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    yi1
i
 moto
    もと

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One
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
(numeric) one (chi: yī); (female given name) Moto
eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.).

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chǒu
    chou3
ch`ou
    chou
 chuu / chu
    ちゅう

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Chou
clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
(1) the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); (3) (obsolete) north-northeast; (4) (obsolete) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Chuu

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dài
    dai4
tai
 daisaki
    だいさき

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

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    fo2
fo
 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])
(surname) Hotoke
Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number.

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chàng
    chang4
ch`ang
    chang
 tonoo
    とのお

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Sing / Singing
to sing; to call loudly; to chant
(surname) Tonoo
To cry out, sing.

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lào
    lao4
lao
 rō

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Lao
longing (unrequited passion)
to have affection

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gān
    gan1
kan
 motomu
    もとむ
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]; (archaic) shield
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,n-pref) drying; dried; (male given name) Motomu
A shield; a stem, or pole; to offend; to concern; to seek.

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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 yoshi
    よし

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Balance / Peace
flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
(prefix) (abbreviation) (See 平成) nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (surname) Yoshi
Even, level, tranquil; ordinary.

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 ritsuji
    りつじ

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

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fàng
    fang4
fang
 hanashi
    はなし

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Release / Let Go
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
(place-name) Hanashi
To let go, release, send out; put, place.

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míng
    ming2
ming
 meishuu / meshu
    めいしゅう

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Light / Bright
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu
vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644.

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chūn
    chun1
ch`un
    chun
 haruji
    はるじ

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Spring Season
spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
(n,adv) (1) spring; springtime; (2) New Year; (3) prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday; (4) adolescence; puberty; (5) sexuality; sexual desire; (personal name) Haruji

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běn
    ben3
pen
 yanakamoto
    やなかもと

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Ben
(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
(1) book; volume; script; (prefix) (2) this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; (prefix) (3) main; head; principal; (prefix) (4) real; genuine; regular; proper; (counter) (5) counter for long, cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls; (surname) Yanakamoto
Radical, fundamental, original, principal, one's own; the Buddha himself, contrasted with 蹟 chi, traces left by him among men to educate them; also a volume of a book.

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 rei / re
    れい
(prefix) (1) next (year, spring, etc.); coming; (suffix) (2) since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years); (surname) Rei

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hàn
    han4
han
 fuzakashi
    ふざかし

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Khan
perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
(See ハン) khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe); (surname) Fuzakashi
Sweat; vast.


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    wu2
wu
 non
    のん

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Nothing / Nothingness
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
(1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non-; (prefix) (1) un-; non-; (2) bad ...; poor ...; (female given name) Non
Sanskrit a, or before a vowel an, similar to English un-, in- in a negative sense; not no, none, non-existent, v. 不, 非, 否; opposite of 有.

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

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lèi
    lei4
lei
 rui
    るい
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement; (female given name) Rui
To tie; accumulate; repeatedly; to implicate, involve.


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    du2
tu
 doku

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


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chan
    チャン

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


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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tomi
    とみ

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Dayton
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi
To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually.


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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 hitoshi
    ひとし

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Uniform / Complete / Perfect / Order
neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even something out
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi
Even, level, equal, uniform; complete, perfect; equalize; tranquillize; alike; all; at the same time, altogether.

から

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 kara
    カラ
(particle) (1) from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; (particle) (2) from (originator); by; (particle) (3) (follows verbs, adjectives) because; since; (particle) (4) out of (constituent, part); (particle) (5) through (e.g. window, vestibule); (particle) (6) (following the te-form of a verb) after; since; (particle) (7) (See いいから・1) expresses sympathy or warning; (place-name) Qara (Arab Union)

チル

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 chiru
    チル

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Chilu
(noun/participle) (slang) chilling; chilling out; (personal name) Chill

一月

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yī yuè
    yi1 yue4
i yüeh
 mutsuki
    むつき

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January
January; first month (of the lunar year)
one month; (adverbial noun) January; (female given name) Mutsuki

七月

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qī yuè
    qi1 yue4
ch`i yüeh
    chi yüeh
 natsuki
    なつき

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July
July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) July; (female given name) Natsuki

三月

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sān yuè
    san1 yue4
san yüeh
 yayoi
    やよい

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Month of March
March; third month (of the lunar year)
three months; (female given name) Yayoi

九月

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jiǔ yuè
    jiu3 yue4
chiu yüeh
 kugetsu
    くげつ

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September
September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) September; (female given name) Kugetsu

乳児

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 nyuuji / nyuji
    にゅうじ

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Baby
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby

二月

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èr yuè
    er4 yue4
erh yüeh
 futatsuki
    ふたつき

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February
February; second month (of the lunar year)
two months
second moon

五月

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wǔ yuè
    wu3 yue4
wu yüeh
 mei / me
    めい

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The Month of May
May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
(1) (obsolete) fifth month of the lunar calendar; (2) (kana only) satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum); (adverbial noun) May; (female given name) Mei

信任

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xìn rèn
    xin4 ren4
hsin jen
 shinnin
    しんにん

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Belief / Trust
to trust; to have confidence in
(noun, transitive verb) trust; confidence; credence

信賴


信赖

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xìn lài
    xin4 lai4
hsin lai

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Trust / To Have Faith
to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

修行

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xiū xíng
    xiu1 xing2
hsiu hsing
 nobuyuki
    のぶゆき

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Shugyo
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
(noun, transitive verb) (1) training; practice; discipline; study; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} ascetic practices; (personal name) Nobuyuki
caryā, conduct; to observe and do; to end one's ways; to cultivate oneself in right practice; be religious, or pious.

八月

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bā yuè
    ba1 yue4
pa yüeh
 yatsuki
    やつき

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August
August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) August; (female given name) Yatsuki
eighth month

六月

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liù yuè
    liu4 yue4
liu yüeh
 rokugatsu
    ろくがつ

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June
June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) June; (place-name) Rokugatsu

凌ぐ

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 shinogu
    しのぐ

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Endure and Survive
(transitive verb) (1) to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); (transitive verb) (2) to pull through; to get over; to survive; (transitive verb) (3) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

十戒

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shí jiè
    shi2 jie4
shih chieh
 jukkai
    じゅっかい

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Ten Commandments
the ten commandments (religion)
(1) (Buddhist term) the 10 precepts; (2) Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog; (surname) Jukkai
Śikṣāpada. The ten prohibitions (in Pāli form) consist of five commandments for the layman: (1) not to destroy life 不殺生 pāṇātipātāveramaṇi; (2) not to steal 不倫盜 adinnādānāver; (3) not to commit adultery 不婬慾 abrahmacaryaver.; (4) not to lie 不妄語musāvādāver.; (5) not to take intoxicating liquor 不飮酒 suramereyya-majjapamādaṭṭhānāver. Eight special commandments for laymen consist of the preceding five plus: (6) not to eat food out of regulated hours 不非時食 vikāla-bhojanāver.; (7) not to use garlands or perfumes 不著華鬘好香塗身 mālā- gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūṣanaṭṭhānā; (8) not to sleep on high or broad beds (chastity) 不坐高廣大牀 uccāsayanā-mahāsayanā. The ten commandments for the monk are the preceding eight plus: (9) not to take part in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances, not to see or listen to such 不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽 nacca-gīta-vādita-visūkadassanāver.; (10) to refrain from acquiring uncoined or coined gold, or silver, or jewels 不得捉錢金銀寶物 jātarūpa-rajata-paṭīggahaṇāver. Under the Māhayāna these ten commands for the monk were changed, to accord with the new environment of the monk, to the following: not to kill, not to steal, to avoid all unchastity, not to lie, not to slander, not to insult, not to chatter, not to covet, not to give way to anger, to harbour no scepticism.

十月

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shí yuè
    shi2 yue4
shih yüeh
 totsuki
    とつき

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October
October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) October; (female given name) Totsuki

四大

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sì dà
    si4 da4
ssu ta
 shidai
    しだい

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Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king
mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.

