布施 ふせ alms-giving #2,944 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive, Buddhism alms-giving; charity Buddhism offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.) Its kanji 布 フ、ホ · ぬの、し.く、きれ linen, cloth, spread, distribute 施 シ、セ · ほどこ.す give, bestow, perform, alms