Word Meaning 神様仏様

かみさまほとけさま kamisamahotokesama

神様仏様 is read as かみさまほとけさま (kamisamahotokesama) and means God and Buddha.

Meaning

English

  1. God and Buddha
  2. Gods and Buddhas
  3. one's guardian angel

Reading

Kana

かみさまほとけさま

Romaji

kamisamahotokesama

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 119742 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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神様

かみさま

God

神仏

しんぶつ

Shinto and Buddhism

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

神仏具

しんぶつぐ

Shinto and Buddhist ritual articles

仏様

ほとけさま

(a) Buddha

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

生き神様

いきがみさま

living god

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