List: Buddhism
Words and expressions used in Buddhism, a religion widely extended in Japan.
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の Buddhism
- regret, chagrin, mortification
- freedom from obstructive thoughts
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb Buddhism
- idea, notion, concept, conception
- sense (e.g. of duty)
- resignation (to one's fate), acceptance, preparedness
- observation and contemplation, meditation
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- life and death, life or death
- samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
- death
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 abbreviation Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- dhyana (profound meditation)
- Zen (Buddhism)
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- cruel, merciless, atrocious, ruthless, cold-blooded
- pitiful, tragic, horrible, miserable
- breaking a precept without shame
popular noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- fate, destiny
- connection, tie, bond, origin
- pretext, justification
- hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
popular Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- head temple of a Buddhist sect
- headquarters (of an organization), head of operations, nerve center
popular JLPT N1 な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb Buddhism
- suitable, appropriate, befitting, becoming, adequate, reasonable, proper
- conjoining, association, samprayukta
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation Buddhism martial arts
- western direction
- Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
- western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- vacuum
- absolute void, complete vacuity