third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
ending up right back where one started
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
hooting; jeering; heckling
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
prosperity; prospering; flourishing; best of luck; all the best; hurray
dais for a Buddhist image
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle
comical pair; pair of buffoons
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
extending over a long time
stopgap measure; temporary expedient
to increase (all the more)
to have one's hair stand on end
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
spread; pervasion; permeation
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
last day of the third month of the lunar calendar
three days from today; four days from today
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
prosperity to the emperor
kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)
mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding
three days from today; four days from today