My sister has a good command of both English and French.
妹は英仏語を使いこなす。
The sculptor carved wood into an image of Buddha.
その彫刻家は木で仏像を刻んだ。
Tom has two French dictionaries.
トムは仏仏辞典を2冊持っている。
That's because Shintoism and Buddhism are practiced in their daily customs instead of as their religion.
神道も仏教も、宗教というより日常的な習慣のようなものになっているからです。
What he thought was bound up with Buddhism.
彼の考えは仏教と密接に結びついていた。
He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.
彼は木から仏像を彫った。
Do you know who the Japanese ambassador to France is?
駐仏日本大使は誰だか知っていますか。
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.
Giving advice to him is like talking to a brick wall.
彼に忠告したところで、馬の耳に念仏だよ。
Ignorance is bliss.
知らぬが仏。
He is a saint of a man.
あの人は仏のような人だ。
"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.