Word Meaning 念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい nembutsuzammai

念仏三昧 is read as ねんぶつざんまい (nembutsuzammai) and means being deep in prayer.

Meaning

English

  1. being deep in prayer
  2. praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

Reading

Kana

ねんぶつざんまい

Romaji

nembutsuzammai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Yojijukugo Rank 150331 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

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

念仏を唱える

ねんぶつをとなえる

to chant the nembutsu

念仏踊

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

三昧

さんまい

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

一行三昧

いちぎょうざんまい

complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer)

自由三昧

じゆうざんまい

free

放蕩三昧

ほうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

悪行三昧

あくぎょうざんまい

committing every evil

読書三昧

どくしょざんまい

being absorbed in reading

風流三昧

ふうりゅうざんまい

taking delight in elegant pursuits