shakubuku
shakubuku verb: to proselytize; to convert (someone) to one's religion.
Verb
shakubuku (third-person singular simple present shakubukus, present participle shakubukuing, simple past and past participle shakubukued)
- to proselytize; to convert (someone) to one's religion
- I've got this friend, George Lucido. He shakubukued me. He's a group chief in Toronto.1973, Robert Towne, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan, 1:10:50 from the start, in Hal Ashby, director, The Last Detail (motion picture), spoken by Donna (Luana Anders), Columbia Pictures
- He also recounts how he was engaged at the time in lengthy, heated debates with a cousin who shakubukued him, in an effort to persuade him to join the Soka Gakkai.2006, Richard Hughes Seager, Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the Globalization of Buddhist Humanism, Berkeley: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 60
Forms of shakubuku
| third-person singular present | shakubukus |
|---|---|
| present participle | shakubukuing |
| past participle | shakubukued |
| past | shakubukued |
Origin of shakubuku
Borrowed from Japanese 折伏 (shakubuku).
Questions about shakubuku
- What does shakubuku mean?
- Shakubuku means to proselytize; to convert (someone) to one's religion.
- What part of speech is shakubuku?
- Shakubuku is a verb.
- What is the past tense of shakubuku?
- The past tense of shakubuku is shakubukued.
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