surroundings; circumference
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
whether one wants to or not; without choice
drifting; drift; being adrift
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
strength; power; proficiency; the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men
to badger; to pester; to beg
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
form; shape; figure; visage
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Avalokitesvara Sutra; Kannon Sutra
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
eternal; unlimited; endless
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
service for the benefit of suffering spirits
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
Siddham (characters); Siddham studies
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen