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    3. 権化

    権化

    権ごん化げ

    incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva)

    KMT9News #36+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ごんげ

    Noun

    1.
    incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva), avatar
    Buddhism
    2.
    embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"), incarnation, personification

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    彼かれはまさに悪あくの権ごん化げだ。

    He is truly the embodiment of evil.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    その僧そう侶りょは仏ほとけの権ごん化げと崇あがめられた。

    That monk was revered as an incarnation of Buddha.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんの神しん道とうでは、神かみが特とく定ていの場ば所しょに権ごん化げとして現あらわれると信しんじられている。

    In Japanese Shinto, it is believed that gods appear as incarnations in specific places.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    権ごん化げ思し想そうは、仏ぶっ教きょうが日に本ほんに伝でん来らいした際さいに神しん仏ぶつ習しゅう合ごうの基き盤ばんとなった。

    The concept of incarnation became the foundation for syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism when Buddhism was introduced to Japan.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かの女じょの作さく品ひんは、美びと創そう造ぞう性せいの権ゴン化ゲとして多おおくの人ひと々びとに感かん動どうを与あたえた。

    Her work moved many people as the embodiment of beauty and creativity.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    権
    おもり・かり・はか.る…(2)
    authority・power・rights
    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
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