"弥勒" meaning in Japanese

See 弥勒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [mʲiɾo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 弥勒 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ろく)), Miroku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|彌勒|sort=みろく|tr=mjie lok}} Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), {{der|ja|sa|मैत्रेय|sort=みろく}} Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|みろく}} 弥(み)勒(ろく) • (Miroku)
  1. (Buddhism) Maitreya
    Sense id: en-弥勒-ja-name-KW-XUX92 Categories (other): Buddhism Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  2. (Buddhism) Maitreya-nātha
    Sense id: en-弥勒-ja-name--MLe1e6t Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Buddhism Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  3. Mile (a county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China) Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Yunnan, China, Cities in China
    Sense id: en-弥勒-ja-name-~9mFUS5T Disambiguation of Cities in China: 8 9 83 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Counties and county-level cities of Yunnan, China, Middle Chinese terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Bodhisattvas Disambiguation of Middle Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 5 10 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 17 80 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 17 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 12 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 17 75 Disambiguation of Bodhisattvas: 4 11 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 弥勒菩薩 (Miroku Bosatsu) (ruby: (), (ろく), (), (さつ))
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        [
          "勒",
          "ろく"
        ],
        [
          "菩",
          "ぼ"
        ],
        [
          "薩",
          "さつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "弥勒菩薩"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "弥勒",
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          "弥",
          "み"
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          "勒",
          "ろく"
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      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "[mʲiɾo̞kɯ̟]"
    }
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    "ja:弥勒 (僧)",
    "ja:弥勒市",
    "ja:弥勒菩薩"
  ],
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}
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          "勒",
          "ろく"
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        [
          "菩",
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        ],
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          "薩",
          "さつ"
        ]
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya).",
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          "弥",
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          "勒",
          "ろく"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 弥勒 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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