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Simple Dictionary Definition |
弥 see styles |
wataru わたる |
(adverb) (archaism) more and more; increasingly; (adverb) (1) (archaism) more and more; increasingly; (2) (archaism) extremely; very; (given name) Wataru |
彌 弥 see styles |
mí mi2 mi wataru わたる |
full; to fill; completely; more (given name) Wataru To shoot, reach everywhere, pervade; complete, universal; prevent, stop; more; long. |
彼 see styles |
bǐ bi3 pi kare かれ |
that; those; (one) another (pronoun) (1) (See 彼女・1) he; him; (2) (See 彼氏・1) boyfriend; (surname) Sonosaki That, the other, in contrast with 此 this. |
徙 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi shi |
(literary) to change one's residence Remove, flit. |
微 see styles |
wēi wei1 wei bi び |
tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2] (noun or adjectival noun) (1) minuteness; (numeric) (2) one millionth; (female given name) Honoka sūkṣma. Minute, small, slight; abstruse, subtle; disguised; not; used in the sense of a molecule seven times larger than 極微 an atom; translit. vi, bi. |
忌 see styles |
jì ji4 chi ki き |
to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up something (1) mourning; mourning period; (suffix noun) (2) anniversary of one's death Avoid, tabu, dread; hate, jealous. |
忽 see styles |
hū hu1 hu kotsu こつ |
to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly (numeric) (1) one hundred-thousandth; (adverb taking the "to" particle) (2) (obsolete) (usu. 忽として) (See 忽然) sudden; abrupt; unexpected Suddenly; hastily; a millionth. |
怦 see styles |
pēng peng1 p`eng peng |
(onom.) the thumping of one's heart |
恃 see styles |
shì shi4 shih ji |
(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother to depend on |
恆 恒 see styles |
héng heng2 heng hisashi ひさし |
permanent; constant; fixed; usual; ordinary; rule (old); one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟) (personal name) Hisashi always |
恣 see styles |
zì zi4 tzu shi ほしいまま |
to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect) (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary offered |
恵 see styles |
huì hui4 hui meguru めぐる |
Japanese variant of 惠[hui4] (1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Meguru |
悌 see styles |
tì ti4 t`i ti tei / te てい |
to do one's duty as a younger brother (1) respect for one's elders; (2) harmony among siblings; (given name) Yasushi obedient |
悱 see styles |
fěi fei3 fei |
to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to |
惟 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei yui ゆい |
-ism; only (pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yui To reflect on; but, only; verbal particle; of. 唯. |
愈 see styles |
yù yu4 yü masaru まさる |
the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better (adverb) (archaism) more and more; increasingly; (adverb) (1) (kana only) more and more; all the more; increasingly; (2) (kana only) at last; finally; beyond doubt; (3) (kana only) (at the) last moment; worst possible time; (given name) Masaru to heal |
慌 see styles |
huāng huang1 huang |
to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly |
慚 惭 see styles |
cán can2 ts`an tsan zan |
ashamed Shame, ashamed; i.e. for one's own faults, cf. 愧. |
憋 see styles |
biē bie1 pieh |
to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) |
懷 怀 see styles |
huái huai2 huai kai ふところ |
bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child) (out-dated kanji) (1) bosom; bust; (2) (breast) pocket; purse; handbag To carry in the bosom, mind, or heart; to embrace, cherish; the bosom. |
成 see styles |
chéng cheng2 ch`eng cheng minoru みのる |
to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth (personal name) Minoru Complete, finish, perfect, become.; See under seven strokes. |
戰 战 see styles |
zhàn zhan4 chan sen |
to fight; fight; war; battle War, hostilities, battle; alarm, anxiety, terrified; translit. can. |
戲 戏 see styles |
xì xi4 hsi ke |
trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2] khelā, krīḍā. Play, sport, take one's pleasure; theatricals, which are forbidden to a monk or nun. |
房 see styles |
fáng fang2 fang bou / bo ぼう |
house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines) (1) chamber; room; cell (prison); atrium; (2) (See 坊・2) home of a monk; monk; (3) {astron} (See 二十八宿,蒼竜・そうりょう・3) Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Bou House, room. The rooms for monks and nuns in a monastery or nunnery. |
扉 see styles |
fēi fei1 fei tobira とびら |
door with only one leaf (1) door; gate; opening; (2) title page |
手 see styles |
shǒu shou3 shou te て |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
托 see styles |
tuō tuo1 t`o to taku |
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; something serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure) To carry on the palm, entrust to. |
扛 see styles |
káng kang2 k`ang kang |
to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc) |
扦 see styles |
qiān qian1 ch`ien chien |
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc) |
扭 see styles |
niǔ niu3 niu |
to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips |
抄 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao shou / sho しょう |
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (female given name) Shou extract and annotate from a text |
披 see styles |
pī pi1 p`i pi hiraki ひらき |
to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out (place-name) Hiraki To spread open, unroll, thrown on (as a cloak). 披 is to wear the garment over both shoulders; 袒 is to throw it over one shoulder. |
抬 see styles |
tái tai2 t`ai tai |
to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry |
抱 see styles |
bào bao4 pao kakae かかえ |
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely (surname) Kakae Embrace, enfold, cherish. |
抵 see styles |
dǐ di3 ti tei |
to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) Knock; arrive; resist, bear; substitute. |
拃 see styles |
zhǎ zha3 cha |
span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand); to span (measure with one's hand) |
拉 see styles |
lā la1 la raan / ran らーん |
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels (female given name) Ra-n |
拎 see styles |
līn lin1 lin |
to lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [ling1] |
拝 see styles |
bài bai4 pai hai はい |
Japanese variant of 拜[bai4] (1) bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; (suffix noun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (after one's own name at the end of a letter) respectfully yours; (surname) Haizaki |
拤 see styles |
qiá qia2 ch`ia chia |
to grip with both hands; to put one's hands on (one's hips) |
拱 see styles |
gǒng gong3 kung |
to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched |
拼 see styles |
pīn pin1 p`in pin |
to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell |
挈 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh |
to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family) |
按 see styles |
àn an4 an osae おさえ |
to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment (surname) Osae To place, lay down, lay the hand on; examine; accord with. |
捂 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu |
to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict |
捋 see styles |
luō luo1 lo |
to hold something long and run one's hand along it |
捏 see styles |
niē nie1 nieh |
to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) |
捧 see styles |
pěng peng3 p`eng peng sasage ささげ |
to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands (surname) Sasage To hold in both hands, offer, receive: a double handful. |
捨 舍 see styles |
shě she3 she sha しゃ |
to give up; to abandon; to give alms {Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r). |
捶 see styles |
chuí chui2 ch`ui chui sui |
to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound whipping |
掖 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh waki わき |
to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yi4] (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbreviation) second verse (in a linked series of poems) |
接 see styles |
jiē jie1 chieh setsu |
to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb To receive, take; join on; graft. |
掩 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen en |
to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack To cover (with the hand), screen, shut up. |
掬 see styles |
jū ju1 chü kyoda きょだ |
to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. [ju2] (personal name) Kyoda to scoop out water with the hands |
掰 see styles |
bāi bai1 pai |
to break off or break open something with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) |
揎 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm |
握 see styles |
wò wo4 wo nigiri にぎり |
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful (place-name) Nigiri |
搋 see styles |
chuāi chuai1 ch`uai chuai |
to knead; to rub; to clear a drain with a pump; to conceal something in one's bosom; to carry something under one's coat |
損 损 see styles |
sǔn sun3 sun son そん |
to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ (n,adj-na,vs,vi) (1) loss; damage; harm; unprofitable; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable; (personal name) Takuji To spoil, hurt, damage. |
搵 揾 see styles |
wèn wen4 wen |
(literary) to wipe away (tears); to press with one's fingers; to soak |
摁 see styles |
èn en4 en |
to press (with one's finger or hand) |
摟 搂 see styles |
lǒu lou3 lou |
to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms |
摶 抟 see styles |
tuán tuan2 t`uan tuan |
to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]); (literary) to circle; to wheel |
撲 扑 see styles |
pū pu1 p`u pu |
to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over |
撳 揿 see styles |
qìn qin4 ch`in chin |
to press (with one's hand or finger) |
擁 拥 see styles |
yōng yong1 yung ranpo らんぽ |
to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3] (personal name) Ranpo To crowd, press; embrace, hug. |
操 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao misao(p); sou / misao(p); so みさお(P); そう |
variant of 肏[cao4] (1) fidelity; honour; honor; constancy; (2) chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband); (female given name) Misao; Misawo to take |
擒 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin toriko とりこ |
to capture (1) captive; prisoner; (2) victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.) |
擔 担 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan tan |
picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole To carry, undertake; a load; also 担. |
擠 挤 see styles |
jǐ ji3 chi |
to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) |
擤 see styles |
xǐng xing3 hsing |
to blow (one's nose) |
擼 撸 see styles |
lū lu1 lu |
(dialect) to rub one's hand along; to fire (an employee); to reprimand |
攘 see styles |
rǎng rang3 jang |
(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2] |
攝 摄 see styles |
shè she4 she setsu せつ |
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to take (a photo); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for (female given name) Setsu To collect, gather together, combine, include; lay hold of; assist, act for or with; control, direct, attend to; translit. ś, śa. |
攬 揽 see styles |
lǎn lan3 lan ran |
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass To seize, hold in the arms, embrace; monopolize. |
敔 see styles |
yǔ yu3 yü |
percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick |
斠 see styles |
jiào jiao4 chiao |
(old) instrument to even out the grain in a measuring vessel; to proofread; to collate |
旁 see styles |
páng pang2 p`ang pang tsukuri つくり |
one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) (e.g. 形 の 彡) (See 偏) right-hand radical of a character A side, beside, adjoining, near. |
旃 see styles |
zhān zhan1 chan sen |
felt; silken banner A flag on a bent pole; to warn; translit. generally can, rarely śan, ṣan, cin, kim. |
旬 see styles |
xún xun2 hsün jun じゅん |
ten days; ten years; full period (1) ten-day period (in a month); (2) ten-year period (in one's age); decade; (male given name) Hitoshi A decade, a period of ten days. |
昴 see styles |
mǎo mao3 mao subaru; sumaru; bou / subaru; sumaru; bo すばる; すまる; ぼう |
the Pleiades {astron} (See 二十八宿,白虎・びゃっこ・2) Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters; (personal name) Noboru |
暇 see styles |
xiá xia2 hsia ka ひま |
leisure (noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (2) time (e.g. time it takes to do something); (noun or adjectival noun) (3) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (4) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (adjectival noun) (5) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (3) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (4) leaving; departing a leisure moment |
曜 see styles |
yào yao4 yao you / yo よう |
bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy (female given name) Yō Brilliant, shining. 七曜 The sun, moon, and five planets. 曜宿 These seven and the constellations, the celestial orbs. |
曬 晒 see styles |
shài shai4 shai |
(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to See: 晒 To dry in the sun. |
更 see styles |
gèng geng4 keng kou / ko こう |
more; even more; further; still; still more (See 五更) one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours); (personal name) Fuke To change; a night watch; again; the more. |
會 会 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai kai かい |
to balance an account; accounting; accountant (surname) Kai Meet, assemble, collect, associate, unite; assembly, company; communicate; comprehend, skilled in, can, will; a time, moment. |
有 see styles |
yǒu you3 yu yuu / yu ゆう |
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
朩 see styles |
xx xx5 xx |
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "pin"), an ancient Korean writing system |
朰 see styles |
xx xx5 xx |
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "teul"), an ancient Korean writing system |
枕 see styles |
zhěn zhen3 chen makura まくら |
pillow; to pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4] for this sense) (n,n-suf) (1) pillow; bolster; (n,n-suf) (2) introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in; (female given name) Makura pillow |
果 see styles |
guǒ guo3 kuo ka か |
fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really (1) {Buddh} (See 因・2) phala (attained state, result); (2) {Buddh} (See 悟り・2) enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); (3) (See 果物) fruit; (counter) (4) counter for pieces of fruit; (male given name) Minoru phala, 頗羅 fruit; offspring; result, consequence, effect; reward, retribution; it contrasts with cause, i. e. 因果 cause and effect. The effect by causing a further effect becomes also a cause. |
某 see styles |
mǒu mou3 mou bou / bo ぼう |
some; a certain; sb or something indefinite; such-and-such (n,pref) (1) certain; one; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (masculine speech) (See 某・それがし・2) I; me; (personal name) Norikazu certain..(person or thing) |
柲 see styles |
bì bi4 pi |
weapon handle of bamboo strips |
根 see styles |
gēn gen1 ken ne ね |
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) (1) root (of a plant); (2) root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); (3) root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; (4) one's true nature; (5) (fishing) reef; (personal name) Nemawari mūla, a root, basis, origin; but when meaning an organ of sense, indriyam, a 'power', 'faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense'. M.W. A root, or source; that which is capable of producing or growing, as the eye is able to produce knowledge, as faith is able to bring forth good works, as human nature is able to produce good or evil karma. v. 五根 and 二十二根. |
栽 see styles |
zāi zai1 tsai sai さい |
to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose something on sb; to stumble; to fall down (surname) Sai |
桄 see styles |
guàng guang4 kuang |
woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings |
桶 see styles |
tǒng tong3 t`ung tung oke おけ |
bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] bucket; pail; tub; (personal name) Touzu A tub, bucket, barrel. |
梓 see styles |
zǐ zi3 tzu azusa; shi; azusa あずさ; し; アズサ |
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks (1) (あずさ, アズサ only) (kana only) (See 夜糞峰榛) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); (2) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See キササゲ) yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); (3) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See 赤芽柏・1) Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); (4) printing block; (5) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓弓) catalpa bow; (6) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓巫女) catalpa medium; (surname) Shin |
梘 枧 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien |
bamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout; same as 筧|笕 |
棘 see styles |
jí ji2 chi natsume なつめ |
thorns (1) thorn; spine; prickle; (2) splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); (3) biting words; (noun or adjectival noun) briars; thicket; the bush; (1) thorny shrub; (2) wild rose; briar; (3) thorn; (4) (archit) cusp; (surname) Natsume |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "even the 100-foot bamboo can grow one more foot" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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