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

(Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha / (Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land

thing; object; matter

foreign body

a surname

Short for 日本武道館 (Nippon Budōkan, “the Nippon Budokan”).

Japanese martial art gymnasium

legation

Synonym of 科学博物館 (kagaku hakubutsu kan, “science museum; museum of science”)

a surname