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Simple Dictionary Definition |
三昧 see styles |
sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai さんまい |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai (三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi. |
無心 无心 see styles |
wú xīn wu2 xin1 wu hsin mushin むしん |
More info & calligraphy: No Mind / Mushin(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) innocence; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (See 有心・2) mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; no-mind; (adj-no,n) (3) insentient; (noun, transitive verb) (4) pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking; begging; request Mindless, without thought, will, or purpose; the real immaterial mind free from illusion; unconsciousness, or effortless action. |
伏 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuse ふせ |
to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt (surname) Fuse Prostrate; humble; suffer, bear; ambush; dog-days; hatch; it is used for control, under control, e. g. as delusion; 斷 is contrasted with it as complete extirpation, so that no delusive thought arises. |
一意 see styles |
yī yì yi1 yi4 i i hitoi ひとい |
focus; with complete devotion; stubbornly (1) one meaning; one thought; (adverb) (2) (See 一意専心) wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; devotedly; (adj-no,adj-na) (3) {comp} unique; (personal name) Hitoi |
二定 see styles |
èr dìng er4 ding4 erh ting nijō |
two kinds of [no-thought] absorption |
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. |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
寂寞 see styles |
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 see styles |
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 |
尸羅 尸罗 see styles |
shī luó shi1 luo2 shih lo shira |
sila (Buddhism) Sila, 尸; 尸怛羅 intp. by 淸凉 pure and cool, i.e. chaste; also by 戒 restraint, or keeping the commandments; also by 性善 of good disposition. It is the second pāramitā, moral purity, i. e. of thought, word, and deed. The four conditions of śīla are chaste, calm, quiet, extinguished, i. e. no longer perturbed by the passions. Also, perhaps śīla, a stone, i. e. a precious stone, pearl, or coral. For the ten śīlas or commandments v. 十戒, the first five, or pañca-śīla 五戒, are for all Buddhists. |
思考 see styles |
sī kǎo si1 kao3 ssu k`ao ssu kao shikou / shiko しこう |
to reflect on; to ponder over (n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) thought; consideration; thinking |
本流 see styles |
honryuu / honryu ほんりゅう |
(1) main course (of a river); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought); (place-name) Honryū |
法性 see styles |
fǎ xìng fa3 xing4 fa hsing hosshou / hossho ほっしょう |
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras. |
無念 无念 see styles |
wú niàn wu2 nian4 wu nien munen むねん |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) regret; chagrin; mortification; (2) {Buddh} (See 有念) freedom from obstructive thoughts Without a thought; without recollection; absence of false ideas or thoughts, i.e. correct ideas or thoughts; apart from thought (nothing exists). |
無意 无意 see styles |
wú yì wu2 yi4 wu i mui むい |
inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing something) unintentional Absence of objective thought, of will or intention; absence of idea, the highest stage of dhyāna. |
無派 see styles |
muha むは |
belonging to no party or school of thought |
非想 see styles |
fēi xiǎng fei1 xiang3 fei hsiang |
Beyond the condition of thinking or not-thinking, of active consciousness or unconsciousness; an abbrev. for 非想非非想天 or 非想非非想處. |
一念頃 一念顷 see styles |
yī niàn qǐng yi1 nian4 qing3 i nien ch`ing i nien ching ichinen no aida |
instant of thought |
入無想 入无想 see styles |
rù wú xiǎng ru4 wu2 xiang3 ju wu hsiang nyū musō |
attaining [the] no-thought [concentration] |
八解脫 八解脱 see styles |
bā jiě tuō ba1 jie3 tuo1 pa chieh t`o pa chieh to hachi gedatsu |
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā. |
四念處 四念处 see styles |
sì niàn chù si4 nian4 chu4 ssu nien ch`u ssu nien chu shinenjo |
Four objects on which memory or the thought should dwell— the impurity of the body, that all sensations lead to suffering, that mind is impermanent, and that there is no such thing as an ego. There are other categories for thought or meditation.; (四念處觀); 四念住 smṛtyupasthāna. The fourfold stage of mindfulness, thought, or meditation that follows the 五停心觀 five-fold procedure for quieting the mind. This fourfold method, or objectivity of thought, is for stimulating the mind in ethical wisdom. It consists of contemplating (1) 身 the body as impure and utterly filthy; (2) 受 sensation, or consciousness, as always resulting in suffering; (3) 心 mind as impermanent, merely one sensation after another; (4) 法 things in general as being dependent and without a nature of their own. The four negate the ideas of permanence, joy, personality, and purity 常, 樂, 我, and 淨, i. e. the four 顚倒, but v. 四德. They are further subdivided into 別 and 總 particular and general, termed 別相念處 and 總相念處, and there are further subdivisions. |
掠める see styles |
kasumeru かすめる |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to deceive; to trick; to cheat; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly; (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face); (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) (often as 目をかすめて) to do (something) while no one is looking; (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) (archaism) to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate |
無心地 无心地 see styles |
wú xīn dì wu2 xin1 di4 wu hsin ti mushin chi |
state of no-thought |
無想天 无想天 see styles |
wú xiǎng tiān wu2 xiang3 tian1 wu hsiang t`ien wu hsiang tien musō ten |
無想界; 無想處 avṛha, the thirteenth brahmaloka, the fourth in the fourth dhyāna, where thinking, or the necessity for thought, ceases. |
無想果 无想果 see styles |
wú xiǎng guǒ wu2 xiang3 guo3 wu hsiang kuo musō ka |
realization gained by no-thought meditation |
非想天 see styles |
fēi xiǎng tiān fei1 xiang3 tian1 fei hsiang t`ien fei hsiang tien |
neither thought nor no-thought heaven |
非想定 see styles |
fēi xiǎng dìng fei1 xiang3 ding4 fei hsiang ting |
concentration of no thought |
一念之頃 一念之顷 see styles |
yī niàn zhī kuǐ yi1 nian4 zhi1 kui3 i nien chih k`uei i nien chih kuei ichinen no kei |
instant of a single thought-moment |
一念萬年 一念万年 see styles |
yī niàn wàn nián yi1 nian4 wan4 nian2 i nien wan nien ichinen bannen |
In a moment's thought to obtain a myriad years and no return to mortality. |
九有情居 see styles |
jiǔ yǒu qíng jū jiu3 you3 qing2 ju1 chiu yu ch`ing chü chiu yu ching chü ku ujō ko |
(or 九有情處), 九衆生居, 九居, 九門, see also 九有, 九地, 九禪 and 九定; the nine happy abodes or states of sentient beings of the 長阿含經 9; they are the 七識住seven abodes or stages of perception or consciousness to which are added the fifth and ninth below: (1) 欲界之人天 the world and the six deva-heavens of desire in which there is variety of bodies (or personalities) and thinking (or ideas); (2) 梵衆天the three brahma heavens where bodies differ but thinking is the same, the first dhyāna heaven; (3) 極光淨天 the three bright and pure heavens where bodies are identical but thinking diners, the second dhyāna heaven; (4) 遍淨天the three universally pure heavens where bodies and thinking are the same, the third dhyāna heaven; (5) 無想天 the no-thinking or no-thought heaven, the highest of the four dhyāna heavens; (6) 空無邊處 limitless space, the first of the formless realms; (7) 識無邊處 limitless percepton, the second ditto; (8) 無所有處 nothingness, the place beyond things, the third ditto; and (9) 非想非非想beyond thought or non-thought, the fourth ditto. |
二無心定 二无心定 see styles |
èr wú xīn dìng er4 wu2 xin1 ding4 erh wu hsin ting ni mushin jō |
two kinds of no-thought absorption |
介爾之心 介尔之心 see styles |
jiè ěr zhī xīn jie4 er3 zhi1 xin1 chieh erh chih hsin keni no kokoro |
ephemeral (thought) |
以心伝心 see styles |
ishindenshin いしんでんしん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (yoji) telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind; (2) (yoji) {Buddh} non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism |
入無想定 入无想定 see styles |
rù wú xiǎng dìng ru4 wu2 xiang3 ding4 ju wu hsiang ting nyū musōjō |
entering the no-thought concentration |
及時行樂 及时行乐 see styles |
jí shí xíng lè ji2 shi2 xing2 le4 chi shih hsing le |
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can; carpe diem |
奮不顧身 奋不顾身 see styles |
fèn bù gù shēn fen4 bu4 gu4 shen1 fen pu ku shen |
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; regardless of perils |
捨生忘死 舍生忘死 see styles |
shě shēng wàng sǐ she3 sheng1 wang4 si3 she sheng wang ssu |
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb; undaunted by perils |
来迎和讃 see styles |
raigouwasan / raigowasan らいごうわさん |
{Buddh} (See 和讃・わさん,来迎・らいごう) Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) |
無念無想 无念无想 see styles |
wú niàn wú xiǎng wu2 nian4 wu2 xiang3 wu nien wu hsiang munenmusou / munenmuso むねんむそう |
(yoji) free from worldly or worthless thoughts no thought |
無念禪定 无念禅定 see styles |
wú niàn chán dìng wu2 nian4 chan2 ding4 wu nien ch`an ting wu nien chan ting munen zenjō |
no-thought meditation |
發心之頃 发心之顷 see styles |
fā xīn zhī kuǐ fa1 xin1 zhi1 kui3 fa hsin chih k`uei fa hsin chih kuei hotsushin no kei |
in an instant (as short as) raising but one single thought |
發意之頃 发意之顷 see styles |
fā yì zhī kuǐ fa1 yi4 zhi1 kui3 fa i chih k`uei fa i chih kuei hotsui no kei |
in an instant (as short as) raising but one single thought |
置之度外 see styles |
zhì zhī dù wài zhi4 zhi1 du4 wai4 chih chih tu wai |
to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard |
能念所念 see styles |
néng niàn suǒ niàn neng2 nian4 suo3 nian4 neng nien so nien nō nen sho nen |
thinker and the thought |
自由思想 see styles |
jiyuushisou / jiyushiso じゆうしそう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) free thought |
茶飯不思 茶饭不思 see styles |
chá fàn bù sī cha2 fan4 bu4 si1 ch`a fan pu ssu cha fan pu ssu |
no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering; to have no appetite |
陰妄一念 阴妄一念 see styles |
yīn wàng yī niàn yin1 wang4 yi1 nian4 yin wang i nien onmō no ichinen |
The illusion of the skandhas like a passing thought. |
非非想天 see styles |
fēi fēi xiǎng tiān fei1 fei1 xiang3 tian1 fei fei hsiang t`ien fei fei hsiang tien |
or 非非想處 v. 非有. |
かと思うと see styles |
katoomouto / katoomoto かとおもうと |
(expression) (1) (after past tense verb) no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; (expression) (2) at the thought of; when I think about |
かと思えば see styles |
katoomoeba かとおもえば |
(expression) (1) (after past tense verb) (See かと思うと・1) no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; (expression) (2) (See かと思うと・2) at the thought of; when I think about |
と思ったら see styles |
toomottara とおもったら |
(expression) (1) (after past tense verb) (See かと思うと・1) no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; (expression) (2) (See かと思うと・2) at the thought of; when I think about |
一念相應慧 一念相应慧 see styles |
yī niàn xiāng yīng huì yi1 nian4 xiang1 ying1 hui4 i nien hsiang ying hui ichinensōō no e |
wisdom united with in an instant of thought |
念念不可得 see styles |
niàn niàn bù kě dé nian4 nian4 bu4 ke3 de2 nien nien pu k`o te nien nien pu ko te nennen fukatoku |
no moment of thought can be apprehended |
言亡慮絕之空 言亡虑绝之空 see styles |
yán wáng lǜ jué zhī kōng yan2 wang2 lv4 jue2 zhi1 kong1 yen wang lü chüeh chih k`ung yen wang lü chüeh chih kung gonmō ryozetsu no kū |
The 'void' that is beyond words or thought. |
非想非非想天 see styles |
fēi xiǎng fēi fēi xiǎng tiān fei1 xiang3 fei1 fei1 xiang3 tian1 fei hsiang fei fei hsiang t`ien fei hsiang fei fei hsiang tien |
neither thought nor no-thought heaven |
非想非非想處 see styles |
fēi xiǎng fēi fēi xiǎng chù fei1 xiang3 fei1 fei1 xiang3 chu4 fei hsiang fei fei hsiang ch`u fei hsiang fei fei hsiang chu |
neither-thought-nor-no-thought concentration |
Variations: |
demakase でまかせ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought |
思い立ったが吉日 see styles |
omoitattagakichijitsu; omoitattagakichinichi おもいたったがきちじつ; おもいたったがきちにち |
(expression) (proverb) the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea |
人無遠慮，必有近憂 人无远虑，必有近忧 see styles |
rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu ren2 wu2 yuan3 lu:4 , bi4 you3 jin4 you1 jen wu yüan lü , pi yu chin yu |
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).; Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. |
Variations: |
okamainashi おかまいなし |
(1) (oft. as 〜に) having no thought for; having no consideration for; having no regard for; not caring about; (2) disregarding; overlooking; (3) (archaism) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); acquittal |
Variations: |
okamainashi おかまいなし |
(1) (oft. as 〜に) having no thought for; having no consideration for; having no regard for; not caring about; (2) disregarding; overlooking; (3) (archaism) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); acquittal |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 61 results for "no thought" 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
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