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

noun
Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology(Buddhist term)
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阿修羅【あすら】

noun
Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)(usually kana)
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アシロ

noun
arbor, arbour, bower, summer house, square gazebo
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四阿【あずまや】
あずま屋【あずまや】

noun
1.
a number so great it can never be counted to(Buddhist term)
numeric
2.
10^56 (or 10^64)

noun
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
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阿武船【あたけぶね】

adjective
seductive, sensual, coquettish(usually kana)
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あだっぽい《阿娜っぽい》

Godan-ku verb
to be bewitching, to look coquettish, to behave in an alluring manner, to behave in a seductive manner(usually kana)
Other readings:
あだめく《阿娜めく》
あだめく《徒めく》

noun
umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer), fragrant screw pine, kewda(usually kana)
Other readings:
アダン

na-adjective, noun
bitch(usually kana)
Other readings:
あばずれ《阿婆擦》[1]
あばずれ《あば擦れ》
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

んな
abazureonna
noun
coquette, flirt, vamp, minx, tease
Other readings:
あば擦れ女【あばずれおんな】
阿婆擦れ女【あばずれおんな】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)(usually kana)
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アビ

noun
Avici (lowest level of hell)(Buddhist term)

noun
agonizing cries, pandemonium, two of Buddhism's hells(yojijukugo)

noun
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)(Buddhist term)

noun
abhidharma, texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras(Buddhist term)

noun
father(familiar language, archaism)
See also:阿母

noun
Afghanistan(usually kana)
Other readings:
アフガニスタン《阿富汗斯坦》[1]
アフガニスタン《阿富汗斯》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
abukumaite(geology term)
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阿武隈石【あぶくまいし】

noun, auxillary suru verb
ingratiation, sycophancy(yojijukugo)
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阿附迎合【あふげいごう】

noun
African American
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阿弗利加系亜米利加人【アフリカけいアメリカじん】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

afurikanoroba
noun
African wild ass (Equus africanus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アフリカのろば《アフリカ野驢馬》
アフリカノロバ

noun
Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)(usually kana)
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アベハゼ

noun
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)(usually kana)
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あべまき《阿部槙》[1]
アベマキ
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
opium(usually kana)
Other readings:
あへん《鴉片》
あへん《亜片》[1]
アヘン
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
opium den
Other readings:
鴉片窟【あへんくつ】

んそ
ahensensou
noun
Opium War (1840-42)
Other readings:
阿片戦争【あへんせんそう】
鴉片戦争【あへんせんそう】

ちゅうど
ahenchuudoku
noun
opium addiction
Other readings:
阿片中毒【あへんちゅうどく】

あへ
ahenchinki
noun
laudanum, opium tincture(usually kana)
Other readings:
アヘンチンキ

noun
Opium Law (1954)
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阿片法【あへんほう】

noun
mother(familiar language, archaism)
See also:阿父
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阿母【あも】

noun
stupid chatter, foolish talk
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阿呆口【あほぐち】

noun
stupid face, foolish look on one's face(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
See also:馬鹿面
Other readings:
あほづら《阿呆面》
アホづら

noun
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あほうどり《あほう鳥》
あほうどり《阿呆鳥》
あほうどり《阿房鳥》
しんてんおう《信天翁》
アホウドリ

ほうあしもとづか
ahounoashimotozukai
expression
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet, stupidity of using people for small things(idiom )

ほうさんばいじる
ahounosanbaijiru
expression
only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once, only fools are gluttons(idiom )

noun, auxillary suru verb
stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression, interjection
ridiculous, stupid, laughable(usually kana)
See also:阿呆臭い

adjective
ridiculous, stupid, foolish, absurd, laughable(usually kana)
Other readings:
あほくさい《阿呆臭い》
あほうくさい《阿呆臭い》

ょう
ahodarakyou
noun
mock Buddhist sutra, type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events, ahodarakyō(pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経)
See also:あほだら
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阿呆陀羅経【あほだらきょう】

noun
fool, idiot(usually kana)
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あほたれ《阿呆垂れ》
アホたれ

expression
there's no medicine for stupidity(proverb)
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アホに付ける薬なし【アホにつけるくすりなし】
阿呆に付ける薬なし【あほうにつけるくすりなし】
阿呆に付ける薬無し【あほうにつけるくすりなし】

ひとおぼ
ahonohitotsuoboe
expression
one who knows little often repeats it(proverb)
Other readings:
あほの一つ覚え【あほのひとつおぼえ】
あほうの一つ覚え【あほうのひとつおぼえ】
阿房の一つ覚え【あほうのひとつおぼえ】

noun
idiot, bastard, fuck-wit(usually kana, derogatory, Kansai-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
あほやろう《阿呆野郎》
あほやろう《阿呆やろう》

noun
1.
fool, oaf, airhead(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
2.
type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events(abbreviation)(only relevant for あほだら)
Other readings:
あほだら《阿呆陀羅》

noun
amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)(usually kana)

noun
Macao, Macau(archaism)
See also:マカオ,  天川
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亜媽港【あまこう】

noun
ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner(usually kana)
Other readings:
アミダクジ

さんぞん
amidasanzon
noun
Amitabha triad, image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta(Buddhist term)

expression, Godan-ru verb
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head(usually kana)
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あみだにかぶる《あみだに被る》
あみだにかぶる《阿弥陀に被る》

noun, auxillary suru verb
excessive flattery, adulation(yojijukugo)

noun, no-adjective
flattery, adulation, sycophancy(yojijukugo)
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阿諛弁佞【あゆべんねい】

noun
alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)(Buddhist term)

noun
1.
Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum), common basil
2.
tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling(Buddhist term)

noun
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

noun
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
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阿波踊り【あわおどり】

noun
1.
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman(usually kana, derogatory)
2.
soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.(abbreviation, usually kana)
See also:お亀蕎麦
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おかめ《阿亀》

noun
cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)(usually kana)
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オカメインコ

noun
soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.(usually kana)
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おかめそば《阿亀蕎麦》

noun
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)(colloquialism)
Other readings:
螠虫【おきくむし】

くに
okunikabuki
noun
Okuni kabuki, progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

noun
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman(derogatory)
See also:お多福面
Other readings:
阿多福【おたふく】
於多福【おたふく】

noun
mumps, epidemic parotitis(medical term)
Other readings:
阿多福風邪【おたふくかぜ】
お多福風邪【おたふくかぜ】

noun
1.
large broad bean
2.
(boiled and sweetened) broad bean
Other readings:
お多福豆【おたふくまめ】

noun
humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
Other readings:
阿多福面【おたふくめん】

noun
uncle (one's father's younger brother)(archaism)
Other readings:
叔父【おとおじ】

おどほうほう
odoruahounimiruahou
expression
you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance(from the first line of a song sung during the Awa Odori festival)

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
to flatter, to play up to, to fawn on, to pander to, to cater to(usually kana)
Other readings:
おもねる《阿ねる》[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

ランかい
orandakaiu
noun
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オランダかいう《オランダ海芋》
オランダカイウ

noun
olive oil
Other readings:
阿列布油【オリーブゆ】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
cacao, cocoa(usually kana)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
prostitution of learning, twisting the truth and truckling to the times(yojijukugo)

noun
1.
corner, nook, recess(usually kana)
2.
shade, shadow, dark area(usually kana)
3.
dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings(usually kana)
4.
shading, gradation(abbreviation)
See also:隈取り
5.
kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles(abbreviation)
See also:隈取り
Other readings:
くま《曲》
くま《阿》

どり
koanichidori
noun
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)(usually kana)
Other readings:
コアニチドリ

たいしゅうおもね
taishuuniomoneru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to sell out to the masses

noun
total idiot(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
See also:あほ
Other readings:
どあほ《ど阿呆》
どあほ《怒阿呆》
どあほ《度阿呆》
どあほう《ど阿呆》
どあほう《怒阿呆》
どあほう《度阿呆》
ドアホ
どアホ

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
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)(obscure)
Other readings:
南阿戦争【なんあせんそう】

noun
common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハシグロアビ