不浄

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
不淨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょー [fùjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑo̞ː]

Adjective

()(じょう) • (fujōふじやう (fuzyau)?-na (adnominal ()(じょう) (fujō na), adverbial ()(じょう) (fujō ni))

  1. (religion) unclean (non-physical)
    不浄(ふじょう)()(もの)
    fujō na ikimono
    unclean animal

Inflection

See also

Noun

()(じょう) • (fujōふじやう (fuzyau)?

  1. being unclean (non-physical)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN