ほうしょう
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ほうしょう • (hōshō) -na (adnominal ほうしょうな (hōshō na), adverbial ほうしょうに (hōshō ni))
Noun
[edit]- 保障: (usually read ほしょう (hoshō)) security, protection
- 報償: compensation, recompense
- 報奨: a bonus, an incentive
- 報障: (Buddhism) one of the "Three Obstacles" in Buddhist thought: the obstacle of retribution, caused by negative karmic effects
- 奉唱: respectful chanting, as of a sutra or prayer
- 奉承: respectful listening; respectful compliance
- 奉詔: acceptance of an imperial decree
- 奉頌: respectful admiration of a good deed
- 放笑: sudden loud laughter
- 法性: (usually read ほっしょう (hosshō)) (Buddhism) the essence or inherent nature of reality
- 法相: alternate for 法務大臣 (Hōmu Daijin): the Minister of Justice; (Buddhism) one's awareness or consciousness of reality
- 芳樟: a variety of Cinnamomum camphora, native to and cultivated in Taiwan
- 褒称: applause, overt admiration
- 褒章: an honour bestowed by the emperor on a high-ranking priest; an award or medal of honour awarded for some notable deed
- 褒賞: a prize, a reward, an award
- 鳳詔: an imperial edict, message, or proclamation
- 鳳笙: (music) an epithet for 笙 (shō, “the sho, a musical instrument”)
- 堡礁: a barrier reef, a type of coral reef
Proper noun
[edit]- 宝生: short for 宝生如来 (Hōshō Nyorai): Ratnasambhava, one of the Five Meditation Buddhas; short for 宝生座 (Hōshō-za), one of the four 座 (za, “guilds”) for 猿楽 (sarugaku, the precursor to modern Noh) entertainment in the 11th-14th centuries; short for 宝生流 (Hōshō-ryū), a style of Noh that developed from the style used by the 宝生座 (Hōshō-za)
Verb
[edit]ほうしょうする • (hōshō suru) suru (stem ほうしょうし (hōshō shi), past ほうしょうした (hōshō shita))
- 保障: (usually read ほしょう (hoshō)) to keep something secure, to protect something
- 報償: to compensate someone for something, to give recompense
- 報奨: to give someone a bonus, to award someone an incentive
- 奉唱: to chant respectfully, as a sutra or prayer
- 奉承: to listen respectfully; to comply respectfully
- 奉詔: to accept an imperial decree
- 奉頌: to admire a good deed respectfully
- 放笑: to laugh suddenly and loudly
- 褒称: to applaud, to admire overtly