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神仏

神仏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 5

Noun

神仏 (hiragana しんぶつ, romaji shinbutsu)

  1. gods and Buddha
  2. Shinto and Buddhism

Derived terms

  • 神仏混淆 (shinbutsu konkō): mixture of Buddhism and Shinto
  • 神仏習合 (shinbutsu jūgō): syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
  • 神仏分離 (shinbutsu bunri): separation of Buddhism and Shinto
  • 神仏同体説 (shinbutsu-dōtaisetsu): kami-buddha syncretization theory