Onyomi: シャク, セキ · Kunyomi: す.てる, とく, ゆる.す · Meanings: explanation
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 釈放 | しゃくほう | release, liberation, acquittal | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 釈明 | しゃくめい | explanation, vindication | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 釈迦 | しゃか | Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha | common Noun |
| 釈然 | しゃくぜん | fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.), happy, cleared of doubt | 'taru' adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle |
| 釈迦に説法 | しゃかにせっぽう | teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, teaching something to someone who knows more than you, preaching to the choir, lecturing to the Buddha | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 釈迦占地 | しゃかしめじ | Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom) | Noun |
| 釈迦三尊 | しゃかさんぞん | Shakyamuni triad, Gautama triad, image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants | Noun |
| 釈迦十 | しゃかじゅう | 10 of batons (in mekuri karuta) | Noun |
| 釈迦頭 | しゃかとう | sugar apple, sweetsop (fruit) | Noun |
| 釈迦牟尼 | しゃかむに | Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?) | Noun |
| 釈尊 | しゃくそん | Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas) | Noun |
| 釈空海 | しゃくくうかい | Kukai (name of a Buddhist priest) | Noun |
| 釈義 | しゃくぎ | exegesis, explanation of a text, commentary on a text | Noun |
| 釈義学 | しゃくぎがく | exegesis, explanation of a text, commentary on a text | Noun |
| 釈迦如来 | しゃかにょらい | Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?) | Noun |