開山

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

開山 (hiragana かいさん, rōmaji 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

開山する (hiragana かいさんする, rōmaji kaisan suru)

  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

開山 (hiragana かいざん, rōmaji kaizan)

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb

開山する (hiragana かいざんする, rōmaji kaizan suru)

  1. Synonym of 山開き
Conjugation

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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