弘法

ぐほう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive spreading Buddhist teachings

Kanji

• 弘 vast; broad; wide. Read as グ.
• 法 law. Read as ホウ.

Example sentences

• 弘法も筆の誤り。
  Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
• 弘法筆を選ばず。
  A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.

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