昧

Meaning

昧 centers on a lack of clarity or light: being dark, obscure, or metaphorically foolish and unenlightened.

• 曖昧あいまい
  N3

  vague; ambiguous; unclear

• 三昧さんまい
  N1

  samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

• 蒙昧もうまい

  ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised

• 一行三昧いちぎょうざんまい

  complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer); one-practice absorption

• 三昧耶さんまや

  time

• 三昧耶形さんまやぎょう

  object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life

• 三昧耶戒さんまやかい

  precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)

• 三昧耶曼荼羅さんまやまんだら

  samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.)

• 不昧流ふまいりゅう

  Fumai school of tea ceremony

• 凡庸愚昧ぼんようぐまい

  ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid

• 刃物三昧はものざんまい

  swinging a knife around; brandishing a knife

• 念仏三昧ねんぶつざんまい

  being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

• 悪行三昧あくぎょうざんまい

  committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil

• 愚昧ぐまい

  stupid

• 戯作三昧げさくざんまい

  Absorbed in Letters (novel by Akutagawa)

• 戯作三昧げさくざんまい

  being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction); being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself

• 放蕩三昧ほうとうざんまい

  being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

• 昧旦まいたん

  dawn; daybreak

• 昧爽まいそう

  dawn

• 曖昧さあいまいさ

  ambiguity

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