This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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adv
いや、いよ、よ、いよよ
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
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弥生

やよい、いやおい
third month of the lunar calendar; thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)
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阿弥陀

阿彌陀
あみだ
Amitabha; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
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阿弥陀如来

あみだにょらい
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
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弥勒

みろく
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
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弥栄

彌榮
いやさか、やさか
prosperity; prospering; flourishing; best of luck; all the best; hurray; hoorah
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沙弥

しゃみ、さみ
male Buddhist novice
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阿弥陀堂

あみだどう
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
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弥次喜多

やじきた
comical pair; pair of buffoons
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弥勒菩薩

みろくぼさつ
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku