Word Meaning 布教 (Fukyou): Propagation (e.g. a Religion)

Meaning

English

propagation (e.g. a religion)
proselytizing
missionary work

Reading

Kana

ふきょう

Romaji

fukyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 15128 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

布教師

ふきょうし

missionary

布教者

ふきょうしゃ

missionary

布

ふ

bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

布団

ふとん

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

布地

きれじ

cloth

布石

ふせき

strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game

布告

ふこく

edict

布目

ぬのめ

texture

布子

ぬのこ

clothes padded with cotton

仏教

ぶっきょう

Buddhism

布施

ふせ

offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

布陣

ふじん

battle formation

Example Sentences

2

いつ返してもらってもいいですよ。その本は布教用に買った本ですから。

You can give it back whenever you want to as I bought that book for missionary work.

1859年以降、プロテスタント宣教師がアメリカから派遣され、またカトリックとロシア正教も布教活動を行った。

From 1859, Protestant missionaries from America started to arrive, and the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches also became actively involved in missionary work.