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Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of ひがん – see the following entries.
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【彼岸】
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- (literary) the opposite shore
- (subsequently) the afterlife
- (Buddhism) pāramitā the sought after perfection, Clipping of 到彼岸 (tōhigan).
- Clipping of 彼岸会 (higane). (also お彼岸 (“o-higan”)), the 7 days surrounding the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. Also the Buddhist ceremonies held during this period
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(This term, ひがん (higan), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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