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

  • (Tokyo) いさん [káꜜìsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠isã̠ɴ]

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 suru) suru (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

  • (Tokyo) いざん [kàízáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠izã̠ɴ]

Noun

(かい)(ざん) (kaizan) 

  1. Synonym of 山開き

Verb

(かい)(ざん)する (kaizan suru) suru (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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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