Meaning of 二河白道(にがびゃくどう) in Japanese

二河白道
Kana Reading
にがびゃくどう
Romaji
nigabyakudō
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    Meaning
    metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)

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河 JLPT 2

8 strokes

river

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: かわ

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白 JLPT 5

5 strokes

white

On'Yomi: ハク, ビャク

Kun'Yomi: しろ, しら-, しろ.い

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道 JLPT 5

12 strokes

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

On'Yomi: ドウ, トウ

Kun'Yomi: みち

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二 JLPT 5

2 strokes

two, two radical (no.2)

On'Yomi: ニ, ジ

Kun'Yomi: ふた, ふた.つ, ふたた.び

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