開山

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start mountain; hill
trad. (開山)
simp. (开山)

Pronunciation


Verb

開山

  1. to cut into a mountain (for quarrying, etc.)
  2. to unseal a closed mountain for a period of time
  3. (Buddhism) to build the first temple on a famous mountain

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いさん [káꜜìsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠isã̠ɴ]

Noun

(かい)(さん) • (kaisan) 

  1. (Buddhism) foundation/establishment of a temple
    Synonym: 開基
  2. (Buddhism) the monk who founded a temple
  3. founder of a religion
    Synonyms: 開基, 開祖, 祖師, 宗祖

Verb

(かい)(さん)する • (kaisan suru) suru (stem (かい)(さん) (kaisan shi), past (かい)(さん)した (kaisan shita))

  1. (Buddhism) to found/establish a temple
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
ざん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いざん [kàízáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠izã̠ɴ]

Noun

(かい)(ざん) • (kaizan) 

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb

(かい)(ざん)する • (kaizan suru) suru (stem (かい)(ざん) (kaizan shi), past (かい)(ざん)した (kaizan shita))

  1. Synonym of 山開き
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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