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    yi1
i
 moto
    もと

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One
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
(numeric) one (chi: yī); (female given name) Moto
eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.).

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    fu2
fu
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]
(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.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 hito
    ひと

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Samurai
to serve; to attend upon
(1) (archaism) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (2) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 侍所・2) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods); (given name) Hito
Attend; wait on; attendant.

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li
 riki
    りき

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Power / Strength
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
(suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (given name) Riki
bala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

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tòng
    tong4
t`ung
    tung
 hitoshi
    ひとし

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Same / Similar / Alike
used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]
(prefix) (1) the same; the said; (unc) (2) likewise; (male given name) Hitoshi
Together, with; mutual; same.

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dìng
    ding4
ting
 yasushi
    やすし

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Samadhi
to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi
To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提.

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chi
 yoshika
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Silent / Solitary
silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
(1) (entering into) nirvana; (suffix noun) (2) (used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time) died; (adj-t,adv-to) (3) (usu. せき) silent; tranquil; (female given name) Yoshika
praśama; vivikta; śānti. Still, silent, quiet, solitary, calm, tranquil, nirvāṇa.

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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 yoshi
    よし

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Balance / Peace
flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
(prefix) (abbreviation) (See 平成) nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (surname) Yoshi
Even, level, tranquil; ordinary.


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shàn
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shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(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.


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juàn
    juan4
chüan
 masami
    まさみ

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Silk Cloth
thin, tough silk fabric
silk; (female given name) Masami
thin silk


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 masaru
    まさる

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Wise and Virtuous
worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue; (male given name) Masaru
Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous.

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 misaki
    みさき

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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(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.


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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 sasuga
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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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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 same
    さめ

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Shark
(bound form) shark
(kana only) shark; (surname) Same


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ch`i
    chi
 hitoshi
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Uniform / Complete / Perfect / Order
neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even something out
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi
Even, level, equal, uniform; complete, perfect; equalize; tranquillize; alike; all; at the same time, altogether.

一流

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yī liú
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i liu
 itsuru
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Top Quality / First Class
top quality; front ranking
(adj-no,n) (1) first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading; (adj-no,n) (2) characteristic; peculiar; unique; (3) school (e.g. of a performance art); (4) (also written as 一旒) one flag; one banner; one streamer; (female given name) Itsuru
In one, or the same flow; of the same class.

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
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san ti
 santai; sandai
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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.

健美

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jiàn měi
    jian4 mei3
chien mei
 masami
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Strong and Beautiful
healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动[jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4]
(female given name) Masami

僧伽

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sēng qié
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seng ch`ieh
    seng chieh
 sougya / sogya
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Sangha
(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk
sangha (the Buddhist community) (san: samgha)
(Skt. saṃgha)

刺客

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cì kè
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tz`u k`o
    tzu ko
 shikaku; shikyaku(rk); sekkaku(rk); sekikaku(rk)
    しかく; しきゃく(rk); せっかく(rk); せきかく(rk)

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Assassin
assassin
(1) assassin; (2) (abbreviation) (See 刺客候補) candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

印度

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yìn dù
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yin tu
 indo
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India
India
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India
印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達.

四諦


四谛

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
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Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
{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.

地獄


地狱

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ti yü
 jigoku
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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.

孟子

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mèng zǐ
    meng4 zi3
meng tzu
 motoko
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Mencius
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
(1) Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; (2) (See 四書) Mencius (one of the Four Books); (female given name) Motoko
Mengzi

平等

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píng děng
    ping2 deng3
p`ing teng
    ping teng
 byoudou / byodo
    びょうどう

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Equality
equal; equality
(n,adj-na,adj-no) equality; impartiality; evenness; (place-name) Byōdō
sama; samatā. Level, even, everywhere the same, universal, without partiality; it especially refers to the Buddha in his universal; impartial, and equal attitude towards all beings.

彌迦


弥迦

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mí jiā
    mi2 jia1
mi chia
 Mika

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Mycah
Mekā, said to be the name of the girl who gave milk congee to Śākyamuni immediately after his enlightenment; seemingly the same as Sujātā, Senā, or Nandā.

德里

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dé lǐ
    de2 li3
te li

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Derri
Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3]

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.

春雨

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chūn yǔ
    chun1 yu3
ch`un yü
    chun yü
 harusame
    はるさめ

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Harusame / Spring Rain
spring rain; gift from above
(1) gentle spring rain; (2) (はるさめ only) {food} glass noodles; cellophane noodles; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch); (female given name) Harusame

正命

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zhèng mìng
    zheng4 ming4
cheng ming
 shoumyou / shomyo
    しょうみょう
{Buddh} (See 八正道) right livelihood
samyagājīva, the fifth of the 八正道, right livelihood, right life; 'abstaining from any of the forbidden modes of living. ' 正因 The true or direct cause, as compared with 緣因 a contributory cause.

正定

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zhèng dìng
    zheng4 ding4
cheng ting
 masasada
    まささだ
see 正定縣|正定县[Zheng4 ding4 Xian4]
{Buddh} (See 八正道) right concentration; (male given name) Masasada
saṃyak-samādhi, right abstraction or concentration, so that the mind becomes vacant and receptive, the eighth of the 八正道; 'right concentration, in the shape of the Four Meditations.' Keith.

正念

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zhèng niàn
    zheng4 nian4
cheng nien
 shounen / shonen
    しょうねん
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} (See 八正道) right mindfulness; (2) true faith (in rebirth in the promised land); (place-name) Shounen
samyak-smṛti, right remembrance, the seventh of the 八正道; 'right mindfullness, the looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. ' Keith.

正業


正业

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zhèng yè
    zheng4 ye4
cheng yeh
 seigyou / segyo
    せいぎょう

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4. Right Action / Perfect Conduct
one's regular job
legitimate occupation; honest business
samyakkarmānta, right action, purity of body, avoiding all wrong, the fourth of the 八正道; 'right action, abstaining from taking life, or what is not given, or from carnal indulgence. ' Keith.

正見


正见

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zhèng jiàn
    zheng4 jian4
cheng chien
 masami
    まさみ
{Buddh} (See 八正道) right view; (female given name) Masami
samyag-dṛṣṭi, right views, understanding the four noble truths; the first of the 八正道; 'knowledge of the four noble truths. ' Keith.

正語


正语

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zhèng yǔ
    zheng4 yu3
cheng yü
 shōgo
samyag-vāk, right speech; the third of the 八正道; 'abstaining from lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk. ' Keith.

武士

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wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 mononofu
    もののふ

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Warrior
warrior; samurai
samurai; warrior; (place-name) Mononofu

津浪

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jīn làng
    jin1 lang4
chin lang
 tsuba
    つば

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Tsunami / Tidal Wave
tsunami; same as 海嘯|海啸
tsunami; tidal wave; (surname) Tsuba

流石

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 ryuuzeki / ryuzeki
    りゅうぜき

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Sasuga / Nagare
(ateji / phonetic) (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..."); (surname) Ryūzeki

浪人

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làng rén
    lang4 ren2
lang jen
 rounin / ronin
    ろうにん

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Ronin / Masterless Samurai
vagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (given name) Rounin

白蓮


白莲

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bái lián
    bai2 lian2
pai lien
 byakuren
    びゃくれん

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White Lotus
white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教
(1) white lotus; (2) purity; pure heart; (given name) Byakuren
(白蓮華); 分陀利 puṇḍarīka, the white lotus.

米國


米国

see styles
mǐ guó
    mi3 guo2
mi kuo
United States; name of a country that formerly existed near Samarkand
See: 米国

茉莉

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mò lì
    mo4 li4
mo li
 marii / mari
    まりい

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Jasmine
jasmine
(kana only) (See 茉莉花) Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac); (female given name) Marii

菩提

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pú tí
    pu2 ti2
p`u t`i
    pu ti
 bodai
    ぼだい

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Bodhi - Awakening Enlightenment
bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} bodhi; enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} happiness in the next world; (place-name, surname) Bodai
bodhi; from budh; knowledge, understanding; perfect wisdom; the illuminated or enlightened mind; anciently intp. by 道, later by 覺 to be aware, perceive; for saṃbodhi v. 三.

詠春


咏春

see styles
yǒng chūn
    yong3 chun1
yung ch`un
    yung chun

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Wing Chun
Wing Chun; same as 詠春拳|咏春拳[yong3 chun1 quan2]; Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)

誠実

see styles
 masami
    まさみ
(noun or adjectival noun) sincere; honest; faithful; (female given name) Masami

輪廻


轮廻

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lún huí
    lun2 hui2
lun hui
 rinne
    りんね

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Samsara / Endless Cycle of Rebirth
(1) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} being reborn; reincarnation; (female given name) Rinne
輪轉 saṃsāra, the turning of the wheel, to revolve, i.e. transmigration in the six ways, the wheel of transmigration; the round of existence.

長女


长女

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zhǎng nǚ
    zhang3 nu:3
chang nü
 osame
    おさめ

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First Born Daughter
eldest daughter
(may be the only daughter) eldest daughter; first-born daughter; (given name) Osame

集諦


集谛

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jí dì
    ji2 di4
chi ti
 jittai
    じったい
{Buddh} (See 四諦) truth of the origin of suffering
samudaya, the second of the four dogmas, that the cause of suffering lies in the passions and their resultant karma. The Chinese 集 'accumulation' does not correctly translate samudaya, which means 'origination'.

騎士


骑士

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qí shì
    qi2 shi4
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 naito
    ないと

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Knight
knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
(1) (hist) (medieval) knight; (2) (hist) samurai on horseback; (female given name) Naito

サマラ

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 samara
    サマラ

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Samara
(personal name) Samara

サミー

see styles
 samii / sami
    サミー

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Samy
(1) (masculine speech) (feminine speech) Sammy; Samy; Sami; Samie; (2) (company) Sammy (Japanese pachinko machine and game manufacturer); (m,f) Sammy; Samy; Sami; Samie; (c) Sammy (Japanese pachinko machine and game manufacturer)

サミラ

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 samira
    サミラ

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Samirah
(personal name) Samira

サムス

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 samusu
    サムス
(place-name) Samsu; Sams

サモア

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 samoa
    サモア

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Samoa
Samoa; (place-name) Samoa

サモラ

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 samora
    サモラ
(place-name) Zamora (Mexico)

ラサム

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 rasamu
    ラサム

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Latham
(personal name) Latham

五月雨

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 samidare
    さみだれ

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Samidare
early-summer rain; (place-name) Samidare

八正道

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bā zhèng dào
    ba1 zheng4 dao4
pa cheng tao
 hasshōdō
    はっしょうどう

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The Noble Eightfold Path
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
(Buddhist term) noble eightfold path
(八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are: (1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion. (2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose. (3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk. (4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity. (5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations. (6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa. (7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false. (8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong.

塞繆爾


塞缪尔

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sài miù ěr
    sai4 miu4 er3
sai miu erh

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Sammuel
(name) Samuel

奢摩他

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shē mó tā
    she1 mo2 ta1
she mo t`a
    she mo ta
 shamata

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Samatha
(or 奢摩陀); 舍摩他 śamatha, 'quiet, tranquility, calmness of mind, absence of passion.' M. W. Rest, peace, power to end (passion, etc.), one of the seven names for dhyāna.

慰める

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 nagusameru
    なぐさめる

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Nagusameru
(transitive verb) to comfort; to console; to amuse

正精進


正精进

see styles
zhèng jīng jìn
    zheng4 jing1 jin4
cheng ching chin
 shoushoujin / shoshojin
    しょうしょうじん
{Buddh} (See 八正道) correct effort
samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith.

武士道

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wǔ shì dào
    wu3 shi4 dao4
wu shih tao
 bushidou / bushido
    ぶしどう

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Bushido / The Way of the Samurai
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

淨土宗


净土宗

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jìng tǔ zōng
    jing4 tu3 zong1
ching t`u tsung
    ching tu tsung
 Jōdo Shū
Pure Land Buddhism
The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan.

茉莉花

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mò li huā
    mo4 li5 hua1
mo li hua
 marika
    まりか

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Jasmine Flower
jasmine
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac); (female given name) Marika

薩摩亞


萨摩亚

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sà mó yà
    sa4 mo2 ya4
sa mo ya

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Samoa
Samoa

サマーズ

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 samaazu / samazu
    サマーズ

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Somers
(personal name) Somers; Summers

サマール

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 samaaru / samaru
    サマール

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Samar
(place-name) Samar

サマリア

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 samaria
    サマリア

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Samaria
(place-name) Samaria

サマンサ

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 samansa
    サマンサ

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Samantha
(personal name) Samantha

サミーラ

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 samiira / samira
    サミーラ

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Sameera
(personal name) Samira

サムナー

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 samunaa / samuna
    サムナー

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Sumner
(place-name) Sumner

サモンズ

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 samonzu
    サモンズ

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Sammons
(personal name) Sammons

サンプル

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 sanpuru
    サンプル

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Sample
(1) sample; example; specimen; (2) (See 食品サンプル) display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants); (personal name) Sanpuru

ハッサム

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 hassamu
    ハッサム

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Hassam
(personal name) Hassam

ランサム

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 ransamu
    ランサム

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Ransom
(surname) Ransom; Ransome

一所懸命

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 isshokenmei / isshokenme
    いっしょけんめい

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Life Of A Samurai
(adv,adj-na,n) (1) (yoji) (See 一生懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately; (2) (hist) (yoji) (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory

三牟提耶

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sān móu tí yé
    san1 mou2 ti2 ye2
san mou t`i yeh
    san mou ti yeh
 sanmudaiya

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Samudaya
samudaya, gather together, accumulate, the 聚 or 集諦, i.e. the second of the Four Truths, the aggregation of suffering.

善悪不二

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 zenakufuni
    ぜんあくふに

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Good and Evil
(expression) {Buddh} good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

西薩摩亞


西萨摩亚

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xī sà mó yà
    xi1 sa4 mo2 ya4
hsi sa mo ya

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Western Samoa
Western Samoa

サーモンド

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 saamondo / samondo
    サーモンド

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Thurmond
(personal name) Thurmond

サマービル

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 samaabiru / samabiru
    サマービル

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Somerville
(place-name) Somerville; Somervile; Summerville

サマーリン

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 samaarin / samarin
    サマーリン

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Summerlin
(personal name) Samarin

サマニエゴ

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 samaniego
    サマニエゴ

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Samaniego
(personal name) Samaniego

サミュエル

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 samyueru
    サミュエル

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Samuel
(m,s) Samuel

ニューサム

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 nyuusamu / nyusamu
    ニューサム

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Newsom
(personal name) Newsom

美屬薩摩亞


美属萨摩亚

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měi shǔ sà mó yà
    mei3 shu3 sa4 mo2 ya4
mei shu sa mo ya

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American Samoa
American Samoa

サミュエルズ

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 samyueruzu
    サミュエルズ

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Samuels
(personal name) Samuels

ワッサーマン

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 wassaaman / wassaman
    ワッサーマン

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Wasserman
(personal name) Wasserman

サミュエルソン

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 samyueruson
    サミュエルソン

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Samuelson
(personal name) Samuelsen

花は桜木人は武士

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 hanahasakuragihitohabushi
    はなはさくらぎひとはぶし
(expression) (proverb) the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men

大蓮華智慧三摩地智


大莲华智慧三摩地智

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dà lián huá zhì huì sān mó dì zhì
    da4 lian2 hua2 zhi4 hui4 san1 mo2 di4 zhi4
ta lien hua chih hui san mo ti chih
 dai renge chie sanmajichi

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Great Lotus Wisdom - Samadhi Wisdom
The wisdom of the great lotus, samādhi-wisdom, the penetrating wisdom of Amitābha.


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bìng
    bing4
ping
 minemura
    みねむら
and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge
(n,n-suf) (1) average; medium; common; ordinary; (2) line; row of (e.g. houses); (3) mid-grade; (4) same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth); (personal name) Minemura

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    yi4
i
 osamu
    おさむ
to regulate; to govern; to control; to mow
(given name) Osamu

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jiǔ
    jiu3
chiu
 hisamatsu
    ひさまつ
(of a period of time) long
(personal name) Hisamatsu
Long, for long, long ago; also 久遠.

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bàng
    bang4
pang
 houki / hoki
    ほうき
near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
(1) (kana only) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while; (2) third person; (kana only) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while; (irregular okurigana usage) (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) (1) side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; (adverbial noun) (2) (kana only) while (doing); in addition to; at the same time; (personal name) Houki
Near, adjoining, side, dependent.

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gòng
    gong4
kung
 tomoni
    ともに
common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
(suffix) (1) (humble language) (kana only) first-person plural (or singular); (suffix) (2) (derogatory term) (kana only) second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to); (given name) Tomoni
All altogether, both, same, in common.

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jiān
    jian1
chien
 kensou / kenso
    けんそう
double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
(conjunction) and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); (personal name) Kensou
Both; also; to unite, join, comprehend.

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fèn
    fen4
fen
 wake
    わけ
part; share; ingredient; component
(n,n-suf) (1) part; portion; share; (suffix noun) (2) amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for); (3) one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position; (4) one's duty; one's part; (5) condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate"); (n,adv) (6) in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree; (suffix noun) (7) content (e.g. alcohol); percentage; (suffix noun) (8) (See 兄貴分・2) equivalent to (e.g. an old brother); (surname) Wake
To divide. separate; a fractional part: a share: a duty.

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

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