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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

禅ぜん

N1
ぜん zen
  1. Zen (Buddhism)
noun

Chinese meanings

禅

Examples

  • 禅ぜんは私わたしたちの心こころを鍛たん練れんするといわれる。
    They say Zen cultivates our mind.
    据说禅能锻炼我们的心灵。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3bddae5639'); // 禅
{
  "id": "3bddae5639",
  "word": "禅",
  "reading": "ぜん",
  "romaji": "zen",
  "meanings": [
    "Zen (Buddhism)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1396420,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。",
      "furigana": "{禅|ぜん}は{私|わたし}たちの{心|こころ}を{鍛練|たんれん}するといわれる。",
      "en": "They say Zen cultivates our mind.",
      "tatoeba_id": 140731
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6906ad1688c9132db0b9b05b68647e8b394695fd635568b36af601bb1100b435",
    "meanings": [
      "禅"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。",
        "zh": "据说禅能锻炼我们的心灵。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/3bddae5639",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1396420; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1b4eca9072195067751d53fddda34c177516762fce3438884abdfc88d34dd6ae"
  }
}