Word Meaning 西方浄土

さいほうじょうど saihoujoudo

西方浄土 is read as さいほうじょうど (saihoujoudo) and means Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise).

Meaning

English

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

Reading

Kana

さいほうじょうど

Romaji

saihoujoudo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 54118 Priority I

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西部土竜

せいぶもぐら

Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)

西浄

せいじん

toilet in a Zen temple

浄土

じょうど

Pure Land Buddhism

九品浄土

くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

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

西方

さいほう

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

西方教会

せいほうきょうかい

Western Church

北方領土

ほっぽうりょうど

Southern Kuril Islands (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan)

浄土真宗

じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect)