Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
fool; oaf; airhead; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
mitsuda-e; litharge painting; oil painting with litharge as a desiccant; painting with a glue and pigment mixture, coated with litharge oil for luster
Citipati (skeletal Buddhist demi-gods)
Wei-To (temple guardian sometimes confused with Vajrapani)
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Shudra; Sudra (member of India's worker caste)
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)