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    3. 五無間業

    五無間業

    五ご無む間けん業ごう

    five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab41 strokes

    ごむけんごう

    Noun

    1.
    five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
    Buddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    五
    いつ・いつ.つ…(8)
    five
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    業
    わざ…(4)
    business・vocation・arts・performance
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