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    3. 化身

    化身

    化け身しん

    incarnation

    KMT9News #36+1Noun, Participle, Verb, ParticleReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    けしん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Particle

    1.
    incarnation, impersonation, personification, avatar
    Buddhism

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    彼かれは悪あくの化け身しんだ。

    He is the incarnation of evil.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    その神かみは様さま々ざまな姿すがたで人ひと々びとの前まえに化け身しんとして現あらわれた。

    That god appeared before people as an incarnation in various forms.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    彼かの女じょの優やさしさは、まさに慈じ悲ひの化け身しんと呼よぶにふさわしい。

    Her kindness is truly worthy of being called the incarnation of compassion.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、仏ほとけが衆しゅ生じょうを救すくうために様さま々ざまな姿すがたに化け身しんすると考かんがえられている。

    In Buddhism, it is believed that Buddhas incarnate into various forms to save sentient beings.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    そのキャラクターは、正せい義ぎの化け身しんとして子こ供どもたちに人にん気きがある。

    That character is popular among children as the embodiment of justice.

    KMT9Anime & MangaCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
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