noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• lotus leaf

adjectival noun / noun:

• vulgar; wanton ➜ 蓮っ葉

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

noun:

• Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

noun:

• ukebana; lotus-shaped support on a pedestal, lantern, pagoda finial, etc.

expression:

• Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• penitence sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• guidebook to penitence - Buddhism term

noun:

• Notes (e.g. Lotus Notes) - IT term

noun:

• date-plum (Diospyros lotus); Caucasian persimmon; lilac persimmon

noun:

• chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra) - Buddhism term ➜ 題目

noun:

• bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.) - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• algal bloom; water bloom ➜ 青粉【あおこ】
• lotus flower
• Japanese sea perch; Japanese sea bass - archaism - female language ➜ 鱸

noun:

• cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); Confederate rose; dixie rosemallow
• lotus blossom

noun:

• bright red
• crimson lotus flower

noun:

• main gate; front gate - obscure term
• latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門

noun:

• ceramic spoon
• fallen lotus petal

noun:

• Nichiren sect; Tendai sect - abbreviation ➜ 法華宗
• Lotus Sutra - abbreviation ➜ 法華経

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun:

• nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品浄土
• nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品蓮台

noun:

• mysteries; excellent methods
• marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma - Buddhism term
• Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 妙法蓮華経