Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
looks; personal appearance; features
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
don't you think?; indicates question
to refuse; to decline; to deny
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
Emperor Kimmei; Kimmei Tenno (510-571 CE, reigning: 539-571 CE or 531-571 CE)
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
goodness; excellence; virtue
chief vassal; senior statesman
temporary imperial mortuary
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)