Chinese

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

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Verb

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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

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 開山 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(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

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(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
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かい)(ざん) (kaizan

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb

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(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
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References

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