Chinese edit

open; operate (vehicle); start mountain; hill
trad. (開山)
simp. (开山)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

開山

  1. to cut into a mountain (for quarrying, etc.)
  2. to unseal a closed mountain for a period of time
  3. (Buddhism) to build the first temple on a famous mountain

Japanese edit

 開山 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

 開山 (仏教) on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かい)(さん) (kaisan

  1. (Buddhism) foundation/establishment of a temple
    Synonym: 開基
  2. (Buddhism) the monk who founded a temple
  3. founder of a religion
    Synonyms: 開基, 開祖, 祖師, 宗祖

Verb edit

(かい)(さん)する (kaisan surusuru (stem (かい)(さん) (kaisan shi), past (かい)(さん)した (kaisan shita))

  1. (Buddhism) to found/establish a temple
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
ざん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かい)(ざん) (kaizan

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb edit

(かい)(ざん)する (kaizan surusuru (stem (かい)(ざん) (kaizan shi), past (かい)(ざん)した (kaizan shita))

  1. Synonym of 山開き
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN