和英辞書

後生大事

noun

(Buddhism) religious zeal; taking great care for the afterlife / fastidiousness, doing one's best; exaggerated or excessive deliberateness

彼は仏教に対する後生大事な信仰心を持っています。

He has a religious zeal towards Buddhism, which he treasures as his life.

意味（1）

(Buddhism) religious zeal; taking great care for the afterlife

事(こと)賀(が)上(うえ)世(せ)界(かい)の仏(ぶっ)教(きょう)國(こく)は日(に)本(ほん)なりといって誇(ほこ)るものがあるが「後(ご)生(しょう)大(だい)事(じ)」も困(こま)るではないか。後(ご)生(しょう)大(だい)事(じ)で、無(む)賀(が)な百(ひゃく)姓(しょう)祈(いの)角(かく)汗(あせ)水(みず)滴(したた)らして、[…]

Koto ga ue sekai no Bukkyō koku wa Nihon nari to itte hokoru mono ga aru ga “goshōdaiji” mo komaru de wa nai ka. Goshōdaiji de, muga na hyakushō inokaku asemizu shitatarashite, […]Japan boasts of being a most Buddhist country, but can not this “religious zeal” also be a burden? For attention to the afterlife, joyless peasants pray until the sweat drips,[…]

意味（2）

fastidiousness, doing one's best; exaggerated or excessive deliberateness