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    si4
ssu
 suu / su
    スー
four; 4
(numeric) four (chi: sì); (personal name) Yotsu
catur. Four.

四つ

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 yotsuyanagi
    よつやなぎ
(numeric) four; (surname) Yotsuyanagi

四ケ

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 shika
    しか
(place-name) Shika

四一

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sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 shippin; shippin
    しっぴん; シッピン
{cards} (See おいちょかぶ) scoring combination of a 4 and a 1 in oicho-kabu; (given name) Yoichi
The four 'ones', or the unity contained (according to Tiantai) in the 方便品 of the Lotus Sutra; i. e. 教一 its teaching of one Vehicle; 行一 its sole bodhisattva procedure; 人一 its men all and only as bodhisattvas; 理一 its one ultimate truth of the reality of all existence.

四丁

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 shitei / shite
    してい
(kana only) ladder (in go); (given name) Shitei

四七

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sì qī
    si4 qi1
ssu ch`i
    ssu chi
 shina
    しな
(surname) Shina
four sevens

四万

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 shima
    しま
(place-name) Shima

四三

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 shisou; shizou; shisan / shiso; shizo; shisan
    しそう; しぞう; しさん
(1) {hanaf} (See 手役) one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; (2) three and a four (in dice games); (personal name) Yomi

四上

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sì shàng
    si4 shang4
ssu shang
 shijō
The four times a day of going up to worship— daybreak, noon, evening, and midnight.

四下

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sì xià
    si4 xia4
ssu hsia
 yoshishita
    よしした
everywhere
(surname) Yoshishita

四与

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 shiyo
    しよ
(female given name) Shiyo

四世

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sì shì
    si4 shi4
ssu shih
 yonsei / yonse
    よんせい
(1) four generations; (2) fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; (3) the fourth (e.g. George IV)
The period of the Buddha's earthly life, styled 聖世 the sacred period (or period of the sage), is added to the three periods of 正法 correct Law; 像法 semblance of the Law; and 末法 decadence of the Law.

四丸

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 shimaru
    しまる
(surname) Shimaru

四丹

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 shitan
    したん
(surname) Shitan

四主

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sì zhǔ
    si4 zhu3
ssu chu
 shishu
The four Lords of the world, whose domains were supposed to stretch E., S., W., and N. of the Himālayas; E. 人主 the lord of men; S. 象主 of elephants; W. 寳主 of jewels (or precious things); N. 馬主of horses. 西域記.

四乘

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sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shijō
The goat, deer, and ox carts and the great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, see 車.

四亀

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 shikama
    しかま
(surname) Shikama

四事

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sì shì
    si4 shi4
ssu shih
 shiji
The four necessaries of a monk clothing, victuals, bedding, medicine (or herbs). Another set is a dwelling, clothing, victuals, medicine.

四五

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 shigo
    しご
(given name) Shigo

四井

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 yotsui
    よつい
(surname) Yotsui

四亭

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 yontei / yonte
    よんてい
(surname) Yontei

四人

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sì rén
    si4 ren2
ssu jen
 shinin
    よにん
four people
four people

四仙

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sì xiān
    si4 xian1
ssu hsien
 shisen
The three genī, or founders of systems, together with 若提子 Nirgranthajñāti; v. 二天三仙.

四代

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 yotsuyo
    よつよ
(personal name) Yotsuyo

四会

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 yotsue
    よつえ
(place-name) Yotsue

四位

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sì wèi
    si4 wei4
ssu wei
 shii / shi
    しい
fourth court rank; (surname) Yon'i
four stages

四住

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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. 住地.

四体

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 shitai
    したい
(archaism) head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body

四佛

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sì fó
    si4 fo2
ssu fo
 shi butsu
Four of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas. i.e. the four regional Buddhas; they are variously stated. The 金光明經 gives E. 阿閦; S. 寳相; W. 無量壽; N. 微妙聲. The 大日經 gives E. 寳幢; S. 大勤勇遍覺華開敷; W. 仁勝 (i. e. 無量壽); N. 不動, i. e. 鼓音如來. The 金剛頂經 gives 不動; 寳生; 觀自在, and 不 空 成就如來. v. 五智如來.

