sour look; surly face; pout
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
Buddhist (household) altar
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
(a) Buddha; deceased person
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
French Open (tennis); Roland-Garros
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
(a) Buddha; deceased person
Britain and France; Anglo-French
(a) Buddha; deceased person
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
crown of a buddha's head; brusqueness; grumpiness
manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (lit.) (meeting) Buddha in hell
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (in the traditional calendar)
Buddhist scriptures; sutras
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
Germany and France; German-French
God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (lit.) (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
mercy; merciful heart; charity
monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification
temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)
Shinto-Buddhist syncretism
Buddhist memorial service
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
United States and France; American-French
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
France and Germany; Franco-German
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha; Buddhist shrine
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
France and the United Kingdom; French-British; French-English
Buddhist image normally withheld from public view
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
Buddhist; disciple of Buddha
living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk; living person
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
Buddhist scholar; Buddhologist
French possession; French territory
Nenbutsu sect (of Buddhism)
Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept
flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar)
attainment of Buddhahood during life
intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)
spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis); roller (any bird of family Coraciidae); Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
France and Italy; French-Italian
French; French writing; French literature
department of French literature
synthesis of Shintoism and Buddhism
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
Hinayana Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
rejection of Buddhism; expulsion of Buddhism
Britain, France and Germany
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
omniscience (of a buddha)
grace of Buddha; indebtedness to Buddha
Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism
so near, yet so far; ploughing the field and forgetting the seed; (lit.) making a Buddha statue but not putting a soul in it
follower of the Buddha; Buddhist; all Buddha's children; mankind; Bodhisattva
pure land; spiritual realm of Buddhahood
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise
visit to a Buddhist temple
being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu
early Buddhist schools; Nikaya Buddhism
Buddha's hand (Citrus medica sarcodactylus); fingered citron
Confucianism and Buddhism
Buddha's head; head of a Buddha statue
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.
shop selling Buddhist articles
Grand Alliance (against France)
Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
single buddha; one buddha; the same buddha; Amitabha
UK, France and Russia; Britain, France and Russia
demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)
enshrining a Buddhist image
buddhakaya (the body of Buddha)
stationed in France; resident in France (of ambassadors, etc.)
funeral Buddhism; modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment
maker of Buddhist images and altar fittings
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
French newspaper; French press
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
loudly reciting Amithaba's name
Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
otherworldly; sanctimonious
recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)
all things have the Buddha nature
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
French-Japanese dictionary
compassionate ruthlessness; merciless scalpel of a merciful surgeon; (lit.) a demon's hand and a Buddha's heart
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant
Japan Buddhist Federation
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit; Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
Buddhist memorial service
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer
Buddhist image in the open
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
Buddhist terminology; word related to Buddhism
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
Kassapa Buddha; Kasyapa Buddha; Kashyapa Buddha
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (var. of shark fin soup); Buddha's Temptation; fotiaoqiang
a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
inflexible people; heartless people; (lit.) Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone
place containing a Buddhist image; place containing a Buddha; pure land; independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)
France and the United States; French-American; Franco-American
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
Japanese-French (e.g. dictionary)
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
Nara Buddhism; Nara-period Buddhism
Japanese invasion of French Indochina (1940)
Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
grand Lama; living Buddha
tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone
synthesis of Shintoism and Buddhism
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism
all things have the Buddha nature
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
French-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
compassionate ruthlessness; merciless scalpel of a merciful surgeon; (lit.) a Buddha's heart and a demon's hand
smiling Buddha (statue); laughing Buddha
the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings
the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
UK, France and Russia; Britain, France and Russia
tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
all Buddhas of past, present and future
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
Buddha; stupa; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monk
offering to the Buddha (often rice)
the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
Zen temple meditation hall
image of the Buddha entering nirvana
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
so near, yet so far; ploughing the field and forgetting the seed; (lit.) making a Buddha statue but not putting a soul in it
Buddhist (household) altar
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
seed of Buddhahood; something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood; teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
offering to Buddha (often rice)
offering to Buddha (often rice)
half-lined cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus semilineatus)
smiling Buddha (statue); laughing Buddha
Buddhist image seat; temple pulpit
having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple
Japanese-French dictionary
very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
French style; Presta valve
Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
God only knows what may happen
act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer)
French horse-power; metric horsepower
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
buddha state (ultimate level of Buddhist enlightenment); buddhahood
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
three causes of Buddha nature
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; (lit.) better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
Buddhist image in the open
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; (lit.) even the Buddha's verdict is (decided by) money
Dalit Buddhist movement; neo-Buddhist movement
putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal; being narrow-minded
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism; (lit.) presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
embroidered Buddha; Buddhist embroidery
embroidered Buddha; Buddhist embroidery
Presta valve; French valve; Sclaverand valve
Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Shinto and Buddhist ritual articles
Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia); Theravada Buddhism
nuribotoke; monster resembling a corpse with dangling eyeballs
Buddhist image which must never be viewed
Shitennōji International Buddhist University
World Fellowship of Buddhists
International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)