best regards; please take care of; please do
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
to ask; to enquire; to query
postponement; deferment; adjournment
firstborn; first-produced; newborn
seventh day of the month; seven days
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
forty-ninth day after a person's death
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
series (of publications); library (set of books)
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
near; close; beside; third person
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
information; news; report; reward; retribution
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
silent reading of sutra; Amitayurdhyana Sutra