to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
fortune-telling; divination
head; brains; intellect; understanding
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
thought; consideration; thinking
rather; sooner; preferably
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to attempt; to test; to try out
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
(walking) stick; cane; wand
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
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
one's course; one's path; one's road
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
natural; reasonable; understandable
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
whole day and night; 24 hours
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
meteor; shooting star; falling star
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
going up and down; going back and forth
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
unprecedented; new (and different); fresh; contrived; affected
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
addition; increase; Canada
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
pre-existing; already there; conventional
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism