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There are 20 total results for your 本生 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

本生

see styles
běn shēng
    ben3 sheng1
pen sheng
 motonari
    もとなり
(given name) Motonari
accounts of the Buddha's lives

本生り

see styles
 motonari
    もとなり
fruit grown near the root

本生圖


本生图

see styles
běn shēng tú
    ben3 sheng1 tu2
pen sheng t`u
    pen sheng tu
 honjō zu
past life image

本生燈


本生灯

see styles
běn shēng dēng
    ben3 sheng1 deng1
pen sheng teng
Bunsen burner

本生經


本生经

see styles
běn shēng jīng
    ben3 sheng1 jing1
pen sheng ching
 honjō gyō
Jātaka sutras 闍陀伽; stories of the Buddha's previous incarnations, one of the twelve classes of sutras.

本生話


本生话

see styles
běn shēng huà
    ben3 sheng1 hua4
pen sheng hua
 honjō wa
accounts of the Buddha's lives

本生說


本生说

see styles
běn shēng shuō
    ben3 sheng1 shuo1
pen sheng shuo
 honshō setsu
The stories told in the Jātaka tales. v. 本事經.

本生譚


本生谭

see styles
běn shēng tán
    ben3 sheng1 tan2
pen sheng t`an
    pen sheng tan
 honjō tan
stories of the Buddha's previous lives

本生鬘

see styles
běn shēng mán
    ben3 sheng1 man2
pen sheng man
 honshōman
versified incarnation stories

日本生命

see styles
 nipponseimei / nipponseme
    にっぽんせいめい
(company) Nippon Life; (c) Nippon Life

本生心地觀經


本生心地观经

see styles
běn shēng xīn dì guān jīng
    ben3 sheng1 xin1 di4 guan1 jing1
pen sheng hsin ti kuan ching
 Honshō shinjikan gyō
Sūtra of Contemplation of the Mind Ground in the Buddha's Life (?)

日本生命保険

see styles
 nipponseimeihoken / nipponsemehoken
    にっぽんせいめいほけん
(company) Nippon Life Insurance; (c) Nippon Life Insurance

菩薩本生鬘論


菩萨本生鬘论

see styles
pú sà běn shēng mán lùn
    pu2 sa4 ben3 sheng1 man2 lun4
p`u sa pen sheng man lun
    pu sa pen sheng man lun
 Bosatsu hon shōman ron
Pusa ben shengman lun

Variations:
本生り
本成り

see styles
 motonari
    もとなり
fruit grown near the root

大乘本生心地觀經


大乘本生心地观经

see styles
dà shèng běn shēng xīn dì guān jīng
    da4 sheng4 ben3 sheng1 xin1 di4 guan1 jing1
ta sheng pen sheng hsin ti kuan ching
 Daijō honshō shinchi kan kyō
Great Vehicle Sūtra of Contemplation of the Mind Ground in the Buddha's Life (?)

日本生命倫理学会

see styles
 nihonseimeirinrigakkai / nihonsemerinrigakkai
    にほんせいめいりんりがっかい
(org) Japan Association for Bioethics; (o) Japan Association for Bioethics

日本生物教育学会

see styles
 nipponseibutsukyouikugakkai / nipponsebutsukyoikugakkai
    にっぽんせいぶつきょういくがっかい
(org) Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan; SBSEJ; (o) Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan; SBSEJ

日本生物物理学会

see styles
 nipponseibutsubutsurigakkai / nipponsebutsubutsurigakkai
    にっぽんせいぶつぶつりがっかい
(org) Biophysical Society of Japan; (o) Biophysical Society of Japan

日本生糸輸入組合

see styles
 nipponkiitoyunyuukumiai / nipponkitoyunyukumiai
    にっぽんきいとゆにゅうくみあい
(o) Japan Raw Silk Importers' Association

日本生糸輸出組合

see styles
 nipponkiitoyushutsukumiai / nipponkitoyushutsukumiai
    にっぽんきいとゆしゅつくみあい
(o) Japan Raw Silk Exporters' Association

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

This page contains 20 results for "本生" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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