念仏

See also: 念佛

Japanese
Kanji in this term
念 仏
ねん
Grade: 4		 ぶつ
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nen, “mental chanting”) +‎ 仏 (butsu, “Buddha”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ねんぶつ [nèńbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [nẽ̞mbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) • (nenbutsu) 

  1. (Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha
  2. (Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land
  3. (by extension) a candid advice or sermon that is one-sided and with the same tone

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • ねぶつ (nebutsu)
  • 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)往(おう)生(じょう) (nenbutsu ōjō, “passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitābha”)
  • 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)踊(おど)り (nenbutsu odori)
  • 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)講(こう) (nenbutsukō)
  • 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)三(ざん)昧(まい) (nenbutsu-zanmai)
  • 歌(うた)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (utanenbutsu)
  • 踊(おど)り念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (odorinenbutsu)
  • 鬼(おに)の念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (oni no nenbutsu)
  • 空(から)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (karanenbutsu)
  • 観(かん)想(そう)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (kansō nenbutsu)
  • 称(しょう)名(みょう)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (shōmyō nenbutsu)
  • 専(せん)修(じゅ)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (senju nenbutsu, “intently praying to Buddha”)
  • 選(せん)択(ちゃく)本(ほん)願(がん)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)集(しゅう) (Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsu-shū)
  • 空(そら)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (soranenbutsu)
  • 不(ふ)断(だん)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (fudan nenbutsu)
  • 別(べつ)時(じ)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (betsuji nenbutsu)
  • 六(ろく)斎(さい)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (Rokusainenbutsu)

Idioms

Verb

念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)する • (nenbutsu suru) suru (stem 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)し (nenbutsu shi), past 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)した (nenbutsu shita))

  1. (Buddhism) to pray to the Buddha
  2. (Buddhism, especially) to chant 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu Amida-butsu), an invocation to the Amitābha Buddha

Conjugation
Conjugation of "念仏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 念仏し ねんぶつし nenbutsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 念仏し ねんぶつし nenbutsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 念仏する ねんぶつする nenbutsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 念仏する ねんぶつする nenbutsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 念仏すれ ねんぶつすれ nenbutsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 念仏せよ¹
念仏しろ²		 ねんぶつせよ¹
ねんぶつしろ²		 nenbutsu seyo¹
nenbutsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 念仏される ねんぶつされる nenbutsu sareru
Causative 念仏させる
念仏さす		 ねんぶつさせる
ねんぶつさす		 nenbutsu saseru
nenbutsu sasu
Potential 念仏できる ねんぶつできる nenbutsu dekiru
Volitional 念仏しよう ねんぶつしよう nenbutsu shiyō
Negative 念仏しない ねんぶつしない nenbutsu shinai
Negative continuative 念仏せず ねんぶつせず nenbutsu sezu
Formal 念仏します ねんぶつします nenbutsu shimasu
Perfective 念仏した ねんぶつした nenbutsu shita
Conjunctive 念仏して ねんぶつして nenbutsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 念仏すれば ねんぶつすれば nenbutsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Miyako
Kanji in this term
念 仏
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ninbut͡ɕɨ]

Noun

念仏(にんぶつ) (ninbuts) 

  1. (Tarama) a prayer or chant to the Buddha

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
念 仏
にん
Grade: 4		 ぶち
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nin, “mental chanting”) +‎ 仏 (buchi, “Buddha”).

Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).

Pronunciation

Noun

念(にん)仏(ぶち) (ninbuchi) 

  1. (Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha

Derived terms
  • 念(にん)仏者(ぶちゃー) (ninbuchā)
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