There are 483 total results for your development search. I have created 5 pages of results for you. Each page contains 100 results...
<12345>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
開発 see styles |
kaihatsu(p); kaihotsu(ok) かいはつ(P); かいほつ(ok) |
(noun, transitive verb) development; exploitation (of resources); (place-name, surname) Kaihotsu |
開發 开发 see styles |
kāi fā kai1 fa1 k`ai fa kai fa kaihotsu かいほつ |
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop (surname) Kaihotsu To star, begin, send forth. |
開銀 see styles |
kaigin かいぎん |
development bank |
阿育 see styles |
ā yù a1 yu4 a yü ashoka あしょか |
(given name) Ashoka Aśoka, 阿恕伽; 阿輸迦(or 阿舒迦, or 阿叔迦) Grandson of Candragupta (Sandrokottos), who united India and reached the summit of his career about 315 B.C. Aśoka reigned from about 274 to 237 B.C. His name Aśoka, 'free from care,' may have been adopted on his conversion. He is accused of the assassination of his brother and relatives to gain the throne, and of a fierce temperament in his earlier days. Converted, he became the first famous patron of Buddhism, encouraging its development and propaganda at home and abroad, to which existing pillars, etc., bear witness; his propaganda is said to have spread from the borders of China to Macedonia, Epirus, Egypt, and Cyrene. His title is Dharmāśoka; he should be distinguished from Kālāśoka, grandson of Ajātaśatru. Cf. 阿育伽經、 阿育伽傳, etc. |
頓覺 顿觉 see styles |
dùn jué dun4 jue2 tun chüeh tonkaku |
to feel suddenly; to realize abruptly Immediate apprehension or enlightenment as opposed to gradual development. |
顕色 see styles |
kenshoku けんしょく |
(noun/participle) development; developing (color) |
飛躍 飞跃 see styles |
fēi yuè fei1 yue4 fei yüeh hiyaku ひやく |
to leap (n,vs,vi) (1) leap; jump; (n,vs,vi) (2) stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; playing an active part (in); (n,vs,vi) (3) rapid progress; dramatic development; making great strides; making a leap forward; (n,vs,vi) (4) leap (of logic); jump; gap (in an argument) |
養成 养成 see styles |
yǎng chéng yang3 cheng2 yang ch`eng yang cheng yousei / yose ようせい |
to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire (noun, transitive verb) training; education; development; cultivation |
饒王 饶王 see styles |
ráo wáng rao2 wang2 jao wang |
(饒王佛) Lokeśvara, 'the lord or ruler of the world; N. of a Buddha' (M.W.); probably a development of the idea of Brahmā, Viṣṇu or Śiva as lokanātha, 'lord of worlds.' In Indo-China especially it refers to Avalokiteśvara, whose image or face, in masculine form, is frequently seen, e.g. at Angkor. Also 世饒王佛. It is to Lokeśvara that Amitābha announces his forty-eight vows. |
馬鳴 马鸣 see styles |
mǎ míng ma3 ming2 ma ming memyou / memyo めみょう |
(person) Asvaghosa (approx. 80-150 CE) 阿濕縛窶抄Aśvaghoṣa, the famous writer, whose patron was the Indo-Scythian king Kaniṣka q. v., was a Brahmin converted to Buddhism; he finally settled at Benares, and became the twelfth patriarch. His name is attached to ten works (v. Hōbōgirin 192, 201, 726, 727, 846, 1643, 1666, 1667, 1669, 1687). The two which have exerted great influence on Buddhism are 佛所行讚經 Buddhacarita-kāvya Sutra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa A. D. 414-421, tr. into English by Beal, S.B.E.; and 大乘起信論 Mahāyāna śraddhotpāda-śāstra, tr. by Paramārtha, A.D．554, and by Śikṣānanda, A. D. 695-700, tr. into English by Teitaro Suzuki 1900, and also by T. Richard, v. 起. He gave to Buddhism the philosophical basis for its Mahāyāna development. There are at least six others who bear this name. Other forms: 馬鳴; 阿濕縛窶抄馬鳴比丘; 馬鳴大士; 馬鳴菩薩, etc. |
ＤＡＣ see styles |
dakku; diieeshii; dii ee shii / dakku; dieeshi; di ee shi ダック; ディーエーシー; ディー・エー・シー |
(org) Development Assistance Committee (OECD); DAC; (o) Development Assistance Committee (OECD); DAC |
ＪＤＫ see styles |
jei dii kee; jeidiikee(sk) / je di kee; jedikee(sk) ジェイ・ディー・ケー; ジェイディーケー(sk) |
{comp} Java Development Kit; JDK |
ＯＤＡ see styles |
oo dii ee; oodiiee(sk) / oo di ee; oodiee(sk) オー・ディー・エー; オーディーエー(sk) |
(See 政府開発援助) Official Development Assistance; ODA |
Ｒ＆Ｄ see styles |
aaru ando dii; aaruandodii(sk) / aru ando di; aruandodi(sk) アール・アンド・ディー; アールアンドディー(sk) |
(See 研究開発) research and development; R&D |
一切禪 一切禅 see styles |
yī qiè chán yi1 qie4 chan2 i ch`ieh ch`an i chieh chan issai zen |
meditation on achieving the development of self and all others to the utmost |
三佛性 see styles |
sān fó xìng san1 fo2 xing4 san fo hsing san busshō |
The three kinds of Buddha-nature: (1) 自性住佛性 the Buddha-nature which is in all living beings, even those in the three evil paths (gati). (2) 引出佛性 the Buddha-nature developed by the right discipline. (3) 至得果佛性 the final or perfected Buddha-nature resulting from the development of the original potentiality. |
三善根 see styles |
sān shàn gēn san1 shan4 gen1 san shan ken sanzengon; sanzenkon さんぜんごん; さんぜんこん |
{Buddh} three wholesome roots (no coveting, no anger, no delusion) The three good "roots", the foundation of all moral development, i.e. 無貪, 無瞋, 無痴 no lust (or selfish desire), no ire, no stupidity (or unwillingness to learn). Also, 施, 慈, 慧 giving, kindness, moral wisdom; v. 三毒 the three poisons for which these are a cure. |
三時教 三时教 see styles |
sān shí jiào san1 shi2 jiao4 san shih chiao sanji kyō |
(三時教判) The three periods and characteristics of Buddha's teaching, as defined by the Dharmalakṣana school 法相宗. They are: (1) 有, when he taught the 實有 reality of the skandhas and elements, but denied the common belief in 實我 real personality or a permanent soul; this period is represented by the four 阿含經 āgamas and other Hīnayāna sūtras. (2) 空 Śūnya, when he negatived the idea of 實法 the reality of things and advocated that all was 空 unreal; the period of the 般若經 prajñā sūtras. (3) 中 Madhyama, the mean, that mind or spirit is real, while things are unreal; the period of this school's specific sūtra the 解深密經, also the 法華 and later sūtras. In the two earlier periods he is said to have 方便 adapted his teaching to the development of his hearers; in the third to have delivered his complete and perfect doctrine. Another division by the 空宗 is (1) as above; (2) the early period of the Mahāyāna represented, by the 深密經; (3) the higher Mahāyāna as in the 般若經. v. also 三敎. |
乱開発 see styles |
rankaihatsu らんかいはつ |
(noun/participle) environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development |
二種性 二种性 see styles |
èr zhǒng xìng er4 zhong3 xing4 erh chung hsing nishu shō |
Two kinds of seed-nature, the character of the ālaya seed and its development: (1) (a) 性種子 The original good seed-nature; (b) 習種子 the seed-nature in practice or development. (2) (a) 本性住種性 The immanent abiding original good seed-nature; (b) 習所成種性 the seed productive according to its ground. (3) (a) 聖種性 The seed-nature of the saints, by which they attain nirvana; (b) 愚夫種性 the seed-nature in the foolish and ignorant. |
五種性 五种性 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng xìng wu3 zhong3 xing4 wu chung hsing goshu shō |
The five germ-natures, or roots of bodhisattva development: (1) 習種性 the germ nature of study of the 空 void (or immaterial), which corrects all illusions of time and space; it corresponds to the 十住 stage; (2) 性種性 that of ability to discriminate all the 性 natures of phenomena and transform the living; the 十行 stage; (3) 道種性(the middle-) way germ-nature, which attains insight into Buddha-laws; the 十廻向; (4) 聖種性 the saint germ-nature which produces holiness by destroying ignorance; the 十廻向 which the bodhisattva leaves the ranks of the 賢 and becomes 聖; (5) 等覺種性 the bodhi-rank germ-nature which produces Buddhahood, i. e. 等覺. |
人作り see styles |
hitozukuri; hitotsukuri ひとづくり; ひとつくり |
personnel training; human resources development; character building |
住宅區 住宅区 see styles |
zhù zhái qū zhu4 zhai2 qu1 chu chai ch`ü chu chai chü |
residential area; housing development |
住建部 see styles |
zhù jiàn bù zhu4 jian4 bu4 chu chien pu |
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. for 住房和城鄉建設部|住房和城乡建设部[Zhu4fang2 he2 Cheng2-Xiang1 Jian4she4bu4]) |
体作り see styles |
karadazukuri からだづくり |
physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting) |
体造り see styles |
karadazukuri からだづくり |
physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting) |
化樂天 化乐天 see styles |
huà lè tiān hua4 le4 tian1 hua le t`ien hua le tien keraku ten |
Nirmāṇarati, 樂變化天 the fifth of the six desire-heavens, 640, 000 yojanas above Meru; it is next above the Tuṣita, or fourth deva. loka; a day is equal to 800 human years; life lasts for 8, 000 years; its inhabitants are eight yojanas in height, and light-emitting; mutual smiling produces impregnation and children are born on the knees by metamorphosis, at birth equal in development to human children of twelve— hence the 'joy-born heaven'. |
十住心 see styles |
shí zhù xīn shi2 zhu4 xin1 shih chu hsin jū jū shin |
Ten stages of mental or spiritual development in the 眞言 Shingon sect, beginning with the human animal and ending with perfect enlightenment; a category by the Japanese monk 弘法 Kōbō, founded on the 大日經,十心品. |
十地心 see styles |
shí dì xīn shi2 di4 xin1 shih ti hsin jūji shin |
Ten stages of mind, or mental development, i.e. (1) 四無量心 the four kinds of boundless mind; (2) 十善心 the mind of the ten good qualities; (3) 明光心 the illuminated mind; (4) 焰慧心 the mind of glowing wisdom; (5) 大勝心 the mind of mastery; (6) 現前心 the mind of the open way (above normal definitions); (7) 無生心 the mind of no rebirth; (8) 不思議心 the mind of the inexpressible; (9) 慧光心 the mind of wisdom-radiance; (10) 受位心 the mind of perfect receptivity. v. also 十心. |
十眞如 see styles |
shí zhēn rú shi2 zhen1 ru2 shih chen ju jū shinnyo |
The ten aspects of the bhūtatathatā or reality attained by a bodhisattva during his fifty-two stages of development, cf. 十地 and 十障, each of which is associated with one of these zhenru: (1) 遍行眞如 the universality of the zhenru; (2) 最勝眞如 its superiority over all else; (3) 流眞如 its ubiquity; (4) 無攝受眞如 its independence or self-containedness; (5) 無別眞如 subjective indifferentiation; (6) 無染淨眞如 above differences of impurity and purity; (7) 法無別眞如 objective indifferentiation; (8) 不增減眞如 invariable, i.e. can be neither added to nor taken from; (9) 智自在所依 the basis of all wisdom; (10) 業自在等所依眞如 and all power. The above are the 別教 group from the 唯識論 10. Another group, of the 圓教, is the same as the 十如是 q.v. |
卵黃囊 卵黄囊 see styles |
luǎn huáng náng luan3 huang2 nang2 luan huang nang |
yolk sac (ectodermal cells attaching fetus to uterus before the development of the placenta) |
四善根 see styles |
sì shàn gēn si4 shan4 gen1 ssu shan ken shi zenkon |
catuṣ-kuśala-mūla, the four good roots, or sources from which spring good fruiy or development. In Hīnayāna they form the stage after 總相念住 as represented by the 倶舍 and 成實; in Mahāyāna it is the final stage of the 十廻向 as represented by the 法相宗. There are also four similar stages connected with śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and Buddha, styled 三品四善根. The four of the 倶舍宗 are 煗法, 頂法, 忍法, and 世第一法. The four of the 成實宗 are the same, but are applied differently. The 法相宗 retains the same four terms, but connects them with the four dhyāna stages of the 眞唯識觀 in its four first 加行 developments. |
