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yān
    yan1
yen
 engan
    えんがん

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Smoke
smoke; fumes; (given name) Engan
Smoke; also tobacco, opium.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.


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yān
    yan1
yen
 en
    けむり
cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
smoke; fumes
Smoke, tobacco, opium.

排煙


排烟

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pái yān
    pai2 yan1
p`ai yen
    pai yen
 haien
    はいえん
to discharge smoke
(noun/participle) smoke (dispersal)

濃煙


浓烟

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nóng yān
    nong2 yan1
nung yen
 nouen / noen
    のうえん
thick smoke
thick smoke

煙塵


烟尘

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yān chén
    yan1 chen2
yen ch`en
    yen chen
 enjin
    えんじん
smoke and dust; air pollution
dust; smokestack smoke; battle scene

煙火


烟火

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yān huǒ
    yan1 huo3
yen huo
 enka
    えんか
smoke and fire; fireworks
(1) smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking); (2) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; (3) fireworks

熏製


熏制

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xūn zhì
    xun1 zhi4
hsün chih
 kunsei / kunse
    くんせい
to smoke; to cure over a fire
(1) smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); (can be adjective with の) (2) smoked

狼煙


狼烟

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láng yān
    lang2 yan1
lang yen
 noroshi
    のろし
smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
(1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal; (place-name) Noroshi

硝煙


硝烟

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xiāo yān
    xiao1 yan1
hsiao yen
 shouen / shoen
    しょうえん
smoke (from guns)
gunpowder smoke

雲煙


云烟

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yún yān
    yun2 yan1
yün yen
 unen
    うんえん
mist; smoke; cloud
clouds and smoke; landscape

香煙


香烟

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xiāng yān
    xiang1 yan1
hsiang yen
 kouen / koen
    こうえん
cigarette; smoke from burning incense; CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
incense smoke


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qiàng
    qiang4
ch`iang
    chiang
to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb


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tuán
    tuan2
t`uan
    tuan
 madoka
    まどか
round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
(personal name) Madoka
Round; a ball, mass, lump; a group, company, train-band.


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    lu2
lu
 haze
    はぜ
capital (of column); smoke tree
(kana only) wax tree (species of sumac, Rhus succedanea); (surname) Haze

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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
to color by smoke

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xūn
    xun1
hsün
 kun
to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume
To smoke, fumigate, cense, perfume, exhale; fog, becloud.


𬉼

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ǒu
    ou3
ou
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood; half alight; to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects

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suì
    sui4
sui
 hiuchi
    ひうち
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; (place-name, surname) Hiuchi
flame


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zào
    zao4
tsao
 hekkoi
    へっこい
variant of 灶[zao4]
the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself; (out-dated kanji) (kana only) kitchen range; cooking stove; hearth; (kitchen) furnace; stove; furnace; kiln; (place-name) Hekkoi
A kitchen-stove.


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    si1
ssu
 ito
    いと

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Silk
silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
(surname, female given name) Ito


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    lu:3

 ru
strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
thread

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    gu3
ku
 ko
    もも
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
(1) thigh; (can be adjective with の) (2) femoral; (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
thigh

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péng
    peng2
p`eng
    peng
 yomogi
    よもぎ
fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
(1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname, female given name) Yomogi
mugwort or raspberry found growing sporadically among hemp

もく

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 moku
    モク
(from a reversal of くも) (See 雲・くも) cigarette; cig; smoke; fag; (personal name) Moch

一抹

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 ichimatsu
    いちまつ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a wreath (of smoke, cloud, etc.); (2) a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)

一服

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 ippuku
    いっぷく
(noun/participle) (a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

一条

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 ichijou / ichijo
    いちじょう
(1) one line; one streak; one stripe; one ray (of light); one wisp (of smoke); (2) one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book); (3) one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (surname) Takuya

一筋

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 hitosuji
    ひとすじ
(1) one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); (2) a single bloodline; (adjectival noun) (3) earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; (4) ordinary; common

二量

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èr liáng
    er4 liang2
erh liang
 niryō
The two "measurings," or parts of a syllogism : (a) 現量 appearance, e.g. smoke; (b) 比量 inference, e.g. fire from smoke.

五翳

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wǔ yì
    wu3 yi4
wu i
 go ei
The five films, or interceptors of the light of sun and moon— smoke, cloud dust, fog, and the hands of asuras.

人煙


人烟

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rén yān
    ren2 yan1
jen yen
 jinen
    じんえん
sign of human habitation
smoke from human habitations

余煙

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 yoen
    よえん
lingering smoke

倒煙


倒烟

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dào yān
    dao4 yan1
tao yen
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)

冒煙


冒烟

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mào yān
    mao4 yan1
mao yen
to discharge smoke; to fume with rage

吸う

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 suu / su
    すう
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp; (3) to absorb; to soak up; (4) to kiss

吸煙


吸烟

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xī yān
    xi1 yan1
hsi yen
 kyuuen / kyuen
    きゅうえん
to smoke
(noun/participle) (obscure) smoking

吹く

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 fuku
    ふく
(v5k,vi) (1) to blow (of the wind); (transitive verb) (2) to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff; (transitive verb) (3) to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune); (v5k,vt,vi) (4) (See 噴く) to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out; (v5k,vt,vi) (5) to sprout; to put forth (buds); (v5k,vt,vi) (6) to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.); (v5k,vi) (7) (slang) (See 吹き出す・3) to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter; (transitive verb) (8) to brag; to talk big; (transitive verb) (9) to smelt; to mint

呑む

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 nomu
    のむ
(transitive verb) (1) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); (2) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal

喫う

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 suu / su
    すう
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp; (3) to absorb; to soak up; (4) to kiss

喫す

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 kissu
    きっす
(transitive verb) (1) (See 喫する) to eat; to drink; to smoke; (transitive verb) (2) to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow)

喫む

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 nomu
    のむ
(transitive verb) (See 飲む・2) to smoke (tobacco)

噴煙

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 funen
    ふんえん
(eruption of) smoke

四結


四结

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sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shiketsu
The four knots, or bonds, saṃyojana, which hinder free development; they are likened to the 四翳 q. v. four things that becloud, i. e. rain clouds, resembling desire; dust-storms, hate; smoke, ignorance; and asuras, gain.

四翳

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sì yì
    si4 yi4
ssu i
 shiei
The four films, or things that becloud, i. e. rain-clouds; dust-storms; smoke; and asuras, i. e. eclipses of sun and moon; emblematic of desire, hate, ignorance, and pride; cf. 四結.

大口

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dà kǒu
    da4 kou3
ta k`ou
    ta kou
 ooguchi(p); ookuchi
    おおぐち(P); おおくち
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping
(1) big mouth; mouth opened wide; (2) boastful speech; tall talk; bragging; boasting; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (ant: 小口・こぐち・2) large amount; large quantity; (surname) Daiguchi

如焰

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rú yàn
    ru2 yan4
ju yen
 nyoen
like smoke.

寒烟

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 kanen
    かんえん
cold smoke

寒煙

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 kanen
    かんえん
cold smoke

彌漫


弥漫

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mí màn
    mi2 man4
mi man
to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
See: 弥漫

彌蒙


弥蒙

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mí méng
    mi2 meng2
mi meng
impenetrable thick fog or smoke

抽煙


抽烟

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chōu yān
    chou1 yan1
ch`ou yen
    chou yen
to smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽菸|抽烟[chou1yan1])

抽菸


抽烟

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chōu yān
    chou1 yan1
ch`ou yen
    chou yen
to smoke (tobacco)

比量

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bǐ liang
    bi3 liang5
pi liang
 hiryou / hiryo
    ひりょう
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
(noun/participle) (1) comparison; (2) {Buddh} Pramana; epistemology
Comparison and inference; it is defined as 比 comparison of the known, and 量 inference of the unknown. It is the second form in logic of the three kinds of example, 現, 比 and 聖教量, e. g. the inference of fire from smoke.

氤氳


氤氲

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yīn yūn
    yin1 yun1
yin yün
 inun
    いんうん
(literary) (of smoke, mist) dense; thick
(adjective) (rare) energetic; lively; dynamic; vigorous

油烟

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 yuen
    ゆえん
lamp soot (smoke)

油煙


油烟

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yóu yān
    you2 yan1
yu yen
 yuen
    ゆえん
soot; lampblack
lamp soot (smoke)

炊煙


炊烟

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chuī yān
    chui1 yan1
ch`ui yen
    chui yen
smoke from kitchen chimneys

炎管

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 enkan
    えんかん
(See 煙管・えんかん・2) fire tube (in a boiler); furnace flue; smoke tube

烟る

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 kemuru
    けむる
    keburu
    けぶる
(v5r,vi) (1) to smoke (e.g. fire); (2) to be hazy

烟蓋


烟盖

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yān gài
    yan1 gai4
yen kai
 enkai
Smoke (of incense) like a canopy.

烽火

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fēng huǒ
    feng1 huo3
feng huo
 houka / hoka
    ほうか
    noroshi
    のろし
fire beacon (to give alarm)
(1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal

烽烟

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 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
smoke signals

烽煙


烽烟

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fēng yān
    feng1 yan1
feng yen
 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
smoke signals

烽燧

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fēng suì
    feng1 sui4
feng sui
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)

煙る

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 kemuru
    けむる
    keburu
    けぶる
(v5r,vi) (1) to smoke (e.g. fire); (2) to be hazy

煙圈


烟圈

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yān quān
    yan1 quan1
yen ch`üan
    yen chüan
smoke ring

煙害

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 engai
    えんがい
smoke pollution

煙弾

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 endan
    えんだん
smoke bomb

煙死

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 enshi
    えんし
(noun/participle) death by smoke suffocation

煙毒

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 endoku
    えんどく
smoke pollution

煙氣


烟气

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yān qì
    yan1 qi4
yen ch`i
    yen chi
smoke

煙滅


烟灭

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yān miè
    yan1 mie4
yen mieh
 enmetsu
dying out of smoke

煙燻


烟熏

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yān xūn
    yan1 xun1
yen hsün
smoke; to fumigate

煙玉

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 kemuridama
    けむりだま
smoke bomb; smokebomb

煙癮


烟瘾

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yān yǐn
    yan1 yin3
yen yin
the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction

煙蓋


烟盖

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yān gài
    yan1 gai4
yen kai
 enkai
A smoke cover, i.e. a cloud of incense.

煙霞


烟霞

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yān xiá
    yan1 xia2
yen hsia
 enka
    えんか
haze
smoke and mist; view

煙霧


烟雾

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yān wù
    yan1 wu4
yen wu
 enmu
    えんむ
smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
haze; mist; fog; smog

煙霾


烟霾

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yān mái
    yan1 mai2
yen mai
smoke; pollution

煤烟

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 baien
    ばいえん
dirty smoke; soot and smoke

煤煙

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 baien
    ばいえん
dirty smoke; soot and smoke

熏制

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xūn zhì
    xun1 zhi4
hsün chih
to smoke; to cure over a fire

熏烤

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xūn kǎo
    xun1 kao3
hsün k`ao
    hsün kao
to smoke; to cure over a wood fire

燻す

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 ibusu
    いぶす
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke (something); to fumigate; (transitive verb) (2) to oxidize; to oxidise

燻る

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 fusuburu
    ふすぶる
    kusuburu
    くすぶる
    iburu
    いぶる
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter; (2) (kana only) to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; (3) (kana only) to seclude oneself; (v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter; (2) (kana only) to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; (3) (kana only) to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder; (4) (kana only) to seclude oneself; (5) (kana only) to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.); (v5r,vi) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter

狼烟

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 rouen / roen
    ろうえん
    noroshi
    のろし
(1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal

猛煙

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 mouen / moen
    もうえん
heavy smoke; thick smoke

発煙

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 hatsuen
    はつえん
emitting smoke; fuming

白煙

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 hakuen
    はくえん
white smoke

砲烟

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 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon

砲煙

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 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon

破戒

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pò jiè
    po4 jie4
p`o chieh
    po chieh
 hakai
    はかい
to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
To break the commandments.

竈突

see styles
 kudo
    くど
the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself

立つ

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 tatsu
    たつ
(v5t,vi) (1) to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; (v5t,vi) (2) to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); (v5t,vi) (3) to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself; (v5t,vi) (4) to leave (to do something); (v5t,vi) (5) (oft. written as 発つ) to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start; (v5t,vi) (6) to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce; (v5t,vi) (7) to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.); (v5t,vi) (8) to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known; (v5t,vi) (9) to stand (for election); to run; (v5t,vi) (10) (also written as 起つ) to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself; (v5t,vi) (11) to be established (of a policy, plan, objective, etc.); to be formed; (v5t,vi) (12) to be valid (of an argument, logic, etc.); to hold up; to hold water; to stand up (e.g. of evidence); to be logical; to be reasonable; (v5t,vi) (13) to be sustained (of a living, business, etc.); to be maintained; to survive; to be preserved (of one's reputation, honour, etc.); to be saved; (v5t,vi) (14) to start (of a season); to begin; (v5t,vi) (15) to be held (of a market); (v5t,vi) (16) to shut (of a door, shoji, etc.); to be shut; to be closed; (v5t,vi) (17) to be (the result of a division)

紫煙

see styles
 shien
    しえん
purple smoke; tobacco smoke; (given name) Shien

繚繞


缭绕

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liáo rào
    liao2 rao4
liao jao
(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on

薫煙

see styles
 kunen
    くんえん
fragrant smoke; aromatic smoke

蚊燻

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 kaibushi
    かいぶし
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes

蚊遣

see styles
 kayari
    かやり
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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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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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).



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