This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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灌漑

潅漑
かんがい
irrigation
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灌頂

かんじょう、かんちょう
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
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潅水

かん水、灌水
かんすい
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
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注ぐ

灌ぐ、潅ぐ、濺ぐ、漑ぐ
そそぐ
to pour (into); to fill; to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears); to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on; to fall onto (of rain, snow)
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湯灌

湯潅
ゆかん
washing a corpse for burial
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浣腸

潅腸、灌腸
かんちょう
(giving an) enema
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灌木

潅木、かん木
かんぼく
bush; shrub
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灌漑用水

潅漑用水
かんがいようすい
irrigation water
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かん流

灌流、潅流
かんりゅう
perfusion
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伝法灌頂

でんぼうかんじょう
consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)