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Relation in Chinese / Japanese...

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Relationship

Most common Japanese version

 guān xì
 kan kei
Relationship Scroll

The dictionary definition is:
relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, related to, connected to, or as a suffix to sexual it can mean sexual relations or relationship.

But there's more to it...

In Japan, the relationship that you have with certain people can open doors for you. Having this relationship with someone also means they would never rip you off but instead are honor-bound to treat you fairly.


See our Chinese Guanxi entry for more information. This term is used in very similar ways in China, Japan, and Korea.


See Also:  Guanxi

 lì mǎ
 toshima
Lima Scroll

This is the Chinese title for Lima.

This can be a given name or for the capital of Peru.

Note: In Japanese, these characters can be the given name Toshima (no relation to Lima).

Fate / Opportunity / Chance

The Buddhist idea of Fate

 yīn yuán
 in nen
Fate / Opportunity / Chance Scroll

因緣 is the Buddhist concept of a chance meeting or an opportunity that presents itself by fate.

Sometimes this is used to describe a cosmic chain of events or cause and effect.

It also is used to describe predestined relationships between people - and sometimes married couples (although if you want one about marriage, try this: Fate / Destiny of Lovers.

因緣 can also be translated as origin, karma, destiny, affinity, connection, and relation. This all depends on context - seen alone on a wall scroll, this will be read with a “fate/chance” meaning by a Chinese person or a Korean person who can read Hanja.

The more complex definition of this word would be, “Direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things.”

This concept is known as nidana in the original Sanskrit. Also sometimes presented as hetupratyaya (or “hetu and prataya”), which I believe is Pali.


Note: Japanese will tend to use this version of the second Kanji: 縁
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, expect that you’ll get this version. However, this word often carries a negative connotation in Japanese (bad things happen), as it is used that way in a certain Japanese idiom. Therefore, this may not be the best choice if Japanese is your target language.


See Also:  Buddhism | Opportunity


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

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    fa3
fa
 hou / ho
    ほう

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Dharma / The Law
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori
Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵.

瑜伽

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yú jiā
    yu2 jia1
yü chia
 yuga
    ゆが

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Yoga
yoga (loanword)
{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga
yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general.

義理


义理

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yì lǐ
    yi4 li3
i li
 giri
    ぎり

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Giri
doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa
reason

関係

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 kankei / kanke
    かんけい

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Relationship
(n,vs,vi) (1) relation; relationship; connection; (n,vs,vi) (2) participation; involvement; concern; (n,vs,vi) (3) influence; effect; (n,vs,vi) (4) sexual relations; sexual relationship; (suffix noun) (5) related to; connected to; (surname) Riezon

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zhòng
    zhong4
chung
 naka
    なか
second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers
relation; relationship; (personal name) Nakamura

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shū
    shu1
shu
 so; sho
    そ; しょ
to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
(1) (See 注疏) detailed commentary; explanation; annotation; (2) (そ only) memorial to the throne (esp. itemized)
疎 Open, wide apart; distant, coarse; estrange; lax, careless; to state report; commentary; also used for 蔬 vegetarian food.

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ér
    er2
erh
 ji
and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
and


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    yi4
i
 yoshimi
    よしみ
friendship; also pr. [yi2]
(kana only) friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy; (female given name) Yoshimi
right

二智

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èr zhì
    er4 zhi4
erh chih
 nichi
The two kinds of wisdom; there are various pairs. The Huayan school uses 如理智 and 如量智; the Faxiang (法相) uses 根本智 and 後得智; the Tiantai uses 權智 and 實智. (1) (a) 如理智 or 根本智, 無分別智, 正體智, 眞智, 實智 is Buddha-wisdom, or Bodhisattva real wisdom; (b) 如量智 or 後得智, the same wisdom in its limitation and relation to ordinary human affairs. (2) (a) 實智 Absolute wisdom and (b) 權智 or 方便智 | relative or temporal wisdom. (3) (a) 一切智 wisdom of the all, (b) 一切種智 wisdom of all the particulars.

來往


来往

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lái wǎng
    lai2 wang3
lai wang
 raiō
to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
to come and go

値域

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 chiiki / chiki
    ちいき
{math} (See 定義域) range (of a function or relation)

十妙

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shí miào
    shi2 miao4
shih miao
 jūmyō
The ten wonders, or incomprehensibles; there are two groups, the 迹v traceable or manifested and 本門妙 the fundamental. The 迹門十妙 are the wonder of: (1) 境妙 the universe, sphere, or whole, embracing mind, Buddha, and all things as a unity; (2) 智妙 a Buddha's all-embracing knowledge arising from such universe; (3) 行妙 his deeds, expressive of his wisdom; (4) 位妙 his attainment of all the various Buddha stages, i.e. 十住 and十地; (5) 三法妙 his three laws of 理, 慧, and truth, wisdom, and vision; (6) 感應妙 his response to appeal, i.e. his (spiritual) response or relation to humanity, for "all beings are my children"; (7) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (8) 說法妙 his preaching; (9) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (10) 利益妙 the blessings derived through universal elevation into Buddhahood. The 本門十妙 are the wonder of (1) 本因妙 the initial impulse or causative stage of Buddhahood; (2) 本果妙 its fruit or result in eternity, joy, and purity; (3) 國土妙 his (Buddha) realm; (4) 感應妙 his response (to human needs); (5) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (6) 說法妙 his preaching; (7) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (8) 涅槃妙 his nirvāṇa; (9) 壽命妙 his (eternal) life; (10) his blessings as above. Both groups are further defined as progressive stages in a Buddha's career. These "wonders" are derived from the Lotus sūtra.

唇歯

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 shinshi
    しんし
(1) lips and teeth; (2) mutually dependent relation

夢話


梦话

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mèng huà
    meng4 hua4
meng hua
talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions

姻族

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 inzoku
    いんぞく
(form) (See 血族) in-law; relative by marriage; relation by affinity

姻親


姻亲

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yīn qīn
    yin1 qin1
yin ch`in
    yin chin
relation by marriage; in-laws

待對


待对

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dài duì
    dai4 dui4
tai tui
 daitai
Relationship, in relation with, one thing associated with another.

戚誼


戚谊

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qī yì
    qi1 yi4
ch`i i
    chi i
relation; close friendship

族縁

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 zokuen
    ぞくえん
relative; relation; family tie

武統


武统

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wǔ tǒng
    wu3 tong3
wu t`ung
    wu tung
to unify by using military force (usu. in relation to Taiwan)

由縁

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 yuen
    ゆえん
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason; (female given name) Yukari

筋目

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 sujime
    すじめ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) fold; crease; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) lineage; pedigree; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (See 筋道・すじみち・1) reason; logic; thread; method; system; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) relation; connection

紐帯

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 chuutai / chutai
    ちゅうたい
important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link

縁故

see styles
 enko
    えんこ
relation; connection; affinity

縁者

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 enja
    えんじゃ
relative; relation

聯繫


联系

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lián xì
    lian2 xi4
lien hsi
connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch

肉縁

see styles
 nikuen
    にくえん
(See 血縁・1) blood relation; blood relative

自認


自认

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zì rèn
    zi4 ren4
tzu jen
 jinin
    じにん
to believe (something in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (something in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to
(noun/participle) (1) admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; (noun/participle) (2) self-identification

血肉

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xuè ròu
    xue4 rou4
hsüeh jou
 ketsuniku; chiniku
    けつにく; ちにく
flesh
(1) blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; (2) flesh and blood; the body
flesh and blood

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Relationship關繫 / 関繫 / 關係
関係
kan kei / kankeiguān xì / guan1 xi4 / guan xi / guanxikuan hsi / kuanhsi
Lima利馬
利马
toshimalì mǎ / li4 ma3 / li ma / lima
Fate
Opportunity
Chance
因緣
因缘 / 因縁
in nen / innenyīn yuán / yin1 yuan2 / yin yuan / yinyuanyin yüan / yinyüan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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