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    3. 大仏

    大仏

    大だい仏ぶつ

    large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

    KMT8News #24+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab7 strokes

    だいぶつ

    Noun

    1.
    large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

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    奈な良らには大おおきな大だい仏ぶつがあります。

    There is a large Buddha statue in Nara.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    鎌かま倉くらの大だい仏ぶつは、日に本ほんの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな観かん光こう地ちの一ひとつです。

    The Great Buddha of Kamakura is one of Japan's iconic tourist destinations.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    大だい仏ぶつの前まえで手てを合あわせ、平へい和わを祈いのりました。

    I put my hands together in front of the Great Buddha and prayed for peace.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    大だい仏ぶつの壮そう大だいさに圧 倒 され、日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょう美び術じゅつの深ふかさを感かんじました。

    Overwhelmed by the grandeur of the Great Buddha, I felt the depth of Japanese Buddhist art.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyArt & Design
    大だい仏ぶつの建こん立りゅうは、当とう時じの国こっ家か的てきな事じ業ぎょうであり、多おおくの人ひと々びとの信しん仰こう心しんと技ぎ術じゅつが結けっ集しゅうされた結けっ果かです。

    The construction of the Great Buddha was a national project at the time, a result of the combined faith and technology of many people.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    仏
    ほとけ…(2)
    Buddha・the dead・France
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