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Buddhist term.
  1. Namu Amida Butsu, Hail Amitabha Buddha, Homage to Amida Buddha, prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
南無阿弥陀仏 なむあみだぶつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

south
ナン みなみ ナ (2nd, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
Africa, flatter, fawn upon
おもね.る ア あわ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
all the more, increasingly
や ミ ビ (11th, N1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ キュウ こ (2nd, N1)
you, that
ジ ニ なんじ (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
steep
タ イ チ (Kentei Pre-1)
other
タ へび (Kentei 1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
Buddha, the dead, France
ブツ ほとけ (5th, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)