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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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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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pào
    pao4
p`ao
    pao
 
    あわ

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Paoa
bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
A bubble, a blister; to infuse.


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wéi
    wei2
wei
 yuki
    ゆき

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Vee
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki
A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now.

たり

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 dari
    ダリ
(particle) (1) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) expresses a command; (auxiliary verb) (4) (archaism) (after a noun) to be; (5) (archaism) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (surname) Dali; Dally

感奮


感奋

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gǎn fèn
    gan3 fen4
kan fen
 kanpun
    かんぷん

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Inspired
moved and inspired; fired with enthusiasm
(n,vs,vi) stirred up; inspired; moved to action

日和

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 biwa
    びわ

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Hiyori
(ateji / phonetic) (suffix noun) ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day; (ateji / phonetic) (1) weather; climatic conditions; (2) fine weather; clear day; (3) situation; state of affairs; (4) sea conditions; good day for sailing; (female given name) Biwa

杜威

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dù wēi
    du4 wei1
tu wei

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Dewey
Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star; Dewey (name)

正業


正业

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zhèng yè
    zheng4 ye4
cheng yeh
 seigyou / segyo
    せいぎょう

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4. Right Action / Perfect Conduct
one's regular job
legitimate occupation; honest business
samyakkarmānta, right action, purity of body, avoiding all wrong, the fourth of the 八正道; 'right action, abstaining from taking life, or what is not given, or from carnal indulgence. ' Keith.

激烈

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jī liè
    ji1 lie4
chi lieh
 gekiretsu
    げきれつ

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Fierce
(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
(noun or adjectival noun) violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness

瑜伽

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yú jiā
    yu2 jia1
yü chia
 yuga
    ゆが

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Yoga
yoga (loanword)
{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga
yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general.

身心

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shēn xīn
    shen1 xin1
shen hsin
 shinshin
    しんじん

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Body and Mind
body and mind; mental and physical
(noun - becomes adjective with の) mind and body
Body and mind, the direct fruit of the previous life. The body is rūpa, the first skandha; mind embraces the other four, consciousness, perception, action, and knowledge; v. 五蘊.

魏徵


魏征

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wèi zhēng
    wei4 zheng1
wei cheng

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Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书

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.

三國演義


三国演义

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sān guó yǎn yì
    san1 guo2 yan3 yi4
san kuo yen i

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains

刻舟求劍


刻舟求剑

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kè zhōu qiú jiàn
    ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
k`o chou ch`iu chien
    ko chou chiu chien
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

身教勝於言教


身教胜于言教

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shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
    shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao4
shen chiao sheng yü yen chiao

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Example is Better than Precept
teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom); action speaks louder than words

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 da
    だ
(cop) (1) (plain copula) (See である,です) be; is; (auxiliary verb) (2) (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action) (See た・1) did; (have) done; (auxiliary verb) (3) (indicates light imperative) (See た・2) please; do

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 te
    て
(auxiliary) (で after certain verb forms) (See で・5) indicates continuing action; (personal name) De; Des

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 o
    を
(particle) (1) indicates direct object of action; (particle) (2) indicates subject of causative expression; (particle) (3) indicates an area traversed; (particle) (4) indicates time (period) over which action takes place; (particle) (5) indicates point of departure or separation of action; (particle) (6) (See が・1) indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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xià
    xia4
hsia
 shimo
    しも
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
(1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (place-name, surname) Shimo
hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 yuki
    ゆき
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
(particle) (archaism) possessive particle; (pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki
of

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shì
    shi4
shih
 ji
    じ
matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
{Buddh} (See 理・2) individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle); (male given name) Tsutomu
artha 日迦他 (迦 being an error for 遏); affair, concern, matter; action, practice; phenomena; to serve. It is 'practice' or the thing, affair, matter, in contrast with 理 theory, or the underlying principle.


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wěi
    wei3
wei
 gi
variant of 偽|伪[wei3]
False, counterfeit, forged. False or forged sūtras which were produced after the Wei dynasty; catalogues of these forged sūtras are given in various books.

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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 shi
    それ
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
(irregular okurigana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you; (1) (archaism) that; (2) (archaism) he; she; that person; (1) (archaism) that; (2) you; (3) oneself; themself
therein

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jiā
    jia1
chia
 ka
    か
to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to something or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (something)
(1) addition; (2) (abbreviation) (See 加奈陀・カナダ) Canada; (surname) Kuwae
Add, added; increase; put on.

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zài
    zai4
tsai
 zai
    ざい
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or something) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
(1) the country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (3) presence; being in attendance; (prefix) (4) (before a place name) situated in; staying in; resident in; (personal name) Mitsuru
At, in, on, present.

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wěi
    wei3
wei
surname Wei

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jiù
    jiu4
chiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
(surname) Shuu
then, thereupon

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tíng
    ting2
t`ing
    ting
 niwa
    にわ
main hall; front courtyard; law court
(1) garden; yard; courtyard; (2) field (of action); area; (surname) Niwasaki
Court, hall, family; forehead.

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    si1
ssu
 shiyou / shiyo
    しよう
to think; to consider
(given name) Shiyou
cint- 指底. Think, thought; turn the attention to; intp. by 心所法 mental action or contents, mentality, intellection.

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wéi
    wei2
wei
 yui
    ゆい
-ism; only
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yui
To reflect on; but, only; verbal particle; of. 唯.

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    da3
ta
 da
    だ
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from
(n,ctr) {sports} hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
To beat, strike, make, do; used for many kinds of such action.

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    ju3
chü
 kyo
    きょ
Japanese variant of 舉|举
(1) action; behavior; behaviour; move; (2) (archaism) (See 推挙) recommendation (of a person for a position); (female given name) Akaru

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cuò
    cuo4
ts`o
    tso
 so
to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
to place


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yáng
    yang2
yang
 you / yo
    よう
to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
(surname, female given name) Yō
to give

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    ci3
tz`u
    tzu
 hiro
    ひろ
this; these
(pn,adj-pn) (kana only) (See 此れ・1,此の・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (surname) Hiro
This, here.

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huó
    huo2
huo
 katsu
    かつ
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
(1) living; life; (2) (See 活を入れる・1) judo art of resuscitation; (suffix) (3) (abbreviation) (See 活動・1) action; activity; (personal name) Katsuji
jīva, jīvaka; alive, living, lively, revive, movable.

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wèi
    wei4
wei
the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]


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fēng
    feng1
feng
rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]

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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 hita
    ひた
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
(prefix) (kana only) earnestly; immediately; exactly; (surname) Masami
Straight, upright, direct; to arrange.


线

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 sen
    せん
thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
(n,n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (n,n-suf) (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (n,n-suf) (3) (See X線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (n,n-suf) (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (n,n-suf) (5) outline; contours; form; (n,n-suf) (6) level; (n,n-suf) (7) division; (n,n-suf) (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (n,n-suf) (9) (See 線が太い,線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (surname) Sen
A thread, wire, clue, spy, lead, connection.

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shǎi
    shai3
shai
 shoku
    しょく
(coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]
(counter) counter for colours; (female given name) Shiki
rūpa, outward appearance, form, colour, matter, thing; the desirable, especially feminine attraction. It is defined as that which has resistance; or which changes and disappears, i. e. the phenomenal; also as 顯, 形 and 表色 colour and quality, form or the measurable, and mode or action. There are divisions of two, i. e. inner and outer, as the organs and objects of sense; also colour and form; of three, i. e. the visible object, e. g. colour, the invisible object, e. g. sound, the invisible and immaterial; of eleven, i. e. the five organs and five objects of sense and the immaterial object; of fourteen, the five organs and five objects of sense and the four elements, earth, water, fire, air. rūpa is one of the six bāhya-āyatana, the 六塵; also one of the five skandhas, 五蘊, i. e. the 色身. Keith refers to rūpa as 'material form or matter which is underived (no-utpādā) and which is derived (utpādā)', the underived or independent being the tangible; the derived or dependent being the senses, e. g. of hearing; most of their objects, e. g. sound; the qualities or faculties of feminity, masculinity, vitality; intimation by act and speech, space; qualities of matter, e. g. buoyancy and physical nutriment.


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wěi
    wei3
wei
surname Wei

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xíng
    xing2
hsing
 kou / ko
    こう
to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
(n,n-suf) (1) going; travelling; traveling; journey; trip; (2) act; action; (suffix noun) (3) bank; (counter) (4) counter for banks; (counter) (5) counter for groups or parties of people; (6) type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards); (7) (hist) shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods); (8) (hist) merchants' guild (in the Tang period); (female given name) Yukue
Go; act; do; perform; action; conduct; functioning; the deed; whatever is done by mind, mouth, or body, i.e. in thought, word, or deed. It is used for ayana, going, road, course; a march, a division of time equal to six months; also for saṁskāra, form, operation, perfecting, as one of the twelve nidānas, similar to karma, action, work, deed, especially moral action, cf. 業.

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bèi
    bei4
pei
 hi
    ひ
quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3 you2] to "go on a trip", for example)
(prefix) indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
A quilt, coverlet; to cover; to suffer; sign of the passive.

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    qi3
ch`i
    chi
 hajime
    はじめ
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
(irregular okurigana usage) source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis; (female given name) Hajime
To rise, raise, start, begin; uprising; tr. utpada.


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guo
    guo5
kuo
 ka
    か
(experienced action marker)
(prefix) (1) surplus-; excess-; over-; (prefix) (2) per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents); (surname) Masaru
To pass; past; gone; transgression error.

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máng
    mang2
mang
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs


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téng
    teng2
t`eng
    teng
 noboru
    のぼる
(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
(given name) Noboru
To mount, rise; translit. tang.

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 gi
    ぎ
tower over a palace gateway (old)
(1) (hist) (See 三国・2,曹魏) Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; (2) (hist) Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE); (given name) Takashi

して

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 shite
    して
(particle) (1) (See からして・1,として・1,にして・1) by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.); (particle) (2) (as 〜をして in modern Japanese) indicates the agent in a causative construction; (prt,conj) (3) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective or the auxiliary verb ず) acts as a connective indicating a state or condition; (prt,adv) (4) (after an adverb or particle) adds emphasis; (conjunction) (5) (dated) and; so; then; (place-name) Cide

スト

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 suto
    スト
(abbreviation) (See ストライキ) strike (i.e. industrial action)

そつ

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 sotsu
    そつ
(1) slip-up; miss; (2) waste; wasteful or pointless action

ちゃ

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 chiya
    チヤ
(expression) (1) if (an action, etc.); (2) since ...; if you are going to ...; (3) one after another; indicates repeated action; (4) adds emphasis; (female given name) Chiya

にて

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 nite
    にて
(particle) (1) indicates location of action; at; in; (2) indicates time of action; (3) indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; (conjunction) (4) and then; so

ます

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 masu
    ます
(auxiliary verb) (1) (polite language) used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader); (auxiliary verb) (2) (archaism) (humble language) used to indicate respect for those affected by the action; (female given name) Masu

ゑい

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 ei / e
    ヱイ
(given name) Ei; Wei

ゑ以

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 ei / e
    えい
(given name) Ei; Wei

をば

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 oba
    をば
(particle) (obsolete) (See を・1) emphasizes direct object of action

一挙

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 ikkyo
    いっきょ
(adv,n) one effort; one action

一經


一经

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yī jīng
    yi1 jing1
i ching
as soon as; once (an action has been completed)

一舉


一举

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yī jǔ
    yi1 ju3
i chü
a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go

一行

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yī xíng
    yi1 xing2
i hsing
 ikkou / ikko
    いっこう
party; delegation
(1) party; group; troop; company; (2) one act; one action; one deed; (personal name) Motoyuki
One act (of body, mouth, or mind); holding to one course; devoted. Yixing, A.D. 672-717, a celebrated monk whose secular name was 張遂 Zhang Sui, posthumous title 大慧禪師; he was versed in mathematics and astronomy, a reformer of the Chinese calendar, and author of several works.

三思

see styles
sān sī
    san1 si1
san ssu
 sanshi
    さんし
(n,vs,vi) deep reflection; (personal name) Mitsuji
All action and speech have three mental conditions— reflection, judgment, decision.

三教

see styles
sān jiào
    san1 jiao4
san chiao
 sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo
    さんきょう; さんぎょう
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
(1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori
The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 三時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 三藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v.

三曹

see styles
sān cáo
    san1 cao2
san ts`ao
    san tsao
 sansou / sanso
    さんそう
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
sergeant (JSDF)

三業


三业

see styles
sān yè
    san1 ye4
san yeh
 sangou / sango
    さんごう
{Buddh} (See 身口意) three activities (action, speech and thought)
trividha-dvāra. The three conditions, inheritances, or karma, of which there are several groups. (1) Deed, word, thought, 身, 口, 意. (2) (a) Present-1ife happy karma; (6) present-life unhappy karma; (c) 不動 karma of an imperturbable nature. (3) (a) Good; (b) evil; (c) neutral karma. (4) (a) 漏業 Karma of ordinary rebirth; (6) 無漏業 karma of Hīnayāna nirvana; (c) 非漏非無漏 karma of neither, independent of both, Mahāyāna nirvana. (5) (a) Present deeds and their consequences in this life; (b) present deeds and their next life consequences; (c) present deeds and consequences after the next life, There are other groups of three.

三武

see styles
sān wǔ
    san1 wu3
san wu
 mitsutake
    みつたけ
(personal name) Mitsutake
The three emperors Wu who persecuted Buddhism: 太武 of the Wei dynasty A.D. 424-452; 武帝 of the Zhou A.D. 561-578; 武宗 of the Tang A.D. 841-7.

三細


三细

see styles
sān xì
    san1 xi4
san hsi
 sansai
The three refined, or subtle conceptions, in contrast with the 六麤 cruder or common concepts, in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The three are 無明業相 "ignorance", or the unenlightened condition, considered as in primal action, the stirring of the perceptive faculty; 能見相 ability to perceive phenomena; perceptive faculties; 境界相 the object perceived, or the empirical world. The first is associated with the 體corpus or substance, the second and third with function, but both must have co-existence, e.g. water and waves. v. 六麤.

三道

see styles
sān dào
    san1 dao4
san tao
 mitsumichi
    みつみち
(surname) Mitsumichi
(1) The three paths all have to tread; 輪廻三道, 三輪, i.e. (a) 煩惱道 ; 惑道 ; the path of misery, illusion, mortality; (b) 業道 the path of works, action, or doing, productive of karma; (c) 苦道 the resultant path of suffering. As ever recurring they are called the three wheels. (2) 聾, 緣, 菩 śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, cf. 三乘.

下來


下来

see styles
xià lai
    xia4 lai5
hsia lai
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

之れ

see styles
 kore
    これ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly

争訟

see styles
 soushou / sosho
    そうしょう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dispute by legal action; contentious

事業


事业

see styles
shì yè
    shi4 ye4
shih yeh
 jigyou / jigyo
    じぎょう
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry; (2) (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program; service
action

事機


事机

see styles
shì jī
    shi4 ji1
shih chi
confidential aspects of a matter; secrets; key moment for action

二土

see styles
èr tǔ
    er4 tu3
erh t`u
    erh tu
 nido
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world.

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五法

see styles
wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

五蘊


五蕴

see styles
wǔ yùn
    wu3 yun4
wu yün
 goun / gon
    ごうん
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
{Buddh} the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
The five skandhas, pañca-skandha: also 五陰; 五衆; 五塞犍陀 The five cumulations, substances, or aggregates, i. e. the components of an intelligent being, specially a human being: (1) 色 rūpa, form, matter, the physical form related to the five organs of sense; (2) 受 vedana, reception, sensation, feeling, the functioning of the mind or senses in connection with affairs and things; (3) 想 saṃjñā, conception, or discerning; the functioning of mind in distinguishing; (4) 行 saṃskāra, the functioning of mind in its processes regarding like and dislike, good and evil, etc.; (5) 識 vijñāna, mental faculty in regard to perception and cognition, discriminative of affairs and things. The first is said to be physical, the other four mental qualities; (2), (3), and (4) are associated with mental functioning, and therefore with 心所; (5) is associated with the faculty or nature of the mind 心王 manas. Eitel gives— form, perception, consciousness, action, knowledge. See also Keith's Buddhist Philosophy, 85-91.

五覺


五觉

see styles
wǔ jué
    wu3 jue2
wu chüeh
 gokaku
The five bodhi, or states of enlightenment, as described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith; see also 五菩提 for a different group. (1) 本覺 Absolute eternal wisdom, or bodhi; (2) 始覺 bodhi in its initial stages, or in action, arising from right observances; (3) 相似覺 bodhisattva. attainment of bodhi in action, in the 十信; (4) 隨分覺 further bodhisattva-enlightenment according to capacity, i. e. the stages 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (5) 究竟覺 final or complete enlightenment, i. e. the stage of 妙覺, which is one with the first, i. e. 本覺. The 本覺 is bodhi in the potential, 始覺 is bodhi in the active state, hence (2), (3), (4), and (5) are all the latter, but the fifth has reached the perfect quiescent stage of original bodhi.

仕業

see styles
 shiwaza
    しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

仕種

see styles
 shigusa
    しぐさ
action; acting; gesture; bearing; treatment; behavior; behaviour

仕草

see styles
 shigusa
    しぐさ
action; acting; gesture; bearing; treatment; behavior; behaviour; (female given name) Shigusa

佛性

see styles
fó xìng
    fo2 xing4
fo hsing
 butsushou / butsusho
    ぶつしょう
Buddha nature
(surname) Butsushou
buddhatā. The Buddha-nature, i.e. gnosis, enlightenment; potential bodhi remains in every gati, i.e. all have the capacity for enlightenment; for the Buddha-nature remains in all as wheat-nature remains in all wheat. This nature takes two forms: 理 noumenal, in the absolute sense, unproduced and immortal, and 行 phenomenal, in action. While every one possesses the Buddha-nature, it requires to be cultivated in order to produce its ripe fruit.

作戒

see styles
zuò jiè
    zuo4 jie4
tso chieh
 sakai
Obedience to the commandments, external fulfillment of them; also called 表色, in contrast with 無作戒, 無表色 the inner grace; moral action in contrast with inner moral character.

作業


作业

see styles
zuò yè
    zuo4 ye4
tso yeh
 sagyou / sagyo
    さぎょう
school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; CL:個|个[ge4]; to operate
(n,vs,vi) work; operation; task
Karma produced, i.e. by the action of body, words, and thought, which educe the kernel of the next rebirth.

作法

see styles
zuò fǎ
    zuo4 fa3
tso fa
 sahou(p); sakuhou / saho(p); sakuho
    さほう(P); さくほう
course of action; method of doing something; practice; modus operandi
(1) (さほう only) manners; etiquette; propriety; (2) manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
Karma, which results from action, i.e. the "deeds" of body or mouth; to perform ceremonies.

作犯

see styles
zuò fàn
    zuo4 fan4
tso fan
 sabon
Transgression, sin by action, active sin.

作用

see styles
zuò yòng
    zuo4 yong4
tso yung
 sayou / sayo
    さよう
to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
(n,vs,vi) action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
Function, activity, act.

作續


作续

see styles
zuò xù
    zuo4 xu4
tso hsü
 sazoku
action tantra

信行

see styles
xìn xíng
    xin4 xing2
hsin hsing
 nobuyuki
    のぶゆき
(surname, given name) Nobuyuki
Believing action; faith and practice. Action resulting from faith in another's teaching, in contrast with 法行 action resulting from direct apprehension of the doctrine; the former is found among the 鈍根, i.e. those of inferior ability, the latter among the 利根, i.e. the mentally acute.

倡儀


倡仪

see styles
chàng yí
    chang4 yi2
ch`ang i
    chang i
initiative; to initiate; to propose (a new course of action)

働き

see styles
 hataraki
    はたらき
(1) work; labor; labour; (2) achievement; performance; ability; talent; (3) salary; income; earnings; (4) action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; (5) {ling} (also written as 活) conjugation; inflection

先發


先发

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xiān fā
    xian1 fa1
hsien fa
to take preemptive action; (sports) to be in the starting lineup; (of a baseball pitcher) to be the starting pitcher

六卽

see styles
liù jí
    liu4 ji2
liu chi
 rokusoku
The six stages of Bodhisattva developments as defined in the Tiant 'ai 圓教, i. e. Perfect, or Final Teaching, in contrast with the previous, or ordinary six developments of 十信, 十住, 十行, etc., as found in the 別教 Differentiated or Separate school. The Tiantai six are: (1) 理卽 realization that all beings are of Buddha-nature; (2) 名字卽 the apprehension of terms, that those who only hear and believe are in the Buddha. law and potentially Buddha; (3) 觀行卽 advance beyond terminology to meditation, or study and accordant action; it is known as 五品觀行 or 五品弟子位; (4) 相似卽 semblance stage, or approximation to perfection in purity, the 六根淸淨位, i. e. the 十信位; (5) 分證卽 discrimination of truth and its progressive experiential proof, i. e. the 十住, 十行, 十廻向, 十地, and 等覺位 of the 別教 known also as the 聖因 cause or root of holiness. (6) 究竟卽 perfect enlightenment, i. e. the 妙覺位 or 聖果 fruition of holiness. (1) and (2) are known as 外凡 external for, or common to, all. (1) is theoretical; (2) is the first step in practical advance, followed by (3) and (4) styled 内凡 internal for all, and (3), (4), (5), and (6) are known as the 八位 the eight grades.

六国

see styles
 rikkoku; rokkoku; rikukoku
    りっこく; ろっこく; りくこく
(1) (hist) (See 戦国時代・2) the Six Kingdoms (of China's Warring States period: Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Wei and Zhao); (2) (See 香道・こうどう,真南蛮,真那伽,佐曾羅,寸門多羅,伽羅・2) the six tree-derived incense varieties used in kōdō ceremonies

六諦


六谛

see styles
liù dì
    liu4 di4
liu ti
 rokutai
The six logical categories of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy: dravya, substance; guṇa, quality; karman, motion or activity; sāmānya, generality; viśeṣa, particularity; samavāya, inherence: Keith, Logic, 179. Eitel has 'substance, quality, action, existence, the unum et diversum, and the aggregate'.

共事

see styles
gòng shì
    gong4 shi4
kung shih
 gūji
to work together
shared [religious] action or performance

其れ

see styles
 sore
    それ
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you

出來


出来

see styles
chu lai
    chu5 lai5
ch`u lai
    chu lai
 deki
    でき
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
(personal name) Deki

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