神仏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
神 仏
しん
Grade: 3		 ぶつ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From 神 (shin, “god”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddha”)

Pronunciation

Noun

神仏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 神佛, hiragana しんぶつ, rōmaji shinbutsu)

  1. gods and Buddha
  2. Shinto and Buddhism

Derived terms
  • 神仏混淆 (shinbutsu konkō): mixture of Buddhism and Shinto
  • 神仏習合 (shinbutsu jūgō): syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
  • 神仏分離 (shinbutsu bunri): separation of Buddhism and Shinto
  • 神仏同体説 (shinbutsu-dōtaisetsu): kami-buddha syncretization theory

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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