Word Meaning 別時念仏

べつじねんぶつ betsujinembutsu

別時念仏 is read as べつじねんぶつ (betsujinembutsu) and means recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists).

Meaning

English

recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)

Reading

Kana

べつじねんぶつ

Romaji

betsujinembutsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 57383 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

大念仏

だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

空念仏

からねんぶつ

empty words

観念念仏

かんねんねんぶつ

contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)

馬の耳に念仏

うまのみみにねんぶつ

preaching to the deaf

踊念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

口称念仏

くしょうねんぶつ

chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha)

隠れ念仏

かくれねんぶつ

secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

鬼の念仏

おにのねんぶつ

demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)

念仏踊

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing