Word Meaning 阿弥陀

あみだ amida

阿弥陀 is read as あみだ (amida) and means wearing a hat pushed back on one's head.

Meaning

English

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Amitabha (Buddha)
Amida
ghostleg lottery
ladder lottery
lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

Reading

Kana

あみだ

Romaji

amida

Writing Variants

阿彌陀 あみだ amida

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Antonyms 目深 Rank 13241 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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阿弥陀経

あみだきょう

Sukhavati sutra

阿弥陀三尊

あみださんぞん

Amitabha triad

阿弥陀被り

あみだかぶり

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

阿弥陀如来

あみだにょらい

Amitabha Tathagata

阿弥陀仏

あみだぶつ

Amitabha

阿弥陀堂

あみだどう

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

阿弥陀にかぶる

あみだにかぶる

to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head

阿弥陀籤

あみだくじ

ghostleg lottery

南無阿弥陀仏

なむあみだぶつ

Namu Amida Butsu

阿蘭陀

おらんだ

Netherlands

阿呆陀羅

あほんだら

type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events

阿蘭陀海芋

おらんだかいう

calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Example Sentences

祖母は毎日阿弥陀如来に祈っている。

そぼはまいにちあみだにょらいにいのっている。

Grandmother prays to Amida Buddha every day.