zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
covered in mud; mud-caked
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
rosary; string of prayer beads
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to bend into a loop (wire, hair, etc.)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
rosary; string of prayer beads
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
traditional Chinese medicine
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
to crimp; to join together; to swage; to calk; to caulk
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
more than anything; above all else
immediately; right away; on the spot
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
fate predetermined from a prior existence
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
memories; recollections; reminiscence