Word Meaning 仏壇

ぶつだん butsudan

仏壇 is read as ぶつだん (butsudan) and means Buddhist (household) altar.

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist (household) altar

Reading

Kana

ぶつだん

Romaji

butsudan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 17328 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

仏閣

ぶっかく

Buddhist temple

仏典

ぶってん

Buddhist scriptures

仏独

ふつどく

France and Germany

仏光寺派

ぶっこうじは

Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)

仏和辞典

ふつわじてん

French-Japanese dictionary

仏心宗

ぶっしんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

だん

(ceremonial) mound

花壇

かだん

flower bed

教壇

きょうだん

(teacher's) platform

演壇

えんだん

rostrum

文壇

ぶんだん

literary world

祭壇

さいだん

altar

Example Sentences

2

そふのぶつだんにはなをそなえた。

I offered flowers at my late grandfather's household altar.

そぼはまいあさぶつだんにてをあわせる。

Grandmother prays at the Buddhist altar every morning.