to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra); spiritualism (in philosophy)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
alms; donation (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
true meaning; underlying principle
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
natural disaster; cataclysm
addition; increase; Canada
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
condition (sentiment) of the people
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
Chinese "Neck" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
hundred rivers; many rivers; all rivers
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
offering of cloth (rope, paper, etc.)