Distribution - Ruzuu

Japanese: 流通 - るずう

〘Noun〙 (also "rutsu") 1. Buddhist term. The transmission and spread of teachings. Also, the spreading of teachings. ※Shōkan Sutra Gishō (611), ryūtsu-setsu: "The Tathagata will spread _this _sutra in its entirety." 2. (adjective-verb) To be thoroughly versed in the circumstances of things. To know everything inside and out. Also, the state of being so. ryūtsu. ※Santos no Gosakujō (1591), ₂ : "Within two years, the entire Sancta Scriptura was rutçǔni (rutsuni) soranji tamau nari." 3. To spread throughout the world. To be widely accepted. To be disseminated. ※Genjinshū (1406), preface: "Talent and learning are things that are circulated. I am not famous." 4. An abbreviation of "ruzubun (the circulating part)." ※ Nichiren's Writings - Kaimoku-sho (1272) "In the Nirvana Sutra, which is the source of the Lotus Sutra, it is written that in the latter days of this corrupt world, those who follow the true Dharma are like dirt on a fingernail."

Ryu-tsuu Ryuu... [Distribution]

〘noun〙① The smooth flow of gases or liquids through a passage. *Qiankunbenshu (1656), Xiang: "There are holes through which water and air can flow." [Wei Zhi - Hua Tuo Zhuan] ② Something that is widely available. Also, something that is widely practiced. To be flexible. Ruzuu. *One Hundred Tales of Strange Things (1875), Takabatake Ransen, Volume 2, "Half-way through Sensei's monsters had attained omnipotence and were able to circulate in all sorts of things." ③ (also "ryuzuu") The transfer of currency, goods, etc. in the business world or market. *Seidan (c. 1727), Volume 2, "Because gold and silver are stuck in the hands of the wealthy and do not circulate around the world."

Ru-tsuu [distribution]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Ruzuu (distribution)

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「るつう」とも)① 仏語。教えが伝わり広まること。また、教えを伝えひろめること。※勝鬘経義疏（611）流通説「如来将欲_レ流_二通此経_一」② (形動) 物事の事情に詳しく通じていること。何事もよく知りぬいていること。また、そのさま。りゅうつう。※サントスの御作業（1591）二「ニネンノウチニ Sancta Scriptura ノゼンブヲ rutçǔni(ルツウニ) ソランジタマウナリ」③ 世に広まること。広く通用すること。流布。※言塵集（1406）序「才学は流通の物也。我高名にあらず」④ 「るずうぶん（流通分）」の略。※日蓮遺文‐開目抄（1272）「法華経の流通たる涅槃経に、末代濁世に〈略〉正法の者は爪上の土のごとしと、とかれて候は」

りゅう‐つうリウ‥【流通】

〘名〙① 気体や液体などが、ある通路をうまく流れ通ること。※乾坤弁説（1656）享「水気流通する穴々の地あり」〔魏志‐華陀伝〕② 広く通じること。また、広く行なわれること。融通。るずう。※怪化百物語（1875）〈高畠藍泉〉下「半過先生の化物が万能に達して、百般の事に流通せしも」③ (「りゅうづう」とも) 貨幣、商品などが経済界や市場で移転されること。※政談（1727頃）二「金銀金持の手に固まり居て世界へ流通せぬ故」