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    禅問答

    禅ぜん問もん答どう

    Zen dialogue

    KMT10News #44+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab36 strokes

    ぜんもんどう

    Noun

    1.
    Zen dialogue, Zen questions and answers

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    彼かれの話はなしはまるで禅ぜん問もん答どうのようだった。

    His talk was like a Zen dialogue.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    彼かれの曖あい昧まいな返へん答とうは、私わたしにとって禅ぜん問もん答どうのように感かんじられた。

    His ambiguous reply felt like a Zen dialogue to me.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    師しと弟で子しの間あいだで禅ぜん問もん答どうが交かわされた。

    A Zen dialogue was exchanged between the master and the disciple.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEducation
    その哲てつ学がく的てきな議ぎ論ろんは、まるで答こたえのない禅ぜん問もん答どうのようだった。

    That philosophical discussion was like a Zen dialogue with no answer.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    禅ぜん寺でらでは、悟さとりを開ひらくために禅ぜん問もん答どうが行おこなわれる。

    In Zen temples, Zen dialogues are conducted to attain enlightenment.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    禅
    しずか・ゆず.る…(2)
    Zen・silent meditation
    問
    と.う・と.い・とん…(2)
    question・ask・problem
    答
    こた.える・こた.え…(2)
    solution・answer
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