念仏
See also: 念佛
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 念 | 仏 |
| ねん Grade: 4 |
ぶつ Grade: 5 |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nen, “mental chanting”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddha”).
Pronunciation
Noun
念仏 • (nenbutsu)
- (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
- 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
- 馬の耳に念仏 (uma no mimi ni nenbutsu)
- 蟹の念仏 (kani no nenbutsu)
Verb
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
Conjugation of "念仏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ 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
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 念 | 仏 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 5 |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ninbut͡ɕɨ]
Noun
念仏 (ninbuts)
Okinawan
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 念 | 仏 |
| にん Grade: 4 |
ぶち Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 念佛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nin, “mental chanting”) + 仏 (buchi, “Buddha”).
Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).
Pronunciation
Noun
念仏 (ninbuchi)
Derived terms
- 念仏者 (ninbuchā)