to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
reason for being; raison d'être
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
one's family; family member
of course; certainly; naturally
adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
not hard to... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light