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    3. 生身

    生身

    生なま身み

    living flesh

    N1KMT8News #26+1Noun, ParticleMedicine & HealthReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    なまみしょうじん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    living flesh, flesh and blood
    2.
    physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    生なま身みの人ひと間げんには限げん界かいがある。

    Flesh and blood humans have limits.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    生なま身みの体からだで、彼かれは極ごっ寒かんの山やまを登のぼりきった。

    With his flesh and blood body, he climbed the extremely cold mountain.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentSports & Martial Arts
    生なま身みの細さい胞ぼうは、培ばい養よう液えきの中なかでしか生いきられないものもある。

    Some living cells can only survive in a culture medium.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    彼かれは生なま身みの仏ほとけ様さまのように慈じ悲ひ深ぶかい人ひとだ。

    He is a compassionate person, like a living Buddha.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    仏ぶつ像ぞうは生なま身みの仏ほとけの姿すがたを模もしたものだと言いわれている。

    Buddhist statues are said to be modeled after the physical body of Buddha.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    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
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
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