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    3. 五障

    五障

    五ご障しょう

    five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king)

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    Noun

    1.
    five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king), five obstructions to women's attainment
    Buddhism
    2.
    five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
    Buddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    五
    いつ・いつ.つ…(8)
    five
    障
    さわ.る…(1)
    hinder・hurt・harm
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