放下

ほうか

Also written ほうげ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb discarding; abandoning
2. variety of street performance from the Middle Ages
3. casting off one's attachments (in Zen)

Kanji

• 放 release. Read as ホウ.
• 下 down. Read as カ.

Word lists

• Buddhism

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists