There are 19 total results for your 閻魔 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
閻魔 阎魔 see styles |
yán mó yan2 mo2 yen mo enma えんま |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell {Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna 閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory. |
閻魔前 see styles |
enmamae えんままえ |
(place-name) Enmamae |
閻魔堂 see styles |
enmadou / enmado えんまどう |
(See 閻魔) temple hall dedicated to Yama |
閻魔天 see styles |
enmaten えんまてん |
(Buddhist term) Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism) |
閻魔帳 see styles |
enmachou / enmacho えんまちょう |
teacher's mark or grade book |
閻魔王 阎魔王 see styles |
yán mó wáng yan2 mo2 wang2 yen mo wang enmaou / enmao えんまおう |
(honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} (See 閻魔) Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead) Yama |
閻魔虫 see styles |
enmamushi; enmamushi エンマムシ; えんまむし |
(kana only) hister beetle (Hister jekeli); clown beetle |
閻魔顔 see styles |
enmagao えんまがお |
devilish face; diabolical face |
閻魔の庁 see styles |
enmanochou / enmanocho えんまのちょう |
(See 閻魔) judgment seat of Yama (judgement) |
閻魔前町 see styles |
enmamaechou / enmamaecho えんままえちょう |
(place-name) Enmamaechō |
閻魔大王 see styles |
enmadaiou / enmadaio えんまだいおう |
Yama; judge of the afterlife |
閻魔羅闍 see styles |
enmaraja えんまらじゃ |
{Buddh} (See 閻魔) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna |
閻魔蟋蟀 see styles |
enmakoorogi えんまこおろぎ |
Oriental garden cricket; Emma field cricket |
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enmaten えんまてん |
{Buddh} (See 閻魔) Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism) |
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enmachou / enmacho えんまちょう |
teacher's mark or grade book |
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enmachou / enmacho えんまちょう |
(1) (colloquialism) teacher's grade book; (2) {Buddh} (See 閻魔) book of sins; ledger in which Enma writes down the deeds and sins of the living |
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enmagao えんまがお |
devilish face; diabolical face |
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karirutokinojizougaonasutokinoenmagao / karirutokinojizogaonasutokinoenmagao かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお |
(expression) (proverb) (See 地蔵,閻魔) people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama |
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karirutokinojizougao、nasutokinoenmagao / karirutokinojizogao、nasutokinoenmagao かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお |
(expression) (proverb) (See 地蔵,閻魔) people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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