"凡夫" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [bõ̞mpɯ̟] Forms: 凡夫 [canonical] (ruby: (ぼん), ()), bonpu [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese 凡夫 (MC bjom pju, literally “ordinary, common; worldly, mortal + man, person, fellow”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほんぷ'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|凡夫|id=1,2|lit=ordinary, common; worldly, mortal + man, person, fellow}} 凡夫 (MC bjom pju, literally “ordinary, common; worldly, mortal + man, person, fellow”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぼんぷ}} 凡(ぼん)夫(ぷ) • (bonpu)
  1. ordinary person; mortal person
    Sense id: en-凡夫-ja-noun-1~L0T~jB
  2. (Buddhism) unenlightened person
    Sense id: en-凡夫-ja-noun-okPUD9vb Categories (other): Buddhism, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 45 5 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 47 3 47 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 72 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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Download raw JSONL data for 凡夫 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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