smoke from human habitations
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to be erected; to be built
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
lacking a chief priest (of a temple); temple without a chief priest; being uninhabited; being vacant; non-attachment
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
rain and wind; driving rain; the elements
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
unworldliness; saintliness
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
meat and fish (forbidden to monks)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a precept without shame
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
anyone; any person; whoever
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
lust; sexual appetite; carnal desire
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)