setting on fire; setting afire
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
powerful local clan; local strongman
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
too much; excessively; too
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
to overdo; to do too much
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
popular; common; commonplace
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
ascetic monk; trainee monk
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
(full) moon; moon when it's round
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
originally; by nature; from the start
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
troubled times; turbulent times
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
persons or animals added to a picture; incidental details of a picture
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible