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三使 see styles |
sān shǐ san1 shi3 san shih sanshi |
The three (divine) messengers—birth, sickness, death; v. 使. Also 三天使 . |
三修 see styles |
sān xiū san1 xiu1 san hsiu san shū |
The three ways of discipline, i.e. three śrāvaka and three bodhisattva ways. The three śrāvaka ways are 無常修 no realization of the eternal, seeing everything as transient; 非樂修 joyless, through only contemplating misery and not realizing the ultimate nirvāṇa-joy; 無我修 non-ego discipline, seeing only the perishing self and not realizing the immortal self. The bodhisattva three are the opposite of these. |
三倍 see styles |
sān bèi san1 bei4 san pei sanbai さんばい |
triple three-fold; three times |
三倒 see styles |
sān dào san1 dao4 san tao santō |
idem 三顚倒. |
三假 see styles |
sān jiǎ san1 jia3 san chia sanke |
prajñāpti. The word 假 q.v. in Buddhist terminology means that everything is merely phenomenal, and consists of derived elements; nothing therefore has real existeme, but all is empty and unreal, 虛妄不實. The three 假 are 法 things, 受 sensations, and 名 names. |
三傑 see styles |
sanketsu さんけつ |
(See 維新の三傑) three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) |
三備 see styles |
sanbi さんび |
(hist) (See 備前,備中,備後) Sanbi (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo) |
三元 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan sangen さんげん |
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] (1) (See 上元,中元・1,下元) 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; (2) heaven, earth and man; (3) January 1; New Year's Day; (can act as adjective) (4) {chem} ternary; (female given name) Miyuki |
三光 see styles |
sān guāng san1 guang1 san kuang sankou / sanko さんこう |
the sun, the moon, and the stars (1) (poetic term) the Sun, the Moon and the stars; (2) {hanaf} three 20-point cards (high-scoring meld); (personal name) Miteru (三光天) Sun, moon, and stars. Also, in the second dhyāna of the form-world there are the two deva regions 少光天, 無量光天, and 光音天q.v. Also 觀音 Avalokiteśvara is styled 日天子sun-prince, or divine son of the sun, 大勢至 Mahāsthāmaprapta is styled 月天子 divine son of the moon, and 虛空藏菩薩 the bodhisattva of the empyrean, is styled 明星天子 divine son of the bright stars. |
三兩 三两 see styles |
sān liǎng san1 liang3 san liang |
two or three |
三八 see styles |
sān bā san1 ba1 san pa sanpachi さんぱち |
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid (1) three and eight; (2) (abbreviation) (See 三八式歩兵銃) Arisaka Type 38 rifle; (personal name) Miya (days ending with the number) 3 and 8 |
三公 see styles |
sankou / sanko さんこう |
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments); (given name) Mitsuhiro |
三冬 see styles |
santou / santo さんとう |
three winter months; (female given name) Mifuyu |
三分 see styles |
sān fēn san1 fen1 san fen sanbun さんぶん |
somewhat; to some degree (noun, transitive verb) trisection; dividing into three (parts); (place-name) Mibun three parts |
三力 see styles |
sān lì san1 li4 san li sanriki |
The three powers, of which there are various groups: (1) (a) personal power; (6) tathāgata-power; (c) power of the Buddha-nature within. (2) (a) power of a wise eye to see the Buddha-medicine (for evil); (b) of diagnosis of the ailment; (c) of suiting and applying the medicine to the disease. (3) (a) the power of Buddha; (b) of samādhi; (c) of personal achievement or merit. |
三劫 see styles |
sān jié san1 jie2 san chieh sankō |
three eons |
三包 see styles |
sān bāo san1 bao1 san pao |
"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund |
三北 see styles |
sān běi san1 bei3 san pei mikita みきた |
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北[Dong1 bei3], 華北|华北[Hua2 bei3] and 西北[Xi1 bei3] (surname) Mikita |
三匝 see styles |
sān zā san1 za1 san tsa san sō |
encircles three times |
三千 see styles |
sān qiān san1 qian1 san ch`ien san chien michi みち |
(1) 3000; (2) many; (female given name) Michi trisahasra, three thousand; a term used by the Tiantai School for 一切諸法, i. e. all things, everything in a chiliocosm, or Buddhaworld; v. 三千大千世界. |
三印 see styles |
sān yìn san1 yin4 san yin san'in |
The three signs or proofs of a Hīnayāna sutra— non-permanence, non-personality, nirvāṇa; without these the sūtra is spurious and the doctrine is of Māra; the proof of a Mahāyāna sūtra is the doctrine of 一實 ultimate reality, q. v. Also 三法印. |
三卿 see styles |
sankyou / sankyo さんきょう |
(hist) (See 御三卿) three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi) |
三厭 see styles |
sanen さんえん |
{Buddh} red meat, bird and fish flesh; three disagreeable things |
三叉 see styles |
sansa さんさ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three-pronged fork; trident; (given name) Sansa |
三反 see styles |
sān fǎn san1 fan3 san fan mitazaki みたざき |
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 (surname) Mitazaki |
三向 see styles |
sān xiàng san1 xiang4 san hsiang sankō |
three qualities of the reason |
三周 see styles |
sān zhōu san1 zhou1 san chou san shū |
three rounds |
三味 see styles |
sān wèi san1 wei4 san wei sami さみ |
three-stringed guitar; (surname) Mitsuaji The three flavours, or pleasant savours: the monastic life, reading the scriptures, meditation. |
三和 see styles |
sān hé san1 he2 san ho miwa みわ |
(p,s,f) Miwa The union of the three, i.e. 根 indriya, 境 ālambana, and 識 vijñāna, i.e. organ, object, and cognition. |
三品 see styles |
sān pǐn san1 pin3 san p`in san pin mihin みひん |
(surname) Mihin The general meaning is 上, 中, 下 superior, medium, inferior. |
三唱 see styles |
sanshou / sansho さんしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) three cheers; three chants; singing three times |
三善 see styles |
sān shàn san1 shan4 san shan miyoshi みよし |
(surname, female given name) Miyoshi idem 三時敎 and 三善根. |
三回 see styles |
sankai さんかい |
three times |
三因 see styles |
sān yīn san1 yin1 san yin sanin さんいん |
{Buddh} (See 三因仏性) three causes of Buddha nature; (place-name) Miyori The six "causes" of the Abhidharma Kośa 倶舍論 as reduced to three in the Satyasiddhi śāstra 成實論, i.e. 生因 producing cause, as good or evil deeds cause good or evil karma; 習因 habit cause, e.g. lust breeding lust; 依因 dependent or hypostatic cause, e.g. the six organs 六根 and their objects 六境 causing the cognitions 六識. |
三圍 三围 see styles |
sān wéi san1 wei2 san wei |
BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2] |
三土 see styles |
sān tǔ san1 tu3 san t`u san tu mitsuchi みつち |
(place-name, surname) Mitsuchi idem 三佛土. |
三垢 see styles |
sān gòu san1 gou4 san kou miyoshi みよし |
(personal name) Miyoshi The three defilers—desire, hate, stupidity (or ignorance), idem 三毒. |
三堅 三坚 see styles |
sān jiān san1 jian1 san chien sanken |
The three sure or certain things are 身, 命 and 財, i.e. the reward of the true disciple is an infinite body or personality, an endless life, and boundless (spiritual) possessions, 無極之身, 無窮之命, 無盡之財, v. 能摩經:菩薩品. |
三報 三报 see styles |
sān bào san1 bao4 san pao sanpō |
The three recompenses, i.e. 現報 in the present life for deeds now done; 生報 in the next rebirth for deeds now done; and 後報 in subsequent lives. |
三塗 三涂 see styles |
sān tú san1 tu2 san t`u san tu sanzu |
The 塗 mire is interpreted by 途 a road, i.e. the three unhappy gati or ways; (a) 火塗 to the fires of hell; (b) 血塗 to the hell of blood, where as animals they devour each other; (c) 刀塗 the asipattra hell of swords, where the leaves and grasses are sharp-edged swords. Cf. 三惡趣. |
三士 see styles |
sān shì san1 shi4 san shih mitsuo みつお |
(obsolete) recruit (former rank in the JSDF); (personal name) Mitsuo three types of practitioners |
三夏 see styles |
sanka さんか |
three summer months; (female given name) Minatsu |
三多 see styles |
sān duō san1 duo1 san to mitsuda みつだ |
(personal name) Mitsuda Much intercourse with good friends, much hearing of the Law, much meditation on the impure. Also, much worship, much service of good friends, much inquiry on important doctrines. There are other groups. |
三大 see styles |
sān dà san1 da4 san ta sandai さんだい |
