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禅ぜん (zen)

Zen (Buddhism)

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Meaning

禅 (ぜん, zen) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “Zen (Buddhism)”.

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Example sentences 12

彼かれは禅ぜんに興味きょうみを持もっています

He is interested in Zen.

禅宗以外の参禅者。

Zen practitioners other than those of the Zen sect.

彼かれは座禅ざぜんを組くんだ。

He sat in Zen meditation.

座禅ざぜんは集中しゅうちゅう力りょくを養やしなう

Zen meditation nurtures concentration.

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