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    3. 大師

    大師

    大だい師し

    great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

    KMT7News #20+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    だいし

    Noun

    1.
    great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageBuddhism

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    空くう海かいは弘こう法ぼう大だい師しとして知しられています。

    Kūkai is known as Kōbō Daishi.

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    弘こう法ぼう大だい師しは日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえました。

    Kōbō Daishi had a great influence on Japanese Buddhism.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    遍へん路ろ道みちには、弘こう法ぼう大だい師しゆかりの場ば所しょが点てん在ざいしています。

    Along the pilgrimage route, there are scattered places associated with Kōbō Daishi.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyTravel & TransportationHistory
    日に本ほんの書しょ道どうにおいて、弘こう法ぼう大だい師しは三さん筆ぴつの一ひと人りに数 えられます。

    In Japanese calligraphy, Kōbō Daishi is counted as one of the Three Brushes.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignHistory
    多おおくの寺じ院いんが、その大だい師しの教おしえを今いまに伝つたえています。

    Many temples transmit the teachings of that great teacher to this day.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    師
    いくさ…(8)
    expert・teacher・master・model・exemplar…(2)
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