報徳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
報	徳
ほう Grade: 5	とく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
報德 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーとく [hòótókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːto̞kɯ̟]

Noun

報(ほう)徳(とく) • (hōtoku) ^{←ほうとく (foutoku)^?}

returning a virtuous deed

Proper noun

報(ほう)徳(とく) • (Hōtoku) ^{←ほうとく (Foutoku)^?}

(only in compounds) a way of life proposed by Ninomiya Sontoku (clarification of this definition is needed)
報徳教(ほうとくきょう)／報徳仕法(ほうとくしほう)／報徳思想(ほうとくしそう)／報徳主義(ほうとくしゅぎ)
hōtokukyō／hōtoku shihō／hōtoku shisō／hōtoku shugi
(please add an English translation of this example)

References

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