Word Meaning 御仏前

ごぶつぜん gobutsuzen

御仏前 is read as ごぶつぜん (gobutsuzen) and means before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet.

Meaning

English

before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet
offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet

Reading

Kana

ごぶつぜん

Romaji

gobutsuzen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 115852 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御霊前

ごれいぜん

before the spirit of the deceased

御仏名

おぶつみょう

annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas

御仏供

おぶく

offering to Buddha (often rice)

仏前

ぶつぜん

(before a) Buddhist altar

御前会議

ごぜんかいぎ

Imperial Council

御前方

おまえがた

you (plural)

御前試合

ごぜんじあい

contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor

御前を退く

ごぜんをのく

to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

前仏

ぜんぶつ

Buddha prior to Gautama

御殿

ごてん

palace

御府内

ごふない

within the town limits of Edo

御新造

ごしんぞう

wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)