See also: 佛教 and 佛敎

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぶつ > ぶっ
Grade: 5
きょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
佛教 (kyūjitai)
 仏教 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From (Butsu, Buddha) +‎ (-kyō, religion)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

(ぶっ)(きょう) (Bukkyōぶつけう (butukeu)?

  1. Buddhism
    • 2008 July 16 [2008 January 23], Hikaru Nakamura, “その2 最聖珍道中 [Chapter 2: The Ultimate Holy Journey]”, in [聖](セイント)☆おにいさん, 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha:
      ()()めた(ひと)ブッダ (かみ)()イエス ()わずと()れた(ぶっ)(きょう)とキリスト(きょう)()である
      Mezameta hito Budda Kami no ko Iesu Iwazu to shireta Bukkyō to Kirisuto-kyō no so de aru
      Buddha, the Enlightened. Jesus, Son of God. They are widely regarded as the founders of Buddhism and Christianity, respectively.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kodansha's furigana Japanese Dictionary, Japan: Kodansha Inc., 1999
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN