如法暗夜

にょほうあんや

total (utter) darkness

如

ごと こと もころ にょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

如露如電

にょろにょでん

existence (as we percieve it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

如露亦如電

にょろやくにょでん

like dew or lightning, gone in a flash

如才

じょさい

affable, slick, smooth-tongued

真如

しんにょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

突如

とつじょ

suddenly, all of a sudden

如き

ごとき

like, as if, the same as

如何

どう いかが いか いかん

how, in what way

如く

ごとく

like, as if, the same as

如上

じょじょう

above-mentioned

欠如

けつじょ

lack, privation, deficiency

如し

ごとし

like, as if, the same as

晏如

あんじょ

calm, tranquil

一如

いちにょ

oneness

如意

にょい

ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)

如来

にょらい

Tathagata, perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

躍如

やくじょ

vivid, lifelike, graphic

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality, absolute truth