average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
deceased mother; late mother
deceased father; late father
significant turning point
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to need; to demand; to take; to require
entering a temple; visiting a temple; joining a temple as a priest or head priest
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
giving something as alms or dispensation; alms
various matters; everything
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
small and of mediocre talent
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
main temple building; nave
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
to put on airs; to affect (e.g. importance); to look wise
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
new student; freshman; first-year student
front; frontage; facade; main
seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table; head
in order; in turn; one by one
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)