capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
priest traveling as part of his training (travelling)
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
making a connection (with Buddha)
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to come into being; to be born
family name; professional name
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
water offering to Buddha; holy water
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
good; goodness; right; virtue
prayer (for something); supplication
the treasure that is children; child
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
patient's condition; pathology
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
situation; developments; outcome