菩薩

ぼさつ, ぼさちbosatsu

noun · noun, used as a suffix

  1. bodhisattva
  2. one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
  3. High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
  4. title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences