後生大事

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(しょう)(だい)() (goshōdaiji

  1. (Buddhism) religious zeal; taking great care for the afterlife
    • 1927, Kayahara Kazan, Sei no shūkyō: ichimei gōri shinsei ron [A religious life: one person’s theory of the life hereafter], page 109:
      (こと)()(うえ)()(かい)(ぶっ)(きょう)(こく)()(ほん)なりといって(ほこ)るものがあるが「()(しょう)(だい)()」も(こま)るではないか。()(しょう)(だい)()で、()()(ひゃく)(しょう)(いの)(かく)(あせ)(みず)(したた)らして、 []
      Koto ga ue sekai no Bukkyō koku wa Nihon nari to itte hokoru mono ga aru ga “goshōdaiji” mo komaru de wa nai ka. Goshōdaiji de, muga na hyakushō inokaku asemizu shitatarashite, []
      Japan boasts of being a most Buddhist country, but can not this “religious zeal” also be a burden? For attention to the afterlife, joyless peasants pray until the sweat drips, []
  2. fastidiousness, doing one's best; exaggerated or excessive deliberateness

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN