- かんのん
- [観音] Kannon; the Goddess of Mercy.¶→観音開きの扉観音
Kannon
Kwannon
Goddess of Mercy* * *かんのん【観音】Kannon; the Goddess of Mercy.¶ → 観音開きの扉* * *かんのん(ぼさつ)【観音(菩薩)】Kannon; the Bodhisattva of Compassion; the Buddhist deity of mercy; 〖Skt〗 Avalokiteśvara; 〖Chin〗 Kuan-Yin.三十三観音 the thirty-three manifestations [avatars] of the Kannon.十一面[千手]観音 (a statue of) the Eleven-faced [Thousand-armed] Kannon.馬頭観音 ⇒ばとうかんのん.観音経 the Sutra of Avalokiteśvara; the Kannon sutra.観音講 〔法事〕 the Kannon sutra-reading rite; 〔信者の集団〕 a group of Kannon devotees.観音信仰 Kannon worship.観音堂 a temple dedicated to Kannon.観音力 the (mystical [divine]) power of the Kannon.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.