I invoke Amitabha Buddha.
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery
Abbreviation of 阿弥陀くじ; a random matching game where participants trace lines across a lattice. Usually written in kana.
See also: あみだくじ
Let's decide the seats with a ghostleg lottery.
wearing a hat pushed back
Abbreviation of 阿弥陀被り; describes a hat worn tilted far back on the head, resembling the halo of an Amida statue. Usually written in kana.
See also: 阿弥陀被り
He is wearing his hat pushed back on his head.
We decided the room assignments for the trip by ghostleg lottery.
My grandmother prays to Amida Buddha at the family altar every morning.
阿弥陀 is the everyday shortened form of 阿弥陀くじ, the full name for the ghostleg lottery game.
阿弥陀 is an abbreviation of 阿弥陀被り, the full expression for wearing a hat pushed back on one's head.
阿弥陀仏 spells out '仏' (Buddha) explicitly and sounds more formal or doctrinal, while 阿弥陀 alone is the common everyday name for the same deity.
Standard kanji spelling for the Buddha name and derived lottery/hat senses.
Kana spelling is usual for the lottery and hat senses (abbreviations of longer terms).
Old-form kanji variant; 彌 is the kyūjitai of 弥.
From the Sanskrit name Amitābha, via Chinese 阿彌陀佛. The lottery and hat senses derive from abbreviations of compounds where the lattice pattern or hat shape was likened to Amida's halo or rays of light.