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Japanese
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| 煩惱 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
/bonːau/ → /bonːɔː/ → /bonːoː/
From Middle Chinese 煩惱 (MC bjon nawX), itself a translation of Sanskrit क्लेश (kleśa, literally “anguish, pain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
煩悩 • (bonnō)
- (Buddhism) klesha
- worldly desires (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN