阿弥陀 – Vocabulary details

阿あ弥み陀だ

Meanings

Noun

Buddhist

1. Amitabha (Buddha); Amida

2. ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

3. wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

Alt. forms

Kanji used

阿

Africa

弥

increasingly extend

陀

inaccessible terrain

Pitch accent

あ

みだ

Used in: 106

Composed of

阿あ

first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

弥み陀だ

Amitabha

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつ

Amitabha

阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らい

Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

阿あ弥み陀だ堂どう

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

阿あ弥み陀だ経きょう

Sukhavati sutra

阿あ弥み陀だ三さん尊ぞん

Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta

阿あ弥み陀だにかぶる

to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head

阿あ弥み陀だ籤くじ

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

阿あ弥み陀だ被かぶり

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

阿あ弥み陀だに被かぶる