red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
scenery; scene; landscape
unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)
finding (lost property); picking up
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
antiquity; the previous era
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
(death from) starvation; starving to death
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer
imploring with tears in one's eyes
silly monk; foolish monk; I; me
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
old age; old person; the old; the aged
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
way; method; means; resource; course
diligent student; studious person
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents