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There are 8 total results for your 五山 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
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五山

see styles
wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 gosan; gozan
    ごさん; ござん
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

二五山

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 nigoyama
    にごやま
(place-name) Nigoyama

二五山峠

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 nikoyamatouge / nikoyamatoge
    にこやまとうげ
(place-name) Nikoyamatōge

二十五山

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 nijuugoyama / nijugoyama
    にじゅうごやま
(personal name) Nijuugoyama

京都五山

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 kyoutogozan; kyoutogosan / kyotogozan; kyotogosan
    きょうとござん; きょうとごさん
Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto

代三五山

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 daisangoyama
    だいさんごやま
(place-name) Daisangoyama

天竺五山

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tiān zhú wǔ shān
    tian1 zhu2 wu3 shan1
t`ien chu wu shan
    tien chu wu shan
 tenjiku (no) gosan
The five mountains of India on which the Buddha assembled his disciples: Vaibhara, Saptaparnaguha, Indrasailaguha, Sarpiskundika-pragbhara, Grdhrakuta.

鎌倉五山

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 kamakuragozan; kamakuragosan
    かまくらござん; かまくらごさん
the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)
This page contains 8 results for "五山" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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