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
- Buddhist (household) altar
Reading
Kana
ぶつだん
Romaji
butsudan
Writing Variants
- 仏檀 ぶつだん butsudan
Stroke Sequence
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3祖父の仏壇に花を供えた。
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.
祖母は毎朝仏壇に手を合わせる。
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.
「大切な人が笑っている写真が祭壇や仏壇に飾られていれば、手を合わせたときに故人の声が聞こえてくると思うんです」と彼は話す。
"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.