シン, ま, ま, まこと, さな, さね, ただ, ただし, なお, のり, まあ, まこ, まさ, まっ, まど, まな, まゆ, みち, も

true, reality, Buddhist sect

JLPT4 G3 S10 F279

double-pronged eating implement + an abbreviated form# of 鼎 tripod kettle/cauldron → fill a vessel by ladling things into it → *truth*; *essence* (← fully real; compare ) → *reality*.

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