Kanji1 / 8
念 kanji
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ネン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 念
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —念仏往生being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu
- —無想無念being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts
- —無念千万being really disappointed; feeling utterly mortified; being deeply vexed
- —観念連合association (e.g. of two concepts)
- —専修念仏intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)
- —基本理念basic principle; fundamental principle
- —生得観念innate idea; innate ideas
- —本有観念innate idea; innate ideas
- —習得観念acquired idea (as opposed to innate); acquired ideas
- —概念記号concept symbol
- —概念文書conceptual-document
- —孤立概念isolate
- —無念がるto regret
- —自責の念guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
- —念晴らしclearing one's heart of doubts; reassuring oneself
- —道徳観念sense of morality; moral sense
- —口称念仏chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer
- —観念念仏contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)
- —心念口称contemplating Buddha while chanting his name
- —別時念仏recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)