"大仏" meaning in Japanese

See 大仏 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [da̠ibɯ̟t͡sɨ], [o̞sa̠ɾa̠ɡʲi], [da̠ibɯ̟t͡sɨ] Forms: 大仏 [canonical] (ruby: 大(お), 仏(さらぎ)), Osaragi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|おさらぎ}} 大(お)仏(さらぎ) • (Osaragi)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-大仏-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [da̠ibɯ̟t͡sɨ] Forms: 大仏 [canonical] (ruby: 大(だい), 仏(ぶつ)), daibutsu [romanization]
Etymology: From 大(だい) (dai, “big”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddhist image”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|大|だい|仏|ぶつ|t1=big|t2=Buddhist image}} 大(だい) (dai, “big”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddhist image”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|だいぶつ}} 大(だい)仏(ぶつ) • (daibutsu)
  1. great statue of Buddha Derived forms: 大仏殿 (daibutsuden) (ruby: 大(だい), 仏(ぶつ), 殿(でん)) (english: Daibutsuden)
    Sense id: en-大仏-ja-noun-ZVOdlPla Categories (other): 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 Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      "name": "ja-compound"
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  "etymology_text": "From 大(だい) (dai, “big”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddhist image”).",
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Download raw JSONL data for 大仏 meaning in Japanese (3.1kB)

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