List: Buddhism

popular  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  Buddhism 

• 3 o'clock
• afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock)
• three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law), three ages of the dharma

obsolete reading  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• three temporal states of existence, past, present and future
• three generations

abbreviation  yojijukugo  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
• the whole wide world

search-only kanji form  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx), River of Three Crossings

noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism  historical term 

• three cardinal virtues (wisdom, benevolence and valour (valor))
• (having) three uses (e.g. a kitchen knife), (having) three advantages (e.g. a method)
• three qualities of nirvana (dharmakaya, prajna and moksha), three qualities of parinirvana
• three virtues of Buddhahood (benevolence, wisdom and renunciation of klesha), three virtues of Buddhistic enlightenment
• small pouch with separate pockets for a handkerchief, notes and toothpicks (popular during the Edo period)

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• large triple gate to temple

noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  Buddhism 

• thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration
• using wisdom to get to the bottom of things, focusing one's mind, deep contemplation, concentrated thought, deliberating, pondering, reflecting

astronomy  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism 

• Leo (constellation), the Lion
• Buddha's seat, seat of a high monk

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

Buddhism  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• seven lives
• seven generations