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 ka
    か
(particle) (1) (at sentence end) indicates a question; (particle) (2) (after each alternative) or; whether or not; (particle) (3) (after an interrogative) (See 何か・1) some- (e.g. something, someone); (particle) (4) (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles) hmm; huh; (prefix) (5) (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective) (See か弱い) very; (suffix) (6) (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word) (See 定か) -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y; (adverb) (7) (archaism) in that way

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dài
    dai4
tai
 daisaki
    だいさき

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Dynasty
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
(n,n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (n,n-suf) (2) generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; (n,n-suf) (3) {geol} era; (n,n-suf) (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (n,n-suf) (5) (used after a phone number) (See 代表電話番号) switchboard number; (counter) (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (counter) (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (counter) (8) (abbreviation) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company; (9) (abbreviation) (used in dictionaries, etc.) (See 代名詞・1) pronoun; (surname) Daisaki
Instead of, in place of, acting for, for; e. g. 代香 to offer incense in place of another; a generation, v. 世代.

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    fo2
fo
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])
(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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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
 touzaki / tozaki
    とうざき

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


寿

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shòu
    shou4
shou
 hisashi
    ひさし

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Longevity / Long Life
long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
(out-dated kanji) (1) congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; (2) longevity; long life; (given name) Hisashi
Long life, longevity, age, v. 耆婆 jīva.

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jiā
    jia1
chia
 karyuu / karyu
    かりゅう

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Family / Home
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
(suffix) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See ん家) 's house; 's home; (surname) Karyū
Family; home; school, sect; genus.

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 ritsuji
    りつじ

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

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niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

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qíng
    qing2
ch`ing
    ching
 makoto
    まこと

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Passions / Feelings / Emotions
(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
(1) feelings; emotion; sentiment; (2) compassion; sympathy; (3) passion; affection; love; (4) the way things really are; the actual situation; (personal name) Makoto
The feelings, passions, desires, affections, sensations; sentient; affinities; affairs, facts. Particular affections, duties, or affairs.

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wén
    wen2
wen
 remon
    れもん

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Ven
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
(1) (hist) mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); (2) mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); (3) letter; character; sentence; (4) (abbreviation) (See 経文,呪文) scripture; incantation; (female given name) Remon
Letters, literature, writing; refined; culture; civil; a despatch; veined; a cash; to gloss.

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dǒu
    dou3
tou
 hakaru
    はかる

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

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fāng
    fang1
fang
 michi
    みち

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Phuong
square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi
Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just.


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    ye4
yeh
 hajime
    はじめ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

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    fa3
fa
 minori
    みのり

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Dharma / The Law
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori
Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵.

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pài
    pai4
p`ai
    pai
 minamata
    みなまた

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Pai
clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie
(n,n-suf) (1) group; faction; clique; coterie; (n,n-suf) (2) (political) faction; wing; camp; (n,n-suf) (3) school (of thought, painting, etc.); (n,n-suf) (4) sect; denomination; (surname) Minamata
branch


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wēn
    wen1
wen
 on

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

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huǒ
    huo3
huo
 hi
    ひ

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Fire
fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
fire; flame; blaze
Fire, flame. Śikhin 尸棄; 式棄, which means fire in the sense of flame, is the name of the 999th Buddha of the kalpa preceding this.

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 yasushi
    やすし

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

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huáng
    huang2
huang
 miyuki
    みゆき

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


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    lu2
lu
 rou / ro
    ろう

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

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 ron
    ろん
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(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.


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mu
 myou / myo
    みょう

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

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    yi4
i
 yoku
    よく

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


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shou / sho
    しょう

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Siu
(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
(1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname) Shou
gloomy


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    du2
tu
 doku

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Read / Study
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
To read; a comma, full stop.

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chāo
    chao1
ch`ao
    chao
 wataru
    わたる

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Super
to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru
vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna.


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zhào
    zhao4
chao
 hiyon
    ひよん

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Zhao
to surpass (old)
(surname) Hiyon
To hasten to, return; a long time.


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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 sasuga
    さすが

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

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dào
    dao4
tao
 wataru
    わたる

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.


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mén
    men2
men
 yuki
    ゆき

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Gate
gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
(n,n-suf) (1) gate; (n,n-suf) (2) (もん only) branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; (n,n-suf) (3) (もん only) {biol} division; phylum; (counter) (4) (もん only) counter for cannons; (surname) Yuki
A door; gate; a sect, school, teaching, especially one leading to salvation or nirvana.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chan
    チャン

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Tran
to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
(1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) Tran
Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale.


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fēng
    feng1
feng
 fuwari
    ふわり

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Wind
wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
(adj-na,n,n-suf) (1) method; manner; way; style; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (2) appearance; air; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (3) tendency; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (4) (See 六義・1) folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); (adj-na,n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1) wind (one of the five elements); (female given name) Fuwari
vāyu. Wind, air; rumour, repute; custom; temper, lust.


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sōng
    song1
sung
 su
    す
loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
(1) (kana only) cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; bubble; blowhole; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) porous; pithy; spongy

じゃ

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 ja
    じゃ
(cop) (1) (western Japanese; also freq. used in animation and foreign-language dubbing to indicate a person is old) (See だ) be; is; (expression) (2) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See じゃない・2) isn't it?

ルシ

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    ルシ

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Lusi
Rus' (old name of Russia)

一流

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yī liú
    yi1 liu2
i liu
 itsuru
    いつる

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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.

一番

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yī fān
    yi1 fan1
i fan
 ichiban
    いちばん

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

三諦


三谛

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

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The Three Truths
{Buddh} threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
The three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same.

中道

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zhōng dào
    zhong1 dao4
chung tao
 nakamichi
    なかみち

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The Middle Way
road through the middle; middle road; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi
The 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義.

乳児

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 nyuuji / nyuji
    にゅうじ

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Baby
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby

人道

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

佛道

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fó dào
    fo2 dao4
fo tao
 butsudō

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Buddha Way
The way of Buddha, leading to Buddhahood; intp. as bodhi, enlightenment, gnosis.

偕老

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xié lǎo
    xie2 lao3
hsieh lao
 kairou / kairo
    かいろう

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Growing Old Together
to grow old together
growing old together

先輩


先辈

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xiān bèi
    xian1 bei4
hsien pei
 senpai
    せんぱい

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Senpai / The Elder or Master
an older generation; ancestors; forefathers
(See 後輩・こうはい) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

勤求

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qín qiú
    qin2 qiu2
ch`in ch`iu
    chin chiu
 gongu
    ごんぐ

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Buddha Seeking
inquiring the Buddha way
To seek diligently (after the good).

十戒

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shí jiè
    shi2 jie4
shih chieh
 jukkai
    じゅっかい

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Ten Commandments
the ten commandments (religion)
(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.

古河

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 furuko
    ふるこ

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Koga
old river; (place-name) Furuko

古道

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gǔ dào
    gu3 dao4
ku tao
 furumichi
    ふるみち

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The Old Way / Old School
ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
(1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi

古里

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 furuzato
    ふるざと

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Kori
(1) (kana only) home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; (2) (archaism) ruins; historic remains; (surname) Furuzato

古馬

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 furuuma / furuma
    ふるうま

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Guma
horses 4 or more years old (usu. in racing); (surname) Furuuma

四諦


四谛

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
    したい

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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.

大洋

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dà yáng
    da4 yang2
ta yang
 motohiro
    もとひろ

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Great Sea
ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan
(noun - becomes adjective with の) ocean; (personal name) Motohiro

天使

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tiān shǐ
    tian1 shi3
t`ien shih
    tien shih
 yukari
    ゆかり

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Angel / Messenger of Heaven
angel
(noun - becomes adjective with の) angel; (female given name) Yukari
Divine messengers, especially those of Yama; also his 三天使 three messengers, or lictors— old age, sickness, death; and his 五天使 or 五大使, i. e. the last three together with rebirth and prisons or punishments on earth.

如來


如来

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rú lái
    ru2 lai2
ju lai
 nyorai
    にょらい

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Tathagata
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
(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.

實道


实道

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shí dào
    shi2 dao4
shih tao
 jitsudō

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True Religion / Buddha Truth
The true way, the true religion, absolute Buddha-truth.

寶林


宝林

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bǎo lín
    bao3 lin2
pao lin
 Hōrin

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

少林

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shào lín
    shao4 lin2
shao lin
 wakabayashi
    わかばやし

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Shaolin
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
(surname) Wakabayashi
Shaolin

師範


师范

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shī fàn
    shi1 fan4
shih fan
 shihan
    しはん

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Shihan
teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
(noun or adjectival noun) instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

復古


复古

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fù gǔ
    fu4 gu3
fu ku
 fukko
    ふっこ

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Retro / Old School
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) revival; restoration

復活


复活

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fù huó
    fu4 huo2
fu huo
 fukkatsu(p); fukkaatsu(sk) / fukkatsu(p); fukkatsu(sk)
    ふっかつ(P); ふっかーつ(sk)

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Resurrection / Re-Birth
to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback; (n,vs,vi) (2) resurrection; rebirth
To live again, return to life.

心印

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xīn yìn
    xin1 yin4
hsin yin
 shinnin

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Appreciation of Truth by Meditation
Mental impression, intuitive certainty; the mind is the Buddha-mind in all, which can seal or assure the truth; the term indicates the intuitive method of the 禪 Ch' an (Zen) school, which was independent of the spoken or written word.

恐龍


恐龙

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kǒng lóng
    kong3 long2
k`ung lung
    kung lung
 kyouryuu / kyoryu
    きょうりゅう

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Dinosaur
dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
dinosaur

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.

正義


正义

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zhèng yì
    zheng4 yi4
cheng i
 masayoshi
    まさよし

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Justice / Righteousness
justice; righteousness; just; righteous
(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

法門


法门

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fǎ mén
    fa3 men2
fa men
 hōmon

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Dharma Gate
gate to enlightment (Buddhism); Buddhism; way; method; (old) south gate of a palace
dharmaparyāya. The doctrines, or wisdom of Buddha regarded as the door to enlightenment. A method. Any sect. As the living have 84,000 delusions, so the Buddha provides 84,000 methods法門of dealing with them. Hence the法門海 ocean of Buddha's methods.

泰西

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tài xī
    tai4 xi1
t`ai hsi
    tai hsi
 taisei / taise
    たいせい

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Tessie
(old) the West; the Occident
the Occident; the West

渴法

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kě fǎ
    ke3 fa3
k`o fa
    ko fa
 katsuhō

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Thirst for Truth
To thirst for the truth, or for the Buddha-way.

滑稽

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huá jī
    hua2 ji1
hua chi
 kokkei / kokke
    こっけい

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Funny / Humorous
comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) funny; comical; humorous; laughable; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) ridiculous; silly; absurd

潭腿

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tán tuǐ
    tan2 tui3
t`an t`ui
    tan tui

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Tantui
Tantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing

現役


现役

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xiàn yì
    xian4 yi4
hsien i
 geneki
    げんえき

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Active Duty
(military) active duty
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) active duty; active service; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (often as 現役で) (See 浪人・ろうにん・3) student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

白狐

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bái hú
    bai2 hu2
pai hu
 byakko
    びゃっこ

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Arctic Fox
arctic fox
(1) old, white fox (trad. said to have supernatural powers); (2) (See ホッキョクギツネ) Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); (place-name) Byakko

看護


看护

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kān hù
    kan1 hu4
k`an hu
    kan hu
 kango
    かんご

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Nurse
to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse
(noun, transitive verb) nursing; (army) nurse

祖父

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zǔ fù
    zu3 fu4
tsu fu
 sofu
    そふ

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Grandfather
father's father; paternal grandfather
(1) grandfather; (2) (おおじ only) (See 爺・1) old man; (3) (おおじ only) kyogen mask used for the role of an old man; (place-name) Sofu
grandfather

神道

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shén dào
    shen2 dao4
shen tao
 jindou / jindo
    じんどう

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Shinto
Shinto (Japanese religion)
Shinto; Shintoism; (surname) Jindō
The spirit world of devas, asuras, and pretas. Psychology, or the doctrines concerning the soul. The teaching of Buddha. Shinto, the Way of the Gods, a Japanese national religion.

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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

老師


老师

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lǎo shī
    lao3 shi1
lao shih
 roushi / roshi
    ろうし

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Teacher / Master / Old Sage
teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
(1) old master; old teacher; (2) old monk; aged priest
old master

聖人


圣人

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shèng rén
    sheng4 ren2
sheng jen
 masato
    まさと

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Holy Man / Saint
sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
(1) {Christn} saint; (2) (orig. meaning) wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sage; (3) (See 清酒) refined sake; (male given name) Masato
is the opposite of the 凡人 common, or unenlightened man.

茶道

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chá dào
    cha2 dao4
ch`a tao
    cha tao
 chadou / chado
    ちゃどう

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The Way of Tea
Japanese tea ceremony; sado
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō; (place-name) Chadō
the way of tea

蒼龍


苍龙

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cāng lóng
    cang1 long2
ts`ang lung
    tsang lung
 souryuu / soryu
    そうりゅう

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Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
(1) blue dragon; (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree; (given name) Souryū

行道

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xíng dào
    xing2 dao4
hsing tao
 yukimichi
    ゆきみち

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Walk in the Way
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere); (surname, given name) Yukimichi
To walk in the way, follow the Buddha-truth; to make procession round an image, especially of the Buddha, with the right shoulder towards it.

見性


见性

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jiàn xìng
    jian4 xing4
chien hsing
 kenshou / kensho
    けんしょう

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Kensho - Initial Enlightenment
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
To behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School.

謝拉


谢拉

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xiè lā
    xie4 la1
hsieh la

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Sherla
Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)

道元

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dào yuán
    dao4 yuan2
tao yüan
 michimoto
    みちもと

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Dogen
(surname) Michimoto
The beginning of right doctrine, i.e. faith.

道教

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dào jiào
    dao4 jiao4
tao chiao
 michinori
    みちのり

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Daoism / Taoism
Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
Taoism; Daoism; (personal name) Michinori
Taoism. The teaching of the right way, i.e. of Buddhism.

道諦


道谛

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dào dì
    dao4 di4
tao ti
 doutai / dotai
    どうたい
{Buddh} (See 四諦) truth of the way to the cessation of suffering
mārga, the dogma of the path leading to the extinction of passion, the fourth of the four axioms, i.e. the eightfold noble path, v. 八聖道.

銀河


银河

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yín hé
    yin2 he2
yin ho
 ginga
    ぎんが

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Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way
(1) {astron} Milky Way; (2) {astron} galaxy; (female given name) Ginga

麒麟

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qí lín
    qi2 lin2
ch`i lin
    chi lin
 kirin
    きりん

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Kirin / Giraffe / Mythical Creature
(Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
(1) (kana only) giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); (2) qilin (Chinese unicorn); (3) Kirin (brand of beer); (surname, female given name) Kirin
Male and female unicorns; the qilin in general.

ウェイ

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 wei / we
    ウェイ
way; (personal name) Hwei; Way

エール

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 eeru
    エール

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Aile
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team); (place-name) Eire; Yale

タウト

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 daudo
    ダウド
(1) {cards} I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; bullshit; (interjection) (2) (colloquialism) I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing; (personal name) Daud; Dowd

モート

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 moodo
    モード

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Morte
(n,n-suf) (1) mode; manner; way; (2) {music} mode; (3) {math;stat} mode; (personal name) Maude

人の道

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 hitonomichi
    ひとのみち

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Moral Principles Of Life
(exp,n) (usu. as 人の道を外れる, 人の道に反する, etc.) moral way of life; correct path; moral principles

以利亞


以利亚

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yǐ lì yà
    yi3 li4 ya4
i li ya

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Elijhah
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)

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.

剛柔流

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 goujuuryuu / gojuryu
    ごうじゅうりゅう

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Goju Ryu
(org) Goju-ryu (karate school); (o) Goju-ryu (karate school)

少林流

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 shourinryuu / shorinryu
    しょうりんりゅう

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Shorin-Ryu
{MA} (Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate

截拳道

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jié quán dào
    jie2 quan2 dao4
chieh ch`üan tao
    chieh chüan tao
 jiikundoo / jikundoo
    ジークンドー

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Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
{MA} Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)

拉格比

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lā gé bǐ
    la1 ge2 bi3
la ko pi

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Rugby
Rugby (game); Rugby school in England

揚子江


扬子江

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yáng zǐ jiāng
    yang2 zi3 jiang1
yang tzu chiang
 yousukou / yosuko
    ようすこう

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Yangtze River
Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
(See 長江) Yangtze River (China); (place-name) Yangtze River (China)

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

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

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

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

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