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

如雨露

じょうろ じょろ

watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can

如

ごと こと もころ にょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

如く

ごとく

like, as if, the same as

如何

どう いかが いか いかん

how, in what way

突如

とつじょ

suddenly, all of a sudden

如き

ごとき

like, as if, the same as

如法

にょほう

observance of the Buddha's teachings

如来

にょらい

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

如し

ごとし

like, as if, the same as

如上

じょじょう

above-mentioned

如意

にょい

ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)

一如

いちにょ

oneness

如是

にょぜ

ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality, absolute truth

如才

じょさい

affable, slick, smooth-tongued

欠如

けつじょ

lack, privation, deficiency

晏如

あんじょ

calm, tranquil

真如

しんにょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)