surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to stop in the midst of; to leave undone
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
engraver; carver; sculptor
questions and answers; dialogue
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
unconditionally; as a rule
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; (verbal) message; word (from someone); tradition; folklore
Jōgan period (of art history; 859-877 CE)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
training; education; development; cultivation
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
Genkō era (1321.2.23-1324.12.9)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)