尊

さんぞん only; Buddhism

Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas

さんぞん only; Buddhism

The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns

さんぞん only

head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)

guardian deity

(spirit of) independence and self-respect

Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)

Buddhism

central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

Shinto

Izanagi-no-Mikoto; Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Shinto

Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

Legend; Shinto

Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)

Buddhism

Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta

Buddhism

Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha

self-esteem

putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism

lineal ascendant

Buddhism

Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants

Legend

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

respect for women

Buddhism

Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas

Buddhism

various buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, etc.

to revere God

Buddhism

Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō

Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)

incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)

head and shoulders (chartist pattern)