結界

See also: 结界

Chinese

		knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (結界)		結	界
simp. (结界)		结	界

結界

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結界

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]

結(けっ)界(かい) • (kekkai)

(Buddhism) restricted access:
1. restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
2. in esoteric Buddhism, restricted access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
3. a wooden fence or partition separating the inner and outer sanctuaries of a temple, or separating monastic and public seating in the outer sanctuary
4. 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(けっかい)を張(は)る
kekkai o haru
to set up a force field

結(けっ)界(かい)する • (kekkai suru) suru (stem 結(けっ)界(かい)し (kekkai shi), past 結(けっ)界(かい)した (kekkai shita))

(Buddhism) to restrict access:
1. to restrict access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training
2. in esoteric Buddhism, to restrict access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification
3. to restrict anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training from entering into an area

Conjugation of "結界する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	結界し	けっかいし	kekkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	結界し	けっかいし	kekkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	結界する	けっかいする	kekkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	結界する	けっかいする	kekkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	結界すれ	けっかいすれ	kekkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	結界せよ¹ 結界しろ²	けっかいせよ¹ けっかいしろ²	kekkai seyo¹ kekkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	結界される	けっかいされる	kekkai sareru
Causative	結界させる結界さす	けっかいさせるけっかいさす	kekkai saseru kekkai sasu
Potential	結界できる	けっかいできる	kekkai dekiru
Volitional	結界しよう	けっかいしよう	kekkai shiyō
Negative	結界しない	けっかいしない	kekkai shinai
Negative continuative	結界せず	けっかいせず	kekkai sezu
Formal	結界します	けっかいします	kekkai shimasu
Perfective	結界した	けっかいした	kekkai shita
Conjunctive	結界して	けっかいして	kekkai shite
Hypothetical conditional	結界すれば	けっかいすれば	kekkai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

^ 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”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
^ “結界”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
^ 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

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