かい
Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. admonition; commandment
when read as "かい"
2. sila (precept)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance; admonishment; scolding; exhortation
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
strict guard
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
precept forbidding the taking of life; precept against killing; precept of ahimsa
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
self-admonition
three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
martial law
caution; precaution; care
ordination platform
prohibition (e.g. in Buddhism); taboo (esp. religious or cultural); commandment
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
vowing to follow the precepts
observing the precepts (of Buddhism)
to break the Buddhist commandments
precept forbidding the taking of life; precept against killing; precept of ahimsa
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
precept of marital chastity and sexual restraint; precept of brahmacharya
precept of non-stealing; precept of achourya; precept of asteya
precept forbidding one to speak untruthfully; precept of satya
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)