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

仏心宗

ぶっしんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

融通

ゆうずう ゆうづう ゆずう ゆず

lending (money), finance

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

通念

つうねん

common idea, common wisdom, generally accepted idea

融通性

ゆうずうせい

flexibility, elasticity

鬼の念仏

おにのねんぶつ

demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)

口称念仏

くしょうねんぶつ

reciting a prayer

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

praying devoutly to amida buddha

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha

踊り念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念仏踊り

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

別時念仏

べつじねんぶつ

recitation of amida buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of pure land buddhists)

隠れ念仏

かくれねんぶつ

secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

融通手形

ゆうずうてがた ゆうつうてがた

an accommodation bill