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釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

see styles
shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

More info & calligraphy:

Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

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 ni
    ニ
(1) (See いろは順) 4th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) D (note); (place-name) Ni; Ny

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    yi1
i
 i
    い
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; that (preceding a noun)
(abbreviation) (See 伊太利・イタリア) Italy; (personal name) Yoshi
He, she, it; that; translit. i, ai, ṛ; cf. 壹, 彝 and 意; for the long ī the double characters 翳吚 and 伊伊 are sometimes used.

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wàn
    wan4
wan
 manji
    まんじ
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji
sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right.

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mǎo
    mao3
mao
 u(p); bou / u(p); bo
    う(P); ぼう
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]; to exert one's strength
(1) the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; (2) (See 卯の刻) hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); (3) (obsolete) east; (4) (obsolete) second month in the lunar calendar; (personal name) Bou

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yín
    yin2
yin
 tora
    とら
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
(1) the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 寅の刻) hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); (3) (obsolete) east-northeast; (4) (obsolete) first month of the lunar calendar; (surname) Fusa

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    si4
ssu
 mi(p); shi
    み(P); し
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
(1) the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; (2) (obsolete) (See 巳の刻) hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); (3) (obsolete) south-southeast; (4) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar; (female given name) Mi
snake


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zhǐ
    zhi3
chih
 chō
4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol
a sign

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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 tatsu
    たつ
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
(1) the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 辰の刻) hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); (3) (obsolete) east-southeast; (4) (obsolete) third month of the lunar calendar; (given name) Yoshi
Hour; time; the celestial bodies.

ファ

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 fa
    ファ
(1) {music} fa (4th note of a major scale in movable-do solfège) (ita:); fah; (2) {music} F (note in the fixed-do system); (personal name) Poor

一夏

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yī xià
    yi1 xia4
i hsia
 ichige
    いちげ
{Buddh} (See 安居・あんご) one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat); (female given name) Hitoka
The summer retreat in India of, 90 days, from the 16th of the 4th moon to the 15th of the 7th; v. 雨.

丁卯

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dīng mǎo
    ding1 mao3
ting mao
 hinotou; teibou / hinoto; tebo
    ひのとう; ていぼう
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
(See 干支・1) Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)

九地

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jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

二甲

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èr jiǎ
    er4 jia3
erh chia
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)

五四

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wǔ sì
    wu3 si4
wu ssu
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles

伽耶

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qié yé
    qie2 ye2
ch`ieh yeh
    chieh yeh
 kaya
    かや
(female given name) Kaya; (place-name) Gaya (4th-6th century confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea)
伽邪; 伽闍 Gayā. (1) A city of Magadha, Buddhagayā (north-west of present Gaya), near which Śākyamuni became Buddha. (2) Gaja, an elephant. (3) 伽耶山 Gajaśirṣa, Elephant's Head Mountain; two are mentioned, one near "Vulture Peak", one near the Bo-tree. (4) kāya, the body.

六四

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liù sì
    liu4 si4
liu ssu
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989

加羅

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 kara
    から
(surname, female given name) Kara; (place-name) Gaya (4th-6th century confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea)

加耶

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 kaya
    かや
(place-name) Gaya (4th-6th century confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea)

勝絶

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 shousetsu; shouzetsu / shosetsu; shozetsu
    しょうせつ; しょうぜつ
(1) (archaism) (See 十二律,夾鐘) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); (noun/participle) (2) (usu. しょうぜつ) excellence (of scenery, etc.)

十宗

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shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

夾鐘

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 kyoushou / kyosho
    きょうしょう
(1) (See 十二律,勝絶) (in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); (2) second lunar month

安居

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ān jū
    an1 ju1
an chü
 ango
    あんご
to settle down; to live peacefully
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar); (given name) Yasuoki
Tranquil dwelling. varṣā, varṣās, or varṣāvasāna. A retreat during the three months of the Indian rainy season, and also, say some, in the depth of winter. During the rains it was 'difficult to move without injuring insect life'. But the object was for study and meditation. In Tokhara the retreat is said to have been in winter, from the middle of the 12th to the middle of the 3rd moon; in India from the middle of the 5th to the 8th, or the 6th to the 9th moons; usually from Śrāvaṇa, Chinese 5th moon, to Aśvayuja, Chinese 8th moon; but the 16th of the 4th to the 15th of the 7th moon has been the common period in China and Japan. The two annual periods are sometimes called 坐 夏 and 坐 臘 sitting or resting for the summer and for the end of the year. The period is divided into three sections, former, middle, and latter, each of a month.

尼雅

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ní yǎ
    ni2 ya3
ni ya
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD

愚公

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 gukou / guko
    ぐこう
(char) Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong; (ch) Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong

春分

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chūn fēn
    chun1 fen1
ch`un fen
    chun fen
 shunbun
    しゅんぶん
Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
(See 二十四節気) vernal equinox; spring equinox

浴佛

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yù fó
    yu4 fo2
yü fo
 yokubutsu
浴像 To wash the image of the Buddha; this is a ceremony on his birthday, 8th of the 4th month.

穀雨


谷雨

see styles
gǔ yǔ
    gu3 yu3
ku yü
 kokuu / koku
    こくう
Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
(See 二十四節気) "grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20); (given name) Kokuu

立春

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lì chūn
    li4 chun1
li ch`un
    li chun
 risshun
    りっしゅん
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
(See 二十四節気) first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

羯族

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jié zú
    jie2 zu2
chieh tsu
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century

羯胡

see styles
jié hú
    jie2 hu2
chieh hu
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century

踏青

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tà qīng
    ta4 qing1
t`a ch`ing
    ta ching
 tousei / tose
    とうせい
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green); spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
outing in spring; (given name) Tousei

近代

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jìn dài
    jin4 dai4
chin tai
 kindai
    きんだい
the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
(1) present day; modern times; recent times; (2) (hist) (See 明治維新) early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II); (female given name) Chikayo
in recent times

迦羅


迦罗

see styles
jiā luó
    jia1 luo2
chia lo
 kara
    から
(place-name) Gaya (4th-6th century confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea)
kalā, 哥羅; 歌羅; a minute part, an atom; the hundredth part lengthwise of a human hair; also a sixteenth part of anything. Also kāla (and 迦攞), a definite time, a division of time; the time of work, study, etc., as opposed to leisure time. kāla, among other meanings, also means black, for which 迦羅迦 kālaka is sometimes used, e.g. the black nāga.

佛生日

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fó shēng rì
    fo2 sheng1 ri4
fo sheng jih
 busshō nichi
Buddha's birthday, the 4th month, 8th day, or 2nd month, 8th day, the former having preference for celebration of his birthday in China.

佛誕日


佛诞日

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fó dàn rì
    fo2 dan4 ri4
fo tan jih
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)

吐谷渾


吐谷浑

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tǔ yù hún
    tu3 yu4 hun2
t`u yü hun
    tu yü hun
Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1]; a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD

商君書


商君书

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shāng jun shū
    shang1 jun1 shu1
shang chün shu
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC

夏初月

see styles
 natsuhazuki
    なつはづき
4th month of the lunar calendar

夏端月

see styles
 natsuhazuki
    なつはづき
4th month of the lunar calendar

巨蟹宮

see styles
 kyokaikyuu / kyokaikyu
    きょかいきゅう
Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab

德先生

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dé xiān sheng
    de2 xian1 sheng5
te hsien sheng
"Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4]; abbr. for 德謨克拉西|德谟克拉西[de2 mo2 ke4 la1 xi1]; see also 賽先生|赛先生[Sai4 xian1 sheng5]

渡来人

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 toraijin
    とらいじん
(hist) Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)

綿抜き

see styles
 watanuki
    わたぬき
(1) unpadded kimono; (2) 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

誕生會


诞生会

see styles
dàn shēng huì
    dan4 sheng1 hui4
tan sheng hui
 tanshō e
An assembly to celebrate a birthday, e.g. the Buddha's on the 8th of the 4th month.

賽先生


赛先生

see styles
sài xiān sheng
    sai4 xian1 sheng5
sai hsien sheng
"Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4]; abbr. for 賽因斯|赛因斯[sai4 yin1 si1]; see also 德先生[De2 xian1 sheng5]

陳希同


陈希同

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chén xī tóng
    chen2 xi1 tong2
ch`en hsi t`ung
    chen hsi tung
Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident

青年節


青年节

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qīng nián jié
    qing1 nian2 jie2
ch`ing nien chieh
    ching nien chieh
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off

頞沙荼

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è shā tú
    e4 sha1 tu2
o sha t`u
    o sha tu
Āṣādha, the first month of summer, 16th of 4th Chinese moon to 15th of 5th.

シーミー

see styles
 shiimii / shimi
    シーミー
(rkb:) tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4th or 5th)

しいみい

see styles
 shiimii / shimi
    しいみい
(rkb:) tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4th or 5th)

五四運動


五四运动

see styles
wǔ sì yùn dòng
    wu3 si4 yun4 dong4
wu ssu yün tung
 goshiundou / goshiundo
    ごしうんどう
May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

大和国家

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 yamatokokka
    やまとこっか
(hist) Yamato state; Yamato polity; earliest known Japanese polity founded between the 4th and 7th centuries

ジャータカ

see styles
 jaataka / jataka
    ジャータカ
{Buddh} Jataka (san:); collection of texts on the early lives of Buddha (4th century BCE)

摩訶婆羅多


摩诃婆罗多

see styles
mó hē pó luó duō
    mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1
mo ho p`o lo to
    mo ho po lo to
 mahaabaarata / mahabarata
    マハーバーラタ
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC
(work) Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, circa 400 CE); (wk) Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, circa 400 CE)

春秋左氏伝

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 shunjuusashiden / shunjusashiden
    しゅんじゅうさしでん
(work) Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC); The Zuo Tradition; The Commentary of Zuo; (wk) Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC); The Zuo Tradition; The Commentary of Zuo

民族大移動

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 minzokudaiidou / minzokudaido
    みんぞくだいいどう
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE

綿抜の朔日

see styles
 watanukinotsuitachi
    わたぬきのついたち
(rare) 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

谷風梶之助

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 tanikazekajinosuke
    たにかぜかじのすけ
(person) Tanikaze Kajinosuke, 4th sumo grand champion

五四愛國運動


五四爱国运动

see styles
wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng
    wu3 si4 ai4 guo2 yun4 dong4
wu ssu ai kuo yün tung
May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles

嗢呾羅頞沙荼


嗢呾罗頞沙荼

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wà dá luó è shā tú
    wa4 da2 luo2 e4 sha1 tu2
wa ta lo o sha t`u
    wa ta lo o sha tu
 Uttaraashada
Uttarāṣāḍhā, the nakṣatra presiding over the second half of the 4th month, 'the month in which Śākyamuni was conceived.' Eitel.

Variations:
綿抜き
綿貫

see styles
 watanuki
    わたぬき
(1) unpadded kimono; (2) (綿抜き only) (also written as 四月朔日) (See 綿抜の朔日) 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

Variations:
夏初月
夏端月

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 natsuhazuki
    なつはづき
(See 卯月) 4th month of the lunar calendar

Variations:
4日(P)
四日(P)

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 yokka
    よっか
(1) 4th day of the month; (2) four days

Variations:
クリーンアップ
クリーンナップ

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 kuriinapu; kuriinnappu / kurinapu; kurinnappu
    クリーンアップ; クリーンナップ
(1) (abbreviation) {baseb} (See クリーンアップトリオ) heart of the batting order (3rd, 4th and 5th batters); 3-4-5 hitters; (2) cleanup; cleaning up

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

This page contains 65 results for "4th-Kyu" 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.
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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).



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