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參詳


参详

see styles
cān xiáng
    can1 xiang2
ts`an hsiang
    tsan hsiang
 sanshō
to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
to examine thoroughly [with non-discursive thought]

号泣

see styles
 goukyuu / gokyu
    ごうきゅう
(n,vs,vi) (1) crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation; (n,vs,vi) (2) (colloquialism) (non-standard usage) crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets; weeping

員外


员外

see styles
yuán wài
    yuan2 wai4
yüan wai
 ingai
    いんがい
landlord (old usage)
non-membership

唐木

see styles
 karaki
    からき
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood; (surname) Toonoki

唯無


唯无

see styles
wéi wú
    wei2 wu2
wei wu
 yui mu
nothing but non-existence

啞光


哑光

see styles
yǎ guāng
    ya3 guang1
ya kuang
matte; non-glossy

四土

see styles
sì tǔ
    si4 tu3
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shido
    しど
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake.

四執


四执

see styles
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.

四夷

see styles
sì yí
    si4 yi2
ssu i
 shii / shi
    しい
(derogatory term) (See 東夷・あずまえびす・2,西戎・せいじゅう) Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China; (surname) Shii
(四夷戒 or 四夷罪) v. 四波羅夷.

四忘

see styles
sì wàng
    si4 wang4
ssu wang
 shimō
The state of a saint, i. e. beyond, or oblivious of the four conditions of 一異有無 unity, difference, existence, non-existence.

四軛


四轭

see styles
sì è
    si4 e4
ssu o
 shi aku
The four yokes, or fetters, i. e. 欲 desire, 有 possessions and existence, 見 (unenlightened or non-Buddhist) views, 無明 ignorance.

外典

see styles
wài diǎn
    wai4 dian3
wai tien
 gaiten; geten; geden(ok)
    がいてん; げてん; げでん(ok)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 正典) Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (usu. げてん) (See 内典) non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
non-Buddhist texts

外執


外执

see styles
wài zhí
    wai4 zhi2
wai chih
 geshū
non-Buddhist attachments

外嫁

see styles
wài jià
    wai4 jia4
wai chia
(of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner

外學


外学

see styles
wài xué
    wai4 xue2
wai hsüeh
 gegaku
Study of outside, or non-Buddhist doctrines.

外専

see styles
 gaisen
    がいせん
(derogatory term) (slang) (abbreviation) (abbr. of 外(国)人専門) gaijin hunter; person who only dates (non-Asian) foreigners

外教

see styles
wài jiào
    wai4 jiao4
wai chiao
 gaikyou; gekyou / gaikyo; gekyo
    がいきょう; げきょう
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师); greenhorn; novice; amateurish; religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
(1) (がいきょう only) foreign religion (esp. Christianity); (2) {Buddh} (esp. げきょう) (ant: 内教) religion other than Buddhism
non-Buddhist teachings

外書


外书

see styles
wài shū
    wai4 shu1
wai shu
 gaisho
    がいしょ
(1) foreign book; foreign books; (2) {Buddh} non-Buddhist writings
a non-Buddhist writing

外様

see styles
 tozama
    とざま
(1) (abbreviation) outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; (2) outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group; (place-name) Tozama

外法

see styles
wài fǎ
    wai4 fa3
wai fa
 sotonori
    そとのり
outside measurements
外教; 外典; 外執 External doctrines; rules or tenets non-Buddhist, or heretical.

外經


外经

see styles
wài jīng
    wai4 jing1
wai ching
 gekyō
a work that is classified as non-Buddhist

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

外邪

see styles
wài xié
    wai4 xie2
wai hsieh
 geja
non-Buddhist teachings

外難


外难

see styles
wài nán
    wai4 nan2
wai nan
 genan
objections of non-Buddhists

天乘

see styles
tiān shèng
    tian1 sheng4
t`ien sheng
    tien sheng
 tenjō
devayāna. The deva vehicle— one of the 五乘 five vehicles; it transports observers of the ten good qualities 十喜 to one of the six deva realms of desire, and those who observe dhyāna meditation to the higher heavens of form and non-form.

夷狄

see styles
yí dí
    yi2 di2
i ti
 iteki
    いてき
non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
barbarians; aliens
barbarian tribes

奇特

see styles
qí tè
    qi2 te4
ch`i t`e
    chi te
 kitoku; kidoku
    きとく; きどく
peculiar; unusual; queer
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) (non-standard usage) strange (person); weird; odd
Wonderful, rare, special, the three incomparable kinds of 神通奇特 power to convert all beings, 慧心奇特 Buddha-wisdom, and 攝受奇特Buddha-power to attract and save all beings.

奶精

see styles
nǎi jīng
    nai3 jing1
nai ching
non-dairy creamer

妙無


妙无

see styles
miào wú
    miao4 wu2
miao wu
 myōmu
asat, the mystery of non-existence.

子家

see styles
 kocha
    こチャ
{mahj} non-dealer player

字源

see styles
zì yuán
    zi4 yuan2
tzu yüan
 jigen
    じげん
etymology (of a non-Chinese word); origin of a character
(1) origin of a character; (2) composition of a Chinese character; (3) Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

存否

see styles
 zonpi; sonpi
    ぞんぴ; そんぴ
(whether) existent or non-existent; life or death

定無


定无

see styles
dìng wú
    ding4 wu2
ting wu
 jōmu
definitely non-existent

害魚

see styles
 gaigyo
    がいぎょ
harmful fish (e.g. non-native and prolific, etc.)

實名


实名

see styles
shí míng
    shi2 ming2
shih ming
real-name (registration etc); non-anonymous

實無


实无

see styles
shí wú
    shi2 wu2
shih wu
 jitsu mu
truly non-existent

小眾


小众

see styles
xiǎo zhòng
    xiao3 zhong4
hsiao chung
minority of the population; non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc); niche (market etc)

崗地


岗地

see styles
gǎng dì
    gang3 di4
kang ti
non-irrigated farm land on low hills

希音

see styles
 non
    のん
(female given name) Non

常無


常无

see styles
cháng wú
    chang2 wu2
ch`ang wu
    chang wu
 jōmu
always non-existent

平取

see styles
 hiratori
    ひらとり
(abbreviation) {bus} (See 平取締役) non-executive director; nonmanagerial director; (p,s,g) Biratori

平年

see styles
píng nián
    ping2 nian2
p`ing nien
    ping nien
 heinen / henen
    へいねん
common year
(1) non-leap year; (2) average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year

平日

see styles
píng rì
    ping2 ri4
p`ing jih
    ping jih
 heijitsu(p); hirabi / hejitsu(p); hirabi
    へいじつ(P); ひらび
ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
(adv,n) (1) weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); (2) (ひらび only) kanji radical 73; (given name) Pyon'iru
everyday

徒花

see styles
 mudabana
    むだばな
    adabana
    あだばな
blossom which fails to produce fruit; non-fruit-bearing flower; (1) non-fruit-bearing flower; (2) something that is flashy with no content

性相

see styles
xìng xiàng
    xing4 xiang4
hsing hsiang
 shō zō
The nature (of anything) and its phenomenal expression xing being 無爲 non-functional, or noumenal and xiang 有爲 functional, or phenomenal.

慧月

see styles
huì yuè
    hui4 yue4
hui yüeh
 keigetsu / kegetsu
    けいげつ
(given name) Keigetsu
Jñānacandra, author of the non-Buddhist 勝宗十句義論, Vaiśeṣika-nikāya-daśapadārtha-śāstra, tr. by Xuanzang; perhaps the same as 智月.

教外

see styles
jiào wài
    jiao4 wai4
chiao wai
 kyōge
Outside the sect, or school, or church; also not undergoing normal instruction i.e. the intuitive school which does not rely on texts or writings, but on personal communication of its tenets, either oral or otherwise, including direct contact with the Buddha or object of worship, e.g. 'guidance'.

散家

see styles
 sancha
    サンチャ
{mahj} non-dealer (chi: san jia)

散業


散业

see styles
sàn yè
    san4 ye4
san yeh
 sangō
The good karma acquired in a life of activity.

旁觀


旁观

see styles
páng guān
    pang2 guan1
p`ang kuan
    pang kuan
spectator; non-participant

日系

see styles
rì xì
    ri4 xi4
jih hsi
 nikkei / nikke
    にっけい
(attributive) of Japanese origin
(prefix noun) (1) (of) Japanese descent; (2) (abbreviation) (See 日系人) non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; (3) company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

明碼


明码

see styles
míng mǎ
    ming2 ma3
ming ma
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc); plaintext (cryptography); (of prices) clearly marked

普級


普级

see styles
pǔ jí
    pu3 ji2
p`u chi
    pu chi
(classification) general; non-specialist

暖洞

see styles
nuǎn dòng
    nuan3 dong4
nuan tung
 non tō
presents at a monastery

暖音

see styles
 non
    のん
(female given name) Non

會話


会话

see styles
huì huà
    hui4 hua4
hui hua
(language learning) conversation; dialog; to converse (in a non-native language); (computing) session; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]

有法

see styles
yǒu fǎ
    you3 fa3
yu fa
 uhō
A thing that exists, not like 'the horns of a hare', which are 無法 non-existent things. Also in logic the subject in contrast with the predicate. e. g. 'sound' is the 有法 or thing, 'is eternal' the 法 or law stated.

有無


有无

see styles
yǒu wú
    you3 wu2
yu wu
 umu(p); yuumu(ok) / umu(p); yumu(ok)
    うむ(P); ゆうむ(ok)
to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal
(1) existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; (2) consent or refusal; yes or no
existence and non-existence

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

有色

see styles
yǒu sè
    you3 se4
yu se
 yuushoku / yushoku
    ゆうしょく
colored; non-white; non-ferrous (metals)
(adj-no,n) colored; coloured
having form

有邊


有边

see styles
yǒu biān
    you3 bian1
yu pien
 uhen
The one extreme of 'existence', the opposite extreme being 無邊'non-existence'.

未有

see styles
wèi yǒu
    wei4 you3
wei yu
 miyuu / miyu
    みゆう
is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
(female given name) Miyū
non-existent

未達


未达

see styles
wèi dá
    wei4 da2
wei ta
 mitatsu
    みたつ
non-achievement (of a goal); failing to achieve
not yet attained

本無


本无

see styles
běn wú
    ben3 wu2
pen wu
 honmu
originally non-existent

東夷


东夷

see styles
dōng yí
    dong1 yi2
tung i
 azumaebisu; toui / azumaebisu; toi
    あずまえびす; とうい
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
(1) (derogatory term) (archaism) (ktb:) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; (2) (とうい only) eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

根魚

see styles
 neuo; nezakana
    ねうお; ねざかな
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)

極似

see styles
 gokuni; gokuji
    ごくに; ごくじ
(noun/participle) (slang) (non-standard for 酷似) (See 酷似) resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

権妻

see styles
 gonsai
    ごんさい
(archaism) mistress; concubine; non-legal wife

権的

see styles
 gonteki
    ごんてき
(archaism) mistress; concubine; non-legal wife

欠席

see styles
 kesseki
    けっせき
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 出席) absence; non-attendance

次經


次经

see styles
cì jīng
    ci4 jing1
tz`u ching
    tzu ching
non-canonical text; dubious classic text; Apocrypha

此処

see styles
 koko
    ここ
(1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

此所

see styles
 koko
    ここ
(1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

毛人

see styles
 moujin / mojin
    もうじん
(archaism) (See 蝦夷・1) Emishi; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

毛道

see styles
máo dào
    mao2 dao4
mao tao
 mōdō
毛頭 A name for 凡夫 ordinary people, i. e. non-Buddhists, the unenlightened; the 毛 is said to be a translation of vāla, hair or down, which in turn is considered an error for bāla, ignorant, foolish, i. e. simple people who are easily beguiled. It is also said to be a form of bala-pṛthag-jana, v. 婆, which is intp. as born in ignorance; the ignorant and untutored in general.

