"仏様" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ho̞to̞ke̞sa̠ma̠] Forms: 仏様 [canonical] (ruby: (ほとけ), (さま)), hotokesama [romanization]
Etymology: From 仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”). Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|仏|様|t1=Buddha|t2=formal title|tr1=hotoke|tr2=sama}} 仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほとけさま}} 仏(ほとけ)様(さま) • (hotokesama)
  1. Buddha Synonyms: まんまんしゃん
    Sense id: en-仏様-ja-noun-gIRIl-ll Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Buddhas Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Buddhas: 98 2
  2. deceased person Synonyms: 死者, 故人, 死亡者
    Sense id: en-仏様-ja-noun-5gEVdxSX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 様, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 様: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0
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      "langcode": "ja",
      "name": "Death",
      "orig": "ja:Death",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "仏",
        "3": "様",
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        "tr2": "sama"
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "仏様",
      "ruby": [
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          "仏",
          "ほとけ"
        ],
        [
          "様",
          "さま"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hotokesama",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ほとけさま"
      },
      "expansion": "仏(ほとけ)様(さま) • (hotokesama)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "93 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "98 2",
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          "name": "Buddhas",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Buddha"
      ],
      "id": "en-仏様-ja-noun-gIRIl-ll",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "まんまんしゃん"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with 様",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deceased person"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ],
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          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "死者"
        },
        {
          "word": "故人"
        },
        {
          "word": "死亡者"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほとけさま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞to̞ke̞sa̠ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "仏様"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with 様",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Buddhas",
    "ja:Death"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "仏",
        "3": "様",
        "t1": "Buddha",
        "t2": "formal title",
        "tr1": "hotoke",
        "tr2": "sama"
      },
      "expansion": "仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "仏様",
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        [
          "仏",
          "ほとけ"
        ],
        [
          "様",
          "さま"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "仏(ほとけ)様(さま) • (hotokesama)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Buddha"
      ],
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        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "まんまんしゃん"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deceased person"
      ],
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        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "死者"
        },
        {
          "word": "故人"
        },
        {
          "word": "死亡者"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほとけさま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞to̞ke̞sa̠ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "仏様"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 仏様 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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