founding a temple (on a hill-top)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
En no Ozunu (634-c.700) (founder of Shugendō)
wizardry; secret of immortality
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
propriety; right or wrong; justice
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)
Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); Shōmen Kongō (deity); kōshin-machi (religious wake)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
right and wrong; good and evil
Shugendō practitioner; mountain ascetic; Shugendō
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs