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仕済ます

see styles
 shisumasu
    しすます
(transitive verb) (kana only) to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish

仮面夫婦

see styles
 kamenfuufu / kamenfufu
    かめんふうふ
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

任重道遠


任重道远

see styles
rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
    ren4 zhong4 dao4 yuan3
jen chung tao yüan
a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

低空飛過


低空飞过

see styles
dī kōng fēi guò
    di1 kong1 fei1 guo4
ti k`ung fei kuo
    ti kung fei kuo
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)

何処迄も

see styles
 dokomademo
    どこまでも
(adverb) (1) (kana only) anywhere; for all time; to the ends of the earth; (2) (kana only) through thick and thin; come hell or high water; to the bitter end; to the utmost; (3) (kana only) persistently; stubbornly; (4) (kana only) in all respects; on every point; (5) (kana only) thoroughly; exhaustively

修成正果

see styles
xiū chéng zhèng guǒ
    xiu1 cheng2 zheng4 guo3
hsiu ch`eng cheng kuo
    hsiu cheng cheng kuo
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight; to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts; to come to fruition

修所成慧

see styles
xiū suǒ chéng huì
    xiu1 suo3 cheng2 hui4
hsiu so ch`eng hui
    hsiu so cheng hui
 shu shojō e
wisdom acquired through meditation

働き通す

see styles
 hatarakitoosu
    はたらきとおす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to work straight through without stopping

光を透す

see styles
 hikariotoosu
    ひかりをとおす
(exp,v5s) to allow light to pass through; to shine light through

光を通す

see styles
 hikariotoosu
    ひかりをとおす
(exp,v5s) to allow light to pass through; to shine light through

入重玄門


入重玄门

see styles
rù zhòng xuán mén
    ru4 zhong4 xuan2 men2
ju chung hsüan men
 nyū jū genmon
To enter again through the dark gate into mortality, e.g. as a bodhisattva does, even into the hells, to save the suffering. Another interpretation is the return of a bodhisattva to common life for further enlightenment.

內在超越


内在超越

see styles
nèi zài chāo yuè
    nei4 zai4 chao1 yue4
nei tsai ch`ao yüeh
    nei tsai chao yüeh
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)

全身而退

see styles
quán shēn ér tuì
    quan2 shen1 er2 tui4
ch`üan shen erh t`ui
    chüan shen erh tui
to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece

八不顯實


八不显实

see styles
bā bù xiǎn shí
    ba1 bu4 xian3 shi2
pa pu hsien shih
 happu kenjitsu
By the eight negations of the Mādhyamika doctrine, the true reality of things is shown.

八大在我

see styles
bā dà zài wǒ
    ba1 da4 zai4 wo3
pa ta tsai wo
 hachidai zaiga
The eight great powers of personality or sovereign independence, as one of the four qualities 常樂我淨 of nirvāṇa: powers of self-manifolding, infinite expansion, levitation and transportation, manifesting countless forms permanently in one and the same place, use of one physical organ in place of another, obtaining all things as if nothing, expounding a stanza through countless kalpas, ability to traverse the solid as space. v. 涅槃經 23.

六道輪廻


六道轮廻

see styles
liù dào lún huí
    liu4 dao4 lun2 hui2
liu tao lun hui
 rokudourinne / rokudorinne
    ろくどうりんね
(yoji) endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
transmigration through the six kinds of rebirth

六道輪迴


六道轮迴

see styles
liù dào lún huí
    liu4 dao4 lun2 hui2
liu tao lun hui
 rokudō rinne
transmigration through the six kinds of rebirth

冷暖自知

see styles
lěng nuǎn zì zhī
    leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1
leng nuan tzu chih
 reidanjichi / redanjichi
    れいだんじち
see 如人飲水,冷暖自知|如人饮水,冷暖自知[ru2 ren2 yin3 shui3 , leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1]
(expression) (yoji) {Buddh} spiritual enlightenment only comes through personal experience

出生入死

see styles
chū shēng rù sǐ
    chu1 sheng1 ru4 si3
ch`u sheng ju ssu
    chu sheng ju ssu
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb

分け入る

see styles
 wakeiru / wakeru
    わけいる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to force one's way; to push through

切らない

see styles
 kiranai
    きらない
(adjective) not through; not finished; not done

切ら無い

see styles
 kiranai
    きらない
(adjective) not through; not finished; not done

切り崩す

see styles
 kirikuzusu
    きりくずす
(transitive verb) (1) to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); (transitive verb) (2) to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

切り拓く

see styles
 kirihiraku
    きりひらく
(transitive verb) to clear (land); to open up; to cut through

切り通す

see styles
 kiritoosu
    きりとおす
(transitive verb) to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)

切り進む

see styles
 kirisusumu
    きりすすむ
(Godan verb with "mu" ending) to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart

切り開く

see styles
 kirihiraku
    きりひらく
(transitive verb) to clear (land); to open up; to cut through

切抜ける

see styles
 kirinukeru
    きりぬける
(transitive verb) to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

利令智昏

see styles
lì lìng zhì hūn
    li4 ling4 zhi4 hun1
li ling chih hun
to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

制動放射

see styles
 seidouhousha / sedohosha
    せいどうほうしゃ
{physics} bremsstrahlung; X-rays produced when fast electrons pass through matter

制動輻射

see styles
 seidoufukusha / sedofukusha
    せいどうふくしゃ
{physics} (See 制動放射) bremsstrahlung; X-rays produced when fast electrons pass through matter

刹那無常


刹那无常

see styles
chàn à wú cháng
    chan4 a4 wu2 chang2
ch`an a wu ch`ang
    chan a wu chang
 setsu namujō
Not a moment is permanent, but passes through the stages of birth, stay, change, death.

刺し通す

see styles
 sashitoosu
    さしとおす
(transitive verb) to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)

功虧一簣


功亏一篑

see styles
gōng kuī yī kuì
    gong1 kui1 yi1 kui4
kung k`uei i k`uei
    kung kuei i kuei
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)

加持成佛

see styles
jiā chí chéng fó
    jia1 chi2 cheng2 fo2
chia ch`ih ch`eng fo
    chia chih cheng fo
 kaji jōbutsu
By the aid of Buddha to enter Buddhahood.

勝ち抜く

see styles
 kachinuku
    かちぬく
(v5k,vi) to win through

勞動改造


劳动改造

see styles
láo dòng gǎi zào
    lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4
lao tung kai tsao
reeducation through labor; laogai (prison camp)

勞動教養


劳动教养

see styles
láo dòng jiào yǎng
    lao2 dong4 jiao4 yang3
lao tung chiao yang
reeducation through labor

勢如破竹


势如破竹

see styles
shì rú pò zhú
    shi4 ru2 po4 zhu2
shih ju p`o chu
    shih ju po chu
like a hot knife through butter (idiom); with irresistible force

勤儉建國


勤俭建国

see styles
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
    qin2 jian3 jian4 guo2
ch`in chien chien kuo
    chin chien chien kuo
(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work

勤勞致富


勤劳致富

see styles
qín láo zhì fù
    qin2 lao2 zhi4 fu4
ch`in lao chih fu
    chin lao chih fu
to get rich through hard work

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十種智明


十种智明

see styles
shí zhǒng zhì míng
    shi2 zhong3 zhi4 ming2
shih chung chih ming
 jusshu chimyō
Ten kinds of bodhisattva wisdom, or omniscience, for the understanding of all things relating to all beings, in order, to save them from the sufferings of mortality and bring them to true bodhi. The ten are detailed in the Hua-yen 華嚴 sūtra in two groups, one in the 十明品 and one in the 離世間品.

千代万代

see styles
 chiyoyorozuyo
    ちよよろずよ
for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time

卽以是事

see styles
jí yǐ shì shì
    ji2 yi3 shi4 shi4
chi i shih shih
 soku i ze ji
exactly through these works

口業供養


口业供养

see styles
kǒu yè gōng yǎng
    kou3 ye4 gong1 yang3
k`ou yeh kung yang
    kou yeh kung yang
 kugō kuyō
The offering of the praise or worship of the lips; also 身業供養 and 意業供養.

可共患難


可共患难

see styles
kě gòng huàn nàn
    ke3 gong4 huan4 nan4
k`o kung huan nan
    ko kung huan nan
to go through thick and thin together (idiom)

吉祥天女

see styles
jí xiáng tiān nǚ
    ji2 xiang2 tian1 nv3
chi hsiang t`ien nü
    chi hsiang tien nü
 Kichijō tennyo
功德天; 摩訶室利 Mahāśrī, identified with Lakṣmī, name 'of the goddess of fortune and beauty frequently in the later mythology identified with Śrī and regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa', she sprang from the ocean with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padmā, and is connected in other ways with the lotus. M. W. There is some confusion between this goddess and Guanyin, possibly through the attribution of Hindu ideas of Lakṣmī to Guanyin.

吹き抜く

see styles
 fukinuku
    ふきぬく
(Godan verb with "ku" ending) to blow through; to blow over; to blow itself out

吹き通し

see styles
 fukidooshi
    ふきどおし
    fukitooshi
    ふきとおし
(1) blowing relentlessly; (2) blowing hot air; exaggerating; boasting; (1) blowing through; ventilation; draft; (2) blowing relentlessly; (3) blowing hot air; exaggerating; boasting

吹き通す

see styles
 fukitoosu
    ふきとおす
(transitive verb) to blow through; to blow ceaselessly

吹抜ける

see styles
 fukinukeru
    ふきぬける
(v1,vi) to blow through

吹枕邊風


吹枕边风

see styles
chuī zhěn biān fēng
    chui1 zhen3 bian1 feng1
ch`ui chen pien feng
    chui chen pien feng
to sway (sb) through pillow talk

命を削る

see styles
 inochiokezuru
    いのちをけずる
(exp,v5r) to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

和痛分娩

see styles
 watsuubunben / watsubunben
    わつうぶんべん
(See 自然分娩,無痛分娩) delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)

咎由自取

see styles
jiù yóu zì qǔ
    jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3
chiu yu tzu ch`ü
    chiu yu tzu chü
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

商売っ気

see styles
 shoubaikke / shobaikke
    しょうばいっけ
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business

善始善終


善始善终

see styles
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
    shan4 shi3 shan4 zhong1
shan shih shan chung
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts something; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish.

噛み切る

see styles
 kamikiru
    かみきる
(transitive verb) to bite off; to gnaw through

嚢中の錐

see styles
 nouchuunokiri / nochunokiri
    のうちゅうのきり
(expression) (proverb) cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through)

四惡比丘


四恶比丘

see styles
sì è bǐ qiū
    si4 e4 bi3 qiu1
ssu o pi ch`iu
    ssu o pi chiu
 shiaku biku
The four wicked bhikṣus who threw over the teaching of their Buddha 大莊嚴 Dazhuangyan after his nirvana; these suffered in the deepest hells, came forth purified, but have not been able to attain perfection because of their past unbelief; v. 佛藏經往古品. Also four disobedient bhikṣus who through much purgation ultimately became the Buddhas of the four points of the compass, 阿閦, 寳相, 無量壽, and 微妙聲.

坐而論道


坐而论道

see styles
zuò ér lùn dào
    zuo4 er2 lun4 dao4
tso erh lun tao
to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)

堀り抜く

see styles
 horinuku
    ほりぬく
(irregular kanji usage) (transitive verb) to dig through; to drill into; to excavate

增上心學


增上心学

see styles
zēng shàng xīn xué
    zeng1 shang4 xin1 xue2
tseng shang hsin hsüeh
 zōjōshin gaku
The study of increased powers of mind (through meditation).

外交交渉

see styles
 gaikoukoushou / gaikokosho
    がいこうこうしょう
diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels

外在超越

see styles
wài zài chāo yuè
    wai4 zai4 chao1 yue4
wai tsai ch`ao yüeh
    wai tsai chao yüeh
outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)

多極分散

see styles
 takyokubunsan
    たきょくぶんさん
decentralization through multipolarization

多生曠劫


多生旷劫

see styles
duō shēng kuàng jié
    duo1 sheng1 kuang4 jie2
to sheng k`uang chieh
    to sheng kuang chieh
 tashō kōgō
many lifetimes through innumerable kalpas

天網恢々

see styles
 tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai
    てんもうかいかい
(expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

天網恢恢


天网恢恢

see styles
tiān wǎng huī huī
    tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1
t`ien wang hui hui
    tien wang hui hui
 tenmoukaikai / tenmokaikai
    てんもうかいかい
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law
(expression) (yoji) heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

奪門而出


夺门而出

see styles
duó mén ér chū
    duo2 men2 er2 chu1
to men erh ch`u
    to men erh chu
to rush out through a door (idiom)

妄見所計


妄见所计

see styles
wàng jiàn suǒ jì
    wang4 jian4 suo3 ji4
wang chien so chi
 mōken sho kei
imagined through false views

字相字義


字相字义

see styles
zì xiāng zì yì
    zi4 xiang1 zi4 yi4
tzu hsiang tzu i
 jisō jigi
Word-form and word-meaning, differentiated by the esoteric sect for its own ends, 阿 being considered the alpha and root of all sounds and words; the 字 among esoteric Buddhists is the 種子 bīja, or seed-word possessing power through the object with which it is associated.

安呾羅縛


安呾罗缚

see styles
ān dá luó fú
    an1 da2 luo2 fu2
an ta lo fu
 Antarabaku
Andarab, a country through which Xuanzang passed, north of Kapiśā, v. 迦.

宙に舞う

see styles
 chuunimau / chunimau
    ちゅうにまう
(exp,v5u,vi) to tumble through the air

宙を飛ぶ

see styles
 chuuotobu / chuotobu
    ちゅうをとぶ
(exp,v5b) (1) to fly through the air; (exp,v5b) (2) to run so fast that one's feet barely touch the ground

対人感覚

see styles
 taijinkankaku
    たいじんかんかく
feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships

將勤補絀


将勤补绌

see styles
jiāng qín bǔ chù
    jiang1 qin2 bu3 chu4
chiang ch`in pu ch`u
    chiang chin pu chu
to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)

將錯就錯


将错就错

see styles
jiāng cuò jiù cuò
    jiang1 cuo4 jiu4 cuo4
chiang ts`o chiu ts`o
    chiang tso chiu tso
lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake; to accept an error and adapt to it; to muddle through

導管実体

see styles
 doukanjittai / dokanjittai
    どうかんじったい
{law} pass-through entity; look-through entity; (fiscally) transparent entity

履險如夷


履险如夷

see styles
lǚ xiǎn rú yí
    lu:3 xian3 ru2 yi2
lü hsien ju i
lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom); fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

峠を越す

see styles
 tougeokosu / togeokosu
    とうげをこす
(exp,v5s) (1) (idiom) to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); (exp,v5s) (2) (orig. meaning) to cross a pass

左思右想

see styles
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
    zuo3 si1 you4 xiang3
tso ssu yu hsiang
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder

廣結良緣


广结良缘

see styles
guǎng jié liáng yuán
    guang3 jie2 liang2 yuan2
kuang chieh liang yüan
to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)

弄嘴弄舌

see styles
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
    nong4 zui3 nong4 she2
nung tsui nung she
to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)

引き回し

see styles
 hikimawashi
    ひきまわし
(1) taking someone around; (2) guidance; (3) (archaism) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

引き廻し

see styles
 hikimawashi
    ひきまわし
(1) taking someone around; (2) guidance; (3) (archaism) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

引水入牆


引水入墙

see styles
yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
    yin3 shui3 ru4 qiang2
yin shui ju ch`iang
    yin shui ju chiang
lit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)

引而不發


引而不发

see styles
yǐn ér bù fā
    yin3 er2 bu4 fa1
yin erh pu fa
to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action; to go through the motions; to practice; a trial run

弧を描く

see styles
 kooegaku
    こをえがく
(exp,v5k) to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc

強行突破

see styles
 kyoukoutoppa / kyokotoppa
    きょうこうとっぱ
(noun/participle) force (bulldoze) one's way through

彪炳千古

see styles
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
    biao1 bing3 qian1 gu3
piao ping ch`ien ku
    piao ping chien ku
to shine through the ages (idiom)

得過且過


得过且过

see styles
dé guò qiě guò
    de2 guo4 qie3 guo4
te kuo ch`ieh kuo
    te kuo chieh kuo
satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through; without high ambitions, but getting by

從裡到外


从里到外

see styles
cóng lǐ dào wài
    cong2 li3 dao4 wai4
ts`ung li tao wai
    tsung li tao wai
from the inside to the outside; through and through; thoroughly

心慧解脫


心慧解脱

see styles
xīn huì jiě tuō
    xin1 hui4 jie3 tuo1
hsin hui chieh t`o
    hsin hui chieh to
 shine gedatsu
liberation of through concentration and wisdom

応援上映

see styles
 ouenjouei / oenjoe
    おうえんじょうえい
film screening where the audience is encouraged to participate through cheering; cheer screening

念仏往生

see styles
 nenbutsuoujou / nenbutsuojo
    ねんぶつおうじょう
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} (See 念仏・1,浄土・1) being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

情実人事

see styles
 joujitsujinji / jojitsujinji
    じょうじつじんじ
personnel changes through favoritism

惡貫滿盈


恶贯满盈

see styles
è guàn mǎn yíng
    e4 guan4 man3 ying2
o kuan man ying
lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes

感度良好

see styles
 kandoryoukou / kandoryoko
    かんどりょうこう
(expression) (coming through) loud and clear

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Information about this dictionary:

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

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

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

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