duty; function; office; mission; task
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
whatever the case; under any circumstances
accomplishment; execution
hot and cold; summer and winter
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
full breasts; ample breasts; breast enlargement
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
natural disaster; cataclysm
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
animal spirit; animal ghost
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
almost; roughly; approximately
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
France; French (language)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
illusion; fallacy; delusion
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
not within proper limits; excessive; unmerited; special
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
on the sea; surface of the sea
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to have the privilege of doing