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noun
Buddhism, priesthood

expression, noun, pronoun
my dear, my Buddha(idiom )
Other readings:
あが仏【あがほとけ】

ほとけとうと
agahotoketoutoshi
expression
putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal, being narrow-minded(idiom )

ぶつ
ashukubutsu
noun
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
阿閦仏【あしゅくぶつ】

noun
1.
living Buddha, saintly Buddhist monk
2.
living person(colloquialism)
See also:ほとけ (antonym)

うまみみねんぶつ
umanomimininenbutsu
expression
preaching to the deaf, reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear(idiom )
See also:念仏

noun
1.
Britain and France
no-adjective
2.
Anglo-French

noun
dying, ruining oneself
Other readings:
お陀仏【おだぶつ】

noun
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
Other readings:
踊念仏【おどりねんぶつ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
offering to Buddha (often rice)(Buddhist term)
See also:仏供
Other readings:
お仏供【おぶく】

noun
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
See also:仏名会

noun
secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)(historical term)

noun
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

noun
Kassapa Buddha, Kasyapa Buddha, Kashyapa Buddha

noun
grand Lama, living Buddha

noun
1.
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze)
2.
cold-hearted person, cold-blooded person
Other readings:
金仏【かなぼとけ】

noun
God and Buddha, Gods and Buddhas, one's guardian angel

かみしょうめんほとけしり
kaminoshoumenhotokenomashiri
expression
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back(proverb, obscure)
Other readings:
神の正面仏の真尻【かみのしょうめんほとけのましり】

かみとけ
kamimohotokemonai
expression
there is no God!, it's a cruel world, there is no god or Buddha(idiom )

noun
contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)(Buddhist term)
See also:口称念仏

noun
contemplating Buddha(Buddhist term)

noun
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)

noun
wooden Buddha
Other readings:
木仏【きぼとけ】
木仏【もくぶつ】

きぶつかなぶついしぼとけ
kibutsukanabutsuishibotoke
expression
inflexible people, heartless people, Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone

noun
having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha, having a stern face but a tender heart(yojijukugo)

noun
the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")(Buddhist term)
See also:公案
Other readings:
狗子佛性【くしぶっしょう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha), reciting a prayer(Buddhist term)
See also:観念念仏

noun
transformed Buddha(Buddhist term)

noun
pre-sectarian Buddhism, the earliest Buddhism, original Buddhism(Buddhist term)

noun
seeing Buddha(Buddhist term)

noun
seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings(obscure, Buddhist term)
Other readings:
見仏聞法【けんぶつもんぼう】

こえぶっぽうそう
koenobuppousou
noun
Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)(obscure)
Other readings:
声のブッポウソウ【こえのブッポウソウ】

noun
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)(Buddhist term)
See also:弥勒,  前仏

noun
1.
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet
See also:仏前
2.
offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet

noun
Buddha triad, image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas(Buddhist term)

ごくとけ
jigokudehotokeniattayou
expression, adverb
with great relief, as if meeting a friend in need, as if having met a Buddha in hell(idiom )

noun
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha(abbreviation)
See also:過去七仏

expression
all things have the Buddha nature(abbreviation, Buddhist term)(from Nirvana sutra)

noun
being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness(yojijukugo)

noun, no-adjective
winning favor or influence using someone else's property, plagiarism, presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
Other readings:
写佛【しゃぶつ】

noun
embroidered Buddha, Buddhist embroidery
Other readings:
繡仏【しゅうぶつ】

とけ
shiranugahotoke
expression
ignorance is bliss(proverb)

とけおに
shiranuhotokeyorinajiminooni
expression
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't(proverb)

noun
mixture (synthesis) of Buddhism and Shintoism(yojijukugo)

しんぶつどうたいせつ
shinbutsudoutaisetsu
noun
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)(obscure)

noun
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)(yojijukugo)
See also:神仏習合

noun
1.
spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death
See also:御盆
2.
the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)
Other readings:
新仏【あらぼとけ】
新仏【にいぼとけ】

noun
1.
Buddha prior to Gautama(Buddhist term)
2.
Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni(Buddhist term)
See also:後仏

noun
Zen temple meditation hall(Buddhist term)

noun
funeral Buddhism, modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment(derogatory)

noun
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.

noun
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
See also:仏所

noun, auxillary suru verb
attainment of Buddhahood during life(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)

noun
monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun
empty words
Other readings:
空念仏【からねんぶつ】

noun
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
Other readings:
胎内佛【たいないぶつ】

noun
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)(Buddhist term)

no-adjective
stationed in France, resident in France (of ambassadors, etc.)

noun
Taoism and Buddhism(obscure)

noun
Germany and France, German-French

noun
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
See also:普仏戦争

ぶつ
namuamidabutsu
expression
Namu Amida Butsu, Hail Amitabha Buddha, Homage to Amida Buddha, prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha(Buddhist term)

noun
Southern Buddhism (as practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
See also:北方仏教

noun
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ニシブッポウソウ
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