四作

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 yosaku
    よさく
(surname) Yosaku

四依

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sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 shi e
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 聖種. (2) 法依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 事.

四信

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sì xìn
    si4 xin4
ssu hsin
 shinobu
    しのぶ
(given name) Shinobu
v.種信心.

四俣

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 yotsumata
    よつまた
(surname) Yotsumata

四俵

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 shidawara
    しだわら
(surname) Shidawara

四倉

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 yonsou / yonso
    よんそう
(place-name) Yonsou

四倒

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sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shitō
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views.

四儀


四仪

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sì yí
    si4 yi2
ssu i
 shigi
four postures

四優

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 shihiro
    しひろ
(female given name) Shihiro

四元

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 yomoto
    よもと
(surname) Yomoto

四光

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 shikou; yonkou / shiko; yonko
    しこう; よんこう
{hanaf} (See 出来役) four 20-point cards (scoring combination); (surname) Shikou

四八

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 yonpachi
    よんぱち
(given name) Yonpachi

四六

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 shiroku
    しろく
(given name) Shiroku

四兵

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sì bīng
    si4 bing1
ssu ping
 shihei
catur-an.gabalakāya; the four divisions of a cakravarti's troops— elephant, hastikāya; horse, aśvakāya; chariot, rathakāya; and foot, pattikāya.

四冨

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 shitomi
    しとみ
(surname) Shitomi

四凶

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 shikyou / shikyo
    しきょう
(See 四霊) the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology

四分

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sì fēn
    si4 fen1
ssu fen
 shibun
    しぶん
(n,vs,vt,vi) dividing into four; quartering; (place-name) Shibu
The 法相 Dharmalakṣana school divides the function of 識 cognition into four, i. e. 相分 mental phenomena, 見分 discriminating such phenomena, 自證分 the power that discriminates, and 證自證 the proof or assurance of that power. Another group is: 信 faith, 解 liberty, 行 action, and 證 assurance or realization.

四則

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 shisoku
    しそく
four (fundamental) rules of arithmetic

四力

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sì lì
    si4 li4
ssu li
 shiriki
The four powers for attaining enlightenment: independent personal power; power derived from others; power of past good karma; and power arising from environment.

四劫

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sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
{Buddh} (See 劫・1) the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
The four kalpas, or epochs, of a world, 成劫 that of formation and completion; 住劫 existing or abiding; 懷劫 destruction; and 空劫 annihilation, or the succeeding void. 倶舍論 12.

四化

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sì huà
    si4 hua4
ssu hua
abbr. for 個現代化|个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations

四区

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 yonku
    よんく
(place-name) Yonku

四十

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sì shí
    si4 shi2
ssu shih
 yoto
    よと
forty; 40
forty; (surname) Yoto
catvāriṃśat; forty.

四千

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 yonsen
    よんせん
four thousand

四半

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 shihan
    しはん
(1) quarter; a fourth; (2) square (piece of) cloth

四原

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 shinohara
    しのはら
(surname) Shinohara

四取

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sì qǔ
    si4 qu3
ssu ch`ü
    ssu chü
 shishu
catuḥ-parāmarśa, the four attachments, i. e. desire, (unenlightened) views, (fakir) morals, and ideas arising from the conception of the self. Also, the possible delusions of the 住地. Also, seeking fame in the four quarters.

四句

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sì jù
    si4 ju4
ssu chü
 shiku
The four terms, phrases, or four-line verses, e. g. 句分別 The four terms of differentiation, e. g. of all things into 有 the existing; 空 nonexisting; both; neither; or phenomenal, noumenal, both, neither. Also, double, single, both, neither; and other similar applications.

四号

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 yongou / yongo
    よんごう
(place-name) Yongou

四吉

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 yokichi
    よきち
(given name) Yokichi

四向

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sì xiàng
    si4 xiang4
ssu hsiang
 shikō
The four stages in Hīnayāna sanctity: srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin and arhan.

四含

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sì hán
    si4 han2
ssu han
 shigon
idem 阿含經.

四周

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sì zhōu
    si4 zhou1
ssu chou
 shishuu / shishu
    ししゅう
all around
(noun/participle) periphery; circumference

四味

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sì wèi
    si4 wei4
ssu wei
 shimi
The four 'tastes': the Tiantai definition of the four periods of the Buddha's teaching preliminary to the fifth, i. e. that of the Lotus Sutra; cf. 五味.

四和

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 shiwa
    しわ
(place-name) Shiwa

四唱

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sì chàng
    si4 chang4
ssu ch`ang
    ssu chang
 shishō
The four commanders or leaders; see Lotus Sutra 15.

四喩

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sì yú
    si4 yu2
ssu yü
 shiyu
The four metaphors (of infinity, etc. ): 山斤 the weight of all the mountains in pounds; 海 the drops in the ocean; 地塵 the atoms of dust in the earth; 空 界 the extent of space.

四因

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sì yīn
    si4 yin1
ssu yin
 shiin
four causes

四囲

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 shii / shi
    しい
(noun/participle) surroundings; circumference

四国

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 shikoku
    しこく
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan); (place-name, surname) Shikoku

四國


四国

see styles
sì guó
    si4 guo2
ssu kuo
 shikoku
    しこく
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
(surname) Shikoku

四圍


四围

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sì wéi
    si4 wei2
ssu wei
all around; on all sides; encircled

四園


四园

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sì yuán
    si4 yuan2
ssu yüan
 shien
idem 苑.

四土

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sì tǔ
    si4 tu3
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shido
    しど
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake.

四地

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shiji
fourth ground (bhūmi)

四坂

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 yoshisaka
    よしさか
(surname) Yoshisaka

四坊

see styles
 yomo
    よも
(surname) Yomo

四垂

see styles
 shidare
    しだれ
(surname) Shidare

四城

see styles
 shishiro
    ししろ
(place-name) Shishiro

四執


四执

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sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 邪; 迷; 術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四堂

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 yotsudou / yotsudo
    よつどう
(surname) Yotsudou

四堰

see styles
 shizeki
    しぜき
(place-name) Shizeki

四塔

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sì tǎ
    si4 ta3
ssu t`a
    ssu ta
 shitō
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively.

四塚

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 yotsuzuka
    よつづか
(surname) Yotsuzuka

四塵


四尘

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sì chén
    si4 chen2
ssu ch`en
    ssu chen
 shijin
four data-fields

四境

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sì jìng
    si4 jing4
ssu ching
all the borders

四墮


四堕

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sì duò
    si4 duo4
ssu to
 shida
(墮落法) The four causes of falling from grace and final excommunication of a monk or nun; adultery, stealing, killing, falsity; v. 波羅夷.

四声

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 shisei / shise
    しせい
four tones (of Chinese)

四夢

see styles
 shimu
    しむ
(given name) Shimu

四大

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sì dà
    si4 da4
ssu ta
 shidai
    しだい

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Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king
mahābhūta, 界; 大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 界 (大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.

四天

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sì tiān
    si4 tian1
ssu t`ien
    ssu tien
 shiten
the heavens of the four directions

四夷

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sì yí
    si4 yi2
ssu i
 shii / shi
    しい
(derogatory term) (See 東夷・あずまえびす・2,西戎・せいじゅう) Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China; (surname) Shii
(夷戒 or 夷罪) v. 波羅夷.

四奈

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 shina
    しな
(female given name) Shina

四女

see styles
 yonjo
    よんじょ
fourth-born daughter

四姓

see styles
sì xìng
    si4 xing4
ssu hsing
 shisei / shise
    しせい
(1) the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); (2) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma.

四字

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sì zì
    si4 zi4
ssu tzu
 shiji
four logographs

四季

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sì jì
    si4 ji4
ssu chi
 shiki
    しき

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The Four Seasons
four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
the four seasons; (female given name) Yomogi

四宅

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 shitaku
    したく
(surname) Shitaku

四宗

see styles
sì zōng
    si4 zong1
ssu tsung
 shishū
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming.

四定

see styles
sì dìng
    si4 ding4
ssu ting
 shijō
The four dhyāna heavens of form, and the four degrees of dhyāna corresponding to them.

四実

see styles
 yotsumi
    よつみ
(female given name) Yotsumi

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

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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