衆生済度

Japanese
Kanji in this term
衆 生 済 度
しゅ
Grade: 6		 じょう
Grade: 1		 さい
Grade: 6		 ど
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
衆生濟度 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 衆生 (shujō, “the masses”) +‎ 済度 (saido, “salvation”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゅじょーさ​いど [shùjóósáꜜìdò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝʑo̞ːsa̠ido̞]

Noun

衆(しゅ)生(じょう)済(さい)度(ど) • (shujōsaido) 

  1. (Buddhism) the guidance of the masses towards enlightenment and their salvation from suffering; as by e.g. a bodhisattva

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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