Definition of 廃仏毀釈 (はいぶつきしゃく)
はいぶつきしゃく
廃仏毀釈
はいぶつきしゃく
haibutsukishaku
noun
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abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
排仏棄釈【はいぶつきしゃく】
Related Kanji
廃 | abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon |
仏 | Buddha, the dead, France |
毀 | break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined |
釈 | explanation |
排 | repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange |
棄 | abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice |