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    3. 破戒

    破戒

    破は戒かい

    breaking a commandment (usually religious)

    KMT10News #39+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    はかい

    Noun

    1.
    breaking a commandment (usually religious), offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

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    彼かれは僧そう侶りょとしての破は戒かい行こう為いを犯かかした。

    He committed an act of breaking a commandment as a monk.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    彼かれの行こう動どうは、仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえにおける破は戒かいと見みなされた。

    His actions were considered a transgression against Buddhist teachings.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    破は戒かい僧そうとして村むらを追つい放ほうされた彼かれは、放ほう浪ろうの旅たびに出でた。

    Expelled from the village as a renegade monk, he embarked on a wandering journey.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    戒かい律りつを破やぶることは、仏ぶつ道どう修しゅ行ぎょうにおいて重じゅう大だいな破は戒かいである。

    Breaking precepts is a serious transgression in Buddhist practice.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、破は戒かいをテーマにした物も語のが数たりがか多ずおおく存そん在ざいする。

    In literature, there are many stories with the theme of breaking commandments.

    KMT10LiteratureReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    破
    やぶ.る・やぶ.れる・わ.れる…(1)
    rend・rip・tear・break・destroy…(2)
    戒
    いまし.める…(1)
    commandment
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