grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
lute priest; minstrel; blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
performance; playing on stringed instruments
memory; ability to remember
intelligence; intellect; brains
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
Christian name; baptismal name
planting; planting out; transplanting
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
father and mother; parents
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
courteous; decorous; polite
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
knowledge; information; opinion; view
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
remark; statement; discourse
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy