末法

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
まつ > まっ
Grade: 4
ほう > ぽう
Grade: 4

Noun

(まっ)(ぽう) (mappō

  1. (Buddhism) the age of decadence, the last days of the Law of Buddhism
    末法(まっぽう)思想(しそう)
    mappō shisō
    pessimism at the thought of the age of decadence