fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy); sending to Europe
origin; fundamental element
Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
right place; right position; right post
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
being unknown; not knowing; ignorance; foolishness
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
faith-healing; incantation
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
castle site; ruins of a castle
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
defence forces; defence corps
entertainment; amusement; fun
occasional; infrequent; rare
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas