prayer (for something); supplication
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
roban; base of a pagoda finial
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
chief; main; principal; major
accession to the throne; enthronement
discussion; argument; debate
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
public discussion; public criticism; controversy
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
darling (woman); dear; one's sister; friend
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
precept forbidding the taking of life; precept against killing; precept of ahimsa
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
state religion; official religion; established religion
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to refuse; to decline; to deny
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue)
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)