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Variations:



胄(iK)

 kabuto
    かぶと
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

Variations:
甲状腺
甲状せん(sK)

 koujousen / kojosen
    こうじょうせん
{anat} thyroid (gland)

Variations:
甲虫
カブト虫
かぶと虫
兜虫

 kabutomushi(虫, kabuto虫, 兜虫); kabutomushi(kabuto虫); kabutomushi
    かぶとむし(甲虫, かぶと虫, 兜虫); カブトむし(カブト虫); カブトムシ
(kana only) rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

Variations:
甲羅(ateji)
甲ら(sK)

 koura / kora
    こうら
(1) shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron; (2) (person's) back; (3) years of experience

Variations:
佩楯
膝甲(rK)
脛楯(rK)

 haidate
    はいだて
(hist) shin protector (armour)

Variations:
生き甲斐
生きがい
生甲斐

 ikigai
    いきがい
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

Variations:
甲斐
詮(rK)
効(rK)

 kai
    かい
(1) (See 甲斐・がい) effect; result; worth; use; avail; (2) (甲斐 only) (hist) Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

Variations:
甲斐甲斐しい
甲斐々々しい(sK)

 kaigaishii / kaigaishi
    かいがいしい
(adjective) (kana only) brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

Variations:
亀の甲より年の功
亀の甲より年の劫

 kamenokouyoritoshinokou / kamenokoyoritoshinoko
    かめのこうよりとしのこう
(expression) (proverb) the older, the wiser

Variations:
亀甲
龜甲(sK)
亀っ甲(sK)

 kikkou; kikou(rk) / kikko; kiko(rk)
    きっこう; きこう(rk)
(1) (See 亀の甲) tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; (2) (abbreviation) (See 亀甲形) tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern; (3) (abbreviation) (See 亀甲括弧) tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)

Variations:
話し甲斐
話しがい
話甲斐(sK)

 hanashigai
    はなしがい
worth in speaking (to someone)

Variations:
骨折り甲斐がある
骨折りがいがある

 honeorigaigaaru / honeorigaigaru
    ほねおりがいがある
(exp,v5r-i,vi) to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

Variations:
べっ甲あん
鼈甲餡
べっ甲餡
鼈甲あん

 bekkouan / bekkoan
    べっこうあん
{food} tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.

Variations:
不甲斐ない
不甲斐無い
腑甲斐ない
腑甲斐無い

 fugainai
    ふがいない
(adjective) good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; disappointing; shameful

Variations:
不甲斐ない
不甲斐無い
腑甲斐ない(rK)
腑甲斐無い(rK)

 fugainai
    ふがいない
(adjective) good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

Variations:
不甲斐ない
不甲斐無い(sK)
腑甲斐ない(rK)
腑甲斐無い(rK)

 fugainai
    ふがいない
(adjective) good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

Variations:
佩楯
佩盾(rK)
膝甲(rK)
脛楯(rK)

 haidate
    はいだて
(hist) thigh guards (worn underneath armor)

Variations:
兜を脱ぐ
かぶとを脱ぐ
甲を脱ぐ(rK)
冑を脱ぐ(rK)
兜をぬぐ(sK)

 kabutoonugu
    かぶとをぬぐ
(exp,v5g) (1) to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; (exp,v5g) (2) to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors

Variations:
友達甲斐
友達がい
友だちがい(sK)

 tomodachigai
    ともだちがい
true friendship

Variations:
年甲斐も無い
年甲斐もない
年がいもない

 toshigaimonai
    としがいもない
(exp,adj-i) unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

Variations:
甲乙つけがたい
甲乙付けがたい
甲乙付け難い

 kouotsutsukegatai / kootsutsukegatai
    こうおつつけがたい
(exp,adj-i) difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

Variations:
甲斐(ateji)
詮(rK)
効(rK)

 kai
    かい
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

Variations:
甲比丹(ateji)
甲必丹(ateji)

 kapitan
    カピタン
(1) (hist) (kana only) (See 出島) chief trader (of the Dutch trading post at Dejima) (por: capitão); (2) (hist) (kana only) captain (of a European ship; Edo period)

Variations:
甲高い
かん高い
疳高い
癇高い(iK)

 kandakai
    かんだかい
(adjective) high-pitched; shrill

Variations:
甲高い
かん高い
疳高い(rK)
癇高い(sK)

 kandakai
    かんだかい
(adjective) high-pitched; shrill

Variations:
遣り甲斐のある
やり甲斐のある(sK)

 yarigainoaru
    やりがいのある
(exp,adj-f) (kana only) worth doing; worthwhile; rewarding; satisfying

Variations:
骨折り甲斐がある
骨折りがいがある(sK)

 honeorigaigaaru / honeorigaigaru
    ほねおりがいがある
(exp,v5r-i) to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

Variations:
甲虫
兜虫(rK)
カブト虫(sK)
かぶと虫(sK)

 kabutomushi; kabutomushi
    カブトムシ; かぶとむし
(kana only) rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

Variations:
生きがい
生き甲斐
生甲斐(sK)

 ikigai
    いきがい
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

Variations:
六甲おろし
六甲颪
六甲下ろし(sK)

 rokkouoroshi / rokkooroshi
    ろっこうおろし
cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains

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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).



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