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Simple Dictionary Definition |
暗い see styles |
kurai くらい |
More info & calligraphy: Kurai |
未知 see styles |
wèi zhī wei4 zhi1 wei chih michi みち |
More info & calligraphy: Unknown(adj-no,n) (ant: 既知) not yet known; unknown; strange; (female given name) Miharu does not (yet) know |
無名 无名 see styles |
wú míng wu2 ming2 wu ming mumei / mume むめい |
More info & calligraphy: Wu Ming / Anonymous(adj-no,n) (1) nameless; unnamed; anonymous; unsigned; (adj-no,n) (2) obscure; unknown; not famous; (adj-no,n) (3) causeless; unjustifiable; (given name) Mumyou no name |
不明 see styles |
bù míng bu4 ming2 pu ming fumei / fume ふめい |
not clear; unknown; to fail to understand (noun or adjectival noun) (1) unclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; (adj-no,suf) (2) unknown; unidentified; (3) ignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight; (female given name) Fumi unclear |
未詳 未详 see styles |
wèi xiáng wei4 xiang2 wei hsiang mishou / misho みしょう |
unknown; unclear (adj-no,n) unknown; unidentified |
他 see styles |
tā ta1 t`a ta ta た |
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other (adv,n,adj-no) other (esp. people and abstract matters) Another, other, the other, his, her, it, etc. |
杳 see styles |
yǎo yao3 yao you / yo よう |
dark and quiet; disappear (adj-t,adv-to) (See 杳として) dark; not understood; unknown; (female given name) Haruka |
楸 see styles |
qiū qiu1 ch`iu chiu hisagi ひさぎ |
Catalpa; Mallotus japonicus (archaism) unknown plant species (perhaps Catalpa ovata or Mallotus japonicus); (kana only) yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa; (female given name) Hisagi |
裏 里 see styles |
lǐ li3 li ura うら |
variant of 裡|里[li3] (1) (ant: 表・おもて・1) opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side; (2) rear; back; behind; (3) lining; inside; (4) in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind (someone's) back; (5) more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side; (6) (See 裏付け) proof; (7) (See 裏をかく・1) opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary; (8) inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.); (9) {baseb} (ant: 表・おもて・7) bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning); (surname) Urasaki back |
㶸 see styles |
xié xie2 hsieh |
(precise meaning unknown, relates to iron); variant of 協|协[xie2] |
不知 see styles |
bù zhī bu4 zhi1 pu chih fuchi ふち |
not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (1) something unknown; (2) ignorance; foolishness; (suffix noun) (1) not having; unaffected by; (conjunction) (2) aside; I don't know about ...; (3) (archaism) I know not whether; I know not if; (surname) Fuchi does not know |
不詳 不详 see styles |
bù xiáng bu4 xiang2 pu hsiang fushou / fusho ふしょう |
not in detail; not quite clear (adj-na,adj-no,n) unknown; unidentified; unspecified |
中乘 see styles |
zhōng shèng zhong1 sheng4 chung sheng chūjō |
The middle vehicle to nirvana, includes all intermediate or medial systems between Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. It also corresponds with the state of a pratyekabuddha, who lives chiefly for his own salvation but partly for others, like a man sitting in the middle of a vehicle, leaving scarcely room for others. It is a definition made by Mahayanists unknown to Hīnayāna. |
久木 see styles |
hisagi ひさぎ |
(archaism) unknown plant species (perhaps Catalpa ovata or Mallotus japonicus); (place-name, surname) Hisagi |
冥い see styles |
kurai くらい |
(adjective) (1) dark; gloomy; (2) dark (in colour); dull; (3) depressed; dispirited; (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown |
冷門 冷门 see styles |
lěng mén leng3 men2 leng men |
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition |
問號 问号 see styles |
wèn hào wen4 hao4 wen hao |
question mark (punct.); unknown factor; unsolved problem; interrogation |
埋没 see styles |
maibotsu まいぼつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) being buried; (n,vs,vi) (2) remaining unknown; being forgotten; (n,vs,vi) (3) being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed |
失名 see styles |
shitsumei / shitsume しつめい |
name unknown |
安安 see styles |
ān ān an1 an1 an an yasuyasu やすやす |
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute) (adv,adv-to) calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably |
尉繚 尉缭 see styles |
wèi liáo wei4 liao2 wei liao |
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy |
幻妖 see styles |
genyou / genyo げんよう |
(noun/participle) (1) confusing people; (noun/participle) (2) magic; (noun/participle) (3) ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown |
張戎 张戎 see styles |
zhāng róng zhang1 rong2 chang jung |
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
彥悰 彦悰 see styles |
yàn cóng yan4 cong2 yen ts`ung yen tsung Gensō |
Yancong, Tang monk, translator and writer, date unknown. |
待考 see styles |
dài kǎo dai4 kao3 tai k`ao tai kao |
under investigation; currently unknown |
探る see styles |
saguru さぐる |
(transitive verb) (1) to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for; (transitive verb) (2) to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out; (transitive verb) (3) to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty) |
探祕 探秘 see styles |
tàn mì tan4 mi4 t`an mi tan mi |
to explore a mystery; to probe the unknown |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
昏い see styles |
kurai くらい |
(adjective) (1) dark; gloomy; (2) dark (in colour); dull; (3) depressed; dispirited; (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown |
未見 未见 see styles |
wèi jiàn wei4 jian4 wei chien miken みけん |
(adj-no,n) not yet seen; unseen; unacquainted; unknown does not [yet] see |
比量 see styles |
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. |
法性 see styles |
fǎ xìng fa3 xing4 fa hsing hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho ほっしょう; ほうしょう |
{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. |
火神 see styles |
huǒ shén huo3 shen2 huo shen honoka ほのか |
god of fire (female given name) Honoka The gods of fire, stated as numbering forty-four in the Vedic pantheon, with Mahābrahmā as the first; of these the Vairocana sutra takes twelve, i. e. 大因陀羅; 行滿; 摩嚕多; 盧醯多; 沒口栗拏; 忿怒; 闍吒羅; 吃灑耶; 意生; 羯攞微; (11th unknown); 謨賀那. Cf. 火尊; 火天. |
秘史 see styles |
hishi ひし |
secret history; hidden history; unknown historical facts |
秘話 see styles |
hiwa ひわ |
secret story; unknown episode |
空薫 see styles |
soradaki そらだき |
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location |
誰何 see styles |
suika すいか |
(noun, transitive verb) challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity |
追究 see styles |
zhuī jiū zhui1 jiu1 chui chiu tsuikyuu / tsuikyu ついきゅう |
to investigate; to look into (noun/participle) investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); enquiry; inquiry |
追窮 see styles |
tsuikyuu / tsuikyu ついきゅう |
(noun/participle) investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); enquiry; inquiry |
逸事 see styles |
yì shì yi4 shi4 i shih itsuji いつじ |
anecdote; lost or apocryphal story about famous person anecdote; unknown fact |
遺珠 遗珠 see styles |
yí zhū yi2 zhu1 i chu ishu いしゅ |
unrecognized talent unknown literary masterpiece; lost pearl |
闇い see styles |
kurai くらい |
(adjective) (1) dark; gloomy; (2) dark (in colour); dull; (3) depressed; dispirited; (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown |
隠れ see styles |
kakure かくれ |
(n-pref,n) (1) hidden; concealed; unknown; crypto-; (2) (See お隠れ) passing away; dying; death |
音譯 音译 see styles |
yīn yì yin1 yi4 yin i |
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown); transcription (linguistics); to transcribe phonetic symbols |
黑盒 see styles |
hēi hé hei1 he2 hei ho |
black box; fig. system whose internal structure is unknown |
Variations: |
ekkusu エックス |
(1) X; x; (2) unknown quantity; an unknown |
不清楚 see styles |
bù qīng chu bu4 qing1 chu5 pu ch`ing ch`u pu ching chu |
unclear; not understood; currently unknown |
供養塚 see styles |
kuyouzuka / kuyozuka くようづか |
unknown person's grave; (place-name) Kuyouzuka |
周作人 see styles |
zhōu zuò rén zhou1 zuo4 ren2 chou tso jen |
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution |
嘔侯侯 呕侯侯 see styles |
ǒu hóu hóu ou3 hou2 hou2 ou hou hou ukōkō* |
Ahaha, or Hahava, the fifth of the cold hells, where the condemned neither stir nor speak, but the cold air passing through their throats produces this sound—a hell unknown to Southern Buddhism. |
失名氏 see styles |
shitsumeishi / shitsumeshi しつめいし |
unknown person |
姜子牙 see styles |
jiāng zǐ yá jiang1 zi3 ya2 chiang tzu ya |
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] |
張二鴻 张二鸿 see styles |
zhāng èr hóng zhang1 er4 hong2 chang erh hung |
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
所不知 see styles |
suǒ bù zhī suo3 bu4 zhi1 so pu chih sho fuchi |
the unknown |
提多迦 see styles |
tí duō jiā ti2 duo1 jia1 t`i to chia ti to chia Daitaka |
Dhṛtaka; the fifth patriarch 'unknown to Southern Buddhists, born in Magadha, a disciple of Upagupta, he went to Madhyadeśa where he converted the heretic Micchaka and his 8,000 followers'. Eitel. |
未命名 see styles |
wèi mìng míng wei4 ming4 ming2 wei ming ming |
untitled; unnamed; no name; nameless; unknown name |
未知数 see styles |
michisuu / michisu みちすう |
(1) {math} (See 既知数) (an) unknown; unknown number; variable; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) unknown quantity; not yet known |
未知數 未知数 see styles |
wèi zhī shù wei4 zhi1 shu4 wei chih shu |
unknown number; (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty See: 未知数 |
未知語 see styles |
michigo みちご |
unknown language; unknown word |
権兵衛 see styles |
gonbee ごんべえ |
(1) (See 名無しの権兵衛) John Doe; person of unknown name; (2) (archaism) (derogatory term) country bumpkin; (given name) Gonbee |
求まる see styles |
motomaru もとまる |
(vi,v5r) to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated |
涅槃經 涅盘经 see styles |
niè pán jīng nie4 pan2 jing1 nieh p`an ching nieh pan ching Nehan gyō |
the Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature. Nirvāṇa Sūtra. There are two versions, one the Hīnayāna, the other the Mahāyāna, both of which are translated into Chinese, in several versions, and there are numerous treatises on them. Hīnayāna: 佛般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Po Fazu A.D. 290-306 of the Western Chin dynasty, B.N. 552. 大般涅槃經 tr. by Faxian, B.N. 118. 般泥洹經 translator unknown. These are different translations of the same work. In the Āgamas 阿含there is also a Hīnayāna Nirvāṇa Sūtra. Mahāyāna: 佛說方等般泥洹經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa of the Western Chin A.D. 265-316, B. N. 116. 大般泥洹經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, tr. by Faxian, together with Buddhabhadra of the Eastern Chin, A.D. 317-420, B. N. 120, being a similar and incomplete translation of B. N. 113, 114. 四童子三昧經 Caturdāraka-samādhi Sūtra, tr. by Jñānagupta of the Sui dynasty, A. D. 589-618, B.N. 121. The above three differ, though they are the first part of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra of the Mahāyāna. The complete translation is 大般涅槃經 tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 423, B.N. 113; v. a partial translation of fasc. 12 and 39 by Beal, in his Catena of Buddhist Scriptures, pp. 160-188. It is sometimes called 北本 or Northern Book, when compared with its revision, the Southern Book, i.e. 南方大般涅槃經 Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra, produced in Jianye, the modem Nanjing, by two Chinese monks, Huiyan and Huiguan, and a literary man, Xie Lingyun. B.N. 114. 大般涅槃經後分 The latter part of the Mahaparinirvāṇa Sūtra tr. by Jñānabhadra together with Huining and others of the Tang dynasty, B.N. 115, a continuation of the last chapter of B.N. 113 and 114. |
烏地多 乌地多 see styles |
wū dì duō wu1 di4 duo1 wu ti to Ochita |
The king of an unknown country in Northern India who patronized Xuanzang (A.D. 640).' Eitel. |
盂蘭盆 盂兰盆 see styles |
yú lán pén yu2 lan2 pen2 yü lan p`en yü lan pen urabon うらぼん |
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns (盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經). |
稲負鳥 see styles |
inaoosedori いなおおせどり |
(archaism) (See 鶺鴒) migratory bird that arrives in autumn (unknown species; perhaps a wagtail) |
空薫き see styles |
soradaki そらだき |
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location |
薑子牙 姜子牙 see styles |
jiāng zǐ yá jiang1 zi3 ya2 chiang tzu ya |
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] |
藺相如 蔺相如 see styles |
lìn xiāng rú lin4 xiang1 ru2 lin hsiang ju |
Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o a mi to Amida あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
Variations: |
nue ぬえ |
(1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) (See トラツグミ) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) mysterious person; person of unknown character; enigma |
鶴亀算 see styles |
tsurukamezan つるかめざん |
obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes |
アングラ see styles |
angura アングラ |
(can act as adjective) (1) (abbreviation) (See アンダーグラウンド・1) underground (film, theater, etc.); unconventional; alternative; experimental; radical; (can act as adjective) (2) (abbreviation) underground (economy, press, etc.); unofficial; illegal; black (money); shady; of unknown origin |
下落不明 see styles |
xià luò bù míng xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2 hsia lo pu ming |
unaccounted; unknown whereabouts |
不得而知 see styles |
bù dé ér zhī bu4 de2 er2 zhi1 pu te erh chih |
unknown; unable to find out |
不為人知 不为人知 see styles |
bù wéi rén zhī bu4 wei2 ren2 zhi1 pu wei jen chih |
not known to anyone; secret; unknown |
不知去向 see styles |
bù zhī qù xiàng bu4 zhi1 qu4 xiang4 pu chih ch`ü hsiang pu chih chü hsiang |
whereabouts unknown; gone missing |
不知所之 see styles |
bù zhī suǒ zhī bu4 zhi1 suo3 zhi1 pu chih so chih |
whereabouts unknown |
不見經傳 不见经传 see styles |
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn bu4 jian4 jing1 zhuan4 pu chien ching chuan |
not found in the classics (idiom); unknown; unfounded; not authoritative |
住所不明 see styles |
juushofumei / jushofume じゅうしょふめい |
(expression) address unknown |
作者不明 see styles |
sakushafumei / sakushafume さくしゃふめい |
(can be adjective with の) of unknown authorship; anonymous (work) |
作者不詳 作者不详 see styles |
zuò zhě bù xiáng zuo4 zhe3 bu4 xiang2 tso che pu hsiang |
author unknown |
作者未詳 作者未详 see styles |
zuò zhě wèi xiáng zuo4 zhe3 wei4 xiang2 tso che wei hsiang sakushamishou / sakushamisho さくしゃみしょう |
author unspecified (can be adjective with の) anonymous; of unknown authorship |
來歷不明 来历不明 see styles |
lái lì bù míng lai2 li4 bu4 ming2 lai li pu ming |
(idiom) of unknown origin; of dubious background |
八種授記 八种授记 see styles |
bā zhǒng shòu jì ba1 zhong3 shou4 ji4 pa chung shou chi hasshu juki |
The eight kinds of prediction―made known to self, not to others; to others not to self; to self and others; unknown to self or others; the near made known but the remote not; the remote made known but not the intermediate steps; near and remote both made known; near and remote both not made known. |
出世說部 出世说部 see styles |
chū shì shuō bù chu1 shi4 shuo1 bu4 ch`u shih shuo pu chu shih shuo pu Shusse setsu bu |
出世部 (出世間說部) (or 出世語言部) Lokottaravādinaḥ, 盧倶多婆拖部 an offshoot of the Māhāsaṇghikāḥ division of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools; the tenets of the school are unknown, but the name, as implied by the Chinese translation, suggests if not the idea of Ādi-Buddha, yet that of supra-mundane nature. |
原因不明 see styles |
geninfumei / geninfume げんいんふめい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) cause unknown |
司馬穰苴 司马穰苴 see styles |
sī mǎ ráng jū si1 ma3 rang2 ju1 ssu ma jang chü |
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] |
名もない see styles |
namonai なもない |
(exp,adj-i) unknown; obscure; insignificant |
名も無い see styles |
namonai なもない |
(exp,adj-i) unknown; obscure; insignificant |
国籍不明 see styles |
kokusekifumei / kokusekifume こくせきふめい |
(can be adjective with の) of unknown nationality (of a vessel, plane, etc.); unidentified |
天狗倒し see styles |
tengudaoshi てんぐだおし |
(from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu) (See 天狗・1) large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain |
姓名不詳 see styles |
seimeifushou / semefusho せいめいふしょう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) unidentified; name unknown |
安否不明 see styles |
anpifumei / anpifume あんぴふめい |
fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown |
寂寂無名 寂寂无名 see styles |
jì jì - wú míng ji4 ji4 - wu2 ming2 chi chi - wu ming |
unknown; unrenowned |
幽霊文字 see styles |
yuureimoji / yuremoji ゆうれいもじ |
(e.g. 妛, 彁, 墸) ghost character; kanji of unknown origin included in the JIS X 0208 character set |
所属不明 see styles |
shozokufumei / shozokufume しょぞくふめい |
(can be adjective with の) of unknown affiliation |
有名無名 see styles |
yuumeimumei / yumemume ゆうめいむめい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble |
未當知根 未当知根 see styles |
wèi dāng zhī gēn wei4 dang1 zhi1 gen1 wei tang chih ken mitō chikon |
The mental faculty of resolving to come to know something unknown |
未知欲知 see styles |
wèi zhī yù zhī wei4 zhi1 yu4 zhi1 wei chih yü chih michi yokuchi |
resolving to come to know something unknown |
未知状態 see styles |
michijoutai / michijotai みちじょうたい |
{comp} unknown state |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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