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法性 see styles |
fǎ xìng fa3 xing4 fa hsing hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho ほっしょう; ほうしょう |
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras. |
法界 see styles |
fǎ jiè fa3 jie4 fa chieh hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai ほっかい; ほうかい |
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle. |
流別 流别 see styles |
liú bié liu2 bie2 liu pieh |
branch (of a river); school (of thought) |
流派 see styles |
liú pài liu2 pai4 liu p`ai liu pai ryuuha / ryuha りゅうは |
tributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre; style school (e.g. of ikebana) |
浮想 see styles |
fú xiǎng fu2 xiang3 fu hsiang fusō |
passing thought; an idea that comes into one's head; recollection Passing thoughts, unreal fancies. |
深心 see styles |
shēn xīn shen1 xin1 shen hsin shinshin |
A mind profoundly engrossed (in Buddha-truth, or thought, or illusion, etc. ). |
滅想 灭想 see styles |
miè xiǎng mie4 xiang3 mieh hsiang messō |
cessation of associative thought |
漏心 see styles |
lòu xīn lou4 xin1 lou hsin roshin |
contaminated thought |
無尋 无寻 see styles |
wú xún wu2 xun2 wu hsün mujin |
lacking discursive thought |
無念 无念 see styles |
wú niàn wu2 nian4 wu nien munen むねん |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) regret; chagrin; mortification; (2) {Buddh} (See 有念) freedom from obstructive thoughts Without a thought; without recollection; absence of false ideas or thoughts, i.e. correct ideas or thoughts; apart from thought (nothing exists). |
無思 无思 see styles |
wú sī wu2 si1 wu ssu mushi |
without thought |
無想 无想 see styles |
wú xiǎng wu2 xiang3 wu hsiang musou / muso むそう |
a blank mind; (given name) Musou Without thought, absence of thinking. |
無意 无意 see styles |
wú yì wu2 yi4 wu i mui むい |
inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing something) unintentional Absence of objective thought, of will or intention; absence of idea, the highest stage of dhyāna. |
無派 see styles |
muha むは |
belonging to no party or school of thought |
特高 see styles |
tokkou / tokko とっこう |
(hist) (abbreviation) (See 特別高等警察) Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression |
玄門 玄门 see styles |
xuán mén xuan2 men2 hsüan men genmon げんもん |
(given name) Genmon The profound school, i. e. Buddhism. Also that of the 華嚴 Huayan (Kegon) which has a division of 十玄門 or 十玄緣起, indicating the ten metaphysical propositions, or lines of thought; of these there are two or more versions. |
現念 现念 see styles |
xiàn niàn xian4 nian4 hsien nien gennen |
present thought |
生心 see styles |
shēng xīn sheng1 xin1 sheng hsin shōshin |
to give rise to thought |
生意 see styles |
shēng yi sheng1 yi5 sheng i shō i |
business; CL:筆|笔[bi3] gives rise to thought |
疏闊 疏阔 see styles |
shū kuò shu1 kuo4 shu k`uo shu kuo |
inaccurate; slipshod; poorly thought-out; distant; vague; long-separated; broadly scattered |
痴痴 see styles |
chī chī chi1 chi1 ch`ih ch`ih chih chih |
foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze |
發呆 发呆 see styles |
fā dāi fa1 dai1 fa tai |
to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought |
發揮 发挥 see styles |
fā huī fa1 hui1 fa hui hokki |
to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) spreading of the teachings |
百家 see styles |
bǎi jiā bai3 jia1 pai chia hyakka ひゃっか |
many schools of thought; many people or households (See 諸子百家) many scholars; (surname) Momoka all the philosophers |
瞋覺 瞋觉 see styles |
chēn jué chen1 jue2 ch`en chüeh chen chüeh shinkaku |
thought of hatred |
瞥起 see styles |
piē qǐ pie1 qi3 p`ieh ch`i pieh chi bekki |
[thought] arising even slightly |
神域 see styles |
shén yù shen2 yu4 shen yü shiniki しんいき |
(1) Shinto shrine precincts; (2) holy precincts; sanctuary The realm of spirit, of reality, surpassing thought, supra-natural. |
神水 see styles |
jinzui; shinsui; shinzui; jinsui じんずい; しんすい; しんずい; じんすい |
(1) water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; (2) miracle-working water; (3) water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines; (female given name) Shizuku |
禪那 禅那 see styles |
chán nà chan2 na4 ch`an na chan na zenna |
dhyāna, abstract contemplation. There are four degrees through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception, and will; v. 禪. The River Jumna. |
禪靜 禅静 see styles |
chán jìng chan2 jing4 ch`an ching chan ching zenjō |
dhyāna and its Chinese translation, quieting of thought, or its control, or suppression, silent meditation. |
穢慮 秽虑 see styles |
huì lǜ hui4 lv4 hui lü eryo |
a vile (or filthy, foul) thought |
端心 see styles |
duān xīn duan1 xin1 tuan hsin tanshin |
upright in thought |
符籙 符箓 see styles |
fú lù fu2 lu4 fu lu furoku ふろく |
(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers fulu; protective talisman used historically by Taoist pilgrims in China |
篇聚 see styles |
piān jù pian1 ju4 p`ien chü pien chü hen ju |
Two divisions of wrong-doing, one called the 五篇 five pian, the other the six and seven ju. The five pian are: (1) pārājika, v. 波, sins demanding expulsion from the order; (2) saṅghāvaśeṣa, v. 僧, sins verging on expulsion, which demand confession before and absolution by the assembly; (3) ? prāyaścitta, v. 波逸, sins deserving hell which may be forgiven; (4) pratideśanīya, v. 波羅 and 提舍, sins which must be confessed; (5) duṣkṛta, v. 突, light sins, errors, or faults. The six ju are the five above with sthūlātyaya, v. 偸, associated with the third, implying thought not developed in action. The seven ju are the above with the division of the fifth into two, action and speech. There are further divisions of eight and nine. |
系統 系统 see styles |
xì tǒng xi4 tong3 hsi t`ung hsi tung keitou / keto けいとう |
system; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) system; (2) lineage; ancestry; family line; (3) group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought); (4) close (evolutionary) relationship; (5) a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial) |
緣塵 缘尘 see styles |
yuán chén yuan2 chen2 yüan ch`en yüan chen enjin |
The guṇas, qualities, or sense-data which cause the six sensations of form, sound, odour, taste, touch, and thought. |
緣慮 缘虑 see styles |
yuán lǜ yuan2 lv4 yüan lü enryo |
to bring perceptual referents into thought |
縁日 see styles |
ennichi えんにち |
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it |
繫念 系念 see styles |
xì niàn xi4 nian4 hsi nien ke nen |
To fix the mind, attention, or thought on. |
考え see styles |
kangae かんがえ |
(1) thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; (2) idea; notion; imagination; (3) intention; plan; design; (4) consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; (5) wish; hope; expectation |
著想 着想 see styles |
zhuó xiǎng zhuo2 xiang3 cho hsiang jakusō |
to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] The attachment of thought, or desire. |
蝦夷 虾夷 see styles |
xiā yí xia1 yi2 hsia i emishi(p); ezo; emishi えみし(P); えぞ; エミシ |
Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus (1) (hist) Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; (2) (えぞ only) (hist) (See 蝦夷地・1) Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands; (personal name) Emishi |
行業 行业 see styles |
háng yè hang2 ye4 hang yeh gyōgō |
trade; profession; industry; business That which is done, the activities of thought, word, or deed; moral action; karma. |
表德 see styles |
biǎo dé biao3 de2 piao te hyōtoku |
To manifest virtue, in contrast with 遮情 to repress the passions; the positive in deed and thought, as expounded by the 華嚴宗 Huayan school. |
觀念 观念 see styles |
guān niàn guan1 nian4 kuan nien kannen |
notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions To look into and think over, contemplate and ponder. |
誰料 谁料 see styles |
shei liào shei2 liao4 shei liao |
who would have thought that; who would have expected that |
誰知 谁知 see styles |
shei zhī shei2 zhi1 shei chih suichi |
who would have thought; unexpectedly who knows? |
諸子 诸子 see styles |
zhū zǐ zhu1 zi3 chu tzu moroko; moroko もろこ; モロコ |
various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others (1) (kana only) gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); (2) (See 本諸子) willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); (3) (See 九絵) longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus); (surname, female given name) Moroko children |
諸家 诸家 see styles |
zhū jiā zhu1 jia1 chu chia shoka しょか |
various families; various schools of thought; (surname) Moroie philosophers |
豈料 岂料 see styles |
qǐ liào qi3 liao4 ch`i liao chi liao |
who would have thought that; who would have expected that |
貪意 贪意 see styles |
tān yì tan1 yi4 t`an i tan i toni |
covetous thought |
起心 see styles |
qǐ xīn qi3 xin1 ch`i hsin chi hsin kishin |
to give rise to thought [of the aspiration for enlightenment, etc.] |
起念 see styles |
qǐ niàn qi3 nian4 ch`i nien chi nien kinen |
to give rise to thought |
身業 身业 see styles |
shēn yè shen1 ye4 shen yeh shingō |
The karma operating in the body; the body as representing the fruit of action in previous existence. One of the three karmas, the other two referring to speech and thought. |
逃禪 逃禅 see styles |
táo chán tao2 chan2 t`ao ch`an tao chan tōzen |
To escape in or from meditation or thought. |
通う see styles |
kayou / kayo かよう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between; (v5u,vi) (2) to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent; (v5u,vi) (3) (See 血が通う・1,心が通う) to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought); (v5u,vi) (4) to resemble |
運心 运心 see styles |
yùn xīn yun4 xin1 yün hsin unjin |
Revolve in the mind; indecision; to have in mind; to carry the mind, or thought, towards. |
遲鈍 迟钝 see styles |
chí dùn chi2 dun4 ch`ih tun chih tun chidon |
slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) slow |
邃密 see styles |
suì mì sui4 mi4 sui mi |
deep; profound; abstruse and full (of thought) |
邪思 see styles |
xié sī xie2 si1 hsieh ssu jashi |
mistaken thought |
鄙懐 see styles |
hikai ひかい |
(humble language) one's own thought; one's own idea |
里人 see styles |
lǐ rén li3 ren2 li jen satobito; rijin さとびと; りじん |
person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower villager; village folk; countryfolk; (personal name) Rito |
閃念 闪念 see styles |
shǎn niàn shan3 nian4 shan nien |
sudden idea; flash of thought |
防慮 防虑 see styles |
fáng lǜ fang2 lv4 fang lü bōryo |
guarding thought |
隨尋 随寻 see styles |
suí xún sui2 xun2 sui hsün zuijin |
[attendant] discursive thought |
雋永 隽永 see styles |
juàn yǒng juan4 yong3 chüan yung |
meaningful; thought-provoking; significant |
離念 离念 see styles |
lí niàn li2 nian4 li nien ri nen |
to be free from thought |
靜思 静思 see styles |
jìng sī jing4 si1 ching ssu |
Calm thought; meditation, a meditator, i.e. a monk. |
靜慮 静虑 see styles |
jìng lǜ jing4 lv4 ching lü |
A tr. of dhyāna, calm thought, unperturbed abstraction. |
非想 see styles |
fēi xiǎng fei1 xiang3 fei hsiang |
Beyond the condition of thinking or not-thinking, of active consciousness or unconsciousness; an abbrev. for 非想非非想天 or 非想非非想處. |
非數 see styles |
fēi shù fei1 shu4 fei shu |
without mental application; without analytical thought |
顯學 显学 see styles |
xiǎn xué xian3 xue2 hsien hsüeh |
famous school; noted school of thought |
飛符 飞符 see styles |
fēi fú fei1 fu2 fei fu |
talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers (also called 符籙|符箓[fu2 lu4]); to invoke the magical power of such a talisman; a tiger tally 虎符[hu3 fu2] sent with great urgency |
黙念 see styles |
mokunen もくねん |
(n,adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) silent rumination; quiet thought |
鼻祖 see styles |
bí zǔ bi2 zu3 pi tsu biso びそ |
the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) founder; originator; introducer a patriarch who founds a sect or school |
龍人 龙人 see styles |
lóng rén long2 ren2 lung jen ryuuto / ryuto りゅうと |
Dragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in Heilongjiang in 1933, thought to be a Denisovan 丹尼索瓦人[Dan1 ni2 suo3 wa3 ren2] or a new species of extinct human, Homo longi (personal name) Ryūto |
いであ see styles |
idea イデア |
{phil} idea (in Platonic thought) (gre:); (place-name) Itea |
オカズ see styles |
okazu オカズ |
(1) (kana only) side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal; (2) (kana only) food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation); (3) (kana only) fill; fill-in (drumming) |
っしょ see styles |
ssho っしょ |
(auxiliary) (colloquialism) (See でしょう・2) I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go |
でしょ see styles |
desho でしょ |
(ik) (expression) (1) (polite language) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that! |
パンセ see styles |
panse パンセ |
thought (fre:); idea |
ペンセ see styles |
pense ペンセ |
thought (fre:); idea |
一刹那 see styles |
yī chàn à yi1 chan4 a4 i ch`an a i chan a issetsuna いっせつな |
(temporal noun) (a) moment; an instant A kṣaṇa, the shortest space of time, a moment, the 90th part of a thought and 4,500th part of a minute, during which 90 or 100 are born and as many die. |
一念心 see styles |
yī niàn xīn yi1 nian4 xin1 i nien hsin ichinenshin |
single thought moment |
一念頃 一念顷 see styles |
yī niàn qǐng yi1 nian4 qing3 i nien ch`ing i nien ching ichinen no aida |
instant of thought |
七心界 see styles |
qī xīn jiè qi1 xin1 jie4 ch`i hsin chieh chi hsin chieh shichi shinkai |
The seven realms of vijñāna, or perception, produced by eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, to which is added thought, 意 根 q.v. |
七種語 七种语 see styles |
qī zhǒng yǔ qi1 zhong3 yu3 ch`i chung yü chi chung yü shichishu go |
Buddha's seven modes of discourse: 因語 from present cause to future effect; 果語 from present effect to past cause; 因果語 inherent cause and effect; 喩語 illustrative or figurative; 不應説語 spontaneous or parabolic; 世界流語 ordinary or popular; 如意語 unreserved, or as he really thought, e.g. as when he said that all things have the Buddha-nature. |
三不退 see styles |
sān bù tuì san1 bu4 tui4 san pu t`ui san pu tui sanfutai |
Never receding from 位 position attained; from a right course of 行 action; from pursuing a right line of 念 thought, or mental discipline. These are duties of every bodhisattva, and have numerous interpretations.; The three non-backslidings, i.e. from position attained, from line of action pursued, and in dhyāna. |
三世心 see styles |
sān shì xīn san1 shi4 xin1 san shih hsin sanze shin |
Mind, or thought, past, present or future, is momentary, always moving, unreal and cannot be laid hold of. |
三念處 三念处 see styles |
sān niàn chù san1 nian4 chu4 san nien ch`u san nien chu san nenjo |
three bases of thought |
三種生 三种生 see styles |
sān zhǒng shēng san1 zhong3 sheng1 san chung sheng sanshu shō |
The three sources, or causes of the rise of the passions and illusions: (a) 想生 the mind, or active thought; (b) 相生 the objective world; (c) 流注生 their constant interaction, or the continuous stream of latent predispositions. |
不可說 不可说 see styles |
bù kě shuō bu4 ke3 shuo1 pu k`o shuo pu ko shuo fukasetsu |
Unmentionable, indefinable; truth that can be thought but not expressed. |
不思議 不思议 see styles |
bù sī yì bu4 si1 yi4 pu ssu i fushigi ふしぎ |
unbelievable; [a concept that] cannot be comprehended; unimaginable; unfathomable. (noun or adjectival noun) (1) wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious; (adverb taking the "to" particle) (2) strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously; (female given name) Mirakuru Beyond thought and words or linguistic expression, beyond conception, baffling description, amazing, "supraconceptual", inconceivable, non-conceptual, something that cannot be conceptualized or compared to anything worldly. Analogous to Acintya (阿軫帝也). |
不退地 see styles |
bù tuì dì bu4 tui4 di4 pu t`ui ti pu tui ti futai ji |
The first of a bodhisattva's 十地; it is also interpreted by right action and right thought. |
九類生 九类生 see styles |
jiǔ lèi shēng jiu3 lei4 sheng1 chiu lei sheng kurui shō |
The nine kinds of birth; the four from the womb, egg, moisture, transformation are common to devas, earth, and the hells; the five others are birth into the heavens of form, of non-form, of thought, of non-thought, and of neither (i.e. beyond either). |
五遍行 see styles |
wǔ biàn xíng wu3 bian4 xing2 wu pien hsing go hengyō |
The five universal mental activities associated with every thought— the idea, mental contact, reception, conception, perception, 作意, 觸, 受, 想, 思; cf. 五蘊. |
依義心 依义心 see styles |
yī yì xīn yi1 yi4 xin1 i i hsin egi shin |
thought intent on bringing benefit and joy to the object [sentient beings] |
入無想 入无想 see styles |
rù wú xiǎng ru4 wu2 xiang3 ju wu hsiang nyū musō |
attaining [the] no-thought [concentration] |
八念法 see styles |
bā niàn fǎ ba1 nian4 fa3 pa nien fa hachi nenhō |
Or 八念門. Eight lines of thought, in the智度論 21 , for resisting Māra-attacks and evil promptings during the meditation on impurity, etc.; i.e. thought of the Buddha, of the Law (or Truth), the fraternity, the commandments, alms-giving, the devas, breathing, and death. There are also the 大人八念 , i.e. that truth 道 is obtained through absence of desire, contentment, aloneness, zeal, correct thinking, a fixed mind, wisdom, and inner joy. v. 八念經. |
八解脫 八解脱 see styles |
bā jiě tuō ba1 jie3 tuo1 pa chieh t`o pa chieh to hachi gedatsu |
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā. |
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This page contains 100 results for "Thought" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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