仏
ほとけ
Buddha, Buddhist image, the departed, merciful person
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Examples
あの人は仏のような人です。
あのひとはほとけのようなひとです。
He is a saint of a man.
朝、家の仏に手を合わせます。
あさ、いえのほとけにてをあわせます。
In the morning I put my hands together before the family altar.
仏の顔も三度と言うでしょう。
ほとけのかおもさんどというでしょう。
As they say, even a saint's patience runs out the third time.
Common patterns
- 仏のような人
- a saintly person
- 仏を拝む
- to pray before a Buddha
- 仏の顔も三度
- even a saint's patience has limits
Memory tip
Read ほとけ it is the Buddha or the spirit of someone who has died; read ぶつ in compounds such as 仏教 (Buddhism). The same kanji also abbreviates France, as in 仏語.
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