compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Niigata (city, prefecture)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
Buddhist scholar; Buddhologist
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
dense wood; thick wood; large (Zen) temple
summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; (lit.) three kneelings and nine prostrations
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
existence; possession; having; limited company
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.)
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided
book; volume; this; present; main; head
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap