family Buddhist altar

(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

酸化物: (chemistry) oxide (binary compound of oxygen)

堅物: a moralist, a prude

好物: one's favorite food / 鉱物: minerals / 公物: public property

名物: famous product, specialty

杜父魚: (rare) a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika) / 格物: (Confucianism) the investigation of things