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念仏 ねんぶつ

  1. nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha
  2. visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

念仏を唱える ねんぶつをとなえる

  1. to chant the nembutsu

念仏三昧 ねんぶつざんまい

  1. being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

念仏宗 ねんぶつしゅう

  1. Nenbutsu sect (of Buddhism)

念仏寺 ねんぶつじ

  1. Nenbutsu temple

念仏往生 ねんぶつおうじょう

  1. being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

念仏踊り ねんぶつおどり

  1. Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念仏鯛 ネンブツダイ

  1. half-lined cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus semilineatus)

馬の耳に念仏 うまのみみにねんぶつ

  1. chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear; preaching to the deaf

空念仏 そらねんぶつ

  1. empty words
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