu
 gasu
    ガス
gas (loanword)
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (kana only) gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas) (dut:, eng:); (2) (kana only) gasoline; gas; petrol; (3) (kana only) dense fog; thick fog; (4) (kana only) (abbreviation) gas stove; gas cooker; gas range; (5) (kana only) (colloquialism) flatulence; gas; wind; fart

的場

see styles
 motoba
    もとば
(See 的・まと・1) target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing); (surname) Motoba

眉墨

see styles
 mayuzumi
    まゆずみ
(1) eyebrow pencil; (2) blackened eyebrows; (3) (metaphorically) distant mountain range

眼界

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yǎn jiè
    yan3 jie4
yen chieh
 gankai
    がんかい
(lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
range of vision; field of vision
The element or realm of sight.

矢取

see styles
 yatori
    やとり
(irregular okurigana usage) arrow collector (at an archery range); collecting arrows; (surname) Yatori

矢場

see styles
 yaba
    やば
(1) archery range; (2) (See 楊弓場) brothel (covering up as an archery range); (place-name, surname) Yaba

矢庭

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 yaniwa
    やにわ
(archaism) archery range; (surname) Yaniwa

短程

see styles
duǎn chéng
    duan3 cheng2
tuan ch`eng
    tuan cheng
short range

秦嶺


秦岭

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qín lǐng
    qin2 ling3
ch`in ling
    chin ling
Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley

端山

see styles
 mizuyama
    みずやま
foothill; end section of a mountain range; (surname) Mizuyama

笨雞


笨鸡

see styles
bèn jī
    ben4 ji1
pen chi
free-range chicken

範囲

see styles
 hani
    はんい
extent; scope; sphere; range; span

範圍


范围

see styles
fàn wéi
    fan4 wei2
fan wei
 hani
range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]
limit

級距


级距

see styles
jí jù
    ji2 ju4
chi chü
range of values; category defined by a range of values (tier, bracket, stratum etc)

綿延


绵延

see styles
mián yán
    mian2 yan2
mien yen
(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken

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

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