popular  Buddhism  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• votive tablet, wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse

popular  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  Buddhism 

• heartlessness, hardness of heart, coldheartedness, cruelty
• insentient, inanimate

popular  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• determined purpose
• an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought)
• a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

popular  abbreviation  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• temple (esp. large one), monastery
• temple building

popular  Buddhism  expression  noun  noun (generic)  idiomatic expression 

• fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell)
• desperate financial situation, dire straits

popular  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• kasaya, monk's stole
• wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• innocence
• insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.)
• free from obstructive thoughts
• to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

popular  yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  Buddhism 

• being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money)
• the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• means, expedient, instrument
• upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

popular  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli)
• cloisonne ware
• shippō pattern (of overlapping circles)
• shippō emblem