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    3. 殺生戒

    殺生戒

    殺せっ生しょう戒かい

    precept forbidding the taking of life

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    せっしょうかい

    Noun

    1.
    precept forbidding the taking of life, precept against killing, precept of ahimsa
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    戒
    いまし.める…(1)
    commandment
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