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に see styles |
ni ニ |
(1) (See いろは順) 4th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) D (note); (place-name) Ni; Ny |
佛 see styles |
fú fu2 fu hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
僧 see styles |
sēng seng1 seng sou / so そう |
More info & calligraphy: Sangha / Order of Monks(1) monk; priest; (2) (abbreviation) (See 僧伽・そうぎゃ) sangha (the Buddhist community); (surname) Sou 僧伽 saṅgha, an assembly, collection, company, society. The corporate assembly of at least three (formerly four) monks under a chairman, empowered to hear confession, grant absolution, and ordain. The church or monastic order, the third member of the triratna. The term 僧 used alone has come to mean a monk, or monks in general. Also僧佉, 僧加, 僧企耶.; A fully ordained monk, i.e. a bhikṣu as contrasted with the śramaņa. |
喜 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness / Joyful / Joy(female given name) Yoshimi prīti; ānanda. Joy; glad; delighted, rejoice; to like. |
土 see styles |
tǔ tu3 t`u tu do ど |
More info & calligraphy: Earth(abbreviation) (kana only) (See 土耳古・トルコ・1) Turkey; (place-name) Do Bhū; bhūmi; pṛthivī. Earth, locality, local, vulgar. |
坡 see styles |
pō po1 p`o po |
More info & calligraphy: Poe |
堪 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan tan たん |
More info & calligraphy: Kane(personal name) Tan To bear, sustain, be adequate to. |
塔 see styles |
tǎ ta3 t`a ta tousaki / tosaki とうさき |
More info & calligraphy: Ta(n,n-suf) (1) tower; steeple; spire; (2) (abbreviation) (original meaning) (See 卒塔婆・1,塔婆・1) stupa; pagoda; dagoba; (surname) Tousaki stūpa; tope; a tumulus, or mound, for the bones, or remains of the dead, or for other sacred relics, especially of the Buddha, whether relics of the body or the mind, e.g. bones or scriptures. As the body is supposed to consist of 84,000 atoms, Aśoka is said to have built 84,000 stūpas to preserve relics of Śākyamuni. Pagodas, dagobas, or towers with an odd number of stories are used in China for the purpose of controlling the geomantic influences of a neighbourbood. Also 塔婆; 兜婆; 偸婆; 藪斗波; 窣堵波; 率都婆; 素覩波; 私鍮簸, etc. The stūpas erected over relics of the Buddha vary from the four at his birthplace, the scene of his enlightenment, of his first sermon, and of his death, to the 84,000 accredited to Aśoka. |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien hiroshi ひろし |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
嫪 see styles |
lào lao4 lao rō |
More info & calligraphy: Laoto have affection |
密 see styles |
mì mi4 mi mitsu みつ |
More info & calligraphy: Secret(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 疎・そ・1) dense; thick; crowded; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) close (relationship); intimate; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) minute; fine; careful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) secret; (5) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 密教・みっきょう) esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings; (surname, female given name) Mitsu Closed in; close together; intimate; quiet, still; secret, occult, esoteric; fine, small; contrasted with 顯 open, exoteric. Cf. 祕. |
山 see styles |
shān shan1 shan yamamura やまむら |
More info & calligraphy: Mountain(n,ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (n,ctr) (2) mine; (n,ctr) (3) (mountain) forest; (n,ctr) (4) heap; pile; stack; mountain; (5) protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); (6) climax; peak; critical point; (7) guess; speculation; gamble; (8) (slang) (kana only) (police and crime reporter jargon; usu. written as ヤマ) (criminal) case; crime; (9) mountain climbing; mountaineering; (10) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (11) {cards} (See 山札・1) deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; (12) {mahj} wall; wall tile; (prefix noun) (13) (before the name of a plant or animal) wild; (personal name) Yamamura A hill, mountain; a monastery. |
忠 see styles |
zhōng zhong1 chung makoto まこと |
More info & calligraphy: Loyalty to Duty or Master(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. |
敏 see styles |
mǐn min3 min min みん |
More info & calligraphy: Clever(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍) quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever; (personal name) Min Clever, active, ingenious, witty. |
月 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh runa るな |
More info & calligraphy: Moon(1) Moon; (2) month; (3) moonlight; (4) (See 衛星・1) (a) moon; natural satellite; (female given name) Runa candra, 旅達 (旅達羅); 旂陀羅; 戰達羅; 戰捺羅 the moon, called also 蘇摩 soma, from the fermented juice of asclepias acida used in worship, and later personified in association with the moon. It has many other epithets, e. g. 印度 Indu, incorrectly intp. as marked like a hare; 創夜神 Niśākara, maker of the night; 星宿王 Nakṣatranātha, lord of constellations; 喜懷之頭飾 the crest of Siva; 蓮華王 Kumuda-pati, lotus lord; 白馬主 Śvetavājin, drawn by (or lord of) white horses; 大白光神 Śītāṃśu, the spirit with white rays; 冷光神 Sitamarici, the spirit with cool rays; 鹿形神 Mṛgāṅka, the spirit with marks m form like a deer; 野兎形神 Śaśi, ditto like a hare. |
本 see styles |
běn ben3 pen yanakamoto やなかもと |
More info & calligraphy: Ben(1) book; volume; script; (prefix) (2) this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; (prefix) (3) main; head; principal; (prefix) (4) real; genuine; regular; proper; (counter) (5) counter for long, cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls; (surname) Yanakamoto Radical, fundamental, original, principal, one's own; the Buddha himself, contrasted with 蹟 chi, traces left by him among men to educate them; also a volume of a book. |
機 机 see styles |
jī ji1 chi hata はた |
More info & calligraphy: Opportunityloom; (surname) Hata The spring, or motive principle, machine, contrivance, artifice, occasion, opportunity; basis, root or germ; natural bent, fundamental quality. |
欣 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin yoshi よし |
More info & calligraphy: Happy(personal name) Yoshi Joyful, elated, elevated. |
欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü 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. |
水 see styles |
shuǐ shui3 shui yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Water(1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool or cold); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) {sumo} (See 力水) water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) {sumo} (See 水入り) break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (female given name) Yoshimi water; liquid. |
泰 see styles |
tài tai4 t`ai tai yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Tye(kana only) Thailand; (given name) Yutaka The Ch'in state and dynasty 255-205 B. C.; Prosperous, exalted; many. |
淨 净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Purity(female given name) Jō vimala. Clean, pure; to cleanse, purify; chastity. In Buddhism it also has reference to the place of cleansing, the latrine, etc. Also 浄 and 净. |
清 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching seiji / seji せいじ |
More info & calligraphy: Clarity(hist) Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (personal name) Seiji |
溫 温 see styles |
wēn wen1 wen on |
More info & calligraphy: WenWarm, mild, bland, gentle; acquainted with; to warm. |
灰 see styles |
huī hui1 hui hai はい |
More info & calligraphy: Grayash; ashes; (surname) Hai Ash; lime; hot or fiery as ashes. |
甘 see styles |
gān gan1 kan kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Gunn(surname) Kan Sweet, agreeable, willing; kansu. |
磬 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching kei / ke けい |
More info & calligraphy: Khánhsounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
簡 简 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Simplicity(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct. |
索 see styles |
suǒ suo3 so saku さく |
More info & calligraphy: Soe(counter) {mahj} counter for bamboo tiles; (given name) Saku Cord; to extort, express; the cord or noose of Guanyin by which she binds the good; the cord of the vajra-king by which he binds the evil; translit. sa. |
累 see styles |
lèi lei4 lei rui るい |
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement; (female given name) Rui To tie; accumulate; repeatedly; to implicate, involve. |
義 义 see styles |
yì yi4 i yoshimura よしむら |
More info & calligraphy: Justice / Rectitude / Right Decision(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) meaning; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) {Buddh} teachings; doctrine; (n,n-pref) (4) nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws); (n,n-pref) (5) prosthesis; (surname) Yoshimura The right, proper, righteous; loyal; public-spirited, public; meaning, significance. It is used for the Skt. artha, object, purpose, meaning, etc.; also for abhidheya. |
英 see styles |
yīng ying1 ying yungu ゆんぐ |
More info & calligraphy: England(1) (abbreviation) (See 英吉利・イギリス・1) United Kingdom; Britain; (2) (abbreviation) (See 英語) English (language); (personal name) Yungu brilliant |
蘭 兰 see styles |
lán lan2 lan ran らん |
More info & calligraphy: Orchid(1) orchid; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿蘭陀・オランダ) Netherlands; Holland; (surname, female given name) Ran The epidendrum, orchid; scented, refined; pledged, sworn; translit. ra, ram, ran; abbrev. for 偸蘭遮 q.v. |
蛇 see styles |
yí yi2 i hebi へび |
More info & calligraphy: Snake / Serpent(1) (じゃ is more associated with serpent and large snakes) snake; (2) serpent; large snake; (surname) Hebi sarpa, a serpent, snake. |
西 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi nishihama にしはま |
More info & calligraphy: West(1) {mahj} west wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles; (surname) Nishihama paścima, 跛室制麽; west; it is largely used in the limited sense of Kashmir in such terms as 西方 the west, or western regions; but it is also much used for the western heavens of Amitābha; 西天 is India, the western 天竺國. |
親 亲 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Kean(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. |
豬 猪 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu cho い |
More info & calligraphy: Boar / Pig(archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) boar |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kimu キム |
More info & calligraphy: Gold / Metal(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money. |
霊 see styles |
líng ling2 ling rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Rai / Reisoul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei |
靈 灵 see styles |
líng ling2 ling ryō |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit / SoulSpirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever. |
頓 顿 see styles |
dùn dun4 tun tomi とみ |
More info & calligraphy: Dayton(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually. |
馬 马 see styles |
mǎ ma3 ma me め |
More info & calligraphy: Horse(1) horse; (2) (See 競馬) horse racing; (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 竜馬・2) promoted bishop; (4) {cards} knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); (surname) Me aśva, a horse; a stallion; one of the seven treasures of a sovereign. |
鬼 see styles |
guǐ gui3 kuei miniwa みにわ |
More info & calligraphy: Ghost Demon(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. |
鼈 鳖 see styles |
biē bie1 pieh kame かめ |
More info & calligraphy: Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle(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. |
アビ see styles |
abi アビ |
More info & calligraphy: Abi |
しな see styles |
jina ジナ |
(suffix) (after the -masu stem of a verb) having just started ...; (personal name) Gina; Zina |
モボ see styles |
mobo モボ |
(slang) (abbreviation) (dated) (1920s slang) (See モダンボーイ) modern boy |
ロリ see styles |
rori ロリ |
More info & calligraphy: Loli |
一心 see styles |
yī xīn yi1 xin1 i hsin hitomi ひとみ |
More info & calligraphy: One Heart / One Mind / Heart and Soul(adv,n) (1) one mind; (adv,n) (2) (See 一心に) wholeheartedness; one's whole heart; (female given name) Hitomi With the whole mind or heart; one mind of heart; also the bhūtatathatā, or the whole of things; the universe as one mind, or a spiritual unity. |
三昧 see styles |
sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai さんまい |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai (三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi. |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì san1 di4 san ti santai; sandai さんたい; さんだい |
More info & calligraphy: The Three TruthsThe three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same. |
乾屍 干尸 see styles |
gān shī gan1 shi1 kan shih |
More info & calligraphy: Mummy / Dried Corpse |
仁慈 see styles |
rén cí ren2 ci2 jen tz`u jen tzu hitoji ひとじ |
More info & calligraphy: Kindness / Benevolencekind-hearted; benevolence; (given name) Hitoji benevolence |
仙境 see styles |
xiān jìng xian1 jing4 hsien ching senkyou / senkyo せんきょう |
More info & calligraphy: Paradise / Wonderlandfairyland; enchanted land |
倫敦 伦敦 see styles |
lún dūn lun2 dun1 lun tun rondon ろんどん |
More info & calligraphy: London(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) London; (place-name) London |
偶然 see styles |
ǒu rán ou3 ran2 ou jan guuzen / guzen ぐうぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Serendipity(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) (ant: 必然・1) coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity; (adverb) (2) by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally; (3) {phil} contingency |
傑作 杰作 see styles |
jié zuò jie2 zuo4 chieh tso kessaku けっさく |
More info & calligraphy: Masterpiece / Excellent / Outstanding(1) masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; fine piece of work; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (joc) (dated) (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous; wild |
元気 see styles |
motoki もとき |
More info & calligraphy: Stamina / Vigor |
光明 see styles |
guāng míng guang1 ming2 kuang ming kanmyon クァンミョン |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright and Promising Future(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea) v. last entry. |
公案 see styles |
gōng àn gong1 an4 kung an kouan / koan こうあん |
More info & calligraphy: Koan{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping) J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination. |
兼愛 兼爱 see styles |
jiān ài jian1 ai4 chien ai |
More info & calligraphy: Universal Love |
冷酷 see styles |
lěng kù leng3 ku4 leng k`u leng ku reikoku / rekoku れいこく |
More info & calligraphy: Relentless / Ruthless(noun or adjectival noun) cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless |
冷靜 冷静 see styles |
lěng jìng leng3 jing4 leng ching |
More info & calligraphy: Calm / Cool-HeadedSee: 冷静 |
十戒 see styles |
shí jiè shi2 jie4 shih chieh jukkai じゅっかい |
More info & calligraphy: Ten Commandments(1) (Buddhist term) the 10 precepts; (2) Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog; (surname) Jukkai Śikṣāpada. The ten prohibitions (in Pāli form) consist of five commandments for the layman: (1) not to destroy life 不殺生 pāṇātipātāveramaṇi; (2) not to steal 不倫盜 adinnādānāver; (3) not to commit adultery 不婬慾 abrahmacaryaver.; (4) not to lie 不妄語musāvādāver.; (5) not to take intoxicating liquor 不飮酒 suramereyya-majjapamādaṭṭhānāver. Eight special commandments for laymen consist of the preceding five plus: (6) not to eat food out of regulated hours 不非時食 vikāla-bhojanāver.; (7) not to use garlands or perfumes 不著華鬘好香塗身 mālā- gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūṣanaṭṭhānā; (8) not to sleep on high or broad beds (chastity) 不坐高廣大牀 uccāsayanā-mahāsayanā. The ten commandments for the monk are the preceding eight plus: (9) not to take part in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances, not to see or listen to such 不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽 nacca-gīta-vādita-visūkadassanāver.; (10) to refrain from acquiring uncoined or coined gold, or silver, or jewels 不得捉錢金銀寶物 jātarūpa-rajata-paṭīggahaṇāver. Under the Māhayāna these ten commands for the monk were changed, to accord with the new environment of the monk, to the following: not to kill, not to steal, to avoid all unchastity, not to lie, not to slander, not to insult, not to chatter, not to covet, not to give way to anger, to harbour no scepticism. |
協同 协同 see styles |
xié tóng xie2 tong2 hsieh t`ung hsieh tung kyoudou / kyodo きょうどう |
More info & calligraphy: Collaboration / Cooperation / Synergy(n,vs,adj-no) doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association |
単純 see styles |
tanjun たんじゅん |
More info & calligraphy: Tanjun / Simplicity |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù yin4 du4 yin tu indo いんど |
More info & calligraphy: 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. |
可人 see styles |
kě rén ke3 ren2 k`o jen ko jen yoshihito よしひと |
More info & calligraphy: Keren(given name) Yoshihito |
名妓 see styles |
míng jì ming2 ji4 ming chi meigi / megi めいぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Geisha of Unequaled Talentfamous geisha; talented geisha; beautiful geisha |
善良 see styles |
shàn liáng shan4 liang2 shan liang yoshinaga よしなが |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Kind-Hearted(noun or adjectival noun) good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest; (given name) Yoshinaga |
四諦 四谛 see styles |
sì dì si4 di4 ssu ti shitai したい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths (Buddhism){Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅. |
因果 see styles |
yīn guǒ yin1 guo3 yin kuo inga いんが |
More info & calligraphy: Karma - Cause and Effect(1) cause and effect; causality; (2) {Buddh} karma; fate; (adjectival noun) (3) unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated Cause and effect; every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause. |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(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. |
坐禅 see styles |
zazen ざぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Sit in Meditation |
坐禪 坐禅 see styles |
zuò chán zuo4 chan2 tso ch`an tso chan zazen |
More info & calligraphy: Sit in MeditationTo sit in dhyāna, i.e. abstract meditation, fixed abstraction, contemplation; its introduction to China is attributed to Bodhidharma (though it came earlier), and its extension to Tiantai. |
外向 see styles |
wài xiàng wai4 xiang4 wai hsiang gaikou / gaiko がいこう |
More info & calligraphy: Outgoing / Extroverted(noun - becomes adjective with の) extroversion to face the outside |
夜叉 see styles |
yè chā ye4 cha1 yeh ch`a yeh cha yasha やしゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Yakshayaksha (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. |
天狗 see styles |
tiān gǒu tian1 gou3 t`ien kou tien kou tengu てんぐ |
More info & calligraphy: Tenguulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams. |
失恋 see styles |
shitsuren しつれん |
More info & calligraphy: Broken Hearted |
失戀 失恋 see styles |
shī liàn shi1 lian4 shih lien |
More info & calligraphy: Broken HeartedSee: 失恋 |
奇遇 see styles |
qí yù qi2 yu4 ch`i yü chi yü kiguu / kigu きぐう |
More info & calligraphy: Fortuitous Meeting(adj-na,adj-no,n) unexpected meeting; coincidence |
女傑 女杰 see styles |
nǚ jié nu:3 jie2 nü chieh joketsu じょけつ |
More info & calligraphy: Woman of Strong Character / Woman Heroheroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon |
如來 如来 see styles |
rú lái ru2 lai2 ju lai nyorai にょらい |
More info & calligraphy: Tathagata(out-dated kanji) Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities) tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; 怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 rulai. |
專用 专用 see styles |
zhuān yòng zhuan1 yong4 chuan yung |
More info & calligraphy: Dedication |
復古 复古 see styles |
fù gǔ fu4 gu3 fu ku fukko ふっこ |
More info & calligraphy: Retro / Old School(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) revival; restoration |
忠実 see styles |
chuujitsu / chujitsu ちゅうじつ |
More info & calligraphy: Loyalty / Faithful / Devoted |
忠誠 忠诚 see styles |
zhōng chéng zhong1 cheng2 chung ch`eng chung cheng chuusei / chuse ちゅうせい |
More info & calligraphy: Loyalty(noun or adjectival noun) loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity; (given name) Chuusei |
愛心 爱心 see styles |
ài xīn ai4 xin1 ai hsin rabu らぶ |
More info & calligraphy: Loving Heart / Compassion(obsolete) love; affection; (female given name) Rabu A loving heart; a mind full of desire; a mind dominated by desire. |
慧能 see styles |
huì néng hui4 neng2 hui neng enou / eno えのう |
More info & calligraphy: Huineng(person) Huineng (638-713) The power of wisdom. Huineng, name of a noted monk, sixth patriarch of the Intuitional or Meditation sect; died 713. |
持久 see styles |
chí jiǔ chi2 jiu3 ch`ih chiu chih chiu jikyuu / jikyu じきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Endurance(noun/participle) endurance; persistence; (place-name) Jikyū |
敢て see styles |
aete あえて |
More info & calligraphy: Take Up a Challenge |
暗い see styles |
kurai くらい |
More info & calligraphy: Kurai |
更生 see styles |
gēng shēng geng1 sheng1 keng sheng tsugio つぎお |
More info & calligraphy: Rehabilitation / Rebirth(noun/participle) (1) rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew; (noun/participle) (2) rebirth; regeneration; reorganization; rebuilding; recovery; restoration; remaking; (noun/participle) (3) coming back to life; revival; resuscitation; (given name) Tsugio rebirth |
有緣 有缘 see styles |
yǒu yuán you3 yuan2 yu yüan uen |
More info & calligraphy: Karma ConnectionThose who have the cause, link, or connection, i. e. are influenced by and responsive to the Buddha. |
極め see styles |
gime ぎめ kime きめ |
More info & calligraphy: Kiwame |
正義 正义 see styles |
zhèng yì zheng4 yi4 cheng i masayoshi まさよし |
More info & calligraphy: Justice / Righteousness(1) justice; right; righteousness; (2) (usu. in titles of annotated editions of Confucian classics) correct meaning; correct explanation; (male given name) Masayoshi traditional or accepted viewpoint of one school or sect |
武蔵 see styles |
muzou / muzo むぞう |
More info & calligraphy: Musashi |
氣功 气功 see styles |
qì gōng qi4 gong1 ch`i kung chi kung |
More info & calligraphy: Qi Gong / Chi Kung |
水兵 see styles |
shuǐ bīng shui3 bing1 shui ping suihei / suihe すいへい |
More info & calligraphy: Enlisted Sailor(naval) sailor |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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