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    3. 廃仏毀釈

    廃仏毀釈

    廃はい仏ぶつ毀き釈しゃく

    abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)

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    排仏棄釈

    はいぶつきしゃく

    Noun

    1.
    abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
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    Kanji that make up this word

    廃
    すた.れる・すた.る…(1)
    abolish・obsolete・cessation・discarding・abandon
    仏
    ほとけ…(2)
    Buddha・the dead・France
    毀
    こぼ.つ・こわ.す・こぼ.れる・こわ.れる・そし.る・やぶ.る…(1)
    break・destroy・censure・be chipped・be scratched…(2)
    釈
    とく・す.てる・ゆる.す…(3)
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