四月

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sì yuè
    si4 yue4
ssu yüeh
 watanuki
    わたぬき

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April
April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
four months; (personal name) Watanuki
Āṣāḍha, the fourth month.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

大年

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 dainen
    だいねん

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Danian
(1) (archaism) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (2) (archaism) Jupiter (planet); (surname) Dainen

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuho
    ふほ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

強い

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 kowai
    こわい

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Tsuyoi
(adjective) (1) (kana only) tough; stiff; hard; (adjective) (2) (kana only) inflexible; obstinate; stubborn; (adjective) (3) (kana only) (hob:) tired; worn out

愛迷

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 aimei / aime
    あいめい

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Lost Love
straying from love; falling out of love; lost love

有緣


有缘

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yǒu yuán
    you3 yuan2
yu yüan
 uen

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Karma Connection
related; brought together by fate
Those who have the cause, link, or connection, i. e. are influenced by and responsive to the Buddha.

法門


法门

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fǎ mén
    fa3 men2
fa men
 hōmon

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

浪人

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làng rén
    lang4 ren2
lang jen
 rounin / ronin
    ろうにん

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Ronin / Masterless Samurai
vagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (given name) Rounin

海德

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hǎi dé
    hai3 de2
hai te
 kaitoku

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Hyder
Hyde (surname)
The eight virtues, or powers of the ocean, i.e. vastness, tidal regularity, throwing out of the dead, containing the seven kinds of pearls, absorption of all rivers, of all rain without increase, holding the most mighty fish, universal unvarying saltness.

淨土


净土

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jìng tǔ
    jing4 tu3
ching t`u
    ching tu
 jōdo

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Pure Land / Jodo
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
Sukhāvatī. The Pure Land, or Paradise of the West, presided over by Amitābha. Other Buddhas have their Pure Lands; seventeen other kinds of pure land are also described, all of them of moral or spiritual conditions of development, e.g. the pure land of patience, zeal, wisdom, etc.

無悔


无悔

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wú huǐ
    wu2 hui3
wu hui
 muke

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No Regrets
to have no regrets
without regret

癸卯

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guǐ mǎo
    gui3 mao3
kuei mao
 mizunotou; kibou / mizunoto; kibo
    みずのとう; きぼう

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Year Of The Water Rabbit
fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
(See 干支・1) Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1963, 2023, 2083)

白狐

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bái hú
    bai2 hu2
pai hu
 byakko
    びゃっこ

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

神風

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 jinpuu / jinpu
    じんぷう

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Kamikaze / Divine Wind
(1) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); (2) (かみかぜ only) kamikaze; (surname) Jinpuu

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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

紅包


红包

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hóng bāo
    hong2 bao1
hung pao
 honbao; honpao
    ホンバオ; ホンパオ

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Red Envelope
money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe
red envelope (New Year's gift in Sinic cultures) (chi: hóngbāo)

老子

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lǎo zi
    lao3 zi5
lao tzu
 roushi / roshi
    ろうし

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Lao Tzu / Laozi
father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse; (person) Laozi (semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and deity); Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
Laozi, or Laocius, the accepted founder of the Daoists. The theory that his soul went to India and was reborn as the Buddha is found in the 齊書 History of the Qi dynasty 顧歡傳.

自信

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zì xìn
    zi4 xin4
tzu hsin
 jishin
    じしん

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Self-Confidence
to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself); (surname) Jishin

若水

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 wakamizu
    わかみず

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Be Like Water
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day; (place-name, surname) Wakamizu

華金

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 hanakin
    はなきん

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Joaquin
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)

解決


解决

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jiě jué
    jie3 jue2
chieh chüeh
 kaiketsu
    かいけつ

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Solution
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
(n,vs,vt,vi) settlement; solution; resolution
to explain

踏實


踏实

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tā shi
    ta1 shi5
t`a shih
    ta shih

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Realistic / Practical
firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]

驅魔


驱魔

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qū mó
    qu1 mo2
ch`ü mo
    chü mo

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Repel Evil / Expel the Devil
to drive out devils; to exorcise

事始め

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 kotohajime
    ことはじめ

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New Beginning
(1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

十一月

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shí yī yuè
    shi2 yi1 yue4
shih i yüeh
 juuichigatsu / juichigatsu
    じゅういちがつ

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November
November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) November

十二月

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shí èr yuè
    shi2 er4 yue4
shih erh yüeh
 kanna
    かんな

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December
December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) December; (female given name) Kanna

欲しい

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 hoshii / hoshi
    ほしい

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I Want You
(adjective) (1) (See 欲しがる) wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; (adj-i,aux-adj) (2) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

正精進


正精进

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zhèng jīng jìn
    zheng4 jing1 jin4
cheng ching chin
 shoushoujin / shoshojin
    しょうしょうじん
{Buddh} (See 八正道) correct effort
samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith.

菩提心

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pú tí xīn
    pu2 ti2 xin1
p`u t`i hsin
    pu ti hsin
 bodaishin
    ぼだいしん

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The Bodhi Mind
aspiration for Buddhahood
The mind for or of bodhi; the awakened, or enlightened mind; the mind that perceives the real behind the seeming, believes in moral consequences, and that all have the Buddha-nature, and aims at Buddhahood.

菩提樹


菩提树

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pú tí shù
    pu2 ti2 shu4
p`u t`i shu
    pu ti shu
 bodaiju
    ぼだいじゅ
pipal tree (Ficus religiosa); bo fig tree; Bodhi tree (sacred to Buddhism and Hinduism)
(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju
bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there.

阿修羅


阿修罗

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ā xiū luó
    a1 xiu1 luo2
a hsiu lo
 ashura
    あしゅら

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Frightful Demon / Asura
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura
asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps.

頑張る

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 ganbaru
    がんばる

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Fortitude / Steadfast
(ateji / phonetic) (v5r,vi) (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best; (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

黄金律

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 ougonritsu / ogonritsu
    おうごんりつ

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Golden Rule
(See 金科玉条) The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you")

一帆風順


一帆风顺

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yī fān fēng shùn
    yi1 fan1 feng1 shun4
i fan feng shun

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Smooth Sailing
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip!

一路平安

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yī lù píng ān
    yi1 lu4 ping2 an1
i lu p`ing an
    i lu ping an
 ichiroheian / ichirohean
    いちろへいあん

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Bon Voyage
to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage!
(yoji) (wishing someone) bon voyage

一路順風


一路顺风

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yī lù shùn fēng
    yi1 lu4 shun4 feng1
i lu shun feng
 ichirojunpuu / ichirojunpu
    いちろじゅんぷう

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Pleasant Journey
to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
(yoji) sailing before the wind; everything is going well

不來不去


不来不去

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bù lái bù qù
    bu4 lai2 bu4 qu4
pu lai pu ch`ü
    pu lai pu chü
 furai fuko

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Eternal Energy / Eternal Matter
anāgamana-nirgama. Neither coming into nor going out of existence, i. e. the original constituents of all 法 things are eternal; the eternal conservation of energy, or of the primal substance.

不動明王


不动明王

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bù dòng míng wáng
    bu4 dong4 ming2 wang2
pu tung ming wang
 fudoumyouou / fudomyoo
    ふどうみょうおう

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Fudo Myo-o / Wisdom King
{Buddh} Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity; (place-name) Fudoumyouou
不動尊 Aryacalanatha 阿奢羅曩 tr. 不動尊 and 無動尊 and Acalaceta, 阿奢囉逝吒 tr. 不動使者. The mouthpiece or messenger, e. g. the Mercury, of the Buddhas; and the chief of the five Ming Wang. He is regarded as the third person in the Vairocana trinity. He has a fierce mien overawing all evil spirits. He is said to have attained to Buddhahood, but also still to retain his position with Vairocana. He has many descriptive titles, e. g. 無量力神通無動者; 不動忿怒王, etc. Five different verbal signs are given to him. He carries a sharp wisdom-sword, a noose, a thunder-bolt. The colour of his images is various—black, blue, purple. He has a youthful appearance; his hair falls over his left shoulder; he stands or sits on a rock; left eye closed; mouth shut, teeth gripping upper lip, wrinkled forehead, seven locks of hair, full-bodied, A second representation is with four faces and four arms, angry mien, protruding teeth, with fames around him. A third with necklaces. A fourth, red, seated on a rock, fames, trident, etc. There are other forms. He has fourteen distinguishing symbols, and many dharanis associated with the realm of fire, of saving those in distress, and of wisdom. He has two messengers 二童子 Kimkara 矜羯羅 and Cetaka 制吒迦, and, including these, a group of eight messengers 八大童子 each with image, symbol, word-sign, etc. Cf. 不動佛.

乘風破浪


乘风破浪

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chéng fēng pò làng
    cheng2 feng1 po4 lang4
ch`eng feng p`o lang
    cheng feng po lang

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Great Ambitions
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

五福臨門


五福临门

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wǔ fú lín mén
    wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
wu fu lin men

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Blessings on this Home
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

喪魂失魄


丧魂失魄

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sàng hún shī pò
    sang4 hun2 shi1 po4
sang hun shih p`o
    sang hun shih po

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Lost Soul
out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed

寧缺毋濫


宁缺毋滥

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nìng quē wú làn
    ning4 que1 wu2 lan4
ning ch`üeh wu lan
    ning chüeh wu lan
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option

年年有餘


年年有余

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nián nián yǒu yú
    nian2 nian2 you3 yu2
nien nien yu yü

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Year-In Year-Out Have Abundance
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year; (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

新年快樂


新年快乐

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xīn nián kuài lè
    xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4
hsin nien k`uai le
    hsin nien kuai le

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Happy New Year
Happy New Year!

水火無情


水火无情

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shuǐ huǒ wú qíng
    shui3 huo3 wu2 qing2
shui huo wu ch`ing
    shui huo wu ching

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Fire and Water Have No Mercy
fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)

理直氣壯


理直气壮

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lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
    li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4
li chih ch`i chuang
    li chih chi chuang

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Engage with Confidence
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful

腳踏實地


脚踏实地

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jiǎo tà shí dì
    jiao3 ta4 shi2 di4
chiao t`a shih ti
    chiao ta shih ti

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Keep Your Feet on the Ground
to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character

萬事如意


万事如意

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wàn shì rú yì
    wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4
wan shih ju i

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All Hopes Fulfilled
to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

風燭殘年


风烛残年

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fēng zhú cán nián
    feng1 zhu2 can2 nian2
feng chu ts`an nien
    feng chu tsan nien

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Not Long for this World
one's late days; to have one foot in the grave

冷静になる

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 reiseininaru / reseninaru
    れいせいになる

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Chill Out
(exp,v5r) to collect oneself; to chill out; to cool off; to recover oneself

腹が据わる

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 haragasuwaru
    はらがすわる

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Unwavering
(exp,v5r) to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution

苦は楽の種

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 kuharakunotane
    くはらくのたね

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There is no pleasure without pain
(expression) (proverb) (See 楽は苦の種、苦は楽の種) one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain

己所不欲勿施於人

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 onorenohossezarutokorohitonihodokosukotonakare
    おのれのほっせざるところひとにほどこすことなかれ
(expression) (archaism) do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you

可愛い子には旅をさせよ

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 kawaiikonihatabiosaseyo / kawaikonihatabiosaseyo
    かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
(expression) (proverb) Spare the rod and spoil the child; If you love your children, send them out into the world

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 e
    え
(interjection) (1) eh?; what?; oh?; (interjection) (2) (See はい・1) yes; that's correct; (particle) (3) (archaism) (at sentence end) (See かえ,ぞえ,わえ) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (particle) (4) (archaism) (after a noun, etc.; when calling out to someone) hey

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 ki
    き
(auxiliary verb) (archaism) (equiv. of modern 〜た) (See た・1) did; (have) done


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yāo
    yao1
yao
youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
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shèng
    sheng4
sheng
 jō
(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
Yāna 衍; 野那 a vehicle, wain, any means of conveyance; a term applied to Buddhism as carrying men to salvation. The two chief divisions are the 小乘 Hīnayāna and 大乘 Mahāyāna; but there are categories of one, two, three, four, and five sheng q.v., and they have further subdivisions.

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