enshrinement; installation (of an image)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Buddha's birthday celebration
bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
honor; honour; credit; prestige
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
compilation; editing; recording
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)