narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
supreme; greatest; highest; best
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
source; beginning; origin
remains; traces; vestiges; memory
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
(religious) vow; prayer (for something by making a vow)
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
fifth day of the month; five days
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to rise; to erect; to get up
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
characteristic; feature; special quality
narrow insight; narrow view; my humble opinion
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
stirring; rousing oneself