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There are 16 total results for your Shorter search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

ショーター

see styles
 shootaa / shoota
    ショーター

More info & calligraphy:

Shorter
(personal name) Shorter

三乘

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

下蠟


下蜡

see styles
xià là
    xia4 la4
hsia la
 gerō
Inferior candles. The 上蠟 and 下蠟 superior and inferior candles are senior and junior monks; those of longer and shorter service; but see 上臈.

小品經


小品经

see styles
xiǎo pǐn jīng
    xiao3 pin3 jing1
hsiao p`in ching
    hsiao pin ching
 Shōbon kyō
shorter version of the Mahā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra

頭一つ

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 atamahitotsu
    あたまひとつ
(exp,n) (1) a head (e.g. taller or shorter); (exp,n) (2) noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

ミニボート

see styles
 minibooto
    ミニボート
miniboat; boat 3m or shorter with engine power of 1.5kW or less; can be operated without a license

切り下げる

see styles
 kirisageru
    きりさげる
(transitive verb) (1) to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter; (2) to round down (e.g. fraction)

寸が詰まる

see styles
 sungatsumaru
    すんがつまる
(exp,v5r) (1) (rare) to be short (e.g. of clothing); to be shorter than usual; (exp,v5r) (2) (rare) to shrink

労働時間短縮

see styles
 roudoujikantanshuku / rodojikantanshuku
    ろうどうじかんたんしゅく
reduction in working hours; shorter working hours

小品般若波羅蜜經


小品般若波罗蜜经

see styles
xiǎo pǐn bō rě bō luó mì jīng
    xiao3 pin3 bo1 re3 bo1 luo2 mi4 jing1
hsiao p`in po je po lo mi ching
    hsiao pin po je po lo mi ching
 Shōbon hannya haramitsu kyō
(小品經) Kumārajīva's abbreviated version, in ten juan, of the Mahā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra.

Variations:
刈り上げる
刈上げる

 kariageru
    かりあげる
(transitive verb) (1) to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); (transitive verb) (2) to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head

Variations:
近道
近路(rK)

 chikamichi
    ちかみち
(n,vs,vi) shorter way; shortcut

Variations:
詰まる
詰る(sK)

 tsumaru
    つまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule); (v5r,vi) (2) to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up; (v5r,vi) (3) to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow; (v5r,vi) (4) (oft. as ...に詰まる) to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for); (v5r,vi) (5) (See 詰まるところ) to come to the end; to be settled; (v5r,vi) (6) (See 促音) to become a geminate consonant; (v5r,vi) (7) {baseb} to hit the bat close to the batter's hands (of a pitch); to hit off the fists; to get jammed

Variations:
太刀
大刀
横刀(rK)

 tachi
    たち
(1) long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); (2) (太刀 only) (hist) tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

Variations:
切り下げる
きり下げる
切りさげる

 kirisageru
    きりさげる
(transitive verb) (1) to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter; (transitive verb) (2) to round down (e.g. fraction)

Variations:
ラッキーゾーン
ラッキー・ゾーン

 rakkiizoon(p); rakkii zoon / rakkizoon(p); rakki zoon
    ラッキーゾーン(P); ラッキー・ゾーン
{baseb} area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate (wasei: lucky zone)

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

This page contains 16 results for "Shorter" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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).



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