別時念仏

Reading

Kana: べつじねんぶつ

Romaji: betsujinenbutsu

Definition

noun

1

recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

別

Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける

Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

念

Reading: ネン

Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

仏

Readings: ブツ、 フツ、 ほとけ

Meanings: Buddha, the dead, France