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戒名

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
みょう
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かい)(みょう) (kaimyō

  1. (Buddhism) posthumous Buddhist name, a name given to a dead person by a monk at the Buddhist funeral
  2. (Buddhism) Buddhist name, a name given to those who became a Buddhist disciple

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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戒名 (gyemyeong) (hangeul 계명)

  1. hanja form? of 계명