See 법사 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"hanja": "法事"
},
"expansion": "법사 • (beopsa) (hanja 法事)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ko:Buddhism"
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of 불사(佛事) (bulsa, “Buddhist ritual; Buddhism”)"
],
"links": [
[
"Buddhism",
"Buddhism"
],
[
"불사(佛事)",
"불사#Korean"
],
[
"Buddhist",
"Buddhist"
],
[
"ritual",
"ritual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Buddhism) Synonym of 불사(佛事) (bulsa, “Buddhist ritual; Buddhism”)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "bulsa, “Buddhist ritual; Buddhism”",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "불사(佛事)"
}
],
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[pʌ̹ps͈a̠]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "법싸"
},
{
"other": "[법싸]"
}
],
"word": "법사"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 법사 meaning in Korean (7.4kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2278",
"msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '(': 불사(佛事)",
"path": [
"법사"
],
"section": "Korean",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "법사",
"trace": ""
}
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