tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
mounting (of a picture); binding (of a book)
old clothes; secondhand clothing
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to dry up; to scab; to be poisoned (with lacquer); (arch.) to waste away
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
limitless; apolar; limitlessness of taiji
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex