開山

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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

 開山 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

 開山 (仏教) on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
さん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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 surusuru (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

Noun

(かい)(ざん) (kaizan

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb

(かい)(ざん)する (kaizan surusuru (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. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN