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Chinese
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knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
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boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
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trad. (結界)
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結
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界
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simp. (结界)
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结
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界
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Etymology
- "force field"
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 (kekkai).
Pronunciation
Noun
結界
- (Buddhism) boundary; restricted area
- (Buddhism) a gloss for the Sanskrit term sīmābandha
- (fiction, chiefly ACG) force field; invisible barrier
Japanese
Etymology
Originally a Buddhist term borrowed from Middle Chinese 結界 (MC ket keajH),[1][2] itself a translation of Sanskrit सीमाबन्ध (sīmābandha, literally “boundary, edge + bounded”).[3][4]
Pronunciation
Noun
結界 • (kekkai)
- (Buddhism) restricted access:
- restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
- in esoteric Buddhism, restricted access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
- a wooden fence or partition separating the inner and outer sanctuaries of a temple, or separating monastic and public seating in the outer sanctuary
- an area into which anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training is restricted from entering, such as a 女人結界 (nyonin kekkai, “no-women zone”)
- a lattice or screen demarcating a merchant's or shopkeeper's register and bookkeeping area
- (tea) an item used in 茶道 (sadō, “tea ceremony”) to visually separate the guest tatami area from the ceremony tatami area
- (fantasy) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise
- 結界を張る
- kekkai o haru
- to set up a force field
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
結界する • (kekkai suru) suru (stem 結界し (kekkai shi), past 結界した (kekkai shita))
- (Buddhism) to restrict access:
- to restrict access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
- in esoteric Buddhism, to restrict access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
- to restrict anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training from entering into an area
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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結界し
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けっかいし
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kekkai shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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結界し
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けっかいし
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kekkai shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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結界する
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けっかいする
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kekkai suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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結界する
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けっかいする
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kekkai suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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結界すれ
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けっかいすれ
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kekkai sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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結界せよ¹ 結界しろ²
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けっかいせよ¹ けっかいしろ²
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kekkai seyo¹ kekkai shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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結界される
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けっかいされる
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kekkai sareru
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Causative
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結界させる 結界さす
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けっかいさせる けっかいさす
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kekkai saseru kekkai sasu
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Potential
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結界できる
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けっかいできる
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kekkai dekiru
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Volitional
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結界しよう
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けっかいしよう
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kekkai shiyō
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Negative
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結界しない
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けっかいしない
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kekkai shinai
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Negative continuative
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結界せず
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けっかいせず
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kekkai sezu
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Formal
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結界します
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けっかいします
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kekkai shimasu
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Perfective
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結界した
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けっかいした
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kekkai shita
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Conjunctive
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結界して
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けっかいして
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kekkai shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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結界すれば
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けっかいすれば
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kekkai sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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See also
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “結界”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ “結界”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Vietnamese
Noun
結界
- chữ Hán form of kết giới (“forcefield”).