assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
portrait; likeness; picture
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
god king; god-king; guardian deity
land east of China; Japan
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
every year; yearly; annually
in a temple; inside temple grounds; sub-temple
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
maker of Buddhist images and altar fittings
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
historical document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies