ほうげん

See also: ほうけん and ぼうけん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ほうげん – see the following entries.

【方言】 [noun] a dialect; a provincialism

【法眼】 [noun] (Buddhism, historical) high priest; the second-highest rank of Buddhist priest in the Japanese court [noun] (Buddhism, archaic) a title of respect for Buddhist monks, artists, or samurai

【保元】 [proper noun] the Hōgen era, 1156-1159

(This term, ほうげん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 放言, 法源.)