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Variations:
正蛋(sK)
生蛋(sK)
製蛋(sK)

 seitan / setan
    セイタン
{food} (from 正しいタンパク源) (See グルテンミート) seitan; wheat gluten

Variations:
活きがいい
生きがいい
活きが良い
生きが良い
活きがよい(sK)
イキが良い(sK)
いきが良い(sK)
生きがよい(sK)

 ikigaii; ikigayoi(活kiga良i, kiga良i); ikigaii / ikigai; ikigayoi(活kiga良i, kiga良i); ikigai
    いきがいい; いきがよい(活きが良い, 生きが良い); イキがいい
(exp,adj-ix) (1) fresh (e.g. fish); (exp,adj-ix) (2) lively; spirited; animated; full of energy

Variations:
活きのいい
生きのいい
活きの良い
生きの良い
活きのよい(sK)
生きのよい(sK)

 ikinoii; ikinoyoi(活kino良i, kino良i); ikinoii; ikinoyoi(sk) / ikinoi; ikinoyoi(活kino良i, kino良i); ikinoi; ikinoyoi(sk)
    いきのいい; いきのよい(活きの良い, 生きの良い); イキのいい; イキのよい(sk)
(exp,adj-ix) (1) (See 活きがいい・1) fresh (e.g. fish); (exp,adj-ix) (2) lively; spirited; animated; full of energy

Variations:
活き造り
活き作り
生き作り
生作り(io)

 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
(See 活け造り・1) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

Variations:
活き造り
活造り
活き作り
生き造り
生造り
生き作り
生作り(sK)
活作り(sK)

 ikizukuri
    いきづくり
(See 活け造り・1) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape

Variations:
活け造り
活け作り
生け作り
生け造り
活作り(io)

 ikezukuri
    いけづくり
(1) (See 活き造り) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; (2) fresh sashimi

Variations:
活け造り
活造り
活け作り
生け作り
生け造り
活作り(sK)
生作り(sK)
生造り(sK)

 ikezukuri
    いけづくり
(1) (See 活き造り) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; (2) fresh sashimi

無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈婆藪槃頭菩薩造并註


无量寿经优婆提舍愿生偈婆薮槃头菩萨造并注

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wú liáng shòu jīng yōu pó tí shè yuàn shēng jié pó sǒu pán tóu pú sà zào bīng zhù
    wu2 liang2 shou4 jing1 you1 po2 ti2 she4 yuan4 sheng1 jie2 po2 sou3 pan2 tou2 pu2 sa4 zao4 bing1 zhu4
wu liang shou ching yu p`o t`i she yüan sheng chieh p`o sou p`an t`ou p`u sa tsao ping chu
    wu liang shou ching yu po ti she yüan sheng chieh po sou pan tou pu sa tsao ping chu
 Muryōjukyō ubadaisha ganshōge basōbanzu bosatsu zōhyōchū
Commentary on Vasubandhu's Treatise on the Pure Land

Variations:
瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ
瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ

 urinotsuruninasubihanaranu
    うりのつるになすびはならぬ
(expression) (proverb) like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

Variations:
生ある者は必ず死あり
生有る者は必ず死有り

 seiarumonohakanarazushiari / searumonohakanarazushiari
    せいあるものはかならずしあり
(expression) (proverb) no mortal escapes death; all men must die; he who has life, certainly has death

Variations:
生い立ち
生立ち(sK)
生いたち(sK)

 oitachi
    おいたち
(1) growth; development; (2) one's early life; upbringing; personal history

Variations:
生い茂る
生茂る
おい茂る
生いしげる

 oishigeru
    おいしげる
(v5r,vi) to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

Variations:
生え変わる
生え替わる
生えかわる
生え変る
生え替る

 haekawaru
    はえかわる
(v5r,vi) to be replaced with new growth

Variations:
生きがいい
生きが良い
イキが良い
いきが良い
生きがよい

 ikigaii(kigaii, kiga良i, ikiga良i); ikigayoi(kiga良i, ikiga良i, kigayoi); ikigayoi(ikiga良i); ikigaii / ikigai(kigai, kiga良i, ikiga良i); ikigayoi(kiga良i, ikiga良i, kigayoi); ikigayoi(ikiga良i); ikigai
    いきがいい(生きがいい, 生きが良い, いきが良い); いきがよい(生きが良い, いきが良い, 生きがよい); イキがよい(イキが良い); イキがいい
(exp,adj-ix) (1) (kana only) fresh (e.g. fish); (exp,adj-ix) (2) (kana only) lively; spirited; animated; full of energy

Variations:
生き残り
生残り(sK)
生きのこり(sK)
いき残り(sK)

 ikinokori
    いきのこり
(1) survival; (2) survivor; relic

Variations:
生き神様
生神様(sK)
生き神さま(sK)

 ikigamisama
    いきがみさま
living god; saintly person

Variations:
生き返る
生返る
生きかえる

 ikikaeru
    いきかえる
(v5r,vi) to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

Variations:
生き長らえる
生きながらえる
生き永らえる
生き存える
生き存らえる
生長らえる

 ikinagaraeru
    いきながらえる
(v1,vi) to live long; to survive

Variations:
生け花
生花
活け花
活花

 ikebana(p); seika(花, 活花) / ikebana(p); seka(花, 活花)
    いけばな(P); せいか(生花, 活花)
(1) ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; (2) (せいか only) fresh flower; natural flower

Variations:
生け花
生花
活け花(rK)
活花(rK)
いけ花(sK)

 ikebana(p); seika(花, 活花) / ikebana(p); seka(花, 活花)
    いけばな(P); せいか(生花, 活花)
(1) ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; (2) (せいか only) fresh flower; natural flower

Variations:
生まれがいい
生まれが良い
生まれがよい

 umaregaii(maregaii, marega良i); umaregayoi(marega良i, maregayoi) / umaregai(maregai, marega良i); umaregayoi(marega良i, maregayoi)
    うまれがいい(生まれがいい, 生まれが良い); うまれがよい(生まれが良い, 生まれがよい)
(exp,adj-ix) of noble birth; wellborn

Variations:
生まれたて
生まれ立て
生れたて
生れ立て

 umaretate
    うまれたて
(adj-no,n) newborn; newly born

Variations:
生まれたままの姿
生まれたままのすがた
うまれたままの姿

 umaretamamanosugata
    うまれたままのすがた
(exp,n) completely naked; in one's birthday suit

Variations:
生まれたままの姿
生まれたままのすがた(sK)

 umaretamamanosugata
    うまれたままのすがた
(exp,n) (euph) being completely naked; (in) one's birthday suit

Variations:
生まれつき
生れつき
生まれ付き
生れ付き

 umaretsuki
    うまれつき
(adv,adj-no,n) by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

Variations:
生まれながら
生れながら
生まれ乍ら
生れ乍ら

 umarenagara
    うまれながら
(adj-no,adv) by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

Variations:
生まれぬ先の襁褓さだめ
生まれぬ先の襁褓定め

 umarenusakinomutsukisadame
    うまれぬさきのむつきさだめ
(expression) (idiom) putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born

Variations:
生まれのいい
生まれの良い
生まれのよい

 umarenoii(marenoii, mareno良i); umarenoyoi(mareno良i, marenoyoi) / umarenoi(marenoi, mareno良i); umarenoyoi(mareno良i, marenoyoi)
    うまれのいい(生まれのいい, 生まれの良い); うまれのよい(生まれの良い, 生まれのよい)
(exp,adj-ix) of noble birth; wellborn

Variations:
生まれる
産まれる
生れる
産れる

 umareru
    うまれる
(v1,vi) to be born

Variations:
生まれ変わり
生まれかわり
うまれ変わり

 umarekawari
    うまれかわり
rebirth; reincarnation

Variations:
生まれ持つ
生まれもつ
生れ持つ
うまれ持つ
生れもつ

 umaremotsu
    うまれもつ
(transitive verb) to have (something) innate; to be born with

Variations:
生み付ける
産み付ける
生みつける
産みつける

 umitsukeru
    うみつける
(transitive verb) to lay; to spawn

Variations:
生み出す
生みだす
産み出す
産みだす
うみ出す

 umidasu
    うみだす
(transitive verb) (1) to create; to bring forth; to produce; (transitive verb) (2) to invent; to think up and bring into being; (transitive verb) (3) to give birth to; to bear

Variations:
生み出す
生みだす
産み出す(rK)
産みだす(sK)
うみ出す(sK)

 umidasu
    うみだす
(transitive verb) (1) to create; to bring forth; to produce; (transitive verb) (2) to invent; to think up and bring into being; (transitive verb) (3) to give birth to; to bear

Variations:
生み出す
産み出す
生みだす(sK)
産みだす(sK)
うみ出す(sK)
生出す(sK)
産出す(sK)

 umidasu
    うみだす
(transitive verb) (1) to create; to bring forth; to produce; (transitive verb) (2) to invent; to think up and bring into being; (transitive verb) (3) to give birth to; to bear

Variations:
生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ
生めよ殖えよ地に満てよ

 umeyofueyochinimiteyo
    うめよふえよちにみてよ
(expression) (proverb) (from Genesis 1:28) be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth

Variations:
生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ
生めよ殖えよ地に満てよ(sK)

 umeyo、fueyo、chinimiteyo
    うめよ、ふえよ、ちにみてよ
(expression) (proverb) (from Genesis 1:28) be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth

Variations:
生り木責め
成り木責め
成木責め
成木責(io)

 narikizeme
    なりきぜめ
(See 小正月,祝い棒) traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

Variations:
生兵法は大怪我のもと
生兵法は大怪我の元
生兵法は大怪我の基
生兵法は大けがのもと
生兵法は大けがの元
生兵法は大けがの基

 namabyouhouhaookeganomoto / namabyohohaookeganomoto
    なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと
(expression) (proverb) a little learning is a dangerous thing

Variations:
生兵法は大怪我のもと
生兵法は大怪我の元
生兵法は大怪我の基
生兵法は大けがのもと(sK)
生兵法は大けがの元(sK)
生兵法は大けがの基(sK)

 namabyouhouhaookeganomoto / namabyohohaookeganomoto
    なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと
(expression) (proverb) a little learning is a dangerous thing

Variations:
生姜湯
しょうが湯
ショウガ湯
生薑湯(rK)

 shougayu / shogayu
    しょうがゆ
ginger tea

Variations:
生姜酢
しょうが酢
ショウガ酢
生薑酢(rK)

 shougazu / shogazu
    しょうがず
{food} vinegar mixed with ginger juice and soy sauce, etc.

Variations:
生憎(ateji)
合憎(sK)

 ainiku
    あいにく
(adj-na,adv,n,adj-no) (kana only) unfortunately; sorry, but ...

Variations:
生易しい
生やさしい
なま易しい(sK)

 namayasashii / namayasashi
    なまやさしい
(adjective) simple; easy

Variations:
生暖かい
生温かい
なま暖かい(sK)
なま温かい(sK)
生あたたかい(sK)
生暖い(sK)

 namaatatakai / namatatakai
    なまあたたかい
(adjective) lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

Variations:
生牡蠣
生ガキ
生がき
生牡蛎(sK)

 namagaki
    なまがき
{food} raw oyster

Variations:
生真面目
生まじめ
気まじめ(iK)
気真面目(iK)

 kimajime
    きまじめ
(noun or adjectival noun) overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

Variations:
生真面目
生まじめ
気まじめ(sK)
気真面目(sK)

 kimajime
    きまじめ
(noun or adjectival noun) overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

Variations:
生臭い
腥い(rK)
生ぐさい(sK)
なま臭い(sK)

 namagusai
    なまぐさい
(adjective) (1) smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody; (adjective) (2) degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen; (adjective) (3) worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary; (adjective) (4) fishy; suspicious; questionable

Variations:
生臭物
生臭もの(sK)
なまぐさ物(sK)
生ぐさ物(sK)

 namagusamono
    なまぐさもの
(dated) (See 精進物) meat and fish (forbidden to monks)

Variations:
産み落とす
生み落とす
産みおとす(sK)
生みおとす(sK)
産み落す(sK)
生み落す(sK)

 umiotosu
    うみおとす
(transitive verb) to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

Variations:
産み落とす
生み落とす
産み落す
生み落す

 umiotosu
    うみおとす
(transitive verb) to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

Variations:
竹の子生活
タケノコ生活
筍生活
たけのこ生活(sK)

 takenokoseikatsu / takenokosekatsu
    たけのこせいかつ
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

Variations:
紅しょうが
紅ショウガ
紅生姜
紅生薑

 benishouga / benishoga
    べにしょうが
red pickled ginger

Variations:
紅しょうが
紅ショウガ
紅生姜
紅生薑(rK)

 benishouga / benishoga
    べにしょうが
red pickled ginger

Variations:
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

 kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhaisshounohaji / kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhaisshonohaji
    きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ
(expression) (proverb) better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

Variations:
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥(sK)

 kikuhaittokinohaji、kikanuhaisshounohaji / kikuhaittokinohaji、kikanuhaisshonohaji
    きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ
(expression) (proverb) better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

Variations:
艶かしい
艶めかしい
生めかしい
媚かしい(iK)

 namamekashii / namamekashi
    なまめかしい
(adjective) charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

Variations:
艶かしい
艶めかしい
生めかしい(sK)
媚かしい(sK)

 namamekashii / namamekashi
    なまめかしい
(adjective) charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

Variations:
袖すり合うも多生の縁
袖擦り合うも他生の縁
袖擦り合うも多生の縁
袖すり合うも他生の縁

 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) (See 袖振り合うも他生の縁) a meeting by chance is preordained

Variations:
袖振り合うも他生の縁
袖振り合うも多生の縁
袖ふりあうも他生の縁(sK)
袖触り合うも多生の縁(sK)

 sodefuriaumotashounoen / sodefuriaumotashonoen
    そでふりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life

Variations:
袖振り合うも他生の縁
袖触合うも他生の縁

 sodefuriaumotashounoen / sodefuriaumotashonoen
    そでふりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

Variations:
鳶が鷹を生む
トンビが鷹を生む
とんびが鷹を生む
トンビがタカを生む

 tonbigatakaoumu; tobigatakaoumu(鳶ga鷹omu) / tonbigatakaomu; tobigatakaomu(鳶ga鷹omu)
    とんびがたかをうむ; とびがたかをうむ(鳶が鷹を生む)
(exp,v5m) (idiom) to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; a kite gives birth to a hawk

Variations:
鳶が鷹を生む
トンビが鷹を生む(sK)
とんびが鷹を生む(sK)
トンビがタカを生む(sK)

 tonbigatakaoumu; tobigatakaoumu / tonbigatakaomu; tobigatakaomu
    とんびがたかをうむ; とびがたかをうむ
(exp,v5m) (idiom) to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; a kite gives birth to a hawk

Variations:
生い茂る
生茂る(sK)
おい茂る(sK)
生いしげる(sK)

 oishigeru
    おいしげる
(v5r,vi) to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

Variations:
生え際
生えぎわ(sK)
生際(sK)

 haegiwa
    はえぎわ
hairline; borders of the hair

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:
生きながらえる
生き長らえる
生き永らえる
生き存える
生き存らえる(sK)
生長らえる(sK)

 ikinagaraeru
    いきながらえる
(v1,vi) to live long; to survive

Variations:
生まれる
産まれる
生れる(sK)
産れる(sK)

 umareru
    うまれる
(v1,vi) to be born

Variations:
生干し
生干
生乾し(rK)
生乾(sK)
なま干し(sK)

 namaboshi
    なまぼし
(adj-no,n,vs,vt) half-dried; partially dried

Variations:
千成ほおずき
千成酸漿(rK)
千生りほおずき(sK)
千成りほおずき(sK)

 sennarihoozuki; sennarihoozuki
    せんなりほおずき; センナリホオズキ
cutleaf groundcherry (Physalis angulata)

Variations:
千成り
千生り
千成(sK)
千生(sK)
千なり(sK)

 sennari
    せんなり
(1) great collection (of things); cluster; bunch; (2) (abbreviation) (See 千成瓢箪・1) bottle gourd

Variations:
千成瓢箪
千生瓢箪
千成びょうたん(sK)
せんなり瓢箪(sK)
千成り瓢箪(sK)
千なり瓢箪(sK)
千生り瓢箪(sK)

 sennaribyoutan / sennaribyotan
    せんなりびょうたん
(1) bottle gourd; (2) ensign bearing a cluster of gourds (used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

Variations:
竹の子生活
タケノコ生活(sK)
筍生活(sK)
たけのこ生活(sK)

 takenokoseikatsu / takenokosekatsu
    たけのこせいかつ
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

Variations:
生きとし生けるもの
生きとし生ける物
生きとし生ける者(sK)

 ikitoshiikerumono / ikitoshikerumono
    いきとしいけるもの
(exp,n) all living things; all God's creatures, great and small

Variations:
案ずるより産むが易し
案ずるより生むが易し
案ずるより産むがやすし(sK)
案ずるより産むが安し(sK)
案ずるより生むが安し(sK)
案ずるより生むがやすし(sK)
あんずるより産むがやすし(sK)
案ずるよりうむがやすし(sK)
案ずるよりうむが易し(sK)

 anzuruyoriumugayasushi
    あんずるよりうむがやすし
(expression) (proverb) it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it

Variations:
往生際が悪い
往生際がわるい(sK)
往生際悪い(sK)

 oujougiwagawarui / ojogiwagawarui
    おうじょうぎわがわるい
(exp,adj-i) not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

Variations:
人はパンのみにて生くるにあらず
人はパンのみにて生くるに非ず

 hitohapannominiteikuruniarazu / hitohapannominitekuruniarazu
    ひとはパンのみにていくるにあらず
(expression) (proverb) man shall not live by bread alone

Variations:
生暖か
生温か
生あたたか(sK)
なま暖か(sK)
なま温か(sK)

 namaatataka / namatataka
    なまあたたか
(adjectival noun) lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

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

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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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