academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
among these; between these; of these
river management; river improvement; flood control
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute
to argue down; to confute
En no Ozunu (634-c.700) (founder of Shugendō)
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
formation of volition; aggregate of volition
steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
iron armor (armour); iron helmet
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
ring; playing field; stadium
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
attendance (at a meeting)