仏 – vocab dash

仏ほとけ

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Meanings

Noun

1. Buddha; Shakyamuni

2. Buddhist image; figure of Buddha

3. the dead; dead person; departed soul (also written as ホトケ)

4. merciful person

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ほとけ

Used in vocabulary

person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave

Noun

living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk

Noun

Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)

Noun

round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

Noun

God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel

Noun

smiling Buddha (statue); laughing Buddha

Noun

Buddhist image in the open

Noun

my dear; my Buddha

Expression

Examples3

あの人ひとは仏ほとけのような人ひとだ。

He is a saint of a man.

知しらぬが仏ほとけ。

Ignorance is bliss.

仏ほとけの顔かおも三さん度ど。

You can only go so far.