弥陀

みだ

Amitabha

弥久

びきゅう わたるひさ

extending over a long time

沙弥

しゃみ さみ さや

male Buddhist novice

弥栄

いやさか やさか

prosperity, prospering, flourishing

弥勒

みろく

maitreya (bodhisattva)

弥縫

びほう わたるぬい

patching up

弥生

やよい いやおい

third month of the lunar calendar

弥漫

びまん

pervasion

弥撒

ミサ

(Catholic) Mass

弥猛に

やたけに わたるたけしに

burning with desire

弥縫策

びほうさく びぼうさく

stopgap measure, temporary expedient

沙弥尼

しゃみに

female Buddhist novice

弥立つ

よだつ いよだつ

to stand up straight, to stand on end (e.g. of hair), to have the creeps

弥猛心

やたけごころ わたるもうこころ

fervent spirit

弥増す

いやます わたるます

to increase (all the more)

須弥壇

しゅみだん

dais for a Buddhist image

須弥山

しゅみせん

Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)

弥生山

やよいやま

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

阿弥陀

あみだ

ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner