閻

Meaning

閻 centers on a settlement or town, often used in proper names and historical contexts. Its meaning is narrow and primarily refers to a walled or gated community.

• 閻魔えんま

  Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma

• 閻魔えんま

  Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma

• 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

  people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

• 閻浮提えんぶだい

  Jambudvipa; continent of the terrestrial world

• 閻王えんおう

  Yama, judge of the afterlife

• 閻羅王えんらおう

  Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna

• 閻魔の庁えんまのちょう

  judgment seat of Yama (judgement)

• 閻魔堂えんまどう

  temple hall dedicated to Yama

• 閻魔大王えんまだいおう

  Yama; judge of the afterlife

• 閻魔天えんまてん

  Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)

• 閻魔帳えんまちょう

  teacher's grade book

• 閻魔王えんまおう

  Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)

• 閻魔羅闍えんまらじゃ

  Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna

• 閻魔虫えんまむし

  hister beetle (Hister jekeli); clown beetle

• 閻魔蟋蟀えんまこおろぎ

  oriental garden cricket (Teleogryllus emma); emma field cricket

• 閻魔顔えんまがお

  devilish face; diabolical face

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