friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
fricative; fricative consonant
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Marici (Buddhist god of war)
homa-mandala (fire altar)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
jewel; pearl; gemstone; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
rubdown with a wet towel; cold-water rubbing
to soar high (building, etc.)
Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
heaven without fighting; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
vowel (in the Siddham script)
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
licensed masseur; licensed masseuse
frictional electricity; triboelectricity
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
reduction in friction; lubrication
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
Buddhist convent or monastery
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
time; meeting; coming together; equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet (usu. as a prank); (lit.) electric massage
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money)
wear and tear; abrasion; friction loss
levelling a powder or liquid (when measuring)
object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
to have become worn; to be used to the ways of the world
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
chicken gizzard; fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
licensed masseur; licensed masseuse
serious abrasion; wearing out (of clothes)
mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents)
probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment)
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
to brush against; to rub together
angle of friction; frictional angle
Cymbidium macrorhizon (species of orchid)
catnip (Nepeta cataria); catmint