(prefix) (See 三大疾病) the big three ...; (surname) Miou The three great characteristics of the 眞如 in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (1) 體大 The greatness of the bhūtatathatā in its essence or substance; it is 衆生心之體性 the embodied nature of the mind of all the living, universal, immortal, immutable, eternal; (2) 相大 the greatness of its attributes or manifestations, perfect in wisdom and mercy, and every achievement; (3) 用大 the greatness of its functions and operations within and without, perfectly transforming all the living to good works and good karma now and hereafter. There are other groups, e.g. 體, 宗, and 用. |
三天 see styles |
sān tiān san1 tian1 san t`ien san tien santen; sanden さんてん; さんでん |
(1) {Buddh} the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati); (2) {Buddh} the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) The trimūrti— Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā. |
三契 see styles |
sān qì san1 qi4 san ch`i san chi sankai |
Three repetitions (of a verse). |
三姫 see styles |
sanhime さんひめ |
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform; (female given name) Miki |
三字 see styles |
sān zì san1 zi4 san tzu sanji |
The "three characters", a term for 阿彌陀 Amitābha. |
三季 see styles |
sān jì san1 ji4 san chi miki みき |
(female given name) Miki The "three seasons" of an Indian year— spring, summer, and winter; a year. |
三学 see styles |
sangaku さんがく |
{Buddh} (See 八正道) threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path |
三學 三学 see styles |
sān xué san1 xue2 san hsüeh sangaku |
The "three studies" or vehicles of learning— discipline, meditation, wisdom: (a) 戒學 learning by the commandments, or prohibitions, so as to guard against the evil consequences of error by mouth, body, or mind, i.e. word, deed, or thought; (b) 定學 learning by dhyāna, or quietist meditation; (c) 慧學 learning by philosophy, i.e. study of principles and solving of doubts. Also the Tripiṭaka; the 戒 being referred to the 律 vinaya, the 定 to the 經 sūtras, and the to the 論 śāstras. |
三宗 see styles |
sān zōng san1 zong1 san tsung mimune みむね |
(surname) Mimune The three Schools of 法相宗, 破相宗 , and 法性宗 q.v., representing the ideas of 空, 假, and 不空假, i.e. unreality, temporary reality, and neither; or absolute, relative, and neither. |
三定 see styles |
sān dìng san1 ding4 san ting sanjō |
three samādhis |
三家 see styles |
sanke さんけ |
(1) (hist) three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); (2) (hist) (See 御三家・1) three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); (surname) Miya |
三密 see styles |
sān mì san1 mi4 san mi sanmitsu さんみつ |
{Buddh} three mysteries (Buddha's body, speech and mind) The three mystic things: the body, mouth (i.e. voice), and mind of the Tathāgata, which are universal, all things being this mystic body, all sound this mystic voice, and all thought this mystic mind. All creatures in body, voice, and mind are only individualized parts of the Tathāgata, but illusion hides their Tathāgata nature from them. The esoterics seek to realize their Tathāgata nature by physical signs and postures, by voicing of 眞言 dhāraṇī and by meditations, so that 入我我入 He may enter me and I Him, which is the perfection of siddhi 悉地; v. 大日經疏 1. 菩提心論. |
三寸 see styles |
sanzun さんずん |
(1) (See 寸・すん・1) three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); (2) something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); (3) (See 的屋) stall-keeper; huckster; hawker; (4) (archaism) prostitute of the lowest rank |
三山 see styles |
sān shān san1 shan1 san shan sanzan さんざん |
Sanshan district of Wuhu city 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wu2 hu2 shi4], Anhui (1) three mountains; (2) three shrines (of Kumano); (3) (hist) three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa); (place-name, surname) Miyama |
三岐 see styles |
sān qí san1 qi2 san ch`i san chi mitsuki みつき |
(surname) Mitsuki three masters of Qi |
三峡 see styles |
sankyou / sankyo さんきょう |
(place-name) The Three Gorges (China); The Yangtze Gorges |
三峽 三峡 see styles |
sān xiá san1 xia2 san hsia |
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
三帀 see styles |
sān zā san1 za1 san tsa san sō |
The thrice repeated procession around an image; there is dispute as to which shoulder should be next to the image, v. 右繞. |
三師 三师 see styles |
sān shī san1 shi1 san shih mimoro みもろ |
(surname) Mimoro three preceptors |
三年 see styles |
sān nián san1 nian2 san nien mitoshi みとし |
three years; (surname) Mitoshi three years |
三府 see styles |
sanpu さんぷ |
(hist) (Tokyo became a metropolitan prefecture in 1943) (See 府・1) the three urban prefectures (Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka); (surname) Mitsufu |
三度 see styles |
sān dù san1 du4 san tu sando さんど |
third (musical interval) (1) three times; thrice; (adverb) (2) several times; often; frequently; (1) three times; thrice; (2) third (musical interval); (surname) Sando |
三廢 三废 see styles |
sān fèi san1 fei4 san fei |
three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1] |
三弦 see styles |
sān xián san1 xian2 san hsien sangen さんげん |
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra three-stringed instrument; samisen |
三強 see styles |
sankyou / sankyo さんきょう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 強・2) top three |
三役 see styles |
sanyaku さんやく |
(1) three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); (2) three parts; three divisions |
三従 see styles |
sanjuu / sanju さんじゅう |
a woman's three obediences (father, husband and son; according to Buddhist and Confucianist teachings); (personal name) Mitsugu |
三從 三从 see styles |
sān cóng san1 cong2 san ts`ung san tsung san shō |
A woman's three subordinations, to father, husband, and son; stated in several sūtras, e.g. 四十華嚴經28. |
三徳 see styles |
santoku さんとく |
three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor); (personal name) Minori |
三德 see styles |
sān dé san1 de2 san te santoku |
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others. |
三思 see styles |
sān sī san1 si1 san ssu sanshi さんし |
(n,vs,vi) deep reflection; (personal name) Mitsuji All action and speech have three mental conditions— reflection, judgment, decision. |
三性 see styles |
sān xìng san1 xing4 san hsing sanshō |
The three types of character 善, 惡, 無記 good, bad and undefinable, or neutral; v. 唯識論 5. Also, 徧依圓三性 the three aspects of the nature of a thing— partial, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake; only partly reliable, i.e. incomplete inference, as when it is considered as mere hemp; all around, or perfect, when content, form, etc., are all considered. |
三悪 see styles |
sanaku; sannaku; sanmaku さんあく; さんなく; さんまく |
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三悪道・さんあくどう) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell; (2) (さんあく only) three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases) |
三惑 see styles |
sān huò san1 huo4 san huo sanwaku; sannaku さんわく; さんなく |
{Buddh} three mental disturbances A Tiantai classification of the three delusions, also styled 三煩惱; 三漏; 三垢; 三結; trials or temptations, leakages, uncleannesses, and bonds. The first of the following three is common to all disciples, the two last to bodhisattvas. They arise from (a) 見, 思, 惑 things seen and thought, i.e. illusions from imperfect perception, with temptation to love, hate, etc.; to be rid of these false views and temptations is the discipline and nirvāṇa of ascetic or Hīnayāna Buddhists. Mahāyāna proceeds further in and by its bodhisattva aims, which produce their own difficulties, i.e. (b) 塵沙惑 illusion and temptation through the immense variety of duties in saving men; and (c) 無明惑 illusions and temptations that arise from failure philosophically to understand things in their reality. |
三惠 see styles |
sān huì san1 hui4 san hui mie みえ |
(female given name) Mie three kinds of wisdom |
三惡 三恶 see styles |
sān è san1 e4 san o sanmaku |
The three evil gati, or paths of transmigration; also 三惡道, 三惡趣 the hells, hungry ghosts, animals. |
三想 see styles |
sān xiǎng san1 xiang3 san hsiang sansō |
The three evil thoughts are the last, desire, hate, malevolence; the three good thoughts are 怨想 thoughts of (love to) enemies, 親想 the same to family and friends, 中人想 the same to those who are neither enemies nor friends, i.e. to all; v. 智度論 72. |
三愆 see styles |
sān qiān san1 qian1 san ch`ien san chien |
The three misleading things: 貪 desire, 瞋 ire, and 邪 perverted views. |
三愛 三爱 see styles |
sān ài san1 ai4 san ai sanai さんあい |
(1) koto, alcohol and poetry; the three loves; (2) {Buddh} the three desires of the realms of existence; (male given name) Miyoshi three kinds of attachment |
三慈 see styles |
sān cí san1 ci2 san tz`u san tzu sanji |
three kinds of compassion |
三態 see styles |
santai さんたい |
the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas |
三慧 see styles |
sān huì san1 hui4 san hui misato みさと |
(female given name) Misato The three modes of attaining moral wisdom: 聞慧 from reading, hearing, instruction; 思慧 from reflection, etc.; 修慧 from practice (of abstract meditation). |
三懺 三忏 see styles |
sān chàn san1 chan4 san ch`an san chan san sen |
idem 三種悔法. |
三戒 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sankai さんかい |
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral) The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity. |
三才 see styles |
sansai さんさい |
(1) (form) the three powers (heaven, earth and man); (2) (form) everything in the universe; (surname) Sanzai |
三拜 see styles |
sān bài san1 bai4 san pai sanbai |
three prostrations |
三拝 see styles |
sanpai さんぱい |
(n,vs,vi) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly |
三擧 see styles |
sān jǔ san1 ju3 san chü sanko |
three exposures |
三支 see styles |
sān zhī san1 zhi1 san chih san shi |
(三支比量) Three members of a syllogism: pratijñā宗 the proposition, hetu 因 the reason, udāharaṇa 喩the example; cf. 因明. |
三族 see styles |
sān zú san1 zu2 san tsu sanzoku さんぞく |
(old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.) |
三日 see styles |
sān rì san1 ri4 san jih mikkaichi みっかいち |
(1) the third day of the month; (2) three days; (place-name) Mikkaichi 3 days |
三明 see styles |
sān míng san1 ming2 san ming sanmyou / sanmyo さんみょう |
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian {Buddh} (See 宿命通,天眼通,漏尽通) three kinds of awareness; (surname, given name) Mitsuaki The three insights; also 三達. Applied to Buddhas they are called 三達, to arhats 三明. (a) 宿命明 Insight into the mortal conditions of self and others in previous lives; (b) 天眼明 supernatural insight into future mortal conditions; (c) 漏盡明 nirvāṇa insight, i.e. into present mortal sufferings so as to overcome aIl passions or temptations. In the 倶舍論 27 the three are termed 住智識證明; 死生識證明 and 漏盡識證明. For 三明經 v. 長阿含16. |
三易 see styles |
saneki さんえき |
three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period) |
三星 see styles |
sān xīng san1 xing1 san hsing miboshi みぼし |
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion; three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation (surname) Miboshi |
三春 see styles |
sān chūn san1 chun1 san ch`un san chun sanshun さんしゅん |
the three spring months three spring months; (p,s,f) Miharu |
三時 三时 see styles |
sān shí san1 shi2 san shih mitoki みとき |
(adverbial noun) (1) 3 o'clock; (2) 3 o'clock snack; (personal name) Mitoki The three divisions of the day, i.e. dawn, daylight, and sunset; or morning, noon, and evening; also the three periods, after his nirvāṇa, of every Buddha's teaching, viz., 正 correct, or the period of orthodoxy and vigour, 像 semblance, or the period of scholasticism, and 末 end, the period of decline and termination. |
三景 see styles |
mikage みかげ |
three famous beauty spots; (female given name) Mikage |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "When Three People Gather - One Becomes a Teacher" 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
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