念仏
Appearance
See also: 念佛
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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念 | 仏 |
ねん Grade: 4 |
ぶつ Grade: 5 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nen, “mental chanting”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddha”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha
- (Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land
- (by extension) a candid advice or sermon that is one-sided and with the same tone
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- ねぶつ (nebutsu)
- 念仏往生 (nenbutsu ōjō, “passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitābha”)
- 念仏踊り (nenbutsu odori)
- 念仏講 (nenbutsukō)
- 念仏三昧 (nenbutsu-zanmai)
- 歌念仏 (utanenbutsu)
- 踊り念仏 (odorinenbutsu)
- 鬼の念仏 (oni no nenbutsu)
- 空念仏 (karanenbutsu)
- 観想念仏 (kansō nenbutsu)
- 称名念仏 (shōmyō nenbutsu)
- 専修念仏 (senju nenbutsu, “intently praying to Buddha”)
- 選択本願念仏集 (Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsu-shū)
- 空念仏 (soranenbutsu)
- 不断念仏 (fudan nenbutsu)
- 別時念仏 (betsuji nenbutsu)
- 六斎念仏 (Rokusainenbutsu)
Idioms
[edit]Verb
[edit]念仏する • (nenbutsu suru) suru (stem 念仏し (nenbutsu shi), past 念仏した (nenbutsu shita))
- (Buddhism) to pray to the Buddha
- (Buddhism, especially) to chant 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu Amida-butsu), an invocation to the Amitābha Buddha
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "念仏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 念仏し | ねんぶつし | nenbutsu shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 念仏し | ねんぶつし | nenbutsu shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 念仏する | ねんぶつする | nenbutsu suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 念仏する | ねんぶつする | nenbutsu suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 念仏すれ | ねんぶつすれ | nenbutsu sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 念仏せよ¹ 念仏しろ² |
ねんぶつせよ¹ ねんぶつしろ² |
nenbutsu seyo¹ nenbutsu shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 念仏される | ねんぶつされる | nenbutsu sareru | |
Causative | 念仏させる 念仏さす |
ねんぶつさせる ねんぶつさす |
nenbutsu saseru nenbutsu sasu | |
Potential | 念仏できる | ねんぶつできる | nenbutsu dekiru | |
Volitional | 念仏しよう | ねんぶつしよう | nenbutsu shiyō | |
Negative | 念仏しない | ねんぶつしない | nenbutsu shinai | |
Negative continuative | 念仏せず | ねんぶつせず | nenbutsu sezu | |
Formal | 念仏します | ねんぶつします | nenbutsu shimasu | |
Perfective | 念仏した | ねんぶつした | nenbutsu shita | |
Conjunctive | 念仏して | ねんぶつして | nenbutsu shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 念仏すれば | ねんぶつすれば | nenbutsu sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Miyako
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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念 | 仏 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 5 |
Alternative spelling |
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念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]念仏 (ninbuts)
Okinawan
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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念 | 仏 |
にん Grade: 4 |
ぶち Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nin, “mental chanting”) + 仏 (buchi, “Buddha”).
Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]念仏 (ninbuchi)
Derived terms
[edit]- 念仏者 (ninbuchā)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 念 read as ねん
- Japanese terms spelled with 仏 read as ぶつ
- Japanese terms read with goon
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Buddhism
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese suru verbs
- Miyako terms spelled with 念
- Miyako terms spelled with 仏
- Miyako terms with IPA pronunciation
- Miyako lemmas
- Miyako nouns
- Miyako terms with multiple readings
- Miyako terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Miyako terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Miyako terms with 2 kanji
- Tarama Miyako
- Okinawan terms spelled with 念 read as にん
- Okinawan terms spelled with 仏 read as ぶち
- Okinawan terms read with on'yomi
- Okinawan compound terms
- Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Okinawan lemmas
- Okinawan nouns
- Okinawan terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Okinawan terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Okinawan terms with 2 kanji
- ryu:Buddhism