master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
young master; young gentleman
ex-husband; former husband
Mahavairocana (Bodhisattva)
principle of living only for the moment
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanagi-no-Mikoto; Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
manas-vijnana (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self)
kimnara (celestial musicians and protectors of Buddhism)
manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self)
Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs)
sinology; Chinese studies
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
Manaka; variety of fragrant wood used in kōdō
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
Chinese characters; hanzi; kanji
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Sino-Tibetan (family of languages)
China and Korea; Chinese and Korean people
probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment)
dhyana (profound meditation)
Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
belladonna (Atropa belladonna); deadly nightshade
Alexandrian senna (Senna alexandrina); Egyptian senna; true senna
atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
Anopheles sinensis (species of mosquito)
Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)
Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis)
Chinese golden bells (Forsythia viridissima); greenstem forsythia
Omobranchus elegans (species of combtooth blenny)
Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)
Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima)
Meretrix petechialis (species of hard clam)