甘露
Chinese edit
sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) | to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew | ||
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trad. (甘露) | 甘 | 露 | |
simp. #(甘露) | 甘 | 露 |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Translation of Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”). Tibetan equivalent is བདུད་རྩི (bdud rtsi).
Noun edit
甘露
- (Buddhism) amrita
- (mythology) immortality potion
- sweet dew
- honeydew (sweet, sticky secretion by aphids); nectar
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “甘露” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Etymology 2 edit
Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.
Proper noun edit
甘露
- (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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甘 | 露 |
かん Grade: S |
ろ Grade: S |
on’yomi | kan’on |
Noun edit
- (Hindu mythology) amrita
- (Buddhism, figurative) (by extension) Buddha's teachings
- (Chinese mythology) a heaven-bestowed elixir of immortality
- something sweet; a sweetness
- honeydew, nectar
- high-grade sencha
- Clipping of 甘露種 (kanroshu, “a kind of sweet wine”)
- Clipping of 甘露水 (kanrosui, “sweetened water”)