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Simple Dictionary Definition |
〇 see styles |
líng ling2 ling maru まる |
More info & calligraphy: Enso - Japanese Zen Circle(1) circle (sometimes used for zero); (2) 'correct' (when marking); (3) symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); (4) period; full stop; (5) maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(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. |
牛 see styles |
niú niu2 niu ushi(p); gyuu; ushi / ushi(p); gyu; ushi うし(P); ぎゅう; ウシ |
More info & calligraphy: Ox / Bull / Cow(1) cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; (2) {food} (usu. ぎゅう) (See 牛肉) beef; (3) (ぎゅう only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,玄武・げんぶ・2) Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Niu go, gaus; ox, bull, bullock, etc. A term applied to the Buddha Gautama as in 牛王 king of bulls, possibly because of the derivation of his name; the phrase 騎牛來牛 (or 騎牛覔牛) to ride an ox, to seek an ox, means to use the Buddha to find the Buddha. |
觀世音 观世音 see styles |
guān shì yīn guan1 shi4 yin1 kuan shih yin Kanzeon かんぜおん |
More info & calligraphy: Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel. |
乎 see styles |
hū hu1 hu sachio さちお |
(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) (personal name) Sachio what? how? |
以 see styles |
yǐ yi3 i yue ゆえ |
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) (female given name) Yue By means of, by using, by; whereby, in order to. |
侭 see styles |
mama まま |
(n,n-adv) (1) (kana only) as it is; as one likes; because; as; (2) (kana only) condition; state; (surname) Mama |
儘 尽 see styles |
jǐn jin3 chin mama まま |
to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to (n,n-adv) (1) (kana only) as it is; as one likes; because; as; (2) (kana only) condition; state; (surname) Mama |
因 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin in いん |
cause; reason; because (1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (personal name) Yukari hetu: a cause: because: a reason: to follow, it follows, that which produces a 果 result or effect. 因 is a primary cause in comparison with 緣 pratyaya which is an environmental or secondary cause. In the 十因十果 ten causes and ten effects, adultery results in the iron bed, the copper pillar, and the eight hot hells; covetousness in the cold hells; and so on, as shown in the 楞嚴經. Translit. in, yin. Cf. 印. |
条 see styles |
jou / jo じょう |
(n,ctr) (1) article (in a document); clause; section; provision; (counter) (2) counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; (conjunction) (3) (as とは言い条) although; though; (conjunction) (4) (used in letters) since; as; because; inasmuch as; (5) (hist) (See 条坊制) jō; north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system); (given name) Nagashi |
為 为 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei su す |
because of; for; to (vs-c) (kana only) (literary form of する) (See する・1) to do; (female given name) Nari |
爲 为 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei tame ため |
variant of 為|为[wei4] (out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) (kana only) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) (kana only) consequence; result; effect; (4) (kana only) affecting; regarding; concerning; (surname) Tame To do; to make; to effect; to be; because of; for. |
由 see styles |
yóu you2 yu yoshitsugu よしつぐ |
to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... (1) reason; significance; cause; (2) piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...; (personal name) Yoshitsugu From; by: a cause, motive; to allow, let; translit. yo, yu; e. g. 由乾; 由乾陀羅 由乾陁羅, Yugaṃdhara, idem 踰健達羅. |
米 see styles |
mǐ mi3 mi yone よね |
rice; CL:粒[li4]; meter (classifier) (1) (because 米 can be deconstructed into 八十八) 88 years old; (2) (archaism) (See 米・こめ・1) rice; (surname) Yonehama śāli, rice, i. e. hulled rice. The word śālihas been wrongly used for śarīra, relics, and for both words 舍利 has been used. |
芸 see styles |
yún yun2 yün nori のり |
common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage) art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance; (personal name) Nori |
騺 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
heavy horse; horse unable to move because of twisted leg; plodding |
〇〇 see styles |
marumaru まるまる |
(1) symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); (prefix noun) (2) certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified |
から see styles |
kara から |
(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) |
こそ see styles |
koso こそ |
(particle) (1) (emphasizes preceding word or phrase) it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.); (particle) (2) (as こそあれ, こそすれ, こそするが, etc.) although; while; it is the case that ... but; (particle) (3) (after conditional -ba form of verb) it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...; (particle) (4) (form) (after -nai stem of verb + ば) not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never |
とて see styles |
tote とて |
(particle) (1) (form) even; (particle) (2) (form) even if ...; even though ...; (particle) (3) (form) (oft. as こととて) because ...; as ...; on the grounds that ...; (particle) (4) (form) with the purpose of ...; in order to ...; with a view to ... |
ので see styles |
node ので |
(particle) that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that... |
丈に see styles |
dakeni だけに |
(exp,conj) (1) (kana only) given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...); (exp,conj) (2) (kana only) (when used with negatives) contrary to expectations ... |
三乘 see styles |
sān shèng san1 sheng4 san sheng minori みのり |
(surname) Minori Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle. |
下品 see styles |
xià pǐn xia4 pin3 hsia p`in hsia pin gehin げひん |
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha. |
二字 see styles |
èr zì er4 zi4 erh tzu niji にじ |
two characters; name; (surname) Niji Double-letters, i.e. a monk-because a monk's name consists of two characters. |
五山 see styles |
wǔ shān wu3 shan1 wu shan gosan; gozan ごさん; ござん |
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty. |
人因 see styles |
rén yīn ren2 yin1 jen yin ninin |
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation. |
以て see styles |
motte もって |
(conj,exp) (1) (kana only) with; by; (2) (kana only) by means of; because; in view of |
以此 see styles |
yǐ cǐ yi3 ci3 i tz`u i tzu ishi |
with this; thereby; thus; because of this by this... |
佛子 see styles |
fó zǐ fo2 zi3 fo tzu busshi ぶっし |
(surname) Busshi Son of Buddha; a bodhisattva; a believer in Buddhism, for every believer is becoming Buddha; a term also applied to all beings, because all are of Buddha-nature. There is a division of three kinds: 外子 external sons, who have not yet believed; 度子 secondary sons, Hīnayānists; 眞子 true sons, Mahāyānists. |
依報 依报 see styles |
yī bào yi1 bao4 i pao ehou / eho えほう |
{Buddh} (See 正報) circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives v. 依正. |
信施 see styles |
xìn shī xin4 shi1 hsin shih shinse; shinze しんせ; しんぜ |
{Buddh} almsgiving because of faith Almsgiving because of faith; the gifts of the faith. |
倒灌 see styles |
dào guàn dao4 guan4 tao kuan |
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (sewage) |
傍生 see styles |
bāng shēng bang1 sheng1 pang sheng bōshō |
tiryagyoni, 'born of or as an animal' (M. W.); born to walk on one side, i.e. belly downwards, because of sin in past existence. |
八憍 see styles |
bā jiāo ba1 jiao1 pa chiao hakkyō |
The eight kinds of pride, or arrogance, resulting in domineering: because of strength; of clan, or name; of wealth; of independence, or position; of years, or age; of cleverness, or wisdom; of good or charitable deeds; of good looks. Of these, eight birds are named as types: 鴟梟 two kinds of owl, eagle, vulture, crow, magpie, pigeon, wagtail. |
凡夫 see styles |
fán fū fan2 fu1 fan fu bonpu; bonbu ぼんぷ; ぼんぶ |
common person; ordinary guy; mortal man (1) ordinary person; (2) {Buddh} unenlightened person; (given name) Bonpu The common people, the unenlightened, hoi polloi, a common fellow.; 波羅; 婆羅必栗託仡那; 婆羅必利他伽闍那 bālapṛthagjana. Everyman, the worldly man, the sinner. Explained by 異生 or 愚異生 one who is born different, or outside the Law of the Buddha, because of his karma. |
刀途 see styles |
dāo tú dao1 tu2 tao t`u tao tu tōto |
The gati or path of rebirth as an animal, so called because animals are subjects of the butcher's knife. |
加持 see styles |
jiā chí jia1 chi2 chia ch`ih chia chih kaji かじ |
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings; (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing; to give one's blessing; to empower; (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc) (n,vs,vi) (1) prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva); (place-name, surname) Kamochi 地瑟娓曩 adhiṣṭhāna, to depend upon, a base, rule. It is defined as dependence on the Buddha, who 加 confers his strength on all (who seek it), and 持 upholds them; hence it implies prayer, because of obtaining the Buddha's power and transferring it to others; in general it is to aid, support. |
吃土 see styles |
chī tǔ chi1 tu3 ch`ih t`u chih tu |
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items) |
吉河 see styles |
jí hé ji2 he2 chi ho yoshiko よしこ |
(place-name) Yoshiko The auspicious river, the Ganges, because in it the heretics say they can wash away their sins. |
唯色 see styles |
wéi sè wei2 se4 wei se yuishiki |
All things are matter, because mind and matter are identical, for matter is mind. |
善月 see styles |
shàn yuè shan4 yue4 shan yüeh zengetsu |
Good month, i.e. the first, fifth, and ninth; because they are the most important in which to do good works and thus obtain a good report in the spirit realm. |
四宗 see styles |
sì zōng si4 zong1 ssu tsung shishū |
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming. |
因為 因为 see styles |
yīn wèi yin1 wei4 yin wei |
because; owing to; on account of |
坐自 see styles |
zuò zì zuo4 zi4 tso tzu zaji |
because of |
基於 基于 see styles |
jī yú ji1 yu2 chi yü |
because of; on the basis of; in view of; on account of |
大事 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih daiji だいじ |
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] (adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK (因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise. |
天竺 see styles |
tiān zhú tian1 zhu2 t`ien chu tien chu tenjiku てんじく |
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) (1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku (天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow. |
契線 契线 see styles |
qì xiàn qi4 xian4 ch`i hsien chi hsien kaisen |
契經 The sutras, because they tally with the mind of man and the laws of nature. |
寒鰤 see styles |
kanburi かんぶり |
(regarded as delicious because of its higher fat content) yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail |
山外 see styles |
shān wài shan1 wai4 shan wai sangai さんがい |
{Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect. |
左褄 see styles |
hidarizuma ひだりづま |
(1) left skirt of a kimono; (2) (See 芸妓) geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) |
惡叉 恶叉 see styles |
è chā e4 cha1 o ch`a o cha akusha |
akṣa, 'a seed of which rosaries are made (in compound words, like Indrāksha, Rudrāksha); a shrub producing that seed (Eleocarpus ganitrus).' M. W. It is called the 惡叉聚 because its seeds are said to be formed in triplets, and illustrate the simultaneous character of 惑行苦 illusion, action, and suffering; another version is that the seeds fall in clusters, and illustrate numbers, or numerous; they are also known as 金剛子. |
憍梵 see styles |
jiāo fàn jiao1 fan4 chiao fan Kyōbon |
(憍梵波提) Gavāṃpati, also 憍梵鉢提; 迦梵波提; 笈房鉢底 intp. as chewing the cud; lord of cattle, etc. A man who became a monk, born with a mouth always ruminating like a cow because of former oral sin. |
扶疏 see styles |
fú shū fu2 shu1 fu shu fusho |
Supporting commentary', another name for the 涅槃經 Nirvāṇa Sūtra, because according to Tiantai it is an amplification of the Lotus Sutra. |
拋荒 抛荒 see styles |
pāo huāng pao1 huang1 p`ao huang pao huang |
to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice |
招風 招风 see styles |
zhāo fēng zhao1 feng1 chao feng |
to catch the wind; (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence |
方服 see styles |
fāng fú fang1 fu2 fang fu hōbuku |
A monk's robe 袈裟 said to be so called because of its square appearance; also 方袍. |
末利 see styles |
mò lì mo4 li4 mo li suetoshi すえとし |
(s,m) Suetoshi mallikā, 摩利; 末羅 (1) jasminum zambac, M. W., which suggests the 茉莉花, i. e. the Chinese jasmine; according to Eitel it is the narrowleaved nyctanthes (with globular berries 柰); the flower, now called kastūrī (musk) because of its odour. By the Fanyimingyi 翻譯名義 it is styled the 鬘花 chaplet flower, as its flowers may be formed into a chaplet. (2) A concoction of various fruits mixed with water offered in worship. |
朽棄 朽弃 see styles |
xiǔ qì xiu3 qi4 hsiu ch`i hsiu chi kuki |
to abandon (one's body) because of (its) decrepitude |
梵衆 梵众 see styles |
fàn zhòng fan4 zhong4 fan chung bonshu |
Monks, so called because of their religious practices. |
欲海 see styles |
yù hǎi yu4 hai3 yü hai yokukai |
ocean of lust (Buddhist term); worldly desires The ocean of desire, so called because of its extent and depth. |
欲界 see styles |
yù jiè yu4 jie4 yü chieh yokukai; yokkai よくかい; よっかい |
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) desire realm kāmadhātu. The realm, or realms, of in purgatory, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, men, and the six heavens of desire. so called because the beings in these states are dominated by desire. The kāmadhātu realms are given as: 地居 Bhauma. 虛曇天 Antarikṣa. 四天王天 Caturmaharājakayika [i.e. the realms of 持國天 Dhṛtarāṣtra, east; 增長天 Virūḍhaka, south; 廣目天 Virūpakṣa, west; 多聞天 Vai śramaṇa (Dhanada), north]. 忉利天 Trayastriṃśa. 兜率天 Tuṣita. 化樂天 Nirmāṇarati. 他化自在天 Paranirmitavaśavarin. |
正報 正报 see styles |
zhèng bào zheng4 bao4 cheng pao shouhou / shoho しょうほう |
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果. |
波旬 see styles |
pō xún po1 xun2 p`o hsün po hsün hajun はじゅん |
{Buddh} killer demon; demon who strives to destroy all goodness (波旬踰); 波鞞 Pāpīyān. Pāpīmān. Pāpīmā. Pāpīyān is very wicked. Pāpīyān is a Buddhist term for 惡者 the Evil One; 殺者 the Murderer; Māra; because he strives to kill all goodness; v. 魔. Also 波卑面 or 波卑椽 or 波卑緣. |
活き see styles |
iki いき |
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned |
為に see styles |
tameni ために |
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; (2) (kana only) because of; as a result of |
為著 为着 see styles |
wèi zhe wei4 zhe5 wei che |
in order to; because of; for the sake of |
焚硯 焚砚 see styles |
fén yàn fen2 yan4 fen yen |
to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better) |
爲に see styles |
tameni ために |
(out-dated kanji) (conjunction) (1) (kana only) for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; (2) (kana only) because of; as a result of |
爲善 为善 see styles |
wéi shàn wei2 shan4 wei shan izen |
To do good, be good, because of the good, etc. |
爲於 为于 see styles |
wéi yú wei2 yu2 wei yü io |
because of |
生き see styles |
iki いき |
(1) living; being alive; (2) freshness; liveliness; vitality; (3) situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); (4) (kana only) stet; leave as-is (proofreading); (prefix) (5) damned |
由於 由于 see styles |
yóu yú you2 yu2 yu yü yoshio よしお |
due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because (personal name) Yoshio |
由自 see styles |
yóu zì you2 zi4 yu tzu yuuji / yuji ゆうじ |
(given name) Yūji because of |
痛車 see styles |
itasha いたしゃ |
(colloquialism) (joc) car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at) |
百論 百论 see styles |
bǎi lùn bai3 lun4 pai lun Hyakuron |
Śataśāstra. One of the 三論 'three śāstras' of the Mādhyamika school, so called because of its 100 verses, each of 32 words; attributed to Deva Bodhisattva, it was written in Sanskrit by Vasubandhu and tr. by Kumārajīva, but the versions differ. There is also the 廣百論本 Catuḥśataka [Catuḥśatakaśāstrakarika], an expansion of the above. |
皆因 see styles |
jiē yīn jie1 yin1 chieh yin |
simply because; all because |
石榴 see styles |
shí liu shi2 liu5 shih liu zakuro ざくろ |
pomegranate (kana only) pomegranate (Punica granatum); (female given name) Zakuro The pomegranate, symbol of many children because of its seeds; a symbol held in the hand of 鬼子母神 Hariti, the deva-mother of demons, converted by the Buddha. |
程に see styles |
hodoni ほどに |
(expression) (1) (kana only) (See ほど・8) the more ... the more ...; as; (expression) (2) (archaism) while; during; (conj,prt) (3) (archaism) because; since |
結漏 结漏 see styles |
jié lòu jie2 lou4 chieh lou ketsuro |
Bondage and reincarnation because of the passions. |
經衣 经衣 see styles |
jīng yī jing1 yi1 ching i kyōe |
The garment with sūtra in which the dead were dressed, so called because it had quotations from the sūtras written on it: also 經帷子. |
緣於 缘于 see styles |
yuán yú yuan2 yu2 yüan yü |
to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of |
舍利 see styles |
shè lì she4 li4 she li shari |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food. |
蕭寺 萧寺 see styles |
xiāo sì xiao1 si4 hsiao ssu shōji |
A name for monasteries in the Liang dynasty, A.D. 502-557, because Liang Wu Di built so many that they were called after his surname 蕭 Xiao. |
裾切 see styles |
susogiri すそぎり |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale); (2) cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.) |
見處 见处 see styles |
jiàn chù jian4 chu4 chien ch`u chien chu kenjo |
The state of wrong views, i. e. the state of transmigration, because wrong views give rise to it, or maintain it. |
謂以 谓以 see styles |
wèi yǐ wei4 yi3 wei i ii |
it is because of this idea |
謝病 谢病 see styles |
xiè bìng xie4 bing4 hsieh ping |
to excuse oneself because of illness |
躲年 see styles |
duǒ nián duo3 nian2 to nien |
to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) |
迦尸 see styles |
jiā shī jia1 shi1 chia shih kāshī |
Kāśī 迦私, a place said to be so called because its bamboos were good for arrows, north of Kosala; but it is also given by M. W. as Benares. |
那伽 see styles |
nà qié na4 qie2 na ch`ieh na chieh naka なか |
(female given name) Naka nāga. Snake, dragon, elephant. It is tr. by 龍 dragon and by 象 elephant. (1) As dragon it represents the chief of the scaly reptiles; it can disappear or be manifest, increase or decrease, lengthen or shrink; in spring it mounts in the sky and in winter enters the earth. The dragon is of many kinds. Dragons are regarded as beneficent, bringing the rains and guarding the heavens (again Draco); they control rivers and lakes, and hibernate in the deep. nāga and mahānāga are titles of a Buddha, (also of those freed from reincarnation) because of his powers, or because like the dragon he soars above earthly desires and ties. One of his former reincarnations was a powerful poisonous dragon which, out of pity, permitted itself to be skinned alive and its flesh eaten by worms. (2) A race of serpent-worshippers. |
闡提 阐提 see styles |
chǎn tí chan3 ti2 ch`an t`i chan ti sendai |
v. 一闡提 icchantika, intp. as unable to become Buddha (a) because of unbelief, or abandoned character; (b) because of a bodhisattva vow. |
雞湯 鸡汤 see styles |
jī tāng ji1 tang1 chi t`ang chi tang |
chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) |
雨月 see styles |
ugetsu うげつ |
(1) (archaism) being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain; (2) (See 皐月・1) fifth lunar month; (female given name) Uruna |
雲堂 云堂 see styles |
yún táng yun2 tang2 yün t`ang yün tang undō |
The assembly hall of a monastery, because of the massed congregation. |
飮光 see styles |
yǐn guāng yin3 guang1 yin kuang |
Drinking light, a tr. of the name of Kāśyapa, v. 迦, or his patronymic, possibly because it is a title of Aruṇa, the charioteer of the sun, but said to be because of Kāśyapa's radiant body. |
香山 see styles |
xiāng shān xiang1 shan1 hsiang shan koyama こやま |
Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) (surname) Koyama the fragrant or incense mountains, so called because the Gandharvas do not drink wine or eat meat, but feed on incense or fragrance and give off fragrant odours. As musicians of Indra, or in the retinue of Dhṛtarāṣtra, they are said to be the same as, or similar to, the Kinnaras. They are, or according to M. W., Dhṛtarāṣtra is associated with soma, the moon, and with medicine. They cause ecstasy, are erotic, and the patrons of marriageable girls; the apsaras are their wives, and both are patrons of dicers.; Gandhamādana. Incense mountain, one of the ten fabulous mountains known to Chinese Buddhism, located in the region of the Anavatapta lake in Tibet; also placed in the Kunlun range. Among its great trees dwell the Kinnaras, Indra's musicians. |
驢年 驴年 see styles |
lǘ nián lv2 nian2 lü nien |
Donkey-year, i.e. without date or period, because the ass does not appear in the list of cyclic animals. |
鷲山 鹫山 see styles |
jiù shān jiu4 shan1 chiu shan washiyama わしやま |
(place-name, surname) Washiyama Gṛdhrakūṭa, Vulture Peak near Rājagṛha, 'the modern Giddore, so called because Piśuna (Māra) once as assumed there the guise of a vulture to interrupt the meditation of Ānanda' (Eitel); more probably because of its shape, or because of the vultures who fed there on the dead; a place frequented by the Buddha; the imaginary scene of the preaching of the Lotus Sūtra, and called 靈鷲山 Spiritual Vulture Peak, as the Lotus Sūtra is also known as the 鷲峯偈 Vulture Peak gāthā. The peak is also called 鷲峯; 鷲頭 (鷲頭山); 鷲臺; 鷲嶽; 鷲巖; 靈山; cf. 耆闍崛山. |
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