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欠 [py] qian4 [wg] ch'ien [ko] kyôl [ja] ケツ ketsu ||| (1) To be deficient; lack; absent. To lose. (2) A wound or injury. (3) To yawn; a yawn (vijrmbhita). Formerly written as 缺 (121-4). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 次 in CJKDict

次 [py] ci4 [wg] tz'u [ko] ch'a [ja] シ shi ||| (1) Next, the following; the second one. (2) In order; to follow in order. (2) Inferior, lower, secondary. (3) A time, a series, an interval. (4) A place; a halting place. To reach, to arrive at. (5) The astrological position of the sun and the moon. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

次第 [py] ci4di4 [wg] tz'u-ti [ko] ch'aje [ja] シダイ shidai ||| (krama); 'order', 'precedence.' One of the twenty-four elements not concomitant with mind in Consciousness-only theory. The provisionally established capacity of conditioned elements (dharmas) in their arising and ceasing, to follow the order of before and after in regard to cause and effect, i.e., the characteristic of elements (法) is that their arising and cessation is not simultaneous. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 欣 in CJKDict

欣 [py] xin1 [wg] hsin [ko] hûn [ja] ゴン gon ||| (1) To desire, hope for wish for, long for. (2) To be happy, happiness, enjoyment. [Dictionary References] naka430a [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 欲 in CJKDict

欲 [py] yu4 [wg] yü [ko] yok [ja] ヨク yoku ||| (1) To desire, to long for, to wish. (2) Desire, lust, passion. Covetous. [Buddhism] (1) Generally means "craving, desire, grasping, deluded attachment;" (t.r.s.naa, raga). (2) In the Abhidharmako`sa-bhaasya, one the mental functions: to hope desire, long for; the desire for those objects one takes pleasure in. (chanda, aa`saya). (3) According to the doctrine of the Faxiang school, the function of the mind that hopes to receive the objects that it likes. One of the five "object-dependent" mental state dharmas. (4) The desire realm (5) The sexual lust between man and woman. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

欲求 [py] yu4qiu2 [wg] yü-ch'iu [ko] yokku [ja] ヨクグ yokugu ||| Desire, craving, aspiration. The mind of craving in regard to all the things of the desire realm. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

欲界 [py] yu4jie4 [wg] yü-chieh [ko] yokkye [ja] ヨクカイ yokukai ||| The desire realm. (1) One of the three realms of existence, in which one's consciousness is subject to the desires for food, sex and sleep (kaama-dhaatu). (2) A desirous state of mind. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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歌利 [py] ge1li4 [wg] ko-li [ko] kari [ja] カリ kari ||| (1) A transliteration of the Sanskrit kali. Kali-yuga, which in early Indian cosmology is the present evil age. (2) The goddess Kali. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

歌利王 [py] ge1 li4 wang2 [wg] Ko-li-wang [ko] kariwang [ja] カリオウ Kariou ||| A transliteration of the Sanskrit kalinga-raja ("evil king"), also written in Chinese as 惡王. King Kalinga was an evil king of the distant past gradually dismembered `Saakyamuni (in an earlier incarnation) in order to test his power of endurance. Kalinga is mentioned in the Diamond Sutra, but the full story is contained in earlier Pali materials. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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歎 [py] tan4 [wg] t'an [ko] t'an [ja] タン tan ||| (1) Admiration, applause, praising. (2) To sigh, to lament. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 歡 in CJKDict

歡 [py] huan1 [wg] huan [ko] hwan [ja] カン kan ||| (1) Be happy; happiness, joy. (2) Intimacy. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

歡喜 [py] huan1xi3 [wg] huan-hsi [ko] hwanhûi [ja] カンキ kanki ||| (1) Happiness, joy, bliss. A joy that is produced by religious fulfillment, that which uplifts the whole person. (2) The first of the ten stages (十地) of bodhisattvas (pramuditaa), as explained in the Book of the Ten Stages in the Huayan jing. In this chapter it defines 'joy' as the "increase in conviction; the purity of faith and understanding; the fulfillment of compassion; the adornment of the body with compunction; the possession of the exuberance of fortitude; accumulating roots of goodness without rest; no attachment in the mind; not seeking profit, respect or name; not being attached to family and possessions; happily seeking the standpoint of total knowledge; separation from falsehood and deceit; acting according to one's words; not acting in the world with expectations." Thus this "joy" consists of genuine practice of all religious and moral virtues. (3) The experience of entering the Pure Land. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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