early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
noted priest; celebrated priest
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
handing down the precepts
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
detailed commentary; explanation; annotation; memorial to the throne (esp. itemized)
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
to cease; to stop; to be over
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); all directions; everywhere
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
gradual decrease; gradual diminution
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
complete Buddhist scriptures
three parts; three copies
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion