仏像

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 仏像 is a noun read ぶつぞう, meaning a Buddhist statue or image representing the Buddha.
• Basic usage: Use 木で作られた仏像が本堂にある for its material and location and 仏像の表情や手の形 for features being observed.
  • 寺の本堂には木で作られた仏像があります。 says that a wooden Buddhist statue stands in the temple's main hall; 博物館で仏像の表情や手の形を観察しました。 describes observing the statue's facial expression and hand positions at a museum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 木で作られた
  • で marks wood as the material from which the statue was made.
• 本堂には
  • に marks the main hall as the location, and は presents it as the topic.
• 表情や手の形
  • や lists the facial expression and hand positions as examples of observed features.