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Simple Dictionary Definition |
信 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty / Fidelity(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論. |
善 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen ぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Good Deed(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
德 see styles |
dé de2 te toku |
More info & calligraphy: Moral and VirtuousVirtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta. |
はれ see styles |
hare はれ |
(interjection) (archaism) (indicates surprise, admiration, etc.) huh?; what?; oh my!; goodness!; (personal name) Pare |
忍法 see styles |
rěn fǎ ren3 fa3 jen fa ninpou / ninpo にんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Ninpo(忍法位) The method or stage of patience, the sixth of the seven stages of the Hīnayāna in the attainment of arhatship, or sainthood: also the third of the four roots of goodness. |
真善美 see styles |
zhēn shàn měi zhen1 shan4 mei3 chen shan mei shinzenbi しんぜんび |
More info & calligraphy: Truth Goodness and Beautythe true, the good, and the beautiful; (female given name) Mazemi |
呵 see styles |
hē he1 ho ka しかり |
expel breath; my goodness scolding he, ko. Breathe out, yawn, scold; ha, laughter; used for 訶 and 阿. |
足 see styles |
zú zu2 tsu soku そく |
(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully (counter) counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.; (given name) Mitsuru Foot, leg; enough, full.; A man's two legs, compared to goodness and wisdom, 福 being counted as the first five of the pāramitās, 智 as the sixth; v. 六度. 二足尊 The honoured one among bipeds or men, i. e. a Buddha; cf. 兩足. |
まあ see styles |
maa / ma まあ |
(adverb) (1) just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; (2) tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; (3) well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; (interjection) (4) (feminine speech) oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens! |
一善 see styles |
yī shàn yi1 shan4 i shan kazuyoshi かずよし |
(male given name) Kazuyoshi one [act of] goodness |
七賢 七贤 see styles |
qī xián qi1 xian2 ch`i hsien chi hsien shichiken しちけん |
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna. |
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. |
世善 see styles |
shì shàn shi4 shan4 shih shan sezen |
The pleasures of the world, v. 世福. |
乖乖 see styles |
guāi guai guai1 guai5 kuai kuai |
goodness gracious!; oh my lord! |
亂善 乱善 see styles |
luàn shàn luan4 shan4 luan shan ranzen |
To disturb the good, confound goodness; the confused goodness of those who worship, etc., with divided mind. |
事善 see styles |
shì shàn shi4 shan4 shih shan ji zen |
tangible goodness |
二善 see styles |
èr shàn er4 shan4 erh shan futayoshi ふたよし |
(surname) Futayoshi The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice. |
二心 see styles |
èr xīn er4 xin1 erh hsin nishin ふたごころ |
disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity duplicity; treachery; double-dealing The two minds, 眞心 the original, simple, pure, natural mind of all creatures, the Buddha-mind, i.e. 如來藏心; and 妄心 the illusion-mind, which results in complexity and confusion. Also, 定心 the meditative mind, or mind fixed on goodness; and the 散心 the scattered, inattentive mind, or mind that is only good at intervals. |
二持 see styles |
èr chí er4 chi2 erh ch`ih erh chih niji |
The two values of the commandments: (a) 止持 prohibitive, restraining from evil; (b) 作持 constructive, constraining to goodness. |
五悔 see styles |
wǔ huǐ wu3 hui3 wu hui gokai |
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit. |
五果 see styles |
wǔ guǒ wu3 guo3 wu kuo goka ごか |
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods. |
五食 see styles |
wǔ shí wu3 shi2 wu shih gojiki |
The five kinds of spiritual food by which roots of goodness are nourished: correct thoughts; delight in the Law; pleasure in meditation; firm resolve, or vows of self-control; and deliverance from the karma of illusion. |
仁徳 see styles |
jintoku じんとく |
benevolence; goodness; (surname) Nintoku |
佛因 see styles |
fó yīn fo2 yin1 fo yin butsuin |
Buddha-cause, that which leads to Buddhahood, i.e. the merit of planting roots of goodness. |
作善 see styles |
zuò shàn zuo4 shan4 tso shan sazen |
to cultivate goodness |
佳き see styles |
yoki よき |
(1) goodness; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (archaism) good |
修善 see styles |
xiū shàn xiu1 shan4 hsiu shan shuzen; shuuzen / shuzen; shuzen しゅぜん; しゅうぜん |
(noun/participle) (しゅぜん is a Buddhist term) accumulating good deeds; doing good; (personal name) Nobuyoshi To cultivate goodness; the goodness that is cultivated, in contrast with natural goodness. |
修斷 修断 see styles |
xiū duàn xiu1 duan4 hsiu tuan shudan |
to cultivate [goodness] and to eliminate [harmful habits] |
勸善 劝善 see styles |
quàn shàn quan4 shan4 ch`üan shan chüan shan kanzen |
to encourage goodness |
啊喲 啊哟 see styles |
ā yo a1 yo5 a yo |
interjection of surprise or pain; Oh; Ow; My goodness! |
善き see styles |
yoki よき |
(1) goodness; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (archaism) good |
善友 see styles |
shàn yǒu shan4 you3 shan yu zenyuu / zenyu ぜんゆう |
(rare) good friend; (personal name) Yoshitomo kalyāṇamitra, 'a friend of virtue, a religious counsellor,' M. W.; a friend in the good life, or one who stimulates to goodness. |
善宿 see styles |
shàn sù shan4 su4 shan su zenshuku |
Abiding in goodness, disciples who keep eight commandments, upavasatha, poṣadha. |
善性 see styles |
shàn xìng shan4 xing4 shan hsing zensei / zense ぜんせい |
innate goodness of man Good nature, good in nature, or in fundamental quality. |
善果 see styles |
shàn guǒ shan4 guo3 shan kuo zenka ぜんか |
good results Good fruit from 善因 q.v.; good fortune in life resulting from previous goodness. |
善霊 see styles |
zenrei / zenre ぜんれい |
spirit of goodness |
四住 see styles |
sì zhù si4 zhu4 ssu chu shizumi しずみ |
(surname) Shizumi The four abodes or states in the 智度論 3, i. e. (1) 天住 the devalokas, equivalents of charity, morality, and goodness of heart; (2) 梵住 the brahmalokas, equivalents of benevolence, pity, joy, and indifference; (3) 聖住 the abode of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, equivalent of the samādhi of the immaterial realm, formless and still; (4) 佛住 the Buddha-abode, the equivalent of the samādhis of the infinite. v. 四住地. |
四端 see styles |
shitan したん |
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts |
天呀 see styles |
tiān ya tian1 ya5 t`ien ya tien ya |
Heavens!; My goodness! |
客善 see styles |
kè shàn ke4 shan4 k`o shan ko shan kyakuzen |
adventitious goodness |
小善 see styles |
xiǎo shàn xiao3 shan4 hsiao shan shouzen / shozen しょうぜん |
a small kindness; minor good deed; (surname) Shouzen small amount of goodness |
後生 后生 see styles |
hòu shēng hou4 sheng1 hou sheng goshou / gosho ごしょう |
young generation; youth; young man (1) {Buddh} (See 前生,今生) afterlife; (int,n) (2) (See 後生だから) for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...; I beg of you, ... The after condition of rebirth; later born; youth. |
徳行 see styles |
tokkou / tokko とっこう |
virtuous act or deeds; goodness; (given name) Yasuyuki |
忍善 see styles |
rěn shàn ren3 shan4 jen shan ninzen |
The patient and good; or patient in doing good. |
忠良 see styles |
zhōng liáng zhong1 liang2 chung liang chuuryou / churyo ちゅうりょう |
(noun or adjectival noun) loyalty and goodness; (given name) Chuuryō loyal and good |
