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There are 18 total results for your 発展 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

発展

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 hatten
    はってん
(n,vs,vi) (1) development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing; (n,vs,vi) (2) development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; progression; unfolding; (n,vs,vi) (3) (See 発展場) playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life; (place-name) Hatten

発展中

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 hattenchuu / hattenchu
    はってんちゅう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) under development; in progress

発展型

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 hattenkei / hattenke
    はってんけい
variant; successor model

発展場

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 hattenba
    はってんば
(gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)

発展家

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 hattenka
    はってんか
(See 発展・はってん・3) playboy; playgirl; fast liver; person with an active sex life

発展性

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 hattensei / hattense
    はってんせい
possibility; potential; expandability

発展的

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 hattenteki
    はってんてき
(adjectival noun) developing; developmental

急発展

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 kyuuhatten / kyuhatten
    きゅうはってん
boom (development, sales, etc.)

発展学習

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 hattengakushuu / hattengakushu
    はってんがくしゅう
enrichment program (i.e. for high-performing students); supplementary curriculum

発展途上

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 hattentojou / hattentojo
    はってんとじょう
(can be adjective with の) developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)

時間発展

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 jikanhatten
    じかんはってん
{physics} time evolution; temporal development

経済発展

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 keizaihatten / kezaihatten
    けいざいはってん
economic development

発展的解消

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 hattentekikaishou / hattentekikaisho
    はってんてきかいしょう
dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)

発展途上国

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 hattentojoukoku / hattentojokoku
    はってんとじょうこく
developing country

経済発展協会

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 keizaihattenkyoukai / kezaihattenkyokai
    けいざいはってんきょうかい
(org) Association for Economic Development; (o) Association for Economic Development

後発発展途上国

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 kouhatsuhattentojoukoku / kohatsuhattentojokoku
    こうはつはってんとじょうこく
least developed among developing nations

Variations:
ハッテン場
発展場

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 hattenba(hatten場); hattenba(発展場); hattenba
    ハッテンば(ハッテン場); はってんば(発展場); ハッテンバ
(See ホモバー) (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar)

Variations:
後発発展途上国
後発々展途上国

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 kouhatsuhattentojoukoku / kohatsuhattentojokoku
    こうはつはってんとじょうこく
least developed among developing nations
This page contains 18 results for "発展" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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