阿

first Sanskrit alphabet letter

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)

阿る

おもねる

to flatter

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

阿世

あせい おもねよ

timeserving

阿兄

あけい おもねあに

elder brother, my dear brother