| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | achieve enlightenment | 悟りを開く |
| gen. | n vs yoji achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden | 豁然大悟 |
| rel., budd. | Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation | 法蔵 |
| rel., budd. | n Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation | 法蔵比丘 |
| gen. | n vs yoji attain divine enlightenment | 大悟徹底 |
| rel., budd. | attain enlightenment | 悟る ichi1 news2 nf47 |
| rel., budd. | attain enlightenment | 大悟の境に入る |
| rel., budd. | attain enlightenment | 覚る |
| gen. | attain enlightenment | 悟りを開く |
| gen. | n Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment | 成道会 |
| gen. | n yoji celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment | 名僧知識 |
| gen. | n yoji deciding to seek enlightenment | 発菩提心 |
| rel., budd. | exp yoji enlightenment leads to serenity | 涅槃寂静 |
| gen. | n enlightenment movement | 啓蒙運動 |
| gen. | n enlightenment movement | 啓蒙思潮 |
| gen. | n yoji enlightenment of the masses | 衆生済度 |
| gen. | adj-na n lack of enlightenment or civilization | 曚昧 oK (civilisation) |
| gen. | adj-na n lack of enlightenment or civilization | 矇昧 oK (civilisation) |
| gen. | adj-na n lack of enlightenment or civilization | 蒙昧 (civilisation) |
| rel., budd. | n vs entering enlightenment | 悟入 |
| rel., budd. | n vs gradual enlightenment | 漸悟 |
| rel., budd. | inability to reach enlightenment | 紕い |
| rel., budd. | inability to reach enlightenment | 紕 io |
| rel., budd. | inability to reach enlightenment | 迷い news1 nf14 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no incomplete enlightenment | 生悟り |
| gen. | n yoji leading the masses on the path of enlightenment | 衆生済度 (Buddhism) |
| rel., budd. | n meritorious acts leading to enlightenment | 諸行 |
| rel., budd. | n n-suf one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha | 菩薩 news1 nf20 |
| rel., budd. | n perfect enlightenment | 正覚 |
| gen. | n person who has reached nirvana, enlightenment, etc. | 解脱者 |
| rel., budd. | personal enlightenment | 内証 |
| rel., budd. | personal enlightenment | 内所 |
| rel., budd. | personal enlightenment | 内緒 ichi1 |
| rel., budd. | n reaching enlightenment | 透脱 |
| gen. | exp seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others | 脚下照顧 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no yoji self-enlightenment | 自己啓発 |
| gen. | n yoji Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind | 教外別伝 (Zen Buddhism) |
| gen. | exp yoji Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind | 不立文字 (Zen Buddhism) |
| rel., budd. | exp yoji spiritual enlightenment only comes through personal experience | 冷暖自知 |
| gen. | n vs yoji spiritual peace and enlightenment | 安心立命 |
| rel., budd. | n striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts | 難行道 (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) |
| rel., budd. | n vs sudden enlightenment | 頓悟 |
| gen. | n the Enlightenment | 啓蒙運動 |
| gen. | n the Enlightenment | 啓蒙思潮 |
| gen. | n yoji the highest state of one's enlightenment | 百尺竿頭 |
| gen. | n the philosophy of the European Enlightenment | 啓蒙思想 |
| gen. | n yoji the six virtues perfections a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment | 六波羅蜜 |
| rel., budd. | n wisdom required to attain enlightenment | 般若 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | zeal in one's quest for enlightenment | 精進 news2 nf25 spec2 |