| そう言う;然ういう;然う言う;然うゆう | [そういう(そう言う;然ういう;然う言う);そうゆう(そう言う;然う言う;然うゆう)(ok), souiu ( sou iu ; zen uiu ; zen u iu ); souyuu ( sou iu ; zen u iu ; zen uyuu )(ok)] (adj-pn) such; like that; that sort of; very |
| 一挨一拶 | [いちあいいっさつ, ichiaiissatsu] (n) (arch) (See 挨拶) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) (source of modern word aisatsu) |
| 一行物 | [いちぎょうもの, ichigyoumono] (n) scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house) |
| 作務 | [さむ, samu] (n) {Buddh} work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) |
| 公案 | [こうあん, kouan] (n) Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan |
| 円相 | [えんそう, ensou] (n) circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy |
| 参じる | [さんじる, sanjiru] (v1) (1) (See 参ずる・1) to come; to go; (2) (See 参ずる・2) to participate; (3) (See 参ずる・3) to perform Zen meditation |
| 参ずる | [さんずる, sanzuru] (vz,vi) (1) (hum) (See 参じる・1,参る・1) to come; to go; (2) (See 参じる・2) to participate; (3) (See 参じる・3) to perform Zen meditation |
| 参禅 | [さんぜん, sanzen] (n,vs) Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot |
| 呆然;茫然;惘然 | [ぼうぜん;ボーゼン;もうぜん(惘然), bouzen ; bo-zen ; mouzen ( bou zen )] (adj-t,adv-to) dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze |
| 和尚(P);和上 | [おしょう(和尚)(P);かしょう;わじょう, oshou ( oshou )(P); kashou ; wajou] (n) (1) (おしょう only) (hon) preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); (2) (かしょう only) (hon) preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); (3) (わじょう only) (hon) (usu. 和上) preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); (4) (See 法眼) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (5) (おしょう, かしょう only) monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); (6) master (of one's art, trade, etc.); (P) |
| 工夫(P);功夫 | [くふう, kufuu] (n,vs) (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously; (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation); (P) |
| 布団(ateji)(P);蒲団;薄団(iK) | [ふとん, futon] (n) (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves); (P) |
| 座禅(P);坐禅 | [ざぜん, zazen] (n) zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position); (P) |
| 座蒲;坐蒲 | [ざふ, zafu] (n) {Buddh} (See 布団) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) |
| 庫院 | [くいん, kuin] (n) kitchen-cum-office of a Zen temple or monastery, where meals are prepared and senior priests have their offices |
| 抄物 | [しょうもの;しょうもつ, shoumono ; shoumotsu] (n) (1) Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures; (2) extracting from or excerpting (a classic) |
| 挨拶 | [あいさつ, aisatsu] (n,vs,adj-no) (1) greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; (2) speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; (3) reply; response; (4) (sl) revenge; retaliation; (exp) (5) (See 御挨拶) a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); (6) (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment); (P) |
| 掛絡;掛落;掛羅 | [から, kara] (n) (1) (arch) (See 袈裟) Zen monk's waistcoat (a short, informal kasaya); (2) ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; (3) (See 根付け) netsuke; item attached to a netsuke |
| 旦過 | [たんが, tanga] (n) (1) {Buddh} staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (2) {Buddh} providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time |
| 普化宗 | [ふけしゅう, fukeshuu] (n) Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism) |
| 東司 | [とうす, tousu] (n) (See 東浄) toilet in a Zen monastery |
| 東浄 | [とうちん, touchin] (n) (See 東司) toilet in a Zen temple |
| 江湖 | [ごうこ, gouko] (n) Zen disciples |
| 生禅 | [なまぜん, namazen] (n) (See 野狐禅) self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen |
| 痛棒 | [つうぼう, tsuubou] (n) (1) severe attack; bitter (harsh) criticism; (2) stick used to strike inattentive Zen meditators |
| 祖師禅 | [そしぜん, soshizen] (n) (See 如来禅) Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma |
| 禅師 | [ぜんじ;ぜんし(ik), zenji ; zenshi (ik)] (n) (hon) monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court |
| 禅法 | [ぜんぽう;ぜんぼう, zenpou ; zenbou] (n) {Buddh} method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism |
| 維那 | [いな;いの, ina ; ino] (n) {Buddh} (See 六知事) one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) |
| 薦僧;菰僧 | [こもそう;こもぞう, komosou ; komozou] (n) (arch) (See 虚無僧) mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect |
| 薬石 | [やくせき, yakuseki] (n) (1) various medicines; medical treatment; (2) supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple |
| 虚無僧 | [こむそう, komusou] (n) begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute) |
| 西浄 | [せいじん;せいちん, seijin ; seichin] (n) toilet in a Zen temple |
| 警策 | [けいさく;きょうさく, keisaku ; kyousaku] (n) (1) (abbr) (called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen) (See 警覚策励,座禅) Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); (2) (けいさく only) horsewhip |
| 警覚策励 | [けいかくさくれい, keikakusakurei] (n) (See 座禅) Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) |
| 達磨宗 | [だるましゅう, darumashuu] (n) (1) (arch) (obsc) (See 禅宗) Zen (Buddhism); (2) (derog) (See 達磨歌) confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry |
| 野巫 | [やぶ, yabu] (n) (1) rural female shaman; (2) (See 藪・やぶ・2) unlearned Zen practitioner |
| 野狐禅 | [やこぜん, yakozen] (n) (See 生禅) self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen |
| 閉炉 | [へいろ, heiro] (n,vs) (See 開炉) closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) |