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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

仏ほとけ

N3
ほとけ hotoke
  1. Buddha
  2. merciful person
  3. Buddhist image
  4. the dead
noun

Chinese meanings

佛;佛像

Examples

  • 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.
    那个人像佛一样慈悲。
  • 仏ほとけの顔かおも三さん度ど。
    You can only go so far.
    佛也只有三次好脸色,再有耐心的人也有限度。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b1358dbe27'); // 仏
{
  "id": "b1358dbe27",
  "word": "仏",
  "reading": "ほとけ",
  "romaji": "hotoke",
  "meanings": [
    "Buddha",
    "merciful person",
    "Buddhist image",
    "the dead"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1501760,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あの人は仏のような人だ。",
      "furigana": "あの{人|ひと}は{仏|ほとけ}のような{人|ひと}だ。",
      "en": "He is a saint of a man.",
      "tatoeba_id": 230707
    },
    {
      "ja": "仏の顔も三度。",
      "furigana": "{仏|ほとけ}の{顔|かお}も{三度|さんど}。",
      "en": "You can only go so far.",
      "tatoeba_id": 83841
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e98eb297f183e6710d1a1345a27cf7353904c8bc277e6d2c0dda8fd7cf4bf5ab",
    "meanings": [
      "佛",
      "佛像"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あの人は仏のような人だ。",
        "zh": "那个人像佛一样慈悲。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "仏の顔も三度。",
        "zh": "佛也只有三次好脸色,再有耐心的人也有限度。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b1358dbe27",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1501760; 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": "15d6c5b73bd5bcd0db0cf586a0a4d7212a1e0421d7c1ab74689d9e580c754534"
  }
}