Word Meaning 浄土

じょうど joudo

浄土 is read as じょうど (joudo) and means Pure Land Buddhism.

Meaning

English

Pure Land Buddhism
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha)
(Buddhist) paradise

Reading

Kana

じょうど

Romaji

joudo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 穢土 Rank 16379 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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浄土真宗

じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect)

浄土宗

じょうどしゅう

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism)

浄土三部経

じょうどさんぶきょう

three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism

浄土教

じょうどきょう

Pure Land teachings

九品浄土

くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

西方浄土

さいほうじょうど

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

極楽浄土

ごくらくじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land

寂光浄土

じゃっこうじょうど

paradise

苦海浄土

くかいじょうど

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)

欣求浄土

ごんぐじょうど

seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

浄化

じょうか

purification

浄水

じょうすい

clean water