念仏

See also: 念佛

Japanese

Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念(ねん) (nen, “mental chanting”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddha”).

念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) • (nenbutsu)

(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
(by extension) a candid advice or sermon that is one-sided and with the same tone

念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)する • (nenbutsu suru) suru (stem 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)し (nenbutsu shi), past 念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)した (nenbutsu shita))

(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

Conjugation of "念仏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	念仏し	ねんぶつし	nenbutsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	念仏し	ねんぶつし	nenbutsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	念仏する	ねんぶつする	nenbutsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	念仏する	ねんぶつする	nenbutsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	念仏すれ	ねんぶつすれ	nenbutsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	念仏せよ¹ 念仏しろ²	ねんぶつせよ¹ ねんぶつしろ²	nenbutsu seyo¹ nenbutsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	念仏される	ねんぶつされる	nenbutsu sareru
Causative	念仏させる念仏さす	ねんぶつさせるねんぶつさす	nenbutsu saseru nenbutsu sasu
Potential	念仏できる	ねんぶつできる	nenbutsu dekiru
Volitional	念仏しよう	ねんぶつしよう	nenbutsu shiyō
Negative	念仏しない	ねんぶつしない	nenbutsu shinai
Negative continuative	念仏せず	ねんぶつせず	nenbutsu sezu
Formal	念仏します	ねんぶつします	nenbutsu shimasu
Perfective	念仏した	ねんぶつした	nenbutsu shita
Conjunctive	念仏して	ねんぶつして	nenbutsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	念仏すれば	ねんぶつすれば	nenbutsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Kanji in this term
念	仏
Grade: 4	Grade: 5

Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).

念仏(にんぶつ) (ninbuts)

Alternative spelling
念佛 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念 (nin, “mental chanting”) +‎ 仏 (buchi, “Buddha”).

Cognate with mainland Japanese 念仏 (nenbutsu).

念(にん)仏(ぶち) (ninbuchi)