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一袋

see styles
 hitofukuro
    ひとふくろ
a bag; one bag

一覧

see styles
 ichiran
    いちらん
(noun, transitive verb) (1) look; glance; sight; having a look at; looking over; glancing through; running one's eyes over; (2) summary; list; table; catalog; catalogue

一覺


一觉

see styles
yī jué
    yi1 jue2
i chüeh
 ikkaku
one enlightenment

一觀


一观

see styles
yī guān
    yi1 guan1
i kuan
 ichikan
one contemplation

一角

see styles
 ikkaku(p); ikkaku
    いっかく(P); イッカク
(1) (いっかく only) corner; section; point; part; (2) (いっかく only) one horn; (3) pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); (4) {horse} first corner; (5) (kana only) narwhal (Monodon monoceros); (female given name) Kazumi

一解

see styles
yī jiě
    yi1 jie3
i chieh
 ichige
one (kind of) liberation

一觸


一触

see styles
yī chù
    yi1 chu4
i ch`u
    i chu
 issoku
See 一縷.

一言

see styles
yī yán
    yi1 yan2
i yen
 hitokoto
    ひとこと
one sentence; brief remark
(noun/participle) single word; a few words; brief comment; (place-name, surname) Hitokoto
one word

一語


一语

see styles
yī yǔ
    yi1 yu3
i yü
 ichigo
    いちご
one word
one word

一説

see styles
 issetsu
    いっせつ
one theory; one opinion; another theory

一読

see styles
 ichidoku
    いちどく
(noun, transitive verb) perusal; one reading

一諦


一谛

see styles
yī dì
    yi1 di4
i ti
 ittai
The doctrine of fundamental unity; an abbrev. for 一實諦 the Mādhyamika fundamental doctrine; also, generally, in the sense of an axiom, or fundamental truth; there are varying definitions of the one fundamental truth.

一識


一识

see styles
yī shì
    yi1 shi4
i shih
 isshiki
One sense or perception; the one individual intelligence or soul which uses the various senses, likened to a monkey which climbs in and out of the various windows of a house— a Satyasiddhi and Sautrāntika doctrine. Also, a Vairocana maṇḍala.

一議

see styles
 ichigi
    いちぎ
(1) (form) one discussion; one meeting; one conference; (2) (form) objection

一貌

see styles
yī mào
    yi1 mao4
i mao
 itsubō
of one appearance

一貫


一贯

see styles
yī guàn
    yi1 guan4
i kuan
 ikkan
    いっかん
consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) consistency; coherence; integration; (2) (See 貫・1) one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); (3) one piece of sushi; (male given name) Kazutsura

一蹴

see styles
 isshuu / isshu
    いっしゅう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside; (noun, transitive verb) (2) beating easily; defeating handily; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (orig. meaning) one kick

一躍

see styles
 ichiyaku
    いちやく
(adv,n,vs) (1) suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; overnight; (noun/participle) (2) (orig. meaning) one bound; one leap

一身

see styles
yī shēn
    yi1 shen1
i shen
 isshin
    いっしん
whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
oneself; one's body; (female given name) Kazumi
a single person

一軍

see styles
 ichigun
    いちぐん
(1) one army; whole army; (2) {sports} (See 二軍) first string players

一軒

see styles
 ikken
    いっけん
one house

一転

see styles
 itten
    いってん
(n,vs,vi) (1) one turn; spinning around; (n,vs,vt,vi,adv) (2) complete change; reversal; (an) about-face; sudden transformation; (given name) Itten

一輛

see styles
 ichiryou / ichiryo
    いちりょう
(adverbial noun) one vehicle

一輪


一轮

see styles
yī lún
    yi1 lun2
i lun
 ichirin
    いちりん
first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
(1) one flower; (2) one wheel; (3) (archaism) full moon

一轉


一转

see styles
yī zhuǎn
    yi1 zhuan3
i chuan
 itten
one manifestation

一途

see styles
yī tú
    yi1 tu2
i t`u
    i tu
 itto
    いっと
way; course; the only way; (given name) Kazumichi
one path

一通

see styles
 ittsuu / ittsu
    いっつう
(1) one copy (of a document); one letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 一方通行・1) one-way traffic; (3) (abbreviation) {mahj} (sometimes written イッツー) (See 一気通貫・いっきつうかん・1) pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9); (male given name) Kazumichi

