帰依

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 帰依 is read as きえ and means devotion or conversion to a religion or teaching.
• Basic usage: It can describe a king devoting himself to a monk's teachings or the course by which a person converts to Buddhism.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Devotion to teachings
  • 教えに帰依する means coming to believe in and follow a particular person's teachings. Example: 王は老僧の教えに帰依したと伝えられています。
• Conversion to a religion
  • In 仏教に帰依する, に marks the religion to which the person converts or devotes themselves. Example: 伝記には彼女が仏教に帰依するまでの歩みが記されています。