meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
first 10 days of the month
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
in the meanwhile; during the time
bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
fixed date; settlement date
moonless sky (poetic usage)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
all people; the whole nation
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later; (arch.) being dead drunk; (arch.) being very drunk
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
kanji reading and meaning
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable