noun:

• Maitreya (bodhisattva) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩
• Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats) - Buddhism term ➜ 十六羅漢

noun:

• Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)

expression:

• fools act without thinking - idiom

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら

noun:

• coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease

noun:

• chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous) - colloquialism ➜ 麝香揚羽【じゃこうあげは】

noun:

• idiot; bastard; fuck-wit - derogatory term - Kansai dialect

expression:

• there's no medicine for stupidity - proverb ➜ 馬鹿に付ける薬は無い

adjective:

• ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable

noun:

• Amitabha

noun:

• Sukhavati sutra ➜ 浄土三部経

noun:

• Asura realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六道・阿修羅【あしゅら】

noun:

• Arhat; Buddhist monk who has attained Nirvana

noun:

• wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

noun:

• humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

noun:

• laudanum; opium tincture

expression / interjection:

• ridiculous; stupid; laughable ➜ 阿呆臭い

noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

noun:

• anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

noun:

• Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) - Buddhism term

noun:

• African American

adjectival noun / noun:

• bitch - 阿婆 is ateji

noun / ~する noun:

• ingratiation; sycophancy - four character idiom