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十行 see styles |
shí xíng shi2 xing2 shih hsing jūgyō |
The ten necessary activities in the fifty-two stages of a bodhisattva, following on the 十信and 十住; the two latter indicate personal development 自利. These ten lines of action are for the universal welfare of others 利他. They are: joyful service; beneficial service; never resenting; without limit; never out of order; appearing in any form at will; unimpeded; exalting the pāramitās amongst all beings; perfecting the Buddha-law by complete virtue; manifesting in all things the pure, final, true reality. |
南無 南无 see styles |
nā mó na1 mo2 na mo namu; namo なむ; なも |
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] (conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land. |
即可 see styles |
jí kě ji2 ke3 chi k`o chi ko |
equivalent to 就可以; can then (do something); can immediately (do something); (do something) and that will suffice |
原牛 see styles |
yuán niú yuan2 niu2 yüan niu gengyuu / gengyu げんぎゅう |
aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox (See オーロックス) aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus) |
原野 see styles |
yuán yě yuan2 ye3 yüan yeh genya げんや |
plain; open country waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain; (place-name, surname) Harano |
厭々 see styles |
iyaiya いやいや |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; (2) (kana only) shaking head in refusal (to children); (interjection) (3) (kana only) no!; no no!; not at all |
厭厭 see styles |
iyaiya いやいや |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; (2) (kana only) shaking head in refusal (to children); (interjection) (3) (kana only) no!; no no!; not at all |
受者 see styles |
shòu zhě shou4 zhe3 shou che jusha |
A recipient (e. g. of the rules). The illusory view that the ego will receive reward or punishment in a future life, one of the sixteen false views. |
名相 see styles |
míng xiàng ming2 xiang4 ming hsiang myōsō |
famous prime minister (in ancient China); names and appearances (Buddhism) Name and appearance; everything has a name, e. g. sound, or has appearance, i. e. the visible, v. 名色; both are unreal and give rise to delusion. The name under which Subhūti will be reborn as Buddha. |
唯々 see styles |
tadatada ただただ ii / i いい |
(adverb) (kana only) absolutely; only; (adv-to,adj-t) quite willingly; readily; with acquiescence |
唯唯 see styles |
tadatada ただただ ii / i いい |
(adverb) (kana only) absolutely; only; (adv-to,adj-t) quite willingly; readily; with acquiescence |
商譽 商誉 see styles |
shāng yù shang1 yu4 shang yü |
(commerce) prestige; reputation; (accounting) goodwill |
善因 see styles |
shàn yīn shan4 yin1 shan yin zenin ぜんいん |
(Buddhism) good karma {Buddh} (ant: 悪因) good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed Good causation, i.e. a good cause for a good effect. |
嗔恚 see styles |
shinne しんね shinni しんに shini しんい |
(1) (Buddhist term) dosa (ill will, antipathy); (2) irateness; anger |
噛柴 see styles |
tamushiba たむしば |
(kana only) willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia |
四蛇 see styles |
sì shé si4 she2 ssu she shida |
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril. |
困惑 see styles |
kùn huò kun4 huo4 k`un huo kun huo konwaku こんわく |
bewildered; perplexed; confused; difficult problem; perplexity (n,vs,vi) bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement |
垂柳 see styles |
chuí liǔ chui2 liu3 ch`ui liu chui liu tareyanagi たれやなぎ |
weeping willow (Salix babylonica) (place-name, surname) Tareyanagi |
垂楊 see styles |
suiyou / suiyo すいよう |
(See 枝垂れ柳) weeping willow |
堕弱 see styles |
dajaku だじゃく |
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; gutless; weak-willed; unenterprising; enervated; effete; (2) physically weak; feeble; effeminate |
夕暮 see styles |
yuugure / yugure ゆうぐれ |
(irregular okurigana usage) (n-adv,n) evening; dusk; twilight; (given name) Yūgure |
夕空 see styles |
yuuzora / yuzora ゆうぞら |
evening sky; twilight sky; (female given name) Yura |
夕闇 see styles |
yuan ゆあん |
dusk; twilight; (female given name) Yuan |
外卡 see styles |
wài kǎ wai4 ka3 wai k`a wai ka |
(sports) wild card (loanword) |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
大雁 see styles |
dà yàn da4 yan4 ta yen |
wild goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
天口 see styles |
tiān kǒu tian1 kou3 t`ien k`ou tien kou amaguchi あまぐち |
(surname) Amaguchi The mouth of Brahma, or the gods, a synonym for fire, as that element devours the offerings; to this the 護摩 homa, or fire altar cult is attributed, fire becoming the object of worship for good fortune. Fire is also said to speak for or tell the will of the gods. |
天命 see styles |
tiān mìng tian1 ming4 t`ien ming tien ming tenmei / tenme てんめい |
Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span (1) God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny; (2) one's life; one's lifespan; (surname, given name) Tenmei |
天心 see styles |
tiān xīn tian1 xin1 t`ien hsin tien hsin tenshin てんしん |
center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will (1) zenith; (2) divine will; providence; (given name) Tenshin mind of heaven |
天運 see styles |
tenun てんうん |
destiny; will of Heaven; luck |
奇抜 see styles |
kibatsu きばつ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking; bizarre; wild |
奇説 see styles |
kisetsu きせつ |
bizarre theory; strange theory; wild theory |
奉体 see styles |
houtai / hotai ほうたい |
(noun/participle) carrying out the will of one's lord |
奔放 see styles |
bēn fàng ben1 fang4 pen fang honpou / honpo ほんぽう |
bold and unrestrained; untrammeled (noun or adjectival noun) wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant |
奮勇 奋勇 see styles |
fèn yǒng fen4 yong3 fen yung |
dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will |
奸智 see styles |
kanchi かんち |
cunning; craft; wiles |
奸知 see styles |
kanchi かんち |
cunning; craft; wiles |
好感 see styles |
hǎo gǎn hao3 gan3 hao kan koukan / kokan こうかん |
good opinion; favorable impression good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression |
如意 see styles |
rú yì ru2 yi4 ju i nyoi にょい |
as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune (1) (See 不如意・ふにょい・1) going according to one's wishes; (2) {Buddh} ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter); (place-name, surname) Neoi At will; according to desire; a ceremonial emblem, originally a short sword; tr. of Manoratha 末笯曷刺他 successor of Vasubandhu as 22nd patriarch and of Mahāṛddhiprāpta, a king of garuḍas. |
妄念 see styles |
wàng niàn wang4 nian4 wang nien mounen / monen もうねん |
wild fantasy; unwarranted thought {Buddh} conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought False or misleading thoughts. |
妄想 see styles |
wàng xiǎng wang4 xiang3 wang hsiang mōzō もうそう |
to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion (noun/participle) wild idea; delusion Erroneous thinking. |
妄言 see styles |
wàng yán wang4 yan2 wang yen mougen; bougen / mogen; bogen もうげん; ぼうげん |
lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature) reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood 妄說 False words, or talk; lies. |
姦智 see styles |
kanchi かんち |
cunning; craft; wiles |
婆藪 婆薮 see styles |
pó sǒu po2 sou3 p`o sou po sou basō |
vasu 婆萸; good; rich; sweet; dry; according to Monier-Williams, eight personifications of natural phenomena; eight; the sun, etc.; father of Kṛṣṇa; intp. as the first to offer slain sacrifices to Heaven, to have been cast into hell, but after countless kalpas to have become a disciple of Buddha. Also called Vasudeva. Also name of certain devas, e.g. Viṣṇu; and other beings whom men serve, e.g. a father. |
嫌々 see styles |
iyaiya いやいや |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; (2) (kana only) shaking head in refusal (to children); (interjection) (3) (kana only) no!; no no!; not at all |
嫌嫌 see styles |
iyaiya いやいや |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; (2) (kana only) shaking head in refusal (to children); (interjection) (3) (kana only) no!; no no!; not at all |
孤雁 see styles |
kogan こがん |
solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying); (given name) Kogan |
安安 see styles |
ān ān an1 an1 an an yasuyasu やすやす |
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute) (adv,adv-to) calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably |
定力 see styles |
dìng lì ding4 li4 ting li jouriki / joriki じょうりき |
ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve (place-name) Jōriki samādhibala. The power of abstract or ecstatic meditation, ability to overcome all disturbing thoughts, the fourth of the five bāla 五力; described also as 攝心 powers of mind-control. |
宵闇 see styles |
yoiyami よいやみ |
dusk; twilight |
寒葵 see styles |
kanaoi かんあおい |
(kana only) Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger) |
將會 将会 see styles |
jiāng huì jiang1 hui4 chiang hui |
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to |
將要 将要 see styles |
jiāng yào jiang1 yao4 chiang yao |
will; shall; to be going to |
尊慮 see styles |
sonryo そんりょ |
your will; your idea |
小蒜 see styles |
kobiru; mebiru; kobiru; mebiru こびる; めびる; コビル; メビル |
(1) (kana only) (See 野蒜) wild rocambole (Allium grayi); (2) (kana only) (See 行者忍辱) Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum) |
小雀 see styles |
kogara; kogara こがら; コガラ |
(kana only) willow tit (Parus montanus); (place-name, surname) Kosuzume |
就要 see styles |
jiù yào jiu4 yao4 chiu yao |
will; shall; to be going to |
屈從 屈从 see styles |
qū cóng qu1 cong2 ch`ü ts`ung chü tsung |
to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will |
山幸 see styles |
yamasachi やまさち |
(See 海幸) food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land |
山梨 see styles |
shān lí shan1 li2 shan li yamanashi; yamanashi やまなし; ヤマナシ |
rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus) (1) Yamanashi (city, prefecture); (2) (kana only) wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear; (place-name, surname) Yamanashi |
山澤 山泽 see styles |
shān zé shan1 ze2 shan tse yamazawa やまざわ |
the countryside; wilderness areas (surname) Yamazawa |
山火 see styles |
shān huǒ shan1 huo3 shan huo yamabi やまび |
wildfire; forest fire (surname) Yamabi |
山犬 see styles |
yamainu やまいぬ |
(1) Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); (2) wild dog |
山猫 see styles |
yamaneko(p); yamaneko やまねこ(P); ヤマネコ |
(1) (See 対馬山猫・つしまやまねこ,西表山猫・いりおもてやまねこ) wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); (2) wild cat; stray cat |
山猿 see styles |
yamazaru やまざる |
(1) mountain monkey; wild monkey; (2) (derogatory term) mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor |
山菜 see styles |
sansai さんさい |
edible wild plants |
山蕗 see styles |
yamabuki やまぶき |
(1) (See 蕗) wild giant butterbur; (2) (See 石蕗) Japanese silverleaf |
山蜜 see styles |
yamamitsu やまみつ |
wild honey |
山詞 see styles |
yamakotoba やまことば |
mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild) |
山鯨 see styles |
yamakujira やまくじら |
(from when eating animal meat was considered taboo (pre-Meiji)) wild boar meat; mountain whale |
川楊 see styles |
kawayanagi かわやなぎ |
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla) |
帰雁 see styles |
kigan きがん |
wild geese returning north in the spring |
幻野 see styles |
huàn yě huan4 ye3 huan yeh genya |
The wilderness of illusion, i. e. mortal life. |
弱志 see styles |
jakushi じゃくし |
weak will |
張戎 张戎 see styles |
zhāng róng zhang1 rong2 chang jung |
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
強撐 强撑 see styles |
qiǎng chēng qiang3 cheng1 ch`iang ch`eng chiang cheng |
to use all one's willpower (to do something); to hang in there |
彌勒 弥勒 see styles |
mí lè mi2 le4 mi le miroku みろく |
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan; Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha (surname) Miroku Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras. |
当惑 see styles |
touwaku / towaku とうわく |
(n,vs,vi) bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion |
御心 see styles |
mikokoro みこころ |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (another's) spirit; (2) {Christn} God's heart or spirit; Lord's will |
御意 see styles |
gyoi ぎょい |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) your will; your pleasure; your wish; (interjection) (2) (responding to someone of higher status) certainly; as you say; you are quite right |
微明 see styles |
wēi míng wei1 ming2 wei ming |
twilight |
心志 see styles |
xīn zhì xin1 zhi4 hsin chih |
will; resolution; aspiration |
心數 心数 see styles |
xīn shù xin1 shu4 hsin shu shinju |
An older term for 心所q. v. the several qualities of the mind. The esoterics make Vairocana the 心王, i. e. Mind or Will, and 心數 the moral qualities, or mental attributes, are personified as his retinue. |
心王 see styles |
xīn wáng xin1 wang2 hsin wang shin'ō |
The mind, the will the directive or controlling mind, the functioning mind as a whole, distinct from its 心所 or qualities. |
心甘 see styles |
xīn gān xin1 gan1 hsin kan |
to be willing; to be satisfied |
心願 心愿 see styles |
xīn yuàn xin1 yuan4 hsin yüan shingan しんがん |
cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration prayer; heartfelt wish The will of the mind, resolve, vow. |
心鬼 see styles |
xīn guǐ xin1 gui3 hsin kuei shinki kokoro-no-oni |
A perverse mind, whose karma will be that of a wandering ghost. |
必至 see styles |
bì zhì bi4 zhi4 pi chih hisshi ひっし |
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) inevitable; necessary; foregone; (2) {shogi} (See 必死・3) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) Certainly will, certainly arrive at. |
志士 see styles |
shishi しし |
(1) (hist) imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; (2) patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation; (personal name) Shishi |
快く see styles |
kokoroyoku こころよく |
(adverb) (1) comfortably; pleasantly; cheerfully; (adverb) (2) willingly; gladly; readily; with pleasure; with good grace |
念力 see styles |
niàn lì nian4 li4 nien li nenriki ねんりき |
psychokinesis; telekinesis (1) willpower; faith; (2) telekinesis; psychokinesis smṛtibala, one of the five bāla or powers, that of memory. Also one of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分. |
怖気 see styles |
ozoke おぞけ |
(See 怖じ気) fear; dread; fright; willies |
怪火 see styles |
kaika かいか |
(1) (See 不審火) fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson; mysterious fire; (2) will-o'-the-wisp |
恣情 see styles |
zì qíng zi4 qing2 tzu ch`ing tzu ching |
to indulge in something to one's heart's content; wanton or willful |
悪意 see styles |
akui あくい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bad meaning; (3) {law} (See 善意・4) mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; (4) {law} malice |
悪感 see styles |
akkan; akukan あっかん; あくかん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 悪感情) ill feeling; ill will; antipathy; animosity |
悪投 see styles |
akutou / akuto あくとう |
(n,vs,vi) (rare) {baseb} (See 悪送球) bad throw; wild throw |
悪気 see styles |
warugi わるぎ |
ill will; malice; evil intent |
悪馬 see styles |
akuba; akume; akuuma / akuba; akume; akuma あくば; あくめ; あくうま |
wild horse; unmanageable horse |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Wil" 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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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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