tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
gross; disgusting; sickening
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
water offering to Buddha; holy water
cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration); ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō); mountain top
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
(coming together) as one; with one accord; unanimously
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
the reverse; other side; lining
in the earth; in the ground; underground