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    3. 山伏

    山伏

    山やま伏ぶし

    yamabushi

    KMT10News #39+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    山臥

    やまぶし

    Noun

    1.
    yamabushi, practitioner of Shugendō
    2.
    itinerant Buddhist monk

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    山やま伏ぶしは山やまで修しゅ行ぎょうする。

    Yamabushi train in the mountains.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    彼かれは山やま伏ぶしの厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうを経けい験けんした。

    He experienced the rigorous training of a yamabushi.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    山やま伏ぶしの伝でん統とう的てきな衣い装しょうは独どく特とくである。

    The traditional attire of yamabushi is unique.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    修しゅ験げん道どうの山やま伏ぶしは自し然ぜん崇すう拝はいの精せい神しんを持もつ。

    Yamabushi of Shugendō have a spirit of nature worship.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment
    昔むかしの山やま伏ぶしは民みん衆しゅうに薬くすりや占うらないを教おしえることもあった。

    Ancient yamabushi sometimes taught medicine and fortune-telling to the common people.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    伏
    ふ.せる・ふ.す…(3)
    prostrated・bend down・bow・cover・lay (pipes)
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