Word Meaning 念仏踊

ねんぶつおどり nembutsuodori

念仏踊 is read as ねんぶつおどり (nembutsuodori) and means Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing.

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

Reading

Kana

ねんぶつおどり

Romaji

nembutsuodori

Writing Variants

  • 念仏踊り ねんぶつおどり nembutsuodori

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 128743 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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踊念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

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

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

念仏を唱える

ねんぶつをとなえる

to chant the nembutsu

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

being deep in prayer

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)

大念仏

だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

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

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)