民報

see styles
 minpou / minpo
    みんぽう
(usu. in newspaper names) non-official newspaper; private newspaper

民間


民间

see styles
mín jiān
    min2 jian1
min chien
 minkan
    みんかん
among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) private; non-governmental; non-official; civilian; civil; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) folk; popular

永無


永无

see styles
yǒng wú
    yong3 wu2
yung wu
 yōmu
definitely non-existent

法忍

see styles
fǎ rěn
    fa3 ren3
fa jen
 hounin / honin
    ほうにん
(surname, given name) Hounin
Patience attained through dharma, to the overcoming of illusion; also ability to bear patiently external hardships.

浮財


浮财

see styles
fú cái
    fu2 cai2
fu ts`ai
    fu tsai
movable property; money and belongings; non-real estate assets

渡日

see styles
 tonichi
    とにち
(noun/participle) coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)

滞納

see styles
 tainou / taino
    たいのう
(n,vs,adj-no) non-payment; default

無き

see styles
 naki
    なき
(adj-f,suf) (kana only) (often used after one word to modify another, e.g. soulless body) (See 無い・1) -less; lacking; non-existing

無二


无二

see styles
wú èr
    wu2 er4
wu erh
 muni
    むに
(adj-no,n) peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable; second to none; (female given name) Muni
non-duality

無住


无住

see styles
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.

無壞


无坏

see styles
wú huài
    wu2 huai4
wu huai
 mue
non-decay

無壽


无寿

see styles
wú shòu
    wu2 shou4
wu shou
 muju
non-living

無天


无天

see styles
wú tiān
    wu2 tian1
wu t`ien
    wu tien
 muten
non-god

無害


无害

see styles
wú hài
    wu2 hai4
wu hai
 mugai
    むがい
harmless
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (ant: 有害・ゆうがい) harmless
non-injurious

無局


无局

see styles
wú jú
    wu2 ju2
wu chü
non-vulnerable (in bridge)

無明


无明

see styles
wú míng
    wu2 ming2
wu ming
 mumyou / mumyo
    むみょう
avidya (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion
{Buddh} avidya (ignorance)
avidyā, ignorance, and in some senses Māyā, illusion; it is darkness without illumination, the ignorance which mistakes seeming for being, or illusory phenomena for realities; it is also intp. as 痴 ignorant, stupid, fatuous; but it means generally, unenlightened, unillumined. The 起信論 distinguishes two kinds as 根本: the radical, fundamental, original darkness or ignorance considered as a 無始無明 primal condition, and 枝末 'branch and twig' conditions, considered as phenomenal. There is also a list of fifteen distinctions in the Vibhāṣā-śāstra 2. avidyā is also the first, or last of the twelve nidānas.; Commonly tr. 'ignorance', means an unenlightened condition, non-perception, before the stirrings of intelligence, belief that the phenomenal is real, etc.

無有


无有

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wú yǒu
    wu2 you3
wu yu
 muu / mu
    むう
(See 有無・1) nonexistence or existence; absence or presence
Non-existent and existent; also, nonexistent, have not, there is none, etc.

無業


无业

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wú yè
    wu2 ye4
wu yeh
 mugyou / mugyo
    むぎょう
unemployed; jobless; out of work
(noun - becomes adjective with の) without an occupation
non-karmic

無沒


无没

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wú mò
    wu2 mo4
wu mo
 mumotsu
non-perishing

無法


无法

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wú fǎ
    wu2 fa3
wu fa
 muhou / muho
    むほう
unable to; incapable of
(1) lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrage; (adj-na,adj-no) (2) outrageous; lawless; disorderly; unjust; unreasonable
non existent

無爲


无为

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wú wéi
    wu2 wei2
wu wei
 mui
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu.

無瞋


无瞋

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wú chēn
    wu2 chen1
wu ch`en
    wu chen
 mushin
    むしん
{Buddh} (See 三善根) non-anger; non-hatred; no-enmity
no-enmity

無譬


无譬

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wú pì
    wu2 pi4
wu p`i
    wu pi
 muhi
non-metaphorical

無貪


无贪

see styles
wú tān
    wu2 tan1
wu t`an
    wu tan
 muton
    むとん
{Buddh} (See 三善根) non-craving; non-coveting
non-craving

無起


无起

see styles
wú qǐ
    wu2 qi3
wu ch`i
    wu chi
 muki
non-arising

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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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