ぎゃくざい
Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
Kanji used
five
reverse
sin
Composed of
five; 5
crime of killing one's master or parent (Edo period); very grave sin
Composed of
five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
crime