How to say buddha in Japanese

JLPTN3
仏☆【ほとけhotoke】

noun:

  • Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image
  • the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead

Example Sentences

彼kareはha木kiからkara仏像butsuzouをwo彫ったhotta。
He carved a Buddha statue from wood.
もうmou神も仏もないkamimohotokemonai。
There is now no God and no Buddha.
そのsono彫刻家choukokukaはha木kiでde仏像butsuzouをwo刻んだkizanda。
The sculptor carved wood into an image of Buddha.
倒れtaoreてteいiたta老人roujinはha、実はjitsuha仏futsu様samaだっdaたtaのnoですdesu。
The old man who'd fallen was really Buddha.
仏futsu様samaはha、うさぎusagiのno努力doryokuにni感心kanshinしshi、うさぎusagiをwo月tsukiにni昇らnoboraせse、永遠eienにniそのsono姿sugataをwoとどめtodomeさせsaseたtaのnoですdesu。
Buddha, impressed by the rabbit's efforts, raised him unto the moon and set him in that form forever more.

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