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観音 かんのん

  1. Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Buddhist deity of compassion; Guanyin; Kannon; Kwannon

観音堂 かんのんどう

  1. temple dedicated to Kannon

観音扉 かんのんとびら

  1. double doors (opening from the centre)

観音様 かんのんさま

  1. Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Buddhist deity of compassion; Guanyin; Kannon; Kwannon
  2. clitoris

観音経 かんのんぎょう

  1. Avalokitesvara Sutra; Kannon Sutra

観音菩薩 かんのんぼさつ

  1. Bodhisattva of Compassion; Goddess of Mercy; Guan Yin; Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kuan Yin; Kwannon

観音開き かんのんびらき

  1. double doors (opening from the centre)
  2. double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.)
  3. filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

十一面観音 じゅういちめんかんのん

  1. eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon

馬頭観音 ばとうかんのん

  1. Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)

千手観音 せんじゅかんのん

  1. thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
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