"神仏" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕĩmbɯ̟t͡sɨ] Forms: 神仏 [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (ぶつ)), shinbutsu [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 神(しん) (shin, “deity, god, kami”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddha, Buddhism”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ja-compound|神|しん|仏|ぶつ|t1=deity, god, kami|t2=Buddha, Buddhism}} 神(しん) (shin, “deity, god, kami”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddha, Buddhism”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんぶつ}} 神(しん)仏(ぶつ) • (shinbutsu)
  1. gods and Buddha
    Sense id: en-神仏-ja-noun-6pYnUzPi Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 14 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 74 26
  2. (religion) Shinto and Buddhism
    Sense id: en-神仏-ja-noun-mWlnhWc6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Religion, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Buddhism, Shinto Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 14 48 Disambiguation of Buddhism: 7 93 0 Disambiguation of Shinto: 7 93 0 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 神仏混淆 (shinbutsu konkō) (ruby: (しん), (ぶつ), (こん), (こう)) (english: mixture of Shinto and Buddhism), 神仏習合 (shinbutsu jūgō) (ruby: (しん), (ぶつ), (じゅう), (ごう)) (english: syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism), 神仏分離 (shinbutsu bunri) (ruby: (しん), (ぶつ), (ぶん), ()) (english: separation of Shinto and Buddhism), 神仏同体説 (shinbutsu dōtaisetsu) (ruby: (しん), (ぶつ), (どう), (たい), (せつ)) (english: kami-buddha syncretization theory)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠mʲiho̞to̞ke̞] Forms: 神仏 [canonical] (ruby: (かみ), (ほとけ)), kamihotoke [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 神(かみ) (kami, “deity, god”) + 仏(ほとけ) (hotoke, “buddha”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|神|かみ|仏|ほとけ|t1=deity, god|t2=buddha}} 神(かみ) (kami, “deity, god”) + 仏(ほとけ) (hotoke, “buddha”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かみほとけ}} 神(かみ)仏(ほとけ) • (kamihotoke)
  1. (archaic) gods and buddhas Tags: archaic Synonyms: 仏神 (butsujin) (ruby: (ぶつ), (じん))
    Sense id: en-神仏-ja-noun-f2Z-d4Em Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 21 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 26 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 14 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 37 18 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 27 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 12 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 7 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 神仏 meaning in Japanese (4.4kB)

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