noun

Buddhist term.
  1. shikantaza, meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
只管打坐 しかんたざ
祗管打坐 しかんたざ
只管打座 しかんたざ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

only, free, in addition
ただ シ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
pipe, tube, wind instrument
カン くだ すが (4th, N2)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
bureaucrat, the government, organ
カン (4th, N3)
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)
terraced hill
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
strike, hit, knock
う.つ ダ うち (3rd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
sit
すわ.る ザ おわす (Kentei Pre-1)
two people
ショウ ジュウ ジュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)