Word Meaning 生き仏

いきぼとけ ikibotoke

生き仏 is read as いきぼとけ (ikibotoke) and means living person.

Meaning

English

  1. living person
  2. living Buddha
  3. saintly Buddhist monk

Reading

Kana

いきぼとけ

Romaji

ikibotoke

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 66587 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

誕生仏

たんじょうぶつ

statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)

仏生会

ぶっしょうえ

service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8)

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

生身

なまみ

physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

生糸

きいと

raw silk thread

生協

せいきょう

co-op

生憎

あいにく

unfortunately

生き埋め

いきうめ

burying alive

生理的

せいりてき

physiological

生命線

せいめいせん

life line (in palm reading)

生存競争

せいぞんきょうそう

struggle for existence

生卵

なまたまご

raw egg