大衆に阿る

たいしゅうにおもねる

to sell out to the masses

阿

first Sanskrit alphabet letter

踊る阿呆に見る阿呆

おどるあほうにみるあほう

dancing fool, watching fool, you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on, all fools, so let's all dance

阿比

あび アビ おもねひ

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿母

あぼ あも

mother

阿鼻

あび

avici (lowest level of hell)

阿檀

あだん アダン

screw pine (Pandanus fascicularis), pandanus palm, pandanus fruit

阿諛

あゆ

flattery

阿波

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

阿叔

おとおじ

uncle (one's father's younger brother)

阿父

あふ

father

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿代

あしろ アシロ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿字

あじ

the letter a (in esoteric Buddhism)

阿膠

あきょう

donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides

阿呆

あほう あほ アホ

fool, simpleton, idiot

阿魏

あぎ アギ

asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)

阿吽

あうん アウン

Om, Aun, syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma

阿片

あへん アヘン

opium