Illustration: In the quiet living room of a modest Japanese home, an older adult kneels before an open household Buddhist altar. Their palms are together around a strand of prayer beads, eyes gently lowered toward a small Buddhist figure inside.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

信しん仰こう

shinkou

religious faith

Example sentences

キリスト教きょうを信仰しんこうしていますか。
Do you believe in Christianity?
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信仰しんこうは山やまをも動うごかす。
Faith can move mountains.
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彼かれは信仰しんこうのあつい人ひとです。
He is a man of strong faith.
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Kanji in 信仰

信faith; truthOnシン
仰face-up; look upOnギョウ・コウKunあおぐ・おおせ・おっしゃる

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