to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
3000; three thousand; many
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
form; method; system; formula
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
materials; data; document
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
(period of) a year; during an era
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
front; frontage; facade; main
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
votive picture (originally of horse)
confinement (for childbirth); bed used by a woman in childbirth; postpartum period; postnatal period
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
shoji (paper sliding door)
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
powerful local clan; local strongman