Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “念”

念

ねん

sense; idea; thought; feeling

Example sentence

The sight struck me with wonder.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

念
On
ねん
Kun
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・wish

・sense

・idea

・thought

・feeling

・desire

・attention

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Related words to 念

49 related words

念仏

ねんぶつ

→

nembutsu;nianfo

念入り

ねんいり

→

careful;scrupulous;thorough;conscientious;elaborate;deliberate;attentive

念書

ねんしょ

→

written pledge;signed note of assurance;memorandum;legal instrument

念頭

ねんとう

→

(on one's) mind;heed

念願

ねんがん

→

one's heart's desire;one's dearest wish

念

ねん

→

desire;concern

念仏

ねんぶつ

→

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

念

ねん

→

attention;care

念じる

ねんじる

→

to wish (for);to pray (for);to hope (for)

念のため

ねんのため

→

just to make sure;just to be sure;for confirmation

念力

ねんりき

→

willpower;faith

念じる

ねんじる

→

to pray silently;to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind;to chant (a silent prayer)

念のため

ねんのため

→

just in case;for caution's sake;by way of precaution

念力

ねんりき

→

telekinesis;psychokinesis

念々

ねんねん

→

continually thinking about something

念頭に入れる

ねんとうにいれる

→

to give thought to;to bear in mind;to keep in mind

念校

ねんこう

→

the very final proof (printing)

念仏を唱える

ねんぶつをとなえる

→

to chant the nembutsu

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

→

being deep in prayer;praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

念ずる

ねんずる

→

to wish (for);to pray (for);to hope (for)

念話

ねんわ

→

telepathic communication

念仏踊り

ねんぶつおどり

→

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念写

ねんしゃ

→

spirit photography;psychic photography;thoughtography

念頭に置く

ねんとうにおく

→

to give thought to;to bear in mind;to keep in mind

念珠

ねんじゅ

→

rosary;string of prayer beads

念晴らし

ねんばらし

→

clearing one's heart of doubts;reassuring oneself

念には念を入れる

ねんにはねんをいれる

→

to be extremely cautious;to be as sure as sure can be;to make assurance doubly sure

念人

ねんにん

→

assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest)

念動

ねんどう

→

telekinesis;psychokinesis

念発火能力

ねんはっかのうりょく

→

pyrokinesis

念珠藻

ねんじゅも

→

nostoc

念無し

ねんなし

→

unexpected

念者

ねんしゃ

→

careful and thorough person

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

→

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

→

being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

念誦

ねんじゅ

→

invocation

念を入れる

ねんをいれる

→

to take great care (in doing);to pay attention;to be careful

念を押す

ねんをおす

→

to remind (someone of something);to call (someone's) attention (to);to tell (someone) again (to make sure);to make (doubly) sure (of);to emphasize;to reconfirm

念入れ

ねんいれ

→

care;scrupulousness;conscientiousness

念波

ねんぱ

→

telepathy;thought waves

念五日

ねんごにち

→

25th of the month

念願成就

ねんがんじょうじゅ

→

attainment of one's most cherished desire;one's earnest prayer being answered

念頭に浮かぶ

ねんとうにうかぶ

→

to occur to one;to cross one's mind

念押し

ねんおし

→

reminder

念友

ねんゆう

→

male homosexual relations;homosexual male partner

念人

ねんにん

→

older male in an homosexual relationship

念ずる

ねんずる

→

to pray silently;to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind;to chant (a silent prayer)

念無し

ねんなし

→

regrettable

念五日

ねんごにち

→

25 days