Word Meaning 阿弥陀籤

あみだくじ amidakuji

阿弥陀籤 is read as あみだくじ (amidakuji) and means ghostleg lottery.

Meaning

English

  1. ghostleg lottery
  2. ladder lottery
  3. lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

Reading

Kana

あみだくじ

Romaji

amidakuji

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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阿弥陀

あみだ

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

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

阿蘭陀人

おらんだじん

Dutchman

阿呆陀羅

あほだら

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)

元の木阿弥

もとのもくあみ

ending up right back where one started