增長因 增长因 see styles |
zēng cháng yīn zeng1 chang2 yin1 tseng ch`ang yin tseng chang yin zōchōin |
to cause of development |
大麥地 大麦地 see styles |
dà mài dì da4 mai4 di4 ta mai ti |
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters |
展開図 see styles |
tenkaizu てんかいず |
(1) interior elevation; expansion plan (of a ship); (2) {math} net (of a polyhedron); development |
工地秀 see styles |
gōng dì xiù gong1 di4 xiu4 kung ti hsiu |
concert held at a real estate development site to attract home buyers (Tw) |
建三江 see styles |
jiàn sān jiāng jian4 san1 jiang1 chien san chiang |
Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang |
後じん see styles |
koujin / kojin こうじん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (anat) metanephros; third stage of kidney development |
後日談 see styles |
gojitsudan ごじつだん |
sequel; later development |
後日譚 see styles |
gojitsudan ごじつだん |
sequel; later development |
急展開 see styles |
kyuutenkai / kyutenkai きゅうてんかい |
(noun/participle) rapid development; rapid unfolding |
急発展 see styles |
kyuuhatten / kyuhatten きゅうはってん |
boom (development, sales, etc.) |
想轉變 想转变 see styles |
xiǎng zhuǎn biàn xiang3 zhuan3 bian4 hsiang chuan pien sō tenhen |
conceptual development |
成行き see styles |
nariyuki なりゆき |
(1) outcome; development; course of events; progress; result; (2) (abbreviation) market order; order without limit |
振興局 see styles |
shinkoukyoku / shinkokyoku しんこうきょく |
(n,n-suf) (1) promotion bureau; development office; (2) subprefectural office (in Hokkaido) |
推進部 see styles |
suishinbu すいしんぶ |
(n,n-suf) (usu. as XXX推進部) promotion department; development department; enhancement department |
新展開 see styles |
shintenkai しんてんかい |
new development |
新開地 see styles |
shinkaichi しんかいち |
(1) newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; (2) new residential area; new development; (place-name) Shinkaichi |
新開発 see styles |
shinkaihatsu しんかいはつ |
new development; new discovery; (place-name) Shinkaihotsu |
月輪觀 月轮观 see styles |
yuè lún guān yue4 lun2 guan1 yüeh lun kuan gatsurinkan |
(or 月輪三昧) The moon contemplation ( or samādhi) in regard to its sixteen nights of waxing to the full, and the application of this contemplation to the development of bodhi within, especially of the sixteen kinds of bodhisattva mind of the lotus and of the human heart. |
村作り see styles |
murazukuri むらづくり |
rural community development; rural community activation |
核開発 see styles |
kakukaihatsu かくかいはつ |
nuclear development |
死の谷 see styles |
shinotani しのたに |
(exp,n) {bus} valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages) |
法拉第 see styles |
fǎ lā dì fa3 la1 di4 fa la ti |
Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity |
法整備 see styles |
houseibi / hosebi ほうせいび |
legislation; development of laws |
法相教 see styles |
fǎ xiāng jiào fa3 xiang1 jiao4 fa hsiang chiao hossōkyō |
(大乘法相教) The third of the five periods of doctrinal development as distinguished by 圭峯 Guifeng. |
無境化 see styles |
mukyouka / mukyoka むきょうか |
(rare) change toward a borderless world; development of a borderless world |
理佛性 see styles |
lǐ fó xìng li3 fo2 xing4 li fo hsing ri busshō |
The fundamental Buddha-nature in contrast with 行佛性the Buddha-nature in action or development. |
生立ち see styles |
oitachi おいたち |
(1) growth; development; (2) one's early life; upbringing; personal history |
町作り see styles |
machizukuri まちづくり |
(kana only) town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community |
発展中 see styles |
hattenchuu / hattenchu はってんちゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) under development; in progress |
發展中 发展中 see styles |
fā zhǎn zhōng fa1 zhan3 zhong1 fa chan chung |
developing; under development; in the pipeline |
發改委 发改委 see styles |
fā gǎi wěi fa1 gai3 wei3 fa kai wei |
abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 |
發育期 发育期 see styles |
fā yù qī fa1 yu4 qi1 fa yü ch`i fa yü chi |
puberty; period of development |
知恵熱 see styles |
chienetsu; chiebotori ちえねつ; ちえぼとり |
(1) unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; wisdom fever; (2) (colloquialism) fever that comes from using one's head too much |
科学力 see styles |
kagakuryoku かがくりょく |
scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development |
續索轉 续索转 see styles |
xù suǒ zhuǎn xu4 suo3 zhuan3 hsü so chuan zokusaku ten |
continual development |
育児学 see styles |
ikujigaku いくじがく |
pedology (study of child behavior and development); paedology; puericulture |
胚発生 see styles |
haihassei / haihasse はいはっせい |
embryogenesis; embryogeny; embryonic development |
街作り see styles |
machizukuri まちづくり |
(kana only) town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community |
起こし see styles |
okoshi おこし |
(suffix) development; revitalization |
超展開 see styles |
choutenkai / chotenkai ちょうてんかい |
(colloquialism) abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field |
跨越式 see styles |
kuà yuè shì kua4 yue4 shi4 k`ua yüeh shih kua yüeh shih |
breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward; unusual new development |
都更案 see styles |
dū gēng àn du1 geng1 an4 tu keng an |
urban development project |
里作り see styles |
satozukuri さとづくり |
rural community development; rural community activation |
開拓地 see styles |
kaitakuchi かいたくち |
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development; (place-name) Kaitakuchi |
開発中 see styles |
kaihatsuchuu / kaihatsuchu かいはつちゅう |
(can be adjective with の) under development; in development |
開発費 see styles |
kaihatsuhi かいはつひ |
(See 開発費用) development cost |
開発部 see styles |
kaihatsubu かいはつぶ |
development department |
開發區 开发区 see styles |
kāi fā qū kai1 fa1 qu1 k`ai fa ch`ü kai fa chü |
development zone |
阿遮羅 阿遮罗 see styles |
ā zhē luó a1 zhe1 luo2 a che lo Ashara |
(or 阿遮攞); 阿奢羅 Acala, Immovable, the name of Āryācalanātha 不動明王, the one who executes the orders of Vairocana. Also, a stage in Bodhisattva development, the eighth in the ten stages towards Buddhahood. |
面開発 see styles |
menkaihatsu めんかいはつ |
large-scale housing and lifestyle development project |
ＫＥＤＯ see styles |
kedoo ケドー |
(org) Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; KEDO; (o) Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; KEDO |
ＯＥＣＤ see styles |
oo ii shii dii; ooiishiidii(sk) / oo i shi di; ooishidi(sk) オー・イー・シー・ディー; オーイーシーディー(sk) |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD; (o) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD |
ＳＤＧｓ see styles |
esu dii jiizu; esudiijiizu(sk) / esu di jizu; esudijizu(sk) エス・ディー・ジーズ; エスディージーズ(sk) |
(See 持続可能な開発目標) sustainable development goals; SDGs |
コード名 see styles |
koodomei / koodome コードめい |
code name (of a product under development) |
ブレーキ see styles |
bureeki ブレーキ |
(1) brake; (2) (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes |
ムラ作り see styles |
murazukuri ムラづくり |
rural community development; rural community activation |
一帯一路 see styles |
ittaiichiro / ittaichiro いったいいちろ |
The Belt and Road Initiative (Chinese development strategy); One Belt, One Road |
並進路線 see styles |
heishinrosen / heshinrosen へいしんろせん |
byungjin line; North Korean policy of simultaneous development of its economy and nuclear weapons program |
九上緣惑 九上缘惑 see styles |
jiǔ shàng yuán huò jiu3 shang4 yuan2 huo4 chiu shang yüan huo ku jōen waku |
The nine kinds of error or illusion 見, i.e. views or mental processes, found also in higher conditions of development. |
九品淨土 九品净土 see styles |
jiǔ pǐn jìng tǔ jiu3 pin3 jing4 tu3 chiu p`in ching t`u chiu pin ching tu kuhon jōdo |
also 九品淨刹 , 九品安養, 九品蓮臺, 九品往生 The nine grades, or rewards, of the Pure Land, corresponding to the nine grades of development in the previous life, upon which depends, in the next life, one's distance from Amitābha, the consequent aeons that are needed to approach him, and whether one's lotus will open early or late. |
九種大禪 九种大禅 see styles |
jiǔ zhǒng dà chán jiu3 zhong3 da4 chan2 chiu chung ta ch`an chiu chung ta chan kushu daizen |
The nine kinds of Mahāyāna dhyāna for bodhisattvas, given in the 菩薩地持經 6 and in other works; they are associated with the patience 忍 pāramitā and with the dhyāna of the super-realms. The nine are meditations: (1) 自性禪 on the original nature of things, or mind as the real nature, from which all things derive; (2) 一切禪 on achieving the development of self and all others to the utmost; (3) 難禪 on the difficulties of certain dhyāna conditions; (4) 一切禪 on the entrance to all the (superior) dhyāna conditions; (5) 善人禪 on the good; (6) 一切行禪 on all Mahāyāna practices and actions; (7) 除煩惱禪 on ridding all sufferers from the miseries of passion and delusion; (8) 此世他世樂禪 on the way to bring joy to all people both in this life and hereafter; (9) 淸淨淨禪 on perfect purity in the termination of all delusion and distress and the obtaining of perfect enlightenment. |
二十二門 二十二门 see styles |
èr shí èr mén er4 shi2 er4 men2 erh shih erh men nijūni mon |
The Abhidharma-kośa divides the eighteen realms 十八界 into twenty-two categories. Also, there are twenty-two modes or processes in the perfect development of a Buddha and his works. |
人才育成 see styles |
jinzaiikusei / jinzaikuse じんざいいくせい |
(irregular kanji usage) cultivation of human resources; development of human resources; fostering of human resources; human resource cultivation; human resource development; nurturing of human resources; personnel training; training of personnel |
人才開発 see styles |
jinzaikaihatsu じんざいかいはつ |
(irregular kanji usage) human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD |
人材育成 see styles |
jinzaiikusei / jinzaikuse じんざいいくせい |
cultivation of human resources; development of human resources; fostering of human resources; human resource cultivation; human resource development; nurturing of human resources; personnel training; training of personnel |
人材開発 see styles |
jinzaikaihatsu じんざいかいはつ |
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD |
人格形成 see styles |
jinkakukeisei / jinkakukese じんかくけいせい |
character building; formation of character; personality development |
人財育成 see styles |
jinzaiikusei / jinzaikuse じんざいいくせい |
(irregular kanji usage) cultivation of human resources; development of human resources; fostering of human resources; human resource cultivation; human resource development; nurturing of human resources; personnel training; training of personnel |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "development" 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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
license.
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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.
No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.