to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
explanation; interpretation
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
country; territory; domain; realm
be (that) as it may; having said that
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
time; season; period; phase; stage
the first and second; a few
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
succession; accession; inheritance
folk beliefs; folk religion
land east of China; Japan
tradition; legend; folklore
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
panacea; elixir (of life)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
striped Hachijo silk cloth
corridor; hallway; passageway