even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
history; pedigree; lineage
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
good bye; I'm off; see you later
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
generation; lifetime; age
to look upwards; to look up
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
human; human-like; as a person
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
spreading Buddhist teachings
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom
three branches of Buddhist sutras
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
careful observation; close attention