南無阿弥陀仏

See also: 南無阿彌陀佛 and 南无阿弥陀佛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南 無 阿 弥 陀 仏
な
Grade: 2 		む
Grade: 4 		あ
Jinmeiyō 		み
Grade: S 		だ
Jinmeiyō 		ぶつ
Grade: 5
kan'yōon goon
Alternative spelling
南無阿彌陀佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 南無阿彌陀佛 (MC nom mju 'a mjie da bjut), itself borrowed from Sanskrit नमोऽमिताभाय (namoʼmitābhāya).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なむあみだぶつ [nàmú ámídáꜜbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [na̠mɯ̟ a̠mʲida̠bɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Phrase

南(な)無(む)阿(あ)弥(み)陀(だ)仏(ぶつ) • (Namu Amidabutsu) 

  1. (Buddhism) Namo Amitābhāya, a Buddhist chant.

Derived terms

  • 南(な)無(む)阿(あ)弥(み)陀(だ) (Namu Amida)

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
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