Moto 弥: All The More; IncreasinglyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ミ、ビ
- Kun'yomi
- や、いや、いよ(いよ)、わた(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 59 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ミ・ビ)
- 弥勒みろくMaitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
- 阿弥陀あみだAmitabha (Buddha); Amida
- 元の木阿弥もとのもくあみending up right back where one started
- 南無阿弥陀仏なむあみだぶつNamu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha
- 弥久びきゅうextending over a long time
- 弥勒仏みろくぶつMaitreya
- 弥勒菩薩みろくぼさつMaitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
- 弥漫びまんpervasion
- 弥縫びほうpatching up
- 弥縫策びほうさくstopgap measure; temporary expedient
- 弥陀みだAmitabha
- 沙弥しゃみmale Buddhist novice
- 沙弥十戒しゃみじっかいthe 10 precepts
- 沙弥尼しゃみにfemale Buddhist novice
- 阿弥陀にかぶるあみだにかぶるto wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
- 阿弥陀に被るあみだにかぶるto wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
- 阿弥陀三尊あみださんぞんAmitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
- 阿弥陀仏あみだぶつAmitabha
- 阿弥陀堂あみだどうtemple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
- 阿弥陀如来あみだにょらいAmitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
- 阿弥陀籤あみだくじghostleg lottery; ladder lottery
- 阿弥陀経あみだきょうSukhavati sutra
- 阿弥陀被りあみだかぶりwearing a hat pushed back on one's head
- 須弥壇しゅみだんdais for a Buddhist image
- 須弥山しゅみせんMount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 弥いやmore and more; increasingly
- 弥が上にいやがうえにeven more; all the more
- 弥が上にもいやがうえにもall the more
- 弥るわたるto cross over; to go across
- 弥四やしstall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor
- 弥増さるいやまさるto become still greater
- 弥増すいやますto increase (all the more)
- 弥弥いよいよmore and more; all the more
- 弥栄いやさかprosperity; prospering
- 弥次やじhooting; jeering
- 弥次るやじるto jeer (at); to hoot
- 弥次喜多やじきたcomical pair; pair of buffoons
- 弥次馬やじうまcurious onlookers; rubbernecks
- 弥次馬根性やじうまこんじょうthe spirit of curiosity
Other readings
- 弥生やよいthird month of the lunar calendar
- 天皇弥栄すめらぎいやさかprosperity to the emperor; message welcoming a new imperial era
- 弥々いよいよmore and more; all the more
- 弥な明後日やなあさってthree days from today
- 弥の明後日やのあさってthree days from today
- 弥従兄弟いやいとこsecond cousin
- 弥従姉妹いやいとこsecond cousin
- 弥撒ミサ(Catholic) Mass
- 弥次郎兵衛やじろべえbalancing toy
- 弥猛にやたけにburning with desire
- 弥猛心やたけごころfervent spirit
- 弥生人やよいじんYayoi people
- 弥生土器やよいどきYayoi pottery
- 弥生尽やよいじんlast day of the third month of the lunar calendar
- 弥生山やよいやまmountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding
- 弥生時代やよいじだいYayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
- 弥生狂言やよいきょうげんkabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)
- 弥立つよだつto stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair)
- 身の毛が弥立つみのけがよだつto have one's hair stand on end
- 身の毛の弥立つみのけのよだつhair-raising; bloodcurdling
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