釈迦

しゃか

the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE), Shakyamuni, Sakyamuni

寝釈迦

image of the recumbent Buddha

釈迦頭

しゃかとう しゃかがしら

sugar apple, sweetsop (fruit)

釈迦十

しゃかじゅう

10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)

お釈迦

おしゃか

poorly made article; defective article

釈迦牟尼

しゃかむに

sakyamuni (sage of the sakyas)

釈迦如来

しゃかにょらい

sakyamuni (sage of the sakyas)

お釈迦様

おしゃかさま おしゃかさん

Buddha, Shakyamuni

釈迦三尊

しゃかさんぞん

image of Gautama Buddha flanked by two attendants

釈迦占地

しゃかしめじ シャカシメジ

Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)

お釈迦さん

おしゃかさん

Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

釈迦に説法

しゃかにせっぽう

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, teaching something to someone who knows more than you, preaching to the choir, lecturing to the Buddha

お釈迦様の誕生日

おしゃかさまのたんじょうび

Buddha's birthday

迦楼羅

かるら

Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

制咤迦

せいたか

Seitaka (Shintō goddess)

波波迦

ははか

Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)

迦葉仏

かしょうぶつ

Kassapa Buddha, Kasyapa Buddha, Kashyapa Buddha

訓釈

くんしゃく

explaining the meanings of old words

釈然

しゃくぜん

fully satisfied, well satisfied (e.g. with an explanation or apology), to have one's heart completely cleared of doubt or grudge