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[じょう()·ぶつ()]
joubutsu
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 成仏

noun, suru verb
  1. attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana
  2. going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

Definition and Synonyms for 成仏

Go pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms: いく, こもる, くたばる, はかなくなる, 上天, この世を去る, 世を去る, 事切れる, 亡くなる, 他界, 入定, 入寂, 入滅, 円寂, 卒する, 卒去, 天上, 失せる, 失命, 寂滅, 崩じる, 崩ずる, 崩御, 往生, 急死, 成仏, 旅立つ, 易簀, 果てる, へい死, おっ死ぬ, 死ぬ, 死する, 死亡, 死去, 死没, 永逝, 没する, 消える, 消え入る, 消え失せる, 滅する, 滅びる, 物故, 登仙, 眠る, 示寂, 空しくなる, 絶え入る, 絶命, 絶息, 絶え果てる, 落命, 薨ずる, 薨去, 身罷る, 逝去, 遠逝, 遷化, 長逝, お隠れになる, 隠る, 隠れる
Enlightenment the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
Synonyms: ニルヴァーナ, 円寂, 大悟, 彼岸, 悟り, 悟る, 悟道, 成仏, 涅槃, 菩提, 覚悟, 開悟
Enlightenment characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Synonyms: ニルヴァーナ, 円寂, 大悟, 彼岸, 悟り, 悟る, 悟道, 成仏, 涅槃, 菩提, 覚悟, 開悟

Meanings for each kanji in 成仏

» turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach
» Buddha; the dead; France

Categories 成仏 is a member of

Turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
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Beatification a state of supreme happiness
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