Word Meaning 菩薩

ぼさち bosachi

菩薩 is read as ぼさち (bosachi) and means High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court).

Meaning

English

  1. High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
  2. title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
  3. bodhisattva
  4. one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

Reading

Kana

ぼさち

Romaji

bosachi

Writing Variants

  • 菩薩 ぼさつ bosatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

菩薩揚

ぼさあげ

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

菩提薩埵

ぼだいさった

bodhisattva

観自在菩薩

かんじざいぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

観世音菩薩

かんぜおんぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

日光菩薩

にっこうぼさつ

Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

月光菩薩

がっこうぼさつ

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

仏菩薩

ぶつぼさつ

buddhas and bodhisattvas

八幡大菩薩

はちまんだいぼさつ

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

如菩薩

にょぼさつ

Buddha-like compassion

文殊菩薩

もんじゅぼさつ

Manjusri (Bodhisattva)

Example Sentences

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ぼさつはしゅじょうをすくうそんざいです。

A Bodhisattva is a being who saves sentient beings.

かれはぼさつのようなほほえみをうかべた。

He had a smile like a Bodhisattva.

かれはてらでぼさつのおしえをまなんでいる。

He is studying the teachings of the bodhisattva at the temple.

そぼはぼさつにしずかにてをあわせた。

My grandmother quietly put her hands together before the bodhisattva.

そのえにはやさしいかおのぼさつがえがかれている。

The painting depicts a bodhisattva with a gentle face.

ぼさつのぞうのまえにははながそなえられていた。

Flowers had been offered in front of the bodhisattva statue.