Word Meaning 弥勒

みろく miroku

弥勒 is read as みろく (miroku) and means Maitreya (Bodhisattva).

Meaning

English

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)
Miroku

Reading

Kana

みろく

Romaji

miroku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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弥勒仏

みろくぶつ

Maitreya

弥勒菩薩

みろくぼさつ

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

弥生人

やよいじん

Yayoi people

弥生山

やよいやま

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

弥次郎兵衛

やじろべえ

balancing toy

弥次喜多

やじきた

comical pair

弥生狂言

やよいきょうげん

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

弥立つ

よだつ

to stand up straight

弥生土器

やよいどき

Yayoi pottery

弥増す

いやます

to increase more and more