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    3. 祖師西来

    祖師西来

    祖そ師し西せい来らい

    the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    そしせいらい

    Noun

    1.
    the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
    Buddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    祖
    ancestor・pioneer・founder
    師
    いくさ…(8)
    expert・teacher・master・model・exemplar…(2)
    西
    にし…(6)
    west・Spain
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
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