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開眼供養

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
開 眼 供 養
かい
Grade: 3 		げん
Grade: 5 		く
Grade: 6 		よう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 開眼(かいげん) (kaigen) + 供養(くよう) (kuyō).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かいげんくよー [kàígéń kúꜜyòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠iɡe̞ŋ kɯ̟jo̞ː]

Noun

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開(かい)眼(げん)供(く)養(よう) • (kaigen kuyō) 

  1. (Buddhism) A ceremony in which a pair of eyes is painted on a newly-made Buddhist statue to consecrate it.

References

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