is never the case; has never happened
sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
se (ancient Chinese plucked zither, usu. with 25 or 23 strings)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
(someone else's) daughter
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
Japan's best; number one in Japan
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
blood vessel; blood relationship
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
corridor; hallway; passageway
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
space; interval; space character; whitespace
Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth