jpdb beta

worship; adoration; admiration; cult

3

in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with

1

as one flesh or body; simultaneously

1

indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

2

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

3

decline; decay; ebb

1

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

1

sincerity; good faith

1

Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

2

old man

1

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

1

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

3

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

2

tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck

1

distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

marriage; matrimony

2

hell

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

1

bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

4

purification; exorcism

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

2

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

1

both extremes

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

change; transition; vicissitudes

2

Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

1

China; Chinese

1

esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

1

Hinduism

1

image; idol; statue

1

superstition; superstitious belief

2

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

1

sect founder

1

ardour (ardor); passion

2

Amitabha

1

Amitabha

1

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

3

grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

2

manly

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

villager; village folk; countryfolk

1