念仏（ねんぶつ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: nenbutsu (reciting Buddha's name)
Example sentences
- 静かに念仏をとなえる。 — She quietly chants the nembutsu.
- 念仏を毎日の習慣にする。 — He makes chanting the nembutsu a daily habit.
Idioms & proverbs containing “念仏”
- 念仏三昧 (ねんぶつざんまい) — being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
- 馬の耳に念仏 (うまのみみにねんぶつ) — preaching to the deaf; chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
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