浄土

See also: 淨土 and 净土

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浄	土
じょう Grade: S	ど Grade: 1
goon	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
淨土 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーど [jóꜜòdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːdo̞]

Noun

浄(じょう)土(ど) • (jōdo) ^{←じやうど (zyaudo)^?}

(Buddhism) the pure land, the celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva

Descendants

English: Jodo, jodo

See also

極楽(ごくらく) (gokuraku): Sukhavati, the western pure land
穢土(えど) (edo): the impure world, this world, the mortal realm

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN