二河白道

Reading

Kana: にがびゃくどう

Romaji: nigabyakudou

Definition

exp

1

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)

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

二

Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび

Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)

河

Readings: カ、 かわ

Meaning: river

白

Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い

Meaning: white

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

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