初一念

しょいちねん はついちねん

original intention

一念発起

いちねんほっき

being resolved to (do something), having a wholehearted intention

一念天に通ず

いちねんてんにつうず

Faith will move mountains

女の一念岩をも通す

おんなのいちねんいわをもとおす

Women will have their wills

一般概念

いっぱんがいねん

general idea

念

ねん

sense, idea, thought, feeling

残念無念

ざんねんむねん

deep regret, bitter disappointment, chagrin, vexation

観念念仏

かんねんねんぶつ

Contemplating Amida Buddha and the Pure Land

世間一般の通念

せけんいっぱんのつうねん

conventional wisdom

念者

ねんしゃ ねんじゃ

careful and thorough person

余念

よねん

another idea

愛念

あいねん

affection, strong feeling of love

憶念

おくねん

something one always remembers

他念

たねん

thinking about something else

念写

ねんしゃ ねんず ねんうつし

spirit photography, psychic photography, thoughtography

念話

ねんわ

telepathic communication

通念

つうねん

common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea

雑念

ざつねん

idle thoughts, worldly thoughts

邪念

じゃねん

wicked thought, wicked mind