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    fo2
fo
 hotokesaki
    ほとけさき

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Buddha / Buddhism
Japanese variant of 佛
(1) (abbreviation) (See 仏陀・ぶっだ) Buddha; (2) (abbreviation) (See 仏教・ぶっきょう) Buddhism; (surname) Hotokesaki

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 yuki
    ゆき

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Honesty / Fidelity
letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki
śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論.

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 motoyasu
    もとやす

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Won
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
(kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu
Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty).

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 mayaka
    まやか

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Sword
Japanese variant of 劍|剑
sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (female given name) Mayaka

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shuāng
    shuang1
shuang
 sou / so
    そう
variant of 雙|双[shuang1]
(n,n-suf,ctr) pair; (given name) Sou

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
 touzaki / tozaki
    とうざき

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Ton
to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]
(1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki
for nothing

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    xi3
hsi

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Double Happiness
double happiness (similar to 喜喜); symbol of good luck, esp. marriage

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jiāng
    jiang1
chiang
 you / yo
    よう
variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]
(surname) Yō

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hūn
    hun1
hun
 kon
    こん

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Wedding
to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
(suffix) marriage

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guǎng
    guang3
kuang
 yutaka
    ゆたか

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Hiro
Japanese variant of 廣|广
(given name) Yutaka

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    lu:4

 ritsuji
    りつじ

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Ritsu
law
(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji
vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli.

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    de2
te
 megumu
    めぐむ
Japanese variant of 德[de2]
(1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage; (given name) Megumu

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zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 makoto
    まこと

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Loyalty to Duty or Master
loyal; devoted; faithful
(1) loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness; (2) (See 判官・はんがん・2,弾正台・2) inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system); (given name) Makoto
Loyal.

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dǒu
    dou3
tou
 hakaru
    はかる

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Fight / Beat Someone
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dou3]
kanji radical 68 at right; (given name) Hakaru
A bushel, i. e. ten Chinese pints.


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huī
    hui1
hui
 hikaru
    ひかる

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Hikari
sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1]
(given name) Hikaru

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jié
    jie2
chieh
 masaru
    まさる

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Jae
variant of 傑|杰[jie2]
(personal name) Masaru


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méi
    mei2
mei
 umezaki
    うめざき
variant of 梅[mei2]
(1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki

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    yu4

 yoku
    よく
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku
rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses.


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qīn
    qin1
ch`in
    chin
 makoto
    まこと

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Qin / Chin
to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself
(personal name) Makoto
Imperial; to respect, reverence.


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bīng
    bing1
ping
 bin
    びん

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Ice / Frost
variant of 冰[bing1]
(1) (archaism) ice; (2) hail; (1) ice; (2) shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); (personal name) Bin
Ice; chaste.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chin
    ちん

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Shen / Shum
variant of 沉[chen2]
(surname) Chin
沉 To sink; heavy.


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wēn
    wen1
wen
 on

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Wen
warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever; epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
Warm, mild, bland, gentle; acquainted with; to warm.


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kuò
    kuo4
k`uo
    kuo
 hiroshi
    ひろし

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Hiroshi / Katsu
variant of 闊|阔[kuo4]
(given name) Hiroshi

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 yasushi
    やすし

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Swallow
swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]
(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi

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huáng
    huang2
huang
 miyuki
    みゆき

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Emperor
emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]
(prefix) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) divine; imperial; (female given name) Miyuki
ruler


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    lu2
lu
 rou / ro
    ろう

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Loup
(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 廬|庐[lu2]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy
(surname) Rou
A rice-vessel; a fire-pan; dram-shop; black; translit. lo, ro, ru; cf. 樓; 路; 流.

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shā
    sha1
sha
 sunahama
    すなはま

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Sand / Gravel
sand; gravel; granule; variant of 沙[sha1]
sand; grit; (surname) Sunahama
Gravel, sand.

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 ron
    ろん
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(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.

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lóng
    long2
lung
 ryou / ryo
    りょう

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Dragon / Emperor Symbol
Japanese variant of 龍|龙
(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō


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bàn
    ban4
pan
 rian
    りあん

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Bond
to trip; to stumble; to hinder
(1) bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link; (2) tether; fetters; (female given name) Rian


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wéi
    wei2
wei
 yuki
    ゆき

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Vee
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki
A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now.


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    mu4
mu
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Miaou
old variant of 穆[mu4]
(surname) Myō
mistake

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    yi4
i
 yoku
    よく

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Wings
wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌
(1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku
assist

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    yi4
i
 yomogi
    よもぎ

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Yai
variant of 刈[yi4]; variant of 乂[yi4]
(1) (See 灸) moxa (dried mugwort leaf used in moxibustion); (2) (See ヨモギ・1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); (surname) Yomogi

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cào
    cao4
ts`ao
    tsao
 hajime
    はじめ

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Cao / Kusa / Grass
variant of 肏[cao4]
(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime
Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ).

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méi
    mei2
mei
 ichigo
    いちご

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Berry
berry; strawberry
(out-dated kanji) (kana only) strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); (female given name) Ichigo

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jǐn
    jin3
chin
 sumire
    すみれ

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Violet
variant of 堇[jin3]; violet
(kana only) violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica); (surname, female given name) Sumire


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lián
    lian2
lien
 ren
    れん

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Lotus
lotus
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (2) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (f,m,s) Ren
puṇḍarīka, the lotus, especially the white lotus, Numphoea alba; padma, especially the Nelumbium speciosum; utpala, the Nymphoea coerulea, the blue lotus; kumuda, Nymphoea esculenta, white lotus, or N. rubra, red lotus; nīlotpala, N. cyanea, a blue lotus. The first four are called white, red, blue, and yellow lotuses; but the white lotus is generally meant unless otherwise specified.


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lán
    lan2
lan
 ranran
    らんらん

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Blue / Indigo
blue; indigo plant
(1) (kana only) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); (2) (See インディゴ) indigo (dye); (3) (See 藍色) indigo (colour); (personal name) Ranran
Blue, indigo; translit. ram, lam.

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téng
    teng2
t`eng
    teng
 fujitsugu
    ふじつぐ

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Wisteria
rattan; cane; vine
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria; (personal name) Fujitsugu
Creepers, canes.

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    wa1
wa
 kaeru
    かえる

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Frog
frog; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
(1) (kana only) frog; (2) kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri); (kana only) frog; (given name) Kaeru

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xiē
    xie1
hsieh
variant of 蠍|蝎[xie1]


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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Kean
parents-in-law of one's offspring
(1) (ant: 疎・そ・2) intimacy; closeness; friendliness; (2) close relative; (prefix) (3) (See 親米) pro- (e.g. pro-American); (personal name) Yoshimi
Personally related, own, intimate; family; a wife, marriage.


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tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
 tan
    たん

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Thanh
variant of 談|谈[tan2]
(suf,n) (See 英雄譚・えいゆうたん) story; tale; (surname) Tan
Gossip, talk; to boast.


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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 sasuga
    さすが

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Sasuga
old variant of 偵|侦[zhen1]
(adj-na,adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) as one would expect; (2) (kana only) still; all the same; (3) (kana only) even... (e.g. "even a genius..."); (given name) Sasuga


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xuǎn
    xuan3
hsüan
 hitoshi
    ひとし

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Choice / Choose / Select
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
(n,n-suf) selection; choice; choosing; picking; election; (male given name) Hitoshi
To choose; a myriad.

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qiū
    qiu1
ch`iu
    chiu
 tei / te
    てい

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Chiew
variant of 丘[qiu1]
(surname) Tei


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qián
    qian2
ch`ien
    chien
 chin
    ちん

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Cien
coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
(out-dated kanji) (1) hundredth of a yen; (2) coin made of non-precious materials; (3) (obsolete) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (4) (archaism) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (surname) Chin
coin


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àn
    an4
an
 awa
    あわ

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Darkness
(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4])
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) darkness; the dark; (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; (3) hidden place; secrecy; oblivion; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels; (personal name) Awa
To shut; dark; retired; translit. am, cf. 暗, 菴.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Rai / Rei
Japanese variant of 靈|灵
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei


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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 mi
    み

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Vong
to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
(surname) Mi

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    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
 kakeru
    かける

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Kakeru
Japanese variant of 驅|驱; to gallop
(personal name) Kakeru

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 miniwa
    みにわ

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.


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    li4
li
 reria
    れりあ

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Lee
beautiful
(female given name) Reria
Elegant, beautiful; to display.


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áo
    ao2
ao

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Legendary Turtle
variant of 鰲|鳌[ao2]


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biē
    bie1
pieh
 kame
    かめ
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame
A turtle, tortoise.


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lóng
    long2
lung
 riyou / riyo
    りよう

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Dragon
Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
(out-dated kanji) (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (personal name) Riyou
A dragon, dragon-like, imperial; tr. for nāga, which means snake, serpent; also elephant, elephantine, serpent-like, etc., cf. 那.

フロ

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 buro
    ブロ

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Flo
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (abbreviation) (See プロフェッショナル) professional; pro; (2) (abbreviation) (See プログラム・1) program; (3) (abbreviation) (See プロダクション) production; (4) (abbreviation) (See プロレタリア,プロレタリアート) proletarian; proletariat; (5) (abbreviation) (See プロパガンダ) propaganda; (given name) Buro

りあ

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 ria
    リア
(female given name) Ria; Leah

一番

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yī fān
    yi1 fan1
i fan
 ichiban
    いちばん

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Best / Number One
(kana only) pair; couple; brace; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) number one; first; first place; (adverb) (2) best; most; (3) game; round; bout; (adverb) (4) as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; (5) song (e.g. in noh); piece; (place-name) Ichiban
first

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai
    さんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(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

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sān dì
    san1 di4
san ti
 santai; sandai
    さんたい; さんだい

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The Three Truths
{Buddh} threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
The 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.

世界

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shì jiè
    shi4 jie4
shih chieh
 sekai
    せかい

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The World
world; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) the world; society; the universe; (2) sphere; circle; world; (can be adjective with の) (3) world-renowned; world-famous; (4) {Buddh} (original meaning) realm governed by one Buddha; space; (surname, female given name) Sekai
Loka 世間; the finite world, the world, a world, which is of two kinds: (1) 衆生世界 that of the living, who are receiving their 正報 correct recompense or karma; (2) 器世界 that of the material, or that on which karma depends for expression. By the living is meant 有情 the sentient.

人道

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rén dào
    ren2 dao4
jen tao
 jindou(p); nindou / jindo(p); nindo
    じんどう(P); にんどう
human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
(1) humanity; (2) sidewalk; footpath; (3) (にんどう only) {Buddh} (See 六道) human realm
rebirth as a human being

供養


供养

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gòng yǎng
    gong4 yang3
kung yang
 kuyou / kuyo
    くよう

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Offering / Puja
to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
(noun, transitive verb) memorial service for the dead; holding a service
To make offerings of whatever nourishes, e. g. food, goods, incense, lamps, scriptures, the doctrine, etc., any offering for body or mind.

友情

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yǒu qíng
    you3 qing2
yu ch`ing
    yu ching
 firia
    ふぃりあ

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Friendship
friendly feelings; friendship
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie; (female given name) Firia

合掌

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hé zhǎng
    he2 zhang3
ho chang
 gasshou / gassho
    がっしょう

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Gassho
to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in prayer)
(n,vs,vi) (1) pressing one's hands together in prayer; (2) triangular frame of a thatched roof; (expression) (3) (at the end of Buddhist correspondence) (See 敬具) yours sincerely; yours truly; sincerely yours; (surname) Gasshou
the gesture of joining one's palms and putting them to the breast as an expression of reverence

四大

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sì dà
    si4 da4
ssu ta
 shidai
    しだい

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Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king
mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.

圖瓦


图瓦

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tú wǎ
    tu2 wa3
t`u wa
    tu wa

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Tuva
Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia

地方

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dì fang
    di4 fang5
ti fang
 chikata
    ちかた

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Jikata
area; place; space; room; territory; CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]
(1) district; region; area; locality; (2) (See 中央・2) the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area; (3) (obsolete) (Imperial Japanese Army jargon) civilian society; (surname) Chikata

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.

夜叉

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yè chā
    ye4 cha1
yeh ch`a
    yeh cha
 yasha
    やしゃ

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Yaksha
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors) (san: yaksa); (given name) Yasha
乞叉; 藥叉; 閱叉 yakṣa, (1) demons in the earth, or in the air, or in the lower heavens; they are malignant, and violent, and devourers (of human flesh). (2) The 八大將, the eight attendants of Kuvera, or Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean houses and carriages, those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city. There is another set of sixteen. The names of all are given in 陀羅尼集經 3. See also 羅 for rakṣa and 吉 for kṛtya. yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both yakṣa and kṛtya.

奇跡


奇迹

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qí jì
    qi2 ji4
ch`i chi
    chi chi
 kiseki
    きせき

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Miracle
variant of 奇蹟|奇迹[qi2 ji4]
(noun - becomes adjective with の) miracle; wonder; marvel; (female given name) Kiseki

姻緣


姻缘

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yīn yuán
    yin1 yuan2
yin yüan
a marriage predestined by fate

寶林


宝林

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bǎo lín
    bao3 lin2
pao lin
 Hōrin

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Pauline
Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
The groves, or avenues of precious trees (in the Pure Land). The monastery of Huineng, sixth patriarch of the Chan sect, in 韶州典江縣 Dianjiang Xian, Shaozhou, Guangdong, cf. 慧 15. The 寶林傳 and supplement contain the teachings of this school.

帝國


帝国

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dì guó
    di4 guo2
ti kuo

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Empire
empire; imperial
See: 帝国

慧能

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huì néng
    hui4 neng2
hui neng
 enou / eno
    えのう

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Huineng
Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
(person) Huineng (638-713)
The power of wisdom. Huineng, name of a noted monk, sixth patriarch of the Intuitional or Meditation sect; died 713.

拉力

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lā lì
    la1 li4
la li

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Rally
pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally

朱諾


朱诺

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zhū nuò
    zhu1 nuo4
chu no

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Juno
Juneau, capital of Alaska; Juno, Roman goddess of marriage

李維


李维

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lǐ wéi
    li3 wei2
li wei

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Levi
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian

毒蛇

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dú shé
    du2 she2
tu she
 dokuja; dokuhebi
    どくじゃ; どくへび

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Viper
viper
venomous snake; poisonous snake
A poisonous snake.; Poisonous snakes, the four elements of the body— earth, water, fire, wind (or air)— which harm a man by their variation, i. e. increase and decrease. Also, gold.

海頓


海顿

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hǎi dùn
    hai3 dun4
hai tun

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Heydon
Haydn (name); Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer

渤海

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bó hǎi
    bo2 hai3
po hai
 bokkai
    ぼっかい

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Bohai
Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698–926
(place-name) Bohai (kingdom in Manchura and N. Korea, established after the fall of Goguryeo); Pohai; Bohai; Balhae; Bokkai

滿洲


满洲

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mǎn zhōu
    man3 zhou1
man chou

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Manchuria
Manchuria

激怒

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jī nù
    ji1 nu4
chi nu
 gekido
    げきど

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Rage / Fury
to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
(n,vs,vi) rage; fury

烏爾


乌尔

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wū ěr
    wu1 er3
wu erh

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Uhl
Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq)

無常


无常

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wú cháng
    wu2 chang2
wu ch`ang
    wu chang
 mujou / mujo
    むじょう

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Impermanence
variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
(n,adj-na,adj-no) {Buddh} (ant: 常住・2) uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
anitya. Impermanent; the first of the 三明 trividyā; that all things are impermanent, their birth, existence, change, and death never resting for a moment.

無心


无心

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wú xīn
    wu2 xin1
wu hsin
 mushin
    むしん

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No Mind / Mushin
unintentionally; not in the mood to
(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) innocence; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (See 有心・2) mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; no-mind; (adj-no,n) (3) insentient; (noun, transitive verb) (4) pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking; begging; request
Mindless, without thought, will, or purpose; the real immaterial mind free from illusion; unconsciousness, or effortless action.

班固

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bān gù
    ban1 gu4
pan ku
 hanko
    はんこ

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Hanko
Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
(surname) Hanko

白鶴


白鹤

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bái hè
    bai2 he4
pai ho
 hakutsuru
    はくつる

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White Crane
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
(company) Hakutsuru (brand of sake); (c) Hakutsuru (brand of sake)

皇后

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huáng hòu
    huang2 hou4
huang hou
 kougou / kogo
    こうごう

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Empress
empress; imperial consort
empress (consort); (surname) Kōgou
empress

眞智

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zhēn zhì
    zhen1 zhi4
chen chih
 masatoshi
    まさとし

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Knowledge of Ultimate Truth
(personal name) Masatoshi
Wisdom or knowledge of ultimate truth, or the absolute, also called 無智 knowledge of the no-thing, i.e. of the immaterial or absolute; also 聖智 sage wisdom, or wisdom of the sage.

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

空無


空无

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kōng wú
    kong1 wu2
k`ung wu
    kung wu
 kūmu

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Nothingness
Unreality, or immateriality, of things, which is defined as nothing existing of independent or self-contained nature.

精進


精进

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jīng jìn
    jing1 jin4
ching chin
 shoujin / shojin
    しょうじん
to forge ahead vigorously; to dedicate oneself to progress
(n,vs,vi) (1) concentration; diligence; devotion; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (See 六波羅蜜) asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; (n,vs,vi) (3) adherence to a vegetarian diet; (surname) Shoujin
vīrya, one of the seven bodhyaṅga; 'vigour,' 'valour, fortitude,' 'virility' (M.W.); 'welldoing' (Keith). The Chinese interpretation may be defined, as pure or unadulterated progress, i.e. 勤 zeal, zealous, courageously progressing in the good and eliminating the evil.; vīrya, zeal, unchecked progress.

紫藤

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zǐ téng
    zi3 teng2
tzu t`eng
    tzu teng
 murafuji
    むらふじ

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Wisteria / Wistaria
wisteria
(surname) Murafuji

結婚


结婚

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jié hūn
    jie2 hun1
chieh hun
 kekkon
    けっこん

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Wedding / Getting Married
to marry; to get married; CL:次[ci4]
(n,vs,vi) marriage
marriage

編輯


编辑

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biān jí
    bian1 ji2
pien chi
 henshuu / henshu
    へんしゅう

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Omerta
to edit; to compile; editor; compiler
(n,vs,adj-no) editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee)

羅喉


罗喉

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luó hóu
    luo2 hou2
lo hou
 ragou / rago
    らごう

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Rago
variant of 羅睺|罗睺[luo2 hou2]
(personal name) Ragou

義理


义理

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yì lǐ
    yi4 li3
i li
 yoshimasa
    よしまさ

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Giri
doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa
reason

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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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