Word Meaning 如是

にょぜ nyoze

如是 is read as にょぜ (nyoze) and means ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra).

Meaning

English

("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra)
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

Reading

Kana

にょぜ

Romaji

nyoze

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 136233 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

如是我聞

にょぜがもん

thus I hear (quote from the sutras)

十如是

じゅうにょぜ

ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

如月

きさらぎ

second month of the lunar calendar

如何に

いかに

hey

如何にも

いかにも

absolutely

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality

如し

ごとし

如来

にょらい

Tathagata

如何

いかが

questionable

如実知見

にょじつちけん

perceiving reality as it is

如意自在

にょいじざい

freely

如実に物語る

にょじつにものがたる

to give a true account