三昧

さんまい ざんまい

indulgence, luxury

念仏

ねんぶつ

Buddhist prayer, prayer to Amitabha

観念念仏

かんねんねんぶつ

Contemplating Amida Buddha and the Pure Land

三昧耶

さんまや さまや さんまいや

meeting, coming together

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

空念仏

そらねんぶつ からねんぶつ

empty words

大念仏

だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

読書三昧

どくしょざんまい どくしょさんまい

being absorbed in reading

放蕩三昧

ほうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures, giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

一行三昧

いちぎょうざんまい

complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer); one-practice absorption

贅沢三昧

ぜいたくざんまい ぜいたくさんまい

indulging in every possible luxury

刃物三昧

はものざんまい はものさんまい

(engaging in a) knife fight

三昧耶戒

さんまやかい

precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an acharya (in esoteric buddhism)

風流三昧

ふうりゅうざんまい

taking delight in elegant pursuits, being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy

三昧耶形

さんまやぎょう さまやぎょう

object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life

遊蕩三昧

ゆうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures, giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

悪行三昧

あくぎょうざんまい

committing every evil, being given to evil ways, following the path of evil

自由三昧

じゆうざんまい

free, unfettered, according to one's own whims, doing as one likes

戯作三昧

げさくざんまい

being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction), being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself