List: Buddhism
Words and expressions used in Buddhism, a religion widely extended in Japan.
Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- achieving nirvana
- death
gairaigo Sanskrit origin Buddhism noun noun (generic) numeric
- a number so great it can never be counted to
- 10^56 (or 10^64)
gairaigo Sanskrit origin search-only kana form Buddhism noun noun (generic) numeric
- an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million)
- 10^60 (or 10^72)
Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- redemption, salvation
ateji Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)
- striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- one's previous existence
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
rarely used kana form Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism), lie
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- (the path of spiritual) enlightenment
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- many priests
- (Heian era) monk-soldiers