如にょ意い

noun

as one wishes; going according to one's wishes

Often used in the negative form 不如意 (ふにょい) to mean 'not going as one wishes' or 'financial difficulty'. The positive form 如意 is somewhat literary.

See also: 不如意 (ふにょい)

• 万ばん事じが如にょ意いに運はこんだ。

  Everything went as I wished.

• 不ふ如にょ意いな状じょう況きょうに陥おちいる。

  To fall into a situation where things don't go as one wishes.

noun

nyoi; ceremonial sceptre used by Buddhist monks

A ritual implement held by monks during sutra recitation. Also known as 如意棒 or にょいぼう.

• 僧そう侶りょは如にょ意いを持もって読経どきょうする。

  The monk recites sutras holding a nyoi.