ろくどう
Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
Pitch accent
どう
Composed of
six; 6
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
four kinds of birth in the six destinies