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地獄
じごく
Common word
N2
Nouns
hell realm; Naraka · Hell · hell; misery; nightmare; inferno · volcanic hellscape; steaming wasteland
明
みょう
Nouns
vidya; wisdom · mantra · next; coming
転生
てんせい
Nouns
reincarnation; transmigration of souls
果
か
Nouns
phala; attained state; result · enlightenment; fruits of practice · fruit · counter for pieces of fruit
取
しゅ
Nouns
appropriation; obtaining; clinging
三昧
さんまい
N1
Nouns
samadhi; deep meditative concentration · being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content · prone to; apt to
精霊
しょうりょう
Nouns
spirit of the deceased
劫
こう
Nouns
kalpa; eon; aeon · ko; eternal capture position
僧侶
そうりょ
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N1
Nouns
Buddhist priest; monk
四天王
してんのう
Nouns
the Four Heavenly Kings · the big four; four top leaders
修羅
しゅら
Nouns
Asura; demigod; anti-god · fighting; carnage; conflict · sledge; stone boat · log slide; chute; flume
来世
らいせ
Nouns
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
受
じゅ
Nouns
vedana; sensation; feeling
舎利
しゃり
Nouns
Buddhist relics; cremated remains of a holy person · grain of rice; cooked rice
禅
ぜん
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N1
Nouns
dhyana; profound Buddhist meditation · Zen; Zen Buddhism
現世
げんせ
Nouns
this world; this life; the present world · Holocene epoch; current geological epoch
懺悔
ざんげ
Nouns
repentance; confession; penitence · repentance (Buddhist)
菩薩
ぼさつ
Common word
Nouns
bodhisattva · High Monk (imperial title) · title for Shinto kami (manifestation theory)
外道
げどう
Nouns
non-Buddhist teachings; tirthika · heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy · fiend; demon; brute; wretch · unintended catch; bycatch
正宗
しょうしゅう
Nouns
correct doctrine; orthodox sect
阿修羅
あしゅら
Nouns
Asura; demigod; anti-god
出家
しゅっけ
Nouns
entering the priesthood; becoming a monk · priest; monk
輪廻
りんね
Nouns
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth · reincarnation; being reborn
導師
どうし
Nouns
officiating priest; presiding priest · religious teacher; high-ranking priest · guru; instructor
和尚
おしょう
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Nouns
priestly teacher; preceptor · monk; head priest · second highest priestly rank · master; expert
結界
けっかい
Nouns
sacred boundary; ritual enclosure; temple barrier · shop lattice; store counter lattice · barrier; force field; mystical barrier
化身
けしん
Nouns
incarnation; embodiment; personification; avatar
亡者
もうじゃ
Nouns
the dead; ghost; departed spirit · person obsessed with; slave to
数珠
じゅず
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Nouns
Buddhist rosary; prayer beads
極楽
ごくらく
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N1
Nouns
Sukhavati; Amitabha's Pure Land · paradise; heaven on earth
念仏
ねんぶつ
Common word
Nouns
nembutsu; invocation of Amida Buddha · visualizing a Buddha in meditation
戒
かい
Nouns
admonition; commandment · sila; precept
絵馬
えま
Nouns
votive tablet; ema
奈落
ならく
Nouns
Naraka; Hell; Hades · very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
捨離
しゃり
Nouns
abandoning all worldly desires
往生
おうじょう
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N1
Nouns
Buddhist rebirth in the next life; passing on to the next life · death; passing away · give up the struggle; submit; give in · be at one's wits' end; be stumped; be flummoxed · coercion
六道
ろくどう
Nouns
the six realms
触
そく
Nouns
contact; touch · tactile object; tangible thing · uncleanliness; impurity
幡
ばん
Nouns
pataka; Buddhist banner
上人
しょうにん
Nouns
high priest; virtuous monk; holy man · Reverend; Venerable
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