jpdb beta

learning; studying the fine arts

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

4

Hyakujou

1

monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

1

great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person

1

rice offered to Buddha

1

evidence; exhibit

1

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

2

flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers

1

mortuary chapel

10

memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit

3

prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

2

oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

apprentice

5

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

9

training; education; development; cultivation

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

3

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

eighth day of the month; eight days

1

family which supports a temple; parishioner

4

older sister; elder sister

3

visit to a Buddhist temple

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

1

New Year's gift

1

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

early morning

2

chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

3

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

cooked beans

1

winter vegetables; winter greens; tang cai

1

best regards; please take care of; please do

5

temple; monastery; convent

1

pure; clean; purity

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

approximate age; age range

1

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

3

azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

1

azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

2

main temple building; nave

18

reception hall (in a temple or palace)

4

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

1

indeed; it's no wonder

1

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

3

Buddha; Buddhism

7

Shinto; Shintoism

8

funerals and ceremonial occasions

1