noun
Amitabha Buddha; Amida Buddha
Buddhist term; refers to the Buddha of Infinite Light, central to Pure Land Buddhism.
阿弥陀仏を念じる。
I invoke Amitabha Buddha.
noun
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery
Abbreviation of 阿弥陀くじ; a random matching game where participants trace lines across a lattice. Usually written in kana.
See also: 阿弥陀くじ
席決めはあみだで決めよう。
Let's decide the seats with a ghostleg lottery.
noun
wearing a hat pushed back
Abbreviation of 阿弥陀被り; describes a hat worn tilted far back on the head, resembling the halo of an Amida statue. Usually written in kana.
See also: 阿弥陀被り
彼は帽子をあみだにかぶっている。
He is wearing his hat pushed back on his head.
Old-form kanji variant; 彌 is the kyūjitai of 弥.
From the Sanskrit name Amitābha, via Chinese 阿彌陀佛. The lottery and hat senses derive from abbreviations of compounds where the lattice pattern or hat shape was likened to Amida's halo or rays of light.