Illustration: An Edo-period devotional vision opens onto a tranquil lotus pond before a jeweled pavilion. Amida Buddha sits centrally on a great lotus throne, hands held in a serene teaching gesture, with a halo surrounding his head.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

極ごく楽らく

gokuraku

Buddhist paradise

The Pure Land of Amida Buddha. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 極楽ごくらくとは「幸福こうふくにみちみちている世界せかい」といえる。

    Paradise can be described as a world filled with happiness.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 様々さまざまな浄土じょうどへの往生おうじょうがあるが、一般的いっぱんてきには阿弥陀仏あみだぶつの浄土じょうどとされている極楽ごくらくへの往生おうじょうを言いう。

    There are various interpretations of pure lands for rebirth, but it generally means the Buddhist paradise that is considered to be the pure land of Amida Buddha.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そのなかには、極楽ごくらくを歌うたった極楽歌ごくらくかもあって、浄土教じょうどきょうの広ひろまりを示しめしている。

    It contains the Buddhist paradise songs, which shows the spread of the Jodo sect.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 極楽

  • 極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり
  • 楽music; easeOnガク・ラク・ゴウKunたのしい・たのしむ・このむ

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