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Variations:
蛙の目借時
蛙の目借り時

 kaerunomekaridoki; kaerunomekarudoki(蛙no目時); kawazunomekaridoki
    かえるのめかりどき; かえるのめかるどき(蛙の目借時); かわずのめかりどき
(exp,n) (poetic term) springtime mating of frogs

Variations:
陸宿借
陸寄居虫
岡宿借

 okayadokari; okayadokari
    おかやどかり; オカヤドカリ
(kana only) concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)

Variations:
借りができた
借りが出来た

 karigadekita
    かりができた
(expression) I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor

Variations:
借り衣装
借り衣裳(iK)

 kariishou / karisho
    かりいしょう
borrowed clothes

Variations:
借り込む
借りこむ(sK)

 karikomu
    かりこむ
(Godan verb with "mu" ending) to borrow

Variations:
助けを借りる
助けをかりる

 tasukeokariru
    たすけをかりる
(exp,v1) to get help; to enlist aid

Variations:
貸し借りなし
貸し借り無し

 kashikarinashi
    かしかりなし
(exp,adj-no) being even; being square; owing nothing to each other

Variations:
仮借なき
仮借無き(sK)

 kashakunaki
    かしゃくなき
(pre-noun adjective) (rare) merciless; unforgiving; ruthless; relentless

Variations:
借りる
貸りる(sK)

 kariru
    かりる
(transitive verb) (1) to borrow; (transitive verb) (2) to rent; to hire; (transitive verb) (3) to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to receive; (transitive verb) (4) to use (for another purpose); to put to a different use

Variations:
借り入れ
借入れ
借入

 kariire / karire
    かりいれ
(noun, transitive verb) borrowing (money)

Variations:
宿借り
寄居虫
宿借(io)

 yadokari; gouna(寄居虫)(ok); kamina(寄居虫)(ok); yadokari / yadokari; gona(寄居虫)(ok); kamina(寄居虫)(ok); yadokari
    やどかり; ごうな(寄居虫)(ok); かみな(寄居虫)(ok); ヤドカリ
(1) (kana only) hermit crab; (2) (宿借り, 宿借 only) renting a house; (3) (宿借り, 宿借 only) tenant

Variations:
この場を借りて
この場をかりて

 konobaokarite
    このばをかりて
(expression) take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)

Variations:
借り切り
借切り
借りきり
借切

 karikiri
    かりきり
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 貸し切り) reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

Variations:
借入金
借り入れ金(io)

 kariirekin / karirekin
    かりいれきん
loan; loan payable; debt

Variations:
借金のカタ
借金のかた
借金の形

 shakkinnokata(金nokata); shakkinnokata(金nokata, 金no形)
    しゃっきんのカタ(借金のカタ); しゃっきんのかた(借金のかた, 借金の形)
(exp,n) security for a loan; collateral

Variations:
かえるの目借時
蛙の目借時
蛙の目借り時

 kaerunomekaridoki; kaerunomekarudoki(kaeruno目時, 蛙no目時); kawazunomekaridoki(蛙no目時, 蛙no目ri時)
    かえるのめかりどき; かえるのめかるどき(かえるの目借時, 蛙の目借時); かわずのめかりどき(蛙の目借時, 蛙の目借り時)
(exp,n) (poetic term) springtime mating of frogs

Variations:
借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔
借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔
借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔
借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔

 karirutokinojizougaonasutokinoenmagao / karirutokinojizogaonasutokinoenmagao
    かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお
(expression) (proverb) (See 地蔵,閻魔) people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Variations:
借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔
借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔(sK)
借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔(sK)
借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔(sK)

 karirutokinojizougao、nasutokinoenmagao / karirutokinojizogao、nasutokinoenmagao
    かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお
(expression) (proverb) (See 地蔵,閻魔) people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Variations:
借り住まい
借り住い
借住まい
借住い

 karizumai
    かりずまい
(noun/participle) living in rented quarters; rented house

Variations:
猫の手も借りたい
ネコの手も借りたい(sK)
ねこの手もかりたい(sK)
猫の手もかりたい(sK)
ねこの手も借りたい(sK)

 nekonotemokaritai
    ねこのてもかりたい
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) extremely busy; short-handed; wanting even the help of a cat

Variations:
難しい
六借しい(ateji)(oK)
六ヶ敷い(ateji)(oK)

 muzukashii(p); mutsukashii / muzukashi(p); mutsukashi
    むずかしい(P); むつかしい
(adjective) (1) (ant: 易しい・やさしい) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); (adjective) (2) (euph) impossible; unfeasible; (adjective) (3) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; (adjective) (4) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (adjective) (5) (archaism) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (adjective) (6) (archaism) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Variations:
難しい
六借しい(sK)
六ヶ敷い(sK)
六かしい(sK)

 muzukashii(p); mutsukashii; muzukashii(sk) / muzukashi(p); mutsukashi; muzukashi(sk)
    むずかしい(P); むつかしい; むづかしい(sk)
(adjective) (1) (ant: 易しい) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); (adjective) (2) (euph) impossible; unfeasible; (adjective) (3) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; (adjective) (4) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (adjective) (5) (archaism) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (adjective) (6) (archaism) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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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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