念善 see styles |
niàn shàn nian4 shan4 nien shan nenzen |
mindfulness of goodness |
忿怒 see styles |
fèn nù fen4 nu4 fen nu funnu ふんぬ |
variant of 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4] (n,adj-no,vs) anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation Anger, angry, fierce, over-awing: a term for the 忿王 or 忿怒王 (忿怒明王) the fierce mahārājas as opponents of evil and guardians of Buddhism; one of the two bodhisattva forms, resisting evil, in contrast with the other form, manifesting goodness. There are three forms of this fierceness in the Garbhadhātu group and five in the Diamond group. |
性善 see styles |
xìng shàn xing4 shan4 hsing shan seizen; shouzen / sezen; shozen せいぜん; しょうぜん |
the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good (しょうぜん is a Buddhist term) intrinsic goodness; (personal name) Shouzen Good by nature (rather than by effort); naturally good; in contrast with 性惡 evil by nature. Cf. 性具. |
性德 see styles |
xìng dé xing4 de2 hsing te shōtoku |
Natural capacity for good (or evil), in contrast with 修性 powers (of goodness) attained by practice. |
慧業 慧业 see styles |
huì yè hui4 ye4 hui yeh egō |
Undertaking and doing; practical goodness resulting from wisdom. |
散善 see styles |
sàn shàn san4 shan4 san shan sanzen |
Goodness cultivated during normal life, not as 定善, i.e. by meditation. |
有善 see styles |
yǒu shàn you3 shan4 yu shan ariyoshi ありよし |
(male given name) Ariyoshi possessing goodness |
業魔 业魔 see styles |
yè mó ye4 mo2 yeh mo gōma |
Karma-māras, the demons who or the karma which hinders and harms goodness. |
機誼 机谊 see styles |
jī yí ji1 yi2 chi i kigi |
function of the mind to be in accord with goodness |
止善 see styles |
zhǐ shàn zhi3 shan4 chih shan shizen |
goodness resulting from the suppression of evil activities |
波旬 see styles |
pō xún po1 xun2 p`o hsün po hsün hajun はじゅん |
{Buddh} killer demon; demon who strives to destroy all goodness (波旬踰); 波鞞 Pāpīyān. Pāpīmān. Pāpīmā. Pāpīyān is very wicked. Pāpīyān is a Buddhist term for 惡者 the Evil One; 殺者 the Murderer; Māra; because he strives to kill all goodness; v. 魔. Also 波卑面 or 波卑椽 or 波卑緣. |
淸白 see styles |
qīng bái qing1 bai2 ch`ing pai ching pai shōbyaku |
Pure and white, pure white, as Buddha-truth, or as pure goodness. |
無善 无善 see styles |
wú shàn wu2 shan4 wu shan muzen |
no goodness |
生善 see styles |
shēng shàn sheng1 shan4 sheng shan shōzen |
produce goodness |
異熟 异熟 see styles |
yì shóu yi4 shou2 i shou ijuku |
vipāka, different when cooked, or matured, i.e. the effect differing from the cause, e. g. pleasure differing from goodness its cause, and pain from evil. Also, maturing or producing its effects in another life. |
福足 see styles |
fú zú fu2 zu2 fu tsu fukusoku |
The feet of blessedness, one consisting of the first five pāramitās, the other being the sixth pāramitā, i.e. wisdom; happiness replete. |
篤行 笃行 see styles |
dǔ xíng du3 xing2 tu hsing tokkou / tokko とっこう |
to carry out (obligation) conscientiously; to behave sincerely virtuous conduct; virtue; goodness; (personal name) Tokuyuki |
習善 习善 see styles |
xí shàn xi2 shan4 hsi shan shūzen |
to cultivate goodness |
聖善 圣善 see styles |
shèng shàn sheng4 shan4 sheng shan masayoshi まさよし |
supreme goodness; (respectful term for sb's mother) (personal name) Masayoshi |
良き see styles |
yoki よき |
(1) goodness; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (archaism) good |
萬善 万善 see styles |
wàn shàn wan4 shan4 wan shan manzen |
All goodness, all good works. |
行善 see styles |
xíng shàn xing2 shan4 hsing shan yukiyoshi ゆきよし |
to do good works; to be merciful (personal name) Yukiyoshi To do good; deeds that are good; to offer up deeds of goodness. |
護善 护善 see styles |
hù shàn hu4 shan4 hu shan gozen |
to protect goodness |
賢聖 贤圣 see styles |
xián shèng xian2 sheng4 hsien sheng kensei / kense けんせい |
(personal name) Kensei Those who are noted for goodness, and those who are also noted for wisdom, or insight; the xian are still of ordinary human standard, the sheng transcend them in wisdom and character; the attainments from 見道 upwards are those of the sheng; the xian is on the moral plane, and has not eliminated illusion; the sheng has cut of illusion and has insight into absolute reality. The Mahāyāna has three stages for the xian and ten for the sheng; the Hīnayāna has seven for each. |
追善 see styles |
zhuī shàn zhui1 shan4 chui shan tsuizen ついぜん |
(noun, transitive verb) mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death to pursue goodness |
逆緣 逆缘 see styles |
nì yuán ni4 yuan2 ni yüan gyakuen |
Resisting accessory cause; as goodness is the 順 or accordant cause so evil is the resisting cause of the Buddha way. |
一闡提 一阐提 see styles |
yī chǎn tí yi1 chan3 ti2 i ch`an t`i i chan ti issendai |
(一闡提迦) icchantika. Also 一顚迦, 阿闡底迦 One without desire for Buddha enlightenment; an unbeliever; shameless, an enemy of the good; full of desires; 斷善根者 one who has cut off his roots of goodness; it is applied also to a bodhisattva who has made a vow not to become a Buddha until all beings are saved. This is called 大悲闡提 the icchantika of great mercy. |
三善道 see styles |
sān shàn dào san1 shan4 dao4 san shan tao san zendō |
(or 三善趣) The three good or upward directions or states of existence: 天 the highest class of goodness rewarded with the deva life, or heaven; 人 the middle class of goodness with a return to human life; 阿修羅 the inferior class of goodness with the asura state. Cf. 三惡道; v. 智度論 30. |
三聚戒 see styles |
sān jù jiè san1 ju4 jie4 san chü chieh sanju kai |
(三聚淨戒) The three cumulative commandments: (a) the formal 5, 8, or 10, and the rest; (b) whatever works for goodness; (c) whatever works for the welfare or salvation of living, sentient beings. 三聚圓戒interprets the above three as implicit in each of the ten commandments e.g. (a) not to kill implies (b) mercy and (c) protection or salvation. |
下劣善 see styles |
xià liè shàn xia4 lie4 shan4 hsia lieh shan geretsu zen |
inferior goodness |
世間善 世间善 see styles |
shì jiān shàn shi4 jian1 shan4 shih chien shan seken zen |
mundane goodness |
令增長 令增长 see styles |
lìng zēng zhǎng ling4 zeng1 zhang3 ling tseng chang ryō zōjō |
to make (goodness, etc.) develop further |
加行善 see styles |
jiā xíng shàn jia1 xing2 shan4 chia hsing shan kegyō zen |
修得善; 方便善 Goodness acquired by earnest effort, or 'works', as differentiated from 生得善 natural goodness. |
勤修善 see styles |
qín xiū shàn qin2 xiu1 shan4 ch`in hsiu shan chin hsiu shan gonshuzen |
to diligently cultivate goodness |
四性行 see styles |
sì xìng xíng si4 xing4 xing2 ssu hsing hsing shi shō gyō |
The four kinds of conduct natural to a Bodhisattva, that arising from his native goodness, his vow-nature, his compliant nature, i. e. to the six pāramitās, and his transforming nature, i. e. his powers of conversion or salvation. |
大善利 see styles |
dà shàn lì da4 shan4 li4 ta shan li daizenri |
The great benefit that results from goodness, also expressed as 大善大利 implying the better one is the greater the resulting benefit. |
天人師 天人师 see styles |
tiān rén shī tian1 ren2 shi1 t`ien jen shih tien jen shih ten nin shi |
`saastaa devamam.syaanaam 舍多提婆摩菟舍喃, teacher of devas and men, one of the ten epithets of a Buddha, because he reveals goodness and morality, and is able to save. |
性仁賢 性仁贤 see styles |
xìng rén xián xing4 ren2 xian2 hsing jen hsien shō ninken |
goodness in nature |
斷善根 断善根 see styles |
duàn shàn gēn duan4 shan4 gen1 tuan shan ken dan zenkon |
To cut off, or destroy, roots of goodness. |
有流善 see styles |
yǒu liú shàn you3 liu2 shan4 yu liu shan uru zen |
impure goodness |
有漏善 see styles |
yǒu lòu shàn you3 lou4 shan4 yu lou shan urozen |
contaminated goodness |
欲界善 see styles |
yù jiè shàn yu4 jie4 shan4 yü chieh shan yokukai zen |
goodness in the desire realm |
無種性 无种性 see styles |
wú zhǒng xìng wu2 zhong3 xing4 wu chung hsing mushu shō |
The nature without the seed of goodness and so unable to escape from the stream of transmigration. |
異熟因 异熟因 see styles |
yì shóu yīn yi4 shou2 yin1 i shou yin ijuku in |
vipāka-hetu heterogeneous cause, i.e. a cause producing a different effect, known as 無記 neutral, or not ethical, e.g. goodness resulting in pleasure, evil in pain. |
おやおや see styles |
oyaoya おやおや |
(interjection) my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear! |
こりゃ又 see styles |
koryamata こりゃまた |
(interjection) (kana only) (indicates surprise) oh goodness!; I say! |
七不可避 see styles |
qī bù kě bì qi1 bu4 ke3 bi4 ch`i pu k`o pi chi pu ko pi shichi fukahi |
The seven unavoidables— rebirth, old age, sickness, death, punishment (for sin), happiness (for goodness), consequences (cause and effect 因緣). |
七賢七聖 七贤七圣 see styles |
qī xián qī shèng qi1 xian2 qi1 sheng4 ch`i hsien ch`i sheng chi hsien chi sheng shichi ken shichi shō |
The 七聖 are the seven developments of holiness, which follow the 七賢. In the Huayan 華嚴school they are called 七士夫, 七大夫 or七聖人. Cf. 倶舍論25. |
不定性聚 see styles |
bù dìng xìng jù bu4 ding4 xing4 ju4 pu ting hsing chü |
不定聚 One of the three Tiantai groups of humanity, the indeterminate normal class of people, as contrasted with sages 定性聚 whose natures are determined for goodness, and the wicked 邪定性聚 whose natures are determined for evil. |
世間善心 世间善心 see styles |
shì jiān shàn xīn shi4 jian1 shan4 xin1 shih chien shan hsin seken zen shin |
mental state of mundane goodness |
了因佛性 see styles |
liǎo yīn fó xìng liao3 yin1 fo2 xing4 liao yin fo hsing ryōin busshō |
The second of the three Buddha-nature "causes", i.e. 正因佛性 is the 眞如 as direct cause of attaining the perfect Buddha-nature, associated with the 法身; 了因佛性 is the revealing or enlightening cause, associated with the Buddha-wisdom; 緣因佛性 is the environing cause, e.g. his goodness and merits which result in deliverance, or salvation. |
何てこと see styles |
nantekoto なんてこと |
(interjection) (kana only) My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow! |
六事成就 see styles |
liù shì chéng jiù liu4 shi4 cheng2 jiu4 liu shih ch`eng chiu liu shih cheng chiu rokuji jōjū |
The six things which enable a bodhisattva to keep perfectly the six pāramitās — worshipful offerings, study of the moral duties, pity, zeal in goodness, isolation, delight in the law; these are described as corresponding to the pāramitās seriatim; v. 莊嚴經 12. |
大善地法 see styles |
dà shàn dì fǎ da4 shan4 di4 fa3 ta shan ti fa dai zenchi hō |
The ten mental conditions for cultivation of goodness, being a part of the forty-six methods mentioned in the 倶舍論 4 ; faith, zeal, renunciation, shame (for one's own sin), shame (for another's sin), no desire, no dislike, no harm, calmness, self-control. v. 大地法. |
大興善寺 大兴善寺 see styles |
dà xīng shàn sì da4 xing1 shan4 si4 ta hsing shan ssu daikouzenji / daikozenji だいこうぜんじ |
(personal name) Daikouzenji The great goodness-promoting monastery, one of the ten great Tang monasteries at Changan, commenced in the Sui dynasty. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Goodness" 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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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.
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