Word Meaning 神仏

しんぶつ shimbutsu

神仏 is read as しんぶつ (shimbutsu) and means Shinto and Buddhism.

Meaning

English

Shinto and Buddhism
gods and Buddha

Reading

Kana

しんぶつ

Romaji

shimbutsu

Writing Variants

神仏かみほとけ kamihotoke

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 8681 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神仏同体説

しんぶつどうたいせつ

kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)

神仏判然

しんぶつはんぜん

separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)

神仏習合

しんぶつしゅうごう

Shinto-Buddhist syncretism

神仏混交

しんぶつこんこう

synthesis of Shintoism and Buddhism

神様仏様

かみさまほとけさま

God and Buddha

神仏具

しんぶつぐ

Shinto and Buddhist ritual articles

神仏分離

しんぶつぶんり

separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)

神社仏閣

じんじゃぶっかく

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

仏ほっとけ神構うな

ほとけほっとけかみかまうな

don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God

神童

しんどう

child prodigy

神殿

しんでん

temple

神戸

こうべ

Kobe (city)