Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
we (esp. used by merchants, etc.); my store; my shop
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
depending on; dependent on
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
custom; habit; customary practice
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
right in the midst of; right at the height of
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
low tone; bass; low voice
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
dosa (ill will, antipathy); irateness; anger
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
resentment; indignation; anger
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
war; battle; match; game; competition