Word Meaning 念持仏

ねんじぶつ nenjibutsu

念持仏 is read as ねんじぶつ (nenjibutsu) and means Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ねんじぶつ

Romaji

nenjibutsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 70278 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

念仏踊

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

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

持仏

じぶつ

one's own Buddha statue

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

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