Word Meaning 末法

まっぽう mappou

末法 is read as まっぽう (mappou) and means latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism).

Meaning

English

  1. latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
  2. age of the degeneration of the law

Reading

Kana

まっぽう

Romaji

mappou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 76422 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

末法思想

まっぽうしそう

pessimism due to decadent-age theory

末期

まっき

last years

すえ

degenerate age

末日

まつじつ

last day (of a month)

末っ子

すえっこ

youngest child

末路

ばつろ

last days

末弟

ばってい

last disciple

まつ

powder

末広

すえひろ

becoming prosperous

末に

すえに

at the end (of)

末子相続

ばっしそうぞく

ultimogeniture

末人

まつじん

last man (Nietzsche's archetypal passive nihilist)