Word Meaning 専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ senjunembutsu

専修念仏 is read as せんじゅねんぶつ (senjunembutsu) and means intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha).

Meaning

English

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

Reading

Kana

せんじゅねんぶつ

Romaji

senjunembutsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 59912 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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専修

せんしゅう

specialization

専修大学

せんしゅうだいがく

Senshu University

専修学校

せんしゅうがっこう

specialized training college

専修科目

せんしゅうかもく

one's special subject

専修大学北海道短期大学

せんしゅうだいがくほっかいどうたんきだいがく

Hokkaido College, Senshu University

専修科

せんしゅうか

special course

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)

専念

せんねん

absorption

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

別時念仏

べつじねんぶつ

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