一週

see styles
 isshuu / isshu
    いっしゅう
(adverbial noun) one week

一遇

see styles
 ichiguu / ichigu
    いちぐう
one meeting

一遍

see styles
yī biàn
    yi1 bian4
i pien
 ippen
    いっぺん
one time (all the way through); once through
(n,adv) (1) (kana only) (See 一遍に・1) once; one time; (suffix noun) (2) (kana only) (after a noun) (See 正直一遍,義理一遍) exclusively; only; alone; (given name) Ippen
Once, one recital of Buddha's name, or of a sūtra, or magic formula; style of 智眞 Zhizhen, founder of the 時宗 Ji-shū (Japan)..

一道

see styles
yī dào
    yi1 dao4
i tao
 ichidou / ichido
    いちどう
together
one road; ray (of hope); (given name) Kazumichi
One way, the one way; the way of deliverance from mortality, the Mahāyāna. Yidao, a learned monk of the Pure-land sect.

一邊


一边

see styles
yī biān
    yi1 bian1
i pien
 ippen
one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
one extreme

一部

see styles
yī bù
    yi1 bu4
i pu
 ichibu
    いちぶ
(adv,n) (1) one part; one portion; one section; some; (adv,n) (2) one copy (e.g. of a document); (place-name, surname) Ichibu
one part

一郭

see styles
 ikkaku
    いっかく
one block; enclosure

一重

see styles
 hitoe
    ひとえ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) one layer; single; onefold; (p,s,f) Hitoe

一銭

see styles
 issen
    いっせん
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

一錠

see styles
 ichijou / ichijo
    いちじょう
(1) one tablet; one pill; (2) tray; salver

一錢


一钱

see styles
yī qián
    yi1 qian2
i ch`ien
    i chien
 ichisen
one penny

一門


一门

see styles
yī mén
    yi1 men2
i men
 ichimon
    いちもん
(1) family; clan; kin; (2) sect; school; adherents; followers; disciples; (3) {sumo} group of related sumo stables; (surname) Hitokado
The one door out of mortality into nirvāṇa, i.e. the Pure-land door.

一間


一间

see styles
yī jiān
    yi1 jian1
i chien
 hitoma
    ひとま
one room; (surname) Ichima
ekavīcika 翳迦鼻致迦 Still one final stage of mortality before nirvāṇa. Also wrongly styled bījaka 鼻致迦, a seed 一種 which leads to one more reincarnation.

一隅

see styles
yī yú
    yi1 yu2
i yü
 ichiguu(p); hitosumi / ichigu(p); hitosumi
    いちぐう(P); ひとすみ
corner; nook
one corner

一階

see styles
 itsukai
    いつかい
one floor; first floor; (surname) Itsukai

一際


一际

see styles
yī jì
    yi1 ji4
i chi
 issai
    ひときわ
(adverb) (kana only) conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
Of the same realm or boundary, i.e. the world and nirvāṇa are one.

一障

see styles
yī zhàng
    yi1 zhang4
i chang
 isshō
one hindrance

一隻

see styles
 isseki
    いっせき
one boat; one ship

一雙


一双

see styles
yī shuāng
    yi1 shuang1
i shuang
 issō
one set

一難

see styles
 ichinan
    いちなん
one difficulty; one danger

一面

see styles
yī miàn
    yi1 mian4
i mien
 ichimen
    いちめん
one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
(1) one face; one surface; (2) the whole surface; (3) one aspect; one side; (n,n-adv) (4) (on) the other hand; (5) one broad, flat object; (6) front page (e.g. newspaper); (surname) Ichimen

一音

see styles
yī yīn
    yi1 yin1
i yin
 ichion
    いちおん
a sound; one sound; (female given name) Kazune
one sound

一頭


一头

see styles
yī tóu
    yi1 tou2
i t`ou
    i tou
 ittou / itto
    いっとう
one head; a head full of something; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)

一類


一类

see styles
yī lèi
    yi1 lei4
i lei
 ichirui
    いちるい
same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
same kind; accomplices; companions
one type

一食

see styles
yī shí
    yi1 shi2
i shih
 isshoku; ichijiki
    いっしょく; いちじき
(1) one meal; (2) (いちじき only) {Buddh} one meal (a day)
A meal a day, one of the twelve dhūtas.

一首

see styles
 isshu
    いっしゅ
one tanka; one poem

一駒

see styles
 ichikoma
    いちこま
(irregular kanji usage) (1) one scene; one frame; one shot; one exposure; (2) one cell; one panel (comic); (surname) Ichikoma

一騎

see styles
 ikki
    いっき
one horseman; (personal name) Kazuki

一體


一体

see styles
yī tǐ
    yi1 ti3
i t`i
    i ti
 ittai
an integral whole; all concerned; everybody
Though externally differing, in nature the same; the fundamental unity of the universe. 天地與我同根, 萬物與我一體 Heaven, earth, and myself have the same root; all things are one corpus with me.

一點


一点

see styles
yī diǎn
    yi1 dian3
i tien
 itten
a bit; a little; one dot; one point
a single speck

一黨


一党

see styles
yī dǎng
    yi1 dang3
i tang
one-party (state)
See: 一党

一齣

see styles
 hitokoma
    ひとこま
    hitokusari
    ひとくさり
(1) one scene; one frame; one shot; one exposure; (2) one cell; one panel (comic); passage in a discourse; one section; one scene

丁半

see styles
 chouhan / chohan
    ちょうはん
(1) even and odd numbers (on dice); (2) chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even

丁年

see styles
 teinen / tenen
    ていねん
adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority

丁数

see styles
 chousuu / chosu
    ちょうすう
(1) number of leaves (in a book, esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); number of sheets; (2) (See 偶数) even number

丁石

see styles
 chouishi / choishi
    ちょういし
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters)

七三

see styles
 shichisan
    しちさん
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side; (female given name) Nami

七慢

see styles
qī màn
    qi1 man4
ch`i man
    chi man
 shichiman
The seven pretensions or arrogances 慢 asserting superiority over inferiors and equality with equals, 過慢 superiority over equals and equality with superiors, 慢過慢 superiority over manifest superiors, 我慢 egotism or overweening pride, 增上慢 vaunting assertion of possessing the Truth, 卑慢 vaunting one's inferiority (or false humility), and 邪慢 vaunting lack of virtue for virtue.

七賢


七贤

see styles
qī xián
    qi1 xian2
ch`i hsien
    chi hsien
 shichiken
    しちけん
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
(七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna.

万才

see styles
 manzai
    まんざい
(out-dated kanji) two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit); comic dialogue; (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) (archaism) long time; (4) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (5) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) giving up; (4) (archaism) long time; (5) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (place-name, surname) Manzai

万歳

see styles
 manzai
    まんざい
door-to-door comedic duo; (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) (archaism) long time; (4) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (5) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) giving up; (4) (archaism) long time; (5) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray); (surname) Manzai

丈六

see styles
zhàng liù
    zhang4 liu4
chang liu
 jouroku / joroku
    じょうろく
(1) one jō and six shaku (4.85m); (2) statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku; (3) sitting cross-legged; (place-name, surname) Jōroku
Sixteen "feet", the normal height of a Buddha in his "transformation body" 化 身 nirmāṇa-kāya; said to be the height of the Buddha when he was on earth.

三一

see styles
sān yī
    san1 yi1
san i
 sanpin
    さんぴん
(1) (abbreviation) (derogatory term) (See 三一侍) low-ranking samurai; (2) (orig. meaning) rolling three and one (in a dice game); (given name) Mitsukazu
Trinity; also 31.

三世

see styles
sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 sanze; miyo(ok)
    さんぜ; みよ(ok)
the Third (of numbered kings)
(1) {Buddh} three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; (2) (さんぜ only) three generations; (female given name) Miyo
The three periods, 過去, 現在, 未來or 過, 現, 未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also 未生, 巳生,後滅, or 未, 現, 過 unborn, born, dead The 華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also 三際.

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.

三受

see styles
sān shòu
    san1 shou4
san shou
 sanju
The three states of Vedanā, i. e. sensation, are divided into painful, pleasurable, and freedom from both 苦, 樂, 捨. When things are opposed to desire, pain arises; when accordant, there is pleasure and a desire for their continuance; when neither, one is detached or free. 倶舍論 1.

三句

see styles
sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanku
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence.

三子

see styles
sān zǐ
    san1 zi3
san tzu
 mine
    みね
(female given name) Mine
The three sons, one filial, wise, and competent; one unfilial but clever and competent; one unfilial stupid, and incompetent; types respectively of bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and icchahtikas, 涅槃經 33.

三寳


三宝

see styles
sān bǎo
    san1 bao3
san pao
 sanbō
Triratna, or Ratnatraya, i.e. the Three Precious Ones: 佛 Buddha, 法 Dharma, 儈 Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Ecelesia or Order. Eitel suggests this trinity may be adapted from the Trimūrti, i.e, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Sīva. The Triratna takes many forms, e.g. the Trikāya 三身 q.v. There is also the Nepalese idea of a triple existence of each Buddha as a Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Dhyāni-Buddha, and Mānuṣi-Buddha; also the Tantric trinity of Vairocana as Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Locana according to Eitel "existing in reflex in the world of forms", and the human Buddha, Śākyamuni. There are other elaborated details known as the four and the six kinds of triratna 四 and 六種三寳, e.g. that the Triratna exists in each member of the trinity. The term has also been applied to the 三仙 q.v. Popularly the 三寳 are referred to the three images in the main hall of monasteries. The centre one is Śākyamuni, on his left Bhaiṣajya 藥師 and on his right Amitābha. There are other explanations, e.g. in some temples Amitābha is in the centre, Avalokiteśvara on his left, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta or Mañjuśrī on his right. Table of Triratna, Trikāya, and Trailokya: — DHARMASAṄGHABUDDHAEssential BodhiReflected BodhiPractical BodhiDhyāni BuddhaDhyāni BodhisattvaMānuṣī BuddhaDharmakāyaSambhogakāyaNirmāṇakāyaPurityCompletenessTransformations4th Buddha-kṣetra3rd Buddha-kṣetra1st and 2nd Buddha kṣetraArūpadhātuRūpadhātuKāmadhātu.

三尊

see styles
sān zūn
    san1 zun1
san tsun
 sanzon; sanson
    さんぞん; さんそん
(1) (さんぞん only) {Buddh} Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas; (2) (さんぞん only) {Buddh} (See 三宝) The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; (3) (さんぞん only) (See 三尊天井) head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); (4) the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher
The three honoured ones: Buddha, the Law, the Ecclesia or Order. Others are: Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, who, according to the Pure-land sect, come to welcome the dying invoker. Another group is Bhaiṣajya, Vairocana, and Candraprabha; and another, Śākyamunī, Mañjuśrī, and Samantabhadra.

三尸

see styles
 sanshi
    さんし
(See 庚申待) the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings

三心

see styles
sān xīn
    san1 xin1
san hsin
 sanshin
    さんしん
(given name) Sanshin
The three minds, or hearts; various groups are given: (1) Three assured ways of reaching the Pure Land, by (a) 至誠心 perfect sincerity; (b) 深 profound resolve for it; (c) 廻向接發願心 resolve on demitting one's merits to others. (2) (a) 根本心 The 8th or ālaya-vijñāna mind, the storehouse, or source of all seeds of good or evil; (b) 依本 the 7th or mano-vijñāna mind, the mediating cause of all taint; (c) 起事心 the ṣaḍāyatana-vijñāna mind, the immediate influence of the six senses. (3) (a) 入心 (b) 住心 (c) 出心 The mind entering into a condition, staying there, departing. (4) A pure, a single, and an undistracted mind. There are other groups.

三忍

see styles
sān rěn
    san1 ren3
san jen
 sannin
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience.

三教

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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.

三文

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 sanmon
    さんもん
(n,n-pref) (1) paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; (2) (orig. meaning) three one-mon coins; (personal name) Mitsufumi

三斷


三断

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sān duàn
    san1 duan4
san tuan
 sandan
The three cuttings off or excisions (of 惑 beguiling delusions, or perplexities). (1) (a) 見所斷 to cut off delusions of view, of which Hīnayāna has eighty-eight kinds; (b) 修所斷in practice, eighty-one kinds; (c) 非所斷nothing left to cut off, perfect. v. 倶舍論 2. (2) (a) 自性斷 to cut off the nature or root (of delusion); (b) 緣縛斷 to cut off the external bonds, or objective causes (of delusions); (c) 不生斷 (delusion) no longer arising, therefore nothing produced to cut off. The third stage in both groups is that of an arhat.

三施

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sān shī
    san1 shi1
san shih
 sanse
The three forms of giving: (1) (a) one's goods; (b) the Law or Truth; (c) courage, or confidence: 智度論 11. (2) (a) goods; (b) worship; (c) preaching. (3) (a) food; (b) valuables; (c) life.

三無


三无

see styles
sān wú
    san1 wu2
san wu
lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them)

三猿

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen; sanzaru
    さんえん; さんざる
(See 見猿,言わ猿,聞か猿) three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
The three monkeys, one guarding its eyes, another its ears, a third its mouth.

三等

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sān děng
    san1 deng3
san teng
 santō
    さんとう
third class
The three equal and universal characteristics of the one Tathāgata, an esoteric definition: (1) (a) his 身 body, (b) 語 discourse, (c) 意 mind. (2) (a) his life or works 修行; (b) spiritual body 法身; (c) salvation 度生; in their equal values and universality.

三篶

see styles
 misuzu
    みすず
(kana only) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

三緣


三缘

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanjin; sanshin
    さんじん; さんしん
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三馬


三马

see styles
sān mǎ
    san1 ma3
san ma
 minma
    みんま
(place-name) Minma
The three horses, one young, strong, and tractable; another similar but not tractable; a third old and intractable, i.e. bodhisattvas (or bodhisattva-monks), śrāvakas and icchantis.

上る

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 agaru
    あがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to ascend; to go up; to climb; (2) to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; (3) to go to (the capital); (4) to be promoted; (5) to add up to; (6) to advance (in price); (7) to swim up (a river); to sail up; (8) to come up (on the agenda); (irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; (2) to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; (3) to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; (4) to get out (of water); to come ashore; (5) to increase; (6) to improve; to make progress; (7) to be promoted; to advance; (8) to be made (of profit, etc.); (9) to occur (esp. of a favourable result); (10) to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); (11) to be finished; to be done; to be over; (12) (of rain) to stop; to lift; (13) to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; (14) to win (in a card game, etc.); (15) to be spoken loudly; (16) to get stage fright; (17) to be offered (to the gods, etc.); (18) (humble language) to go; to visit; (19) (honorific or respectful language) to eat; to drink; (20) to be listed (as a candidate); (21) to serve (in one's master's home); (22) to go north; (suf,v5r) (23) indicates completion; (place-name) Agaru

上位

see styles
shàng wèi
    shang4 wei4
shang wei
 joui / joi
    じょうい
seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) superior (in rank); top; ranking; (2) {comp} higher order (e.g. byte); (3) {comp} host computer (of connected device)

上前

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shàng qián
    shang4 qian2
shang ch`ien
    shang chien
 uwamae
    うわまえ
to advance; to step forward
(1) (See 下前) part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); (2) (See 上米・うわまい・1) percentage; commission; (surname) Kamimae

上司

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shàng si
    shang4 si5
shang ssu
 joushi / joshi
    じょうし
boss; superior
(See 部下,目上) (one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups; (personal name) Jōji

上報


上报

see styles
shàng bào
    shang4 bao4
shang pao
to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter

上塗

see styles
 uwanuri
    うわぬり
(noun/participle) (1) (final) coat (of paint, plaster, glazing, etc.); finish; (2) adding more of the same (e.g. shame)

上家

see styles
shàng jiā
    shang4 jia1
shang chia
 kamicha; kamicha
    かみチャ; カミチャ
preceding player (in a game)
{mahj} (See 下家・しもチャ,対面・トイメン・1) left-hand opponent (chi: shàngjiā); player to one's left; (surname) Jōya

上崗


上岗

see styles
shàng gǎng
    shang4 gang3
shang kang
to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job

上巻

see styles
 joukan / jokan
    じょうかん
(See 下巻,中巻) first volume (in a two or three-volume set); first book; volume one; book one; (surname) Uemaki

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