Word Meaning 葬式仏教

そうしきぶっきょう soushikibukkyou

葬式仏教 is read as そうしきぶっきょう (soushikibukkyou) and means funeral Buddhism.

Meaning

English

funeral Buddhism
modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment

Reading

Kana

そうしきぶっきょう

Romaji

soushikibukkyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 57478 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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葬式

そうしき

funeral

葬式鉄

そうしきてつ

railfans who gather at the decommissioning of a train or line

葬儀式

そうぎしき

funeral ceremony

部派仏教

ぶはぶっきょう

Nikaya (early sectarian) Buddhism

奈良仏教

ならぶっきょう

Nara Buddhism

鎌倉新仏教

かまくらしんぶっきょう

new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

仏教

ぶっきょう

Buddhism

北方仏教

ほっぽうぶっきょう

Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)

大乗仏教

だいじょうぶっきょう

Mahayana Buddhism

南方仏教

なんぽうぶっきょう

Southern Buddhism (as practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)

円仏教

えんぶつきょう

Won Buddhism

上座部仏教

じょうざぶぶっきょう

Theravada Buddhism