仏縁

ぶつえん

Buddha's providence

無縁

むえん

without relations (esp. of a deceased person), having no surviving relatives

無縁根

むえんね

extraneous root

無縁塚

むえんづか

tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

無縁墓

むえんばか

tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death

無量光仏

むりょうこうぶつ

the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)

無縁墓地

むえんぼち

cemetery for those who left no relatives behind, potter's field

法界無縁

ほうかいむえん ほっかいむえん

all-encompassing mercy of the buddha

無縁社会

むえんしゃかい

society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

南無阿弥陀仏

なむあみだぶつ

i sincerely believe in amitabha

仏

ふつ ぶつ ほとけ

Buddha, merciful person, Buddhist image

木仏金仏石仏

きぶつかなぶついしぼとけ

inflexible people, heartless people, Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone

縁

ゆかり ふち よすが よすか へり えん えにし えに え

relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection

合縁奇縁

あいえんきえん

a couple strangely but happily united, uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate

仏頂

ぶっちょう

crown of a buddha's head

仏間

ぶつま

Buddhist family chapel, altar room

仏誌

ふつし

French publication (magazine, newspaper, etc.)

仏土

ぶつど

Buddhist country, land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings

仏詣

ぶっけい

act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple