Dictionary / Vocabulary / 仏様
ほとけさま
(a) Buddha; deceased person
Also written 仏さま
倒れていた老人は、実は仏様だったのです。
The old man who'd fallen was really Buddha.
仏様は、うさぎの努力に感心し、うさぎを月に昇らせ、永遠にその姿をとどめさせたのです。
Buddha, impressed by the rabbit's efforts, raised him unto the moon and set him in that form forever more.