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There are 62 total results for your mastery search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

克己

see styles
kè jǐ
    ke4 ji3
k`o chi
    ko chi
 kokki
    こっき

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Self-Restraint / Self-Control
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
(n,vs,vi) self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial; (given name) Yoshimi

征服

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zhēng fú
    zheng1 fu2
cheng fu
 seifuku / sefuku
    せいふく

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Conquer / Conquest
to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
(noun, transitive verb) (1) conquest; subjugation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
to strike

守破離

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 shuhari
    しゅはり

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Shuhari
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques

一手

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yī shǒu
    yi1 shou3
i shou
 hitote
    ひとて
a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
(1) one's own effort; doing single-handedly; (2) a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; (3) a dance; a (musical) composition; (4) a company (e.g. of soldiers); a group; a party; (5) one hand
one hand

会得

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 etoku
    えとく
(noun, transitive verb) understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)

体得

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 taitoku
    たいとく
(noun, transitive verb) mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

凄腕

see styles
 sugoude / sugode
    すごうで
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) go-getter; live wire; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso; (2) remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique

分爭


分争

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fēn zhēng
    fen1 zheng1
fen cheng
to dispute; to struggle for mastery

制圧

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 seiatsu / seatsu
    せいあつ
(noun, transitive verb) gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy

制御

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zhì yù
    zhi4 yu4
chih yü
 seigyo
    せいぎょ
(noun/participle) control; governing; checking; suppression; repression; restraint; mastery; management
to tame

制禦

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 seigyo / segyo
    せいぎょ
(noun/participle) control; governing; checking; suppression; repression; restraint; mastery; management

制空

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 seikuu / seku
    せいくう
mastery of the air

制覇

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 seiha / seha
    せいは
(noun, transitive verb) (1) conquest; domination; supremacy; mastery; (noun, transitive verb) (2) winning (a championship)

制馭

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 seigyo / segyo
    せいぎょ
(noun/participle) control; governing; checking; suppression; repression; restraint; mastery; management

十地

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shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十障

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shí zhàng
    shi2 zhang4
shih chang
 jisshō
Ten hindrances; bodhisattvas in the stage of 十地 overcome these ten hindrances and realize the十眞如 q.v. The hindrances are: (1) 異生性障 the hindrance of the common illusions of the unenlightened, taking the seeming for real; (2) 邪行障 the hindrance of common unenlightened conduct; (3) 暗鈍障 the hindrance of ignorant and dull ideas; (4) 細惑現行障 the hindrance of the illusion that things are real and have independent existence; (5)下乘涅槃障 the hindrance of the lower ideals in Hīnayāna of nirvāṇa; (6) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the ordinary ideas of the pure and impure; (7) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the idea of reincarnation; (8) 無相加行障 the hindrance of the continuance of activity even in the formless world; (9) 不欲行障 the hindrance of no desire to act for the salvation of others; (10) 法未自在障 the hindrance of non- attainment of complete mastery of all things. v. 唯識論 10.

博覽


博览

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bó lǎn
    bo2 lan3
po lan
 hakuran
to read extensively
to have a broad mastery of philosophy and the arts

慣熟

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 kanjuku
    かんじゅく
(n,vs,vi) (See 習熟) proficiency; mastery; competence; becoming proficient (in)

漢才

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 kanzai; karazae
    かんざい; からざえ
(See 漢学) mastery of Chinese literature; Sinology

火候

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huǒ hou
    huo3 hou5
huo hou
heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment

熟練


熟练

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shú liàn
    shu2 lian4
shu lien
 jukuren
    じゅくれん
practiced; proficient; skilled; skillful
(n,vs,vi) skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity

熟達

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 jukutatsu
    じゅくたつ
(n,vs,vi) mastery

爭衡


争衡

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zhēng héng
    zheng1 heng2
cheng heng
to struggle for mastery; to strive for supremacy

習熟

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 shuujuku / shujuku
    しゅうじゅく
(noun/participle) proficiency; mastery

造詣


造诣

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zào yì
    zao4 yi4
tsao i
 zoukei / zoke
    ぞうけい
level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
to pay a visit

過硬


过硬

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guò yìng
    guo4 ying4
kuo ying
to have perfect mastery of something; to be up to the mark

すご腕

see styles
 sugoude / sugode
    すごうで
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) go-getter; live wire; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso; (2) remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique

六十心

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liù shí xīn
    liu4 shi2 xin1
liu shih hsin
 rokujū shin
The sixty different mental positions that may occur to the practitioner of Yoga, see 大日經, 住心品; examples of them are desire, non-desire, ire, kindness, foolishness, wisdom, decision, doubt, depression, brightness, contention, dispute, non-contention, the spirit of devas, of asuras, of nāgas, of humanity, woman (i. e. lust), mastery, commercial, and so on.

十地心

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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.

十自在

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shí zì zài
    shi2 zi4 zai4
shih tzu tsai
 jū jizai
ten powers; ten kinds of mastery

四自在

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sì zì zài
    si4 zi4 zai4
ssu tzu tsai
 shi jizai
The four sovereign powers: 戒 the moral law; 神通 supernatural powers; 智 knowledge; and 慧 wisdom.

大勝心


大胜心

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dà shèng xīn
    da4 sheng4 xin1
ta sheng hsin
 daishō shin
mind of mastery

手利き

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 tekiki
    てきき
skill; mastery

智自在

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zhì zì zài
    zhi4 zi4 zai4
chih tzu tsai
 chi jizai
mastery over awareness

業自在


业自在

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yè zì zài
    ye4 zi4 zai4
yeh tzu tsai
 gō jizai
mastery of karmic activity

生自在

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shēng zì zài
    sheng1 zi4 zai4
sheng tzu tsai
 shō jizai
mastery over birth

自在轉


自在转

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zì zài zhuǎn
    zi4 zai4 zhuan3
tzu tsai chuan
 jizai ten
gaining mastery; control

財自在


财自在

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cái zì zài
    cai2 zi4 zai4
ts`ai tzu tsai
    tsai tzu tsai
 zai jizai
mastery of equipment

願自在

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yuàn zì zài
    yuan4 zi4 zai4
yüan tzu tsai
mastery over vows

一向自在

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yī xiàng zì zài
    yi1 xiang4 zi4 zai4
i hsiang tzu tsai
 ikkō jizai
full mastery

一決雌雄


一决雌雄

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yī jué cí xióng
    yi1 jue2 ci2 xiong2
i chüeh tz`u hsiung
    i chüeh tzu hsiung
to have a showdown; to fight for mastery; to compete for a championship

了徹禪定


了彻禅定

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liǎo chè chán dìng
    liao3 che4 chan2 ding4
liao ch`e ch`an ting
    liao che chan ting
 ryōtetsu zenjō
The mastery of abstract contemplation.

免許皆伝

see styles
 menkyokaiden
    めんきょかいでん
(yoji) possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

力爭上游


力争上游

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lì zhēng shàng yóu
    li4 zheng1 shang4 you2
li cheng shang yu
to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitions

勝解自在


胜解自在

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shèng jiě zì zài
    sheng4 jie3 zi4 zai4
sheng chieh tzu tsai
 shōge jizai
mastery of resolve

勢力自在


势力自在

see styles
shì lì zì zài
    shi4 li4 zi4 zai4
shih li tzu tsai
 seiriki jizai
mastery

心得自在

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xīn dé zì zài
    xin1 de2 zi4 zai4
hsin te tzu tsai
 shin ni jizai wo uru
mind attains mastery

心有堪能

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xīn yǒu kān néng
    xin1 you3 kan1 neng2
hsin yu k`an neng
    hsin yu kan neng
 shin u kannō
mental mastery (flexibility, adaptability, etc)

業精於勤


业精于勤

see styles
yè jīng yú qín
    ye4 jing1 yu2 qin2
yeh ching yü ch`in
    yeh ching yü chin
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.; Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.; Practice makes perfect.

神力自在

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shén lì zì zài
    shen2 li4 zi4 zai4
shen li tzu tsai
 jinriki jizai
mastery over the teachings

神通自在

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shén tōng zì zài
    shen2 tong1 zi4 zai4
shen t`ung tzu tsai
    shen tung tzu tsai
 jinzū jizai
mastery over the teachings

自在成就

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zì zài chéng jiù
    zi4 zai4 cheng2 jiu4
tzu tsai ch`eng chiu
    tzu tsai cheng chiu
 jizai jōshū
consummation of mastery

自家薬籠

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 jikayakurou / jikayakuro
    じかやくろう
(yoji) (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery

自由自在

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zì yóu zì zài
    zi4 you2 zi4 zai4
tzu yu tzu tsai
 jiyuujizai / jiyujizai
    じゆうじざい
free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely
(adjectival noun) (yoji) free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
free

食古不化

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shí gǔ bù huà
    shi2 gu3 bu4 hua4
shih ku pu hua
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

圓自在莊嚴


圆自在庄严

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yuán zì zài zhuāng yán
    yuan2 zi4 zai4 zhuang1 yan2
yüan tzu tsai chuang yen
 en jizai shōgon
perfect in the adornment of mastery

Variations:
習熟
修熟

see styles
 shuujuku / shujuku
    しゅうじゅく
(n,vs,vi) proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)

薬籠中の物

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 yakurouchuunomono / yakurochunomono
    やくろうちゅうのもの
complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

自家薬籠中の物

see styles
 jikayakurouchuunomono / jikayakurochunomono
    じかやくろうちゅうのもの
complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call

於一切法而得自在


于一切法而得自在

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yú yī qiè fǎ ér dé zì zài
    yu2 yi1 qie4 fa3 er2 de2 zi4 zai4
yü i ch`ieh fa erh te tzu tsai
    yü i chieh fa erh te tzu tsai
 o issai hō jitoku jizai
attains full mastery over all dharmas

Variations:
凄腕
スゴ腕
すご腕

see styles
 sugoude(凄腕, sugo腕); sugoude(sugo腕) / sugode(凄腕, sugo腕); sugode(sugo腕)
    すごうで(凄腕, すご腕); スゴうで(スゴ腕)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; (2) go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso

Variations:
手練れ
手だれ
手足れ
手練

see styles
 tedare
    てだれ
(See 手練・しゅれん) mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert

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

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