Definition of ほとけ
- (n) Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image
- the dead
Words related to ほとけ
- (n) gods and buddhas; gods and Buddha
- Shinto and Buddhism
- (exp) to try the patience of a saint
- (n) gentle face
- (n) compassionate heart
- (adj-i) otherwordly; sanctimonious
- (n) a Buddha
- deceased person
- (n) the Buddha nature
- (n) henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit
- Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
- (n) Japanese eight-barbel loach (species of freshwater fish, Lefua echigonia)
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(exp) There is no God! (used to express despair at the heartlessness of the world); there is no god or Buddha
もう神も仏もない。
There is now no God and no Buddha.
