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三諦


三谛

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sān dì
    san1 di4
san ti
 santai; sandai
    さんたい; さんだい

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The Three Truths
{Buddh} threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
The three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same.

心印

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xīn yìn
    xin1 yin4
hsin yin
 shinnin

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Appreciation of Truth by Meditation
Mental impression, intuitive certainty; the mind is the Buddha-mind in all, which can seal or assure the truth; the term indicates the intuitive method of the 禪 Ch' an (Zen) school, which was independent of the spoken or written word.

汶萊


汶莱

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wèn lái
    wen4 lai2
wen lai

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Brunei
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo; also written 文萊|文莱

無我


无我

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wú wǒ
    wu2 wo3
wu wo
 muga
    むが

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Selflessness
anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
(1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Muga
anātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11.

独自

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 dokuji
    どくじ

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Alone / A Lone Person
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) original; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) independent; one's own; personal

獨立


独立

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dú lì
    du2 li4
tu li

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Independence
independent; independence; to stand alone
See: 独立

獨自


独自

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dú zì
    du2 zi4
tu tzu
 dokuji

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Alone / A Lone Person
alone
independent

空無


空无

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kōng wú
    kong1 wu2
k`ung wu
    kung wu
 kūmu

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Nothingness
Unreality, or immateriality, of things, which is defined as nothing existing of independent or self-contained nature.

独立心

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 dokuritsushin
    どくりつしん
independent spirit

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 narikuse
    なりくせ
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
(archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou
svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind.


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    du2
tu
 doku
alone; independent; single; sole; only
Only, alone, solitary.

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


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    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 shi
    し
word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
(1) words; writing; lyrics; (2) (See 填詞) ci (form of Chinese poetry); (3) (See 辞・3) independent word; (female given name) Kotoba
An expression, phrase, word.


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    li2
li
 ri
    り
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (something); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south); (surname) Mato
To leave, part from, apart from. abandon; translit. li, le, r, re, rai.

三業


三业

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

二我

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èr wǒ
    er4 wo3
erh wo
 niga
(二我見) The two erroneous views of individualism: (a) 人我見 The erroneous view that there is an independent human personality or soul, and (b) 法我見 the like view that anything exists with an independent nature.

人執


人执

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rén zhí
    ren2 zhi2
jen chih
 ninshū
The (false) tenet of a soul, or ego, or permanent individual, i.e. that the individual is real, the ego an independent unit and not a mere combination of the five skandhas produced by cause and in effect disintegrating; v. 我執.

仏所

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 bussho
    ぶっしょ
(1) place containing a Buddhist image; (2) (See 極楽・1,浄土・1) place containing a Buddha; pure land; (3) (See 造仏所) independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward); (place-name) Bussho

俺流

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 oreryuu / oreryu
    おれりゅう
(masculine speech) one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach

公學


公学

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gōng xué
    gong1 xue2
kung hsüeh
elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College)

分立

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fēn lì
    fen1 li4
fen li
 bunritsu
    ぶんりつ
to establish as separate entities; to divide (a company etc) into independent entities; discrete; separate; separation (of powers etc)
(n,vs,vi) segregation; separation; independence

割據


割据

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gē jù
    ge1 ju4
ko chü
to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation

十障

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shí zhàng
    shi2 zhang4
shih chang
 jisshō
Ten hindrances; bodhisattvas in the stage of 十地 overcome these ten hindrances and realize the十眞如 q.v. The hindrances are: (1) 異生性障 the hindrance of the common illusions of the unenlightened, taking the seeming for real; (2) 邪行障 the hindrance of common unenlightened conduct; (3) 暗鈍障 the hindrance of ignorant and dull ideas; (4) 細惑現行障 the hindrance of the illusion that things are real and have independent existence; (5)下乘涅槃障 the hindrance of the lower ideals in Hīnayāna of nirvāṇa; (6) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the ordinary ideas of the pure and impure; (7) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the idea of reincarnation; (8) 無相加行障 the hindrance of the continuance of activity even in the formless world; (9) 不欲行障 the hindrance of no desire to act for the salvation of others; (10) 法未自在障 the hindrance of non- attainment of complete mastery of all things. v. 唯識論 10.

単館

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 tankan
    たんかん
(adj-f,n) single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)

四力

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sì lì
    si4 li4
ssu li
 shiriki
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment.

四執


四执

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sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四鏡


四镜

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sì jìng
    si4 jing4
ssu ching
 yotsukagami
    よつかがみ
(surname) Yotsukagami
The four resemblances between a mirror and the bhūtatathatā in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The bhūtatathatā, like the mirror, is independent of all beings, reveals all objects, is not hindered by objects, and serves all beings.

土邦

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tǔ bāng
    tu3 bang1
t`u pang
    tu pang
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)

多羅


多罗

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duō luó
    duo1 luo2
to lo
 tara
    たら
(1) (abbreviation) (See 多羅樹) palmyra; (2) (abbreviation) (See 多羅葉) lusterleaf holly; (3) patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue); (surname, female given name) Tara
tārā, in the sense of starry, or scintillation; Tāla, for the fan-palm; Tara, from 'to pass over', a ferry, etc. Tārā, starry, piercing, the eye, the pupil; the last two are both Sanskrit and Chinese definitions; it is a term applied to certain female deities and has been adopted especially by Tibetan Buddhism for certain devīs of the Tantric school. The origin of the term is also ascribed to tar meaning 'to cross', i. e. she who aids to cross the sea of mortality. Getty, 19-27. The Chinese derivation is the eye; the tara devīs; either as śakti or independent, are little known outside Lamaism. Tāla is the palmyra, or fan-palm, whose leaves are used for writing and known as 具多 Pei-to, pattra. The tree is described as 70 or 80 feet high, with fruit like yellow rice-seeds; the borassus eabelliformis; a measure of 70 feet. Taras, from to cross over, also means a ferry, and a bank, or the other shore. Also 呾囉.

孤高

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gū gāo
    gu1 gao1
ku kao
 kokou / koko
    ここう
arrogant
(adj-no,n,adj-na) aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

寂寞

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jì mò
    ji4 mo4
chi mo
 jakubaku
    せきばく
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent
(1) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) (2) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; (3) harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (4) to separate in thought; to consider as independent
quiescent

寂莫

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 sekibaku
    せきばく
    jakumaku
    じゃくまく
(irregular kanji usage) (1) loneliness; desolation; (adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) (2) lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; (3) harsh (words); cutting (criticism); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (4) to separate in thought; to consider as independent

廉署

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lián shǔ
    lian2 shu3
lien shu
ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong

散客

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sǎn kè
    san3 ke4
san k`o
    san ko
FIT (free independent traveler); individual traveler (as opposed to one who travels with a group)

文萊


文莱

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wén lái
    wen2 lai2
wen lai
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo

法我

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fǎ wǒ
    fa3 wo3
fa wo
 hōga
A thing per se, i. e. the false notion of anything being a thing in itself, individual, independent, and not merely composed of elements to be disintegrated. 法我見 The false view as above, cf. 我見.

無住


无住

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wú zhù
    wu2 zhu4
wu chu
 mujuu / muju
    むじゅう
temple lacking a priest; (personal name) Mujuu
Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities.

無作


无作

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wú zuò
    wu2 zuo4
wu tso
 musa
Not creating; uncreated; not doing; inactive, physically or mentally; independent of action, word, or will i.e. natural, intuitive.

無性


无性

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wú xìng
    wu2 xing4
wu hsing
 musei / muse
    むせい
sexless; asexual (reproduction)
(adj-no,n) (1) sexless; nonsexual; asexual; (adj-no,n) (2) {biol} asexual; agamic; (adj-no,n) (3) {gramm} genderless
Without a nature, nothing has an independent nature of its own; cf. 三無性.

無知


无知

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wú zhī
    wu2 zhi1
wu chih
 chi nashi
    むち
ignorant; ignorance
(noun or adjectival noun) ignorance; innocence; stupidity
Ignorant; ignorance; absence of perception. Also, ultimate wisdom considered as static, and independent of differentiation.

無緣


无缘

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wú yuán
    wu2 yuan2
wu yüan
 muen
to have no opportunity; no way (of doing something); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
Causeless, without immediate causal connection, uncaused, underived, independent.

無頼

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 burai; murai(ok)
    ぶらい; むらい(ok)
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) villainous; rascally; knavish; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) (archaism) independent; self-reliant

独歩

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 doppo; dokuho(ok)
    どっぽ; どくほ(ok)
(n,vs,vi) (1) walking alone; walking without assistance; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-reliance; being independent; (can be adjective with の) (3) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless; (given name) Doppo

独法

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 doppou; dokuhou / doppo; dokuho
    どっぽう; どくほう
(1) (abbreviation) (See 独立行政法人) independent administrative corporation (institution, agency); (2) (rare) German law

獨頭


独头

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dú tóu
    du2 tou2
tu t`ou
    tu tou
 dokuzu
independent

獨體


独体

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dú tǐ
    du2 ti3
tu t`i
    tu ti
autonomous body; independent system

眞識


眞识

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zhēn shì
    zhen1 shi4
chen shih
 shinshiki
Buddha-wisdom; the original unadulterated, or innocent mind in all, which is independent of birth and death; cf. 楞伽經 and 起信論. Real knowledge free from illusion, the sixth vijñāna.

緣起


缘起

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yuán qǐ
    yuan2 qi3
yüan ch`i
    yüan chi
 engi
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor
Arising from conditional causation; everything arises from conditions, and not being spontaneous and self-contained has no separate and independent nature; cf. 緣生. It is a fundamental doctrine of the Huayan school, which defines four principal uses of the term: (1) 業感緣起 that of the Hīnayāna, i.e. under the influence of karma the conditions of reincarnation arise; (2) 賴耶緣起 that of the primitive Mahāyāna school, i.e. that all things arise from the ālaya, or 藏 fundamental store; (3) 如來藏緣起 that of the advancing Mahāyāna, that all things arise from the tathāgatagarbha, or bhūtatathatā; (4) 法界緣起 that of complete Mahāyāna, in which one is all and all are one, each being a universal cause.

自主

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zì zhǔ
    zi4 zhu3
tzu chu
 jishu
    じしゅ
independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
(noun/participle) independence; autonomy; self-reliance

自作

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zì zuò
    zi4 zuo4
tzu tso
 jisaku
    じさく
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) (1) one's own work; making by oneself; (2) farming on one's own land; independent farmer
self-created

自在

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zì zai
    zi4 zai5
tzu tsai
 jizai
    じざい
comfortable; at ease
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; (2) (abbreviation) (See 自在鉤) pothook; (surname) Shizai
Īśvara , 伊濕伐邏; can, king, master, sovereign, independent, royal; intp. as free from resistance; also, the mind free from delusion; in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra it translates vasitā. There are several groups of this independence, or sovereignty— 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10, e. g. the 2 are that a bodhisattva has sovereign knowledge and sovereign power; the others are categories of a bodhisattva's sovereign powers. For the eight powers v. 八大自在我.

自立

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zì lì
    zi4 li4
tzu li
 jiritsu
    じりつ
independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) independence; self-reliance; (given name) Yoritatsu
self-sufficient

自養


自养

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zì yǎng
    zi4 yang3
tzu yang
self-sustaining; economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc)

複文

see styles
 fukubun
    ふくぶん
{gramm} complex sentence; sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

達磨


达磨

see styles
dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma(p); daruma
    だるま(P); ダルマ
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

重文

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chóng wén
    chong2 wen2
ch`ung wen
    chung wen
 juubun / jubun
    じゅうぶん
repetitious passage; multiple variants of Chinese characters
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) {gramm} compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 重要文化財) important cultural property; important cultural asset; (given name) Shigebumi

離れ

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 banare
    ばなれ
(suffix noun) (1) (See テレビ離れ) turning away from; shift away from; loss of interest in; alienation from; (suffix noun) (2) (See 素人離れ) being far removed from; being very different from; being (completely) unlike; (suffix noun) (3) (See 親離れ) becoming independent of

CIS

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 shii ai esu; shisu; shiiaiesu(sk) / shi ai esu; shisu; shiaiesu(sk)
    シー・アイ・エス; シス; シーアイエス(sk)
(1) (See 独立国家共同体) Commonwealth of Independent States; CIS; (2) critical incident stress; CIS

ITC

see styles
 ai tii shii; aitiishii(sk) / ai ti shi; aitishi(sk)
    アイ・ティー・シー; アイティーシー(sk)
(1) International Trade Commission; ITC; (2) Independent Television Commission; ITC; (3) International Trade Center; ITC; (4) integrated traffic control; ITC; (5) inclusive tour charter; (6) IT coordinator

オレ流

see styles
 oreryuu / oreryu
    オレりゅう
(masculine speech) one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach

ボス弁

see styles
 bosuben
    ボスべん
independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice

不共德

see styles
bù gòng dé
    bu4 gong4 de2
pu kung te
 fugū toku
independent attributes

不自在

see styles
bù zì zai
    bu4 zi4 zai5
pu tzu tsai
 fu jizai
uneasy; ill at ease
Not independent, not one's own master, under governance.

主体的

see styles
 shutaiteki
    しゅたいてき
(adjectival noun) (1) independent; responsible; active; proactive; (adjectival noun) (2) (See 主観的) subjective

依他性

see styles
yī tā xìng
    yi1 ta1 xing4
i t`a hsing
    i ta hsing
 eta shō
(依他起性) Not having an independent nature, not a nature of its own, but constituted of elements.

副省級


副省级

see styles
fù shěng jí
    fu4 sheng3 ji2
fu sheng chi
sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)

半独立

see styles
 handokuritsu
    はんどくりつ
(adj-no,n) semi-independent

四句執


四句执

see styles
sì jù zhí
    si4 ju4 zhi2
ssu chü chih
 shikushū
The four tenets held by various non-Buddhist schools: (1) the permanence of the ego, i. e. that the ego of past lives is the ego of the present; (2) its impermanence, i. e. that the present ego is of independent birth; (3) both permanent and impermanent, that the ego is permanent, the body impermanent; (4) neither permanent nor impermanent; that the body is impermanent but the ego not impermanent.

大自在

see styles
dà zì zài
    da4 zi4 zai4
ta tzu tsai
 daijizai
    だいじざい
{Buddh} complete freedom; great freedom; great unhinderedness
Īśvara, self-existent, sovereign, independent, absolute, used of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

大集經


大集经

see styles
dà jí jīng
    da4 ji2 jing1
ta chi ching
 Daijikkyō
Mahāsaṃghata-sūtra 大方等大集經 The sūtra of the great assembly of Bodhisattvas from 十方 every direction, and of the apocalpytic sermons delivered to them by the Buddha; 60 juan, tr. in parts at various times by various translators. There are several works connected with it and others independent, e.g. 大集須彌藏經, 大集日藏經 (and 大集月藏經) , 大集經賢 護, 大集會正法經, 大集譬喩王經, etc.

巣立ち

see styles
 sudachi
    すだち
(1) leaving the nest; (2) going out into the world; becoming independent

巣立つ

see styles
 sudatsu
    すだつ
(v5t,vi) (1) to leave the nest; (v5t,vi) (2) (idiom) to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

巣離れ

see styles
 subanare
    すばなれ
(n,vs,vi) (See 巣立つ・すだつ・1) leaving the nest; becoming independent of one's parents

意成天

see styles
yì chéng tiān
    yi4 cheng2 tian1
i ch`eng t`ien
    i cheng tien
 ijō ten
Devas independent of the nourishment of the realms of form and formlessness, who live only in the realm of mind.

折子戲


折子戏

see styles
zhé zi xì
    zhe2 zi5 xi4
che tzu hsi
opera highlights performed as independent pieces

摩利支

see styles
mó lì zhī
    mo2 li4 zhi1
mo li chih
 marishi
    まりし
{Buddh} Marici
(or 摩梨支, or 摩里支); 末利支 Marīci. Rays of light, the sun's rays, said to go before the sun; mirage; also intp. as a wreath. A goddess, independent and sovereign, protectress against all violence and peril. 'In Brahmanic mythology, the personification of light, offspring of Brahmā, parent of Sūrya.' 'Among Chinese Buddhists Maritchi is represented as a female with eight arms, two of which are holding aloft emblems of sun and moon, and worshipped as goddess of light and as the guardian of all nations, whom she protects from the fury of war. She is addressed as 天后 queen of heaven, or as 斗姥 lit. mother of the Southern measure (μλρστζ Sagittarī), and identified with Tchundi' and 'with Mahēśvarī, the wife of Maheśvara, and has therefore the attribute Mātrikā', mother of Buddhas. Eitel. Taoists address her as Queen of Heaven.

柯文哲

see styles
kē wén zhé
    ke1 wen2 zhe2
k`o wen che
    ko wen che
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014

法無我


法无我

see styles
fǎ wú wǒ
    fa3 wu2 wo3
fa wu wo
 hō muga
dharmanairātmya. Things are without independent individuality, i.e. the tenet that things have no independent reality, no reality in themselves. 法無我智 The knowledge or wisdom of the above.

無所属

see styles
 mushozoku
    むしょぞく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan

無自性


无自性

see styles
wú zì xìng
    wu2 zi4 xing4
wu tzu hsing
 mu jishō
asvabhāva; without self-nature, without a nature of its own, no individual nature; all things are without 自然性 individual nature or independent existence, being composed of elements which disintegrate.

無黨派


无党派

see styles
wú dǎng pài
    wu2 dang3 pai4
wu tang p`ai
    wu tang pai
politically unaffiliated; independent (candidate)

独立党

see styles
 dokuritsutou / dokuritsuto
    どくりつとう
Independence Party; Independent Party

独立国

see styles
 dokuritsukoku
    どくりつこく
independent state; independent nation

独立市

see styles
 dokuritsushi
    どくりつし
independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity

独立系

see styles
 dokuritsukei / dokuritsuke
    どくりつけい
(can be adjective with の) independent; unaffiliated; self-funding

独立語

see styles
 dokuritsugo
    どくりつご
{gramm} independent word; free-standing word

独航船

see styles
 dokkousen / dokkosen
    どっこうせん
independent fishing boat

獨立報


独立报

see styles
dú lì bào
    du2 li4 bao4
tu li pao
The Independent

獨聯體


独联体

see styles
dú lián tǐ
    du2 lian2 ti3
tu lien t`i
    tu lien ti
Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union); abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体

稽薑那


稽姜那

see styles
jī jiāng nà
    ji1 jiang1 na4
chi chiang na
 Keikyōna
Kikana. 'A people in Afghanistan (east of Kandahar, south of Ghazna) ruled A.D. 630 by independent chieftains, perhaps identical with the Kykānān of Arabic chroniclers.' Eitel.

結合犯

see styles
 ketsugouhan / ketsugohan
    けつごうはん
single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)

脱サラ

see styles
 datsusara; dassara
    だつサラ; だっサラ
(noun/participle) (See サラ・2) setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business

自主的

see styles
 jishuteki
    じしゅてき
(adjectival noun) independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

自作農

see styles
 jisakunou / jisakuno
    じさくのう
farming on one's own land; independent farmer; landed farmer; owner farmer

自営業

see styles
 jieigyou / jiegyo
    じえいぎょう
independent business; self-employment

自立語

see styles
 jiritsugo
    じりつご
{gramm} independent word; free-standing Japanese language elements (not auxiliaries or particles)

自變數


自变数

see styles
zì biàn shù
    zi4 bian4 shu4
tzu pien shu
(math.) independent variable

自變量


自变量

see styles
zì biàn liàng
    zi4 bian4 liang4
tzu pien liang
(math.) independent variable

阿皮亞


阿皮亚

see styles
ā pí yà
    a1 pi2 ya4
a p`i ya
    a pi ya
Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa

非自立

see styles
 hijiritsu
    ひじりつ
(can act as adjective) not independent

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