弥勒[miroku] Maitreya (a bodhisattva)
馬勒[baroku] bridle
弥勒仏[mirokubutsu] Maitreya

弥勒菩薩[mirokubosatsu] Maitreya
勒する[rokusuru] to manage
鉄勒[tetsuroku] Tiele people

阿弥陀[amida] Amitabha
元の木阿弥[motonomokuami] ending up right back where one started
南無阿弥陀仏[namuamidabutsu] I sincerely believe in Amitabha
弥次[yaji] hooting
弥次る[yajiru] to jeer (at)

弥久[bikyuu] extending over a long time
弥生[yayoi] third month of the lunar calendar
弥生時代[yayoijidai] Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
弥縫[bihou] patching up
弥増す[iyamasu] to increase (all the more)

菩薩[bosatsu] bodhisattva
菩提樹[bodaiju] lime tree
菩提[bodai] bodhi
如菩薩[nyobosatsu] Buddha-like compassion
菩提心[bodaishin] aspiration for Buddhahood

菩提寺[bodaiji] one's family temple
発菩提心[hatsubodaishin] deciding to embrace Buddhism
菩提を弔う[bodaiwotomurau] to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
弥勒菩薩[mirokubosatsu] Maitreya
南無八幡大菩薩[namuhachimandaibosatsu] O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

金剛薩堕[kongousatta] Vajrasattva
薩摩芋[satsumaimo] sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
薩摩焼[satsumayaki] Satsuma porcelain
菩薩[bosatsu] bodhisattva
薩摩の守[satsumanokami] traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)

薩摩揚げ[satsumaage] deep-fried ball of fish paste
如菩薩[nyobosatsu] Buddha-like compassion
薩長[sacchou] Satsuma and Choshu
薩摩閥[satsumabatsu] Satsuma clan
弥勒菩薩[mirokubosatsu] Maitreya