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天保暦 see styles |
tenpoureki / tenporeki てんぽうれき |
(hist) Tenpō calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar, in use from 1844 to 1872 |
天台宗 see styles |
tiān tái zōng tian1 tai2 zong1 t`ien t`ai tsung tien tai tsung tendaishuu / tendaishu てんだいしゅう |
Tiantai school of Buddhism Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'. |
天橋立 天桥立 see styles |
tiān qiáo lì tian1 qiao2 li4 t`ien ch`iao li tien chiao li amanohashidate あまのはしだて |
Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan (place-name) Amanohashidate |
Variations: |
ebisu えびす |
(1) (archaism) (See 蝦夷・1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); (3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); (4) (derogatory term) foreigner; barbarian |
奈良縣 奈良县 see styles |
nài liáng xiàn nai4 liang2 xian4 nai liang hsien |
Nara prefecture in central Japan |
姫路市 see styles |
jī lù shì ji1 lu4 shi4 chi lu shih himejishi ひめじし |
Himeji city in Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan (place-name) Himeji (city) |
姬路城 see styles |
jī lù chéng ji1 lu4 cheng2 chi lu ch`eng chi lu cheng |
Himeji-jō, castle complex in Himeji, Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan |
姬路市 see styles |
jī lù shì ji1 lu4 shi4 chi lu shih |
Himeji city in Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan |
学士院 see styles |
gakushiin / gakushin がくしいん |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 日本学士院) Japan Academy; (2) learned society; academy; institute |
宣明暦 see styles |
senmyoureki / senmyoreki せんみょうれき |
(hist) Tang lunar calendar (used for 823 years in Japan) |
宮城縣 宫城县 see styles |
gōng chéng xiàn gong1 cheng2 xian4 kung ch`eng hsien kung cheng hsien |
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
宮崎縣 宫崎县 see styles |
gōng qí xiàn gong1 qi2 xian4 kung ch`i hsien kung chi hsien |
Miyazaki prefecture in east Kyūshū 九州, Japan |
宿曜道 see styles |
sukuyoudou / sukuyodo すくようどう |
(See 宿曜) form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) |
富本銭 see styles |
fuhonsen ふほんせん |
(hist) (See 和同開珎) fuhonsen; Japan's first coinage dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation |
富良野 see styles |
fù liáng yě fu4 liang2 ye3 fu liang yeh furano ふらの |
Furano, Hokkaidō, Japan (p,s,f) Furano |
對馬島 对马岛 see styles |
duì mǎ dǎo dui4 ma3 dao3 tui ma tao |
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea |
小五條 小五条 see styles |
xiǎo wǔ tiáo xiao3 wu3 tiao2 hsiao wu t`iao hsiao wu tiao gogojō |
The robe of five patches worn by some monks in China and by the 淨土宗 Jōdo sect of Japan; v. 掛. |
就学生 see styles |
shuugakusei / shugakuse しゅうがくせい |
former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010) |
山口縣 山口县 see styles |
shān kǒu xiàn shan1 kou3 xian4 shan k`ou hsien shan kou hsien |
Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
山形縣 山形县 see styles |
shān xíng xiàn shan1 xing2 xian4 shan hsing hsien |
Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
山梨縣 山梨县 see styles |
shān lí xiàn shan1 li2 xian4 shan li hsien |
Yamanashi prefecture, Japan |
岐阜縣 岐阜县 see styles |
qí fù xiàn qi2 fu4 xian4 ch`i fu hsien chi fu hsien |
Gifu prefecture, Japan |
岡山縣 冈山县 see styles |
gāng shān xiàn gang1 shan1 xian4 kang shan hsien |
Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
岩手縣 岩手县 see styles |
yán shǒu xiàn yan2 shou3 xian4 yen shou hsien |
Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
帰化人 see styles |
kikajin きかじん |
(1) naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen; (2) (hist) (See 渡来人) immigrant to ancient Japan from China or Korea |
平城京 see styles |
heijoukyou / hejokyo へいじょうきょう |
(hist) Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara); (place-name) Heijōkyō |
平安京 see styles |
heiankyou / heankyo へいあんきょう |
(hist) Heian-kyō; former name of Kyoto, capital city of Japan from 794 to 1869; (place-name) Heiankyō |
年より see styles |
toshiyori としより |
(1) old people; the aged; (2) (sumo) trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; (3) senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); (4) important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate) |
年寄り see styles |
toshiyori としより |
(1) old people; the aged; (2) (sumo) trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; (3) senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); (4) important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate) |
年寄株 see styles |
toshiyorikabu としよりかぶ |
{sumo} sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo |
廣島縣 广岛县 see styles |
guǎng dǎo xiàn guang3 dao3 xian4 kuang tao hsien |
Hiroshima prefecture, Japan |
弟橘媛 see styles |
ototachibanahime おとたちばなひめ |
(person) Ototachibanahime (wife of Yamatotakeru, 12th Emperor of Japan) |
律令制 see styles |
ritsuryousei / ritsuryose りつりょうせい |
(hist) (See 律令) ritsuryō system; ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century |
愛知縣 爱知县 see styles |
ài zhī xiàn ai4 zhi1 xian4 ai chih hsien |
Aichi prefecture, central Japan |
慈照寺 see styles |
cí zhào sì ci2 zhao4 si4 tz`u chao ssu tzu chao ssu jishouji / jishoji じしょうじ |
Jishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion 銀閣寺|银阁寺[yin2 ge2 si4] (personal name) Jishouji |
敵性語 see styles |
tekiseigo / tekisego てきせいご |
language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII) |
文部省 see styles |
wén bù shěng wen2 bu4 sheng3 wen pu sheng monbushou / monbusho もんぶしょう |
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry (See 文部科学省) Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001); (o) (abbreviation) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT |
新字体 see styles |
shinjitai しんじたい |
(See 旧字体) new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946 |
新憲法 see styles |
shinkenpou / shinkenpo しんけんぽう |
(See 旧憲法・きゅうけんぽう) new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution) |
新成人 see styles |
shinseijin / shinsejin しんせいじん |
new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year) |
新潟縣 新潟县 see styles |
xīn xì xiàn xin1 xi4 xian4 hsin hsi hsien |
Niigata prefecture in northwest Japan |
新益京 see styles |
aramashikyou / aramashikyo あらましきょう |
(place-name) Aramashi-kyō (alt. name for Fujiwara-kyō, capital of Japan between 694 and 710) |
新鍳真 see styles |
shinganjin しんがんじん |
(serv) Xin Jianzhen (ferry service between Japan and China) |
日の丸 see styles |
hinomaru ひのまる |
(1) red or gold circle representing the Sun; (2) (See 日の丸の旗・2) national flag of Japan; Japanese flag; Hinomaru; (3) Japan; Japanese government; (given name) Hinomaru |
日の本 see styles |
hinomoto ひのもと |
(archaism) (See 日本) Japan; (surname) Hinomoto |
日中韓 see styles |
nicchuukan / nicchukan にっちゅうかん |
China, Japan and Korea; Chinese, Japanese and Korean; CJK |
日弁連 see styles |
nichibenren にちべんれん |
(org) Japan Federation of Bar Associations (abbreviation); (o) (abbreviation) Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
日教組 see styles |
nikkyouso / nikkyoso にっきょうそ |
(org) Japan Teachers' Union (abbreviation); JTU; (o) (abbreviation) Japan Teachers' Union; JTU |
日朝間 see styles |
nicchoukan / nicchokan にっちょうかん |
(expression) between Japan and North Korea |
日本一 see styles |
nihonichi(p); nipponichi にほんいち(P); にっぽんいち |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) Japan's best; number one in Japan |
日本中 see styles |
nihonjuu / nihonju にほんじゅう nipponjuu / nipponju にっぽんじゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) throughout Japan |
日本初 see styles |
nihonhatsu(p); nipponhatsu にほんはつ(P); にっぽんはつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) first (of its kind) in Japan |
日本史 see styles |
nihonshi にほんし |
Japanese history; history of Japan |
日本国 see styles |
nihonkoku; nipponkoku にほんこく; にっぽんこく |
Japan; (place-name) Japan; the Japanese nation |
日本戦 see styles |
nihonsen; nipponsen にほんせん; にっぽんせん |
match in which Japan plays; Japan match; Japan game |
日本病 see styles |
nihonbyou / nihonbyo にほんびょう |
(See 英国病) Japan disease; perceived inability of Japan to overcome economic stagnation, etc. |
日本紀 see styles |
nihongi にほんぎ |
(1) (See 六国史) Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods); (2) (See 日本書紀) Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan |
日本製 see styles |
nihonsei / nihonse にほんせい |
(adj-no,n) made in Japan; Japanese-made |
日本軍 see styles |
nihongun; nippongun にほんぐん; にっぽんぐん |
(hist) military of the Empire of Japan |
日本通 see styles |
nihontsuu / nihontsu にほんつう |
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan) |
日本館 see styles |
nihonkan; nipponkan にほんかん; にっぽんかん |
(org) Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan; (o) Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan |
日歯連 see styles |
nisshiren にっしれん |
(org) Japan Dentists Federation (abbreviation); (o) Japan Dentists Federation (abbreviation) |
日独伊 see styles |
nichidokui にちどくい |
Japan, Germany and Italy |
日章旗 see styles |
nisshouki / nisshoki にっしょうき |
national flag of Japan |
日米濠 see styles |
nichibeigou / nichibego にちべいごう |
(out-dated kanji) Japan-America-Australia |
日米豪 see styles |
nichibeigou / nichibego にちべいごう |
Japan-America-Australia |
日米韓 see styles |
nichibeikan / nichibekan にちべいかん |
Japan, the United States and South Korea |
日経連 see styles |
nikkeiren / nikkeren にっけいれん |
(org) Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (abbreviation); (o) Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (abbreviation) |
日証協 see styles |
nisshoukyou / nisshokyo にっしょうきょう |
(org) Japan Securities Dealers Association (abbreviation); JSDA; (o) Japan Securities Dealers Association (abbreviation); JSDA |
日銀法 see styles |
nichiginhou / nichiginho にちぎんほう |
(abbreviation) {law} (See 日本銀行法) Bank of Japan Act |
旧憲法 see styles |
kyuukenpou / kyukenpo きゅうけんぽう |
(See 大日本帝国憲法) former constitution (i.e. in Japan, the Meiji Constitution) |
旭日旗 see styles |
kyokujitsuki きょくじつき |
Rising Sun flag; naval ensign of Japan |
明清楽 see styles |
minshingaku みんしんがく |
(See 清楽,明楽) Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) |
昔蜻蛉 see styles |
mukashitonbo; mukashitonbo むかしとんぼ; ムカシトンボ |
(kana only) Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan) |
春日部 see styles |
chūn rì bù chun1 ri4 bu4 ch`un jih pu chun jih pu kasugabe かすがべ |
Kasukabe, city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan (surname) Kasugabe |
普通科 see styles |
futsuuka / futsuka ふつうか |
(1) infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); (2) (See 普通課程) general education curriculum |
書籍館 see styles |
shojakukan; shosekikan しょじゃくかん; しょせきかん |
(obsolete) (See 図書館) library; (place-name) Shojakukan (Japan's first public library, opened in 1872) |
本因坊 see styles |
běn yīn fāng ben3 yin1 fang1 pen yin fang honinbou / honinbo ほんいんぼう |
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940); title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-) {go} (See 本因坊戦) Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster; (surname) Hon'inbou |
条里制 see styles |
jourisei / jorise じょうりせい |
(hist) jōri system of land subdivision in ancient Japan |
東日本 see styles |
higashinihon; higashinippon ひがしにほん; ひがしにっぽん |
(See 西日本) eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region); (place-name) Higashinihon |
東遊び see styles |
azumaasobi / azumasobi あずまあそび |
(archaism) Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) |
松口蘑 see styles |
sōng kǒu mó song1 kou3 mo2 sung k`ou mo sung kou mo |
matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan |
林邑楽 see styles |
rinyuugaku / rinyugaku りんゆうがく |
(hist) Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE) |
柏崎市 see styles |
bǎi qí shì bai3 qi2 shi4 pai ch`i shih pai chi shih kashiwazakishi かしわざきし |
Kashiwazaki city, Japan (place-name) Kashiwazaki (city) |
桟留縞 see styles |
santomejima さんとめじま |
striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan |
梵網宗 梵网宗 see styles |
fàn wǎng zōng fan4 wang3 zong1 fan wang tsung Bonmōshū |
The sect of Ritsu 律宗, brought into Japan by the Chinese monk 鑑眞 Chien-chen in A.D. 754. |
橫濱市 横滨市 see styles |
héng bīn shì heng2 bin1 shi4 heng pin shih |
Yokohama, major port city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan |
正倉院 正仓院 see styles |
zhēng cāng yuàn zheng1 cang1 yuan4 cheng ts`ang yüan cheng tsang yüan shousouin / shosoin しょうそういん |
Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756 (place-name) Shōsōin (treasure house of Tōdai Temple in Nara) |
民主党 see styles |
minshutou / minshuto みんしゅとう |
(1) Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); (2) (abbreviation) (See 立憲民主党・1) Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan |
気象庁 see styles |
kishouchou / kishocho きしょうちょう |
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA; (o) Japan Meteorological Agency; JMA |
水俁市 水俣市 see styles |
shuǐ yǔ shì shui3 yu3 shi4 shui yü shih |
Minamata City in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan |
水俁病 水俣病 see styles |
shuǐ yǔ bìng shui3 yu3 bing4 shui yü ping |
Minamata disease (neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning due to industrial pollution in Japan, first identified in 1956) See: 水俣病 |
水戶市 水户市 see styles |
shuǐ hù shì shui3 hu4 shi4 shui hu shih |
Mito City, capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |
永楽銭 see styles |
eirakusen / erakusen えいらくせん |
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period) |
永田町 see styles |
nagatachou / nagatacho ながたちょう |
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street); (place-name) Nagatamachi |
江戸間 see styles |
edoma えどま |
(1) (See 田舎間・1) standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); (2) (See 田舎間・2) Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm) |
沖繩縣 冲绳县 see styles |
chōng shéng xiàn chong1 sheng2 xian4 ch`ung sheng hsien chung sheng hsien |
Okinawa prefecture, Japan |
河原者 see styles |
kawaramono かわらもの |
(1) (hist) labourer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan); (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) (See 河原乞食) kabuki actor (Edo period); theatre people |
沼田鰻 see styles |
nutaunagi; nutaunagi ぬたうなぎ; ヌタウナギ |
(kana only) inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri, species found from Japan to Taiwan) |
法隆寺 see styles |
fǎ lōng sì fa3 long1 si4 fa lung ssu houryuuji / horyuji ほうりゅうじ |
Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 (c. 600) (place-name, surname) Houryūji Falong si |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "japan" 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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