Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
radio DJ; radio presenter
Macartney; McCartney; McCourtney
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
Terayama Shuuji (1935.12.10-1983.5.4)
(practice of) self-injury; (habit of) self-harm
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
heartburn; strong sense of disgust
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
great depth; bottomless; great height
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
3.03 meters (ten shaku); length; measure; Mr.; Mrs.
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
famous scene (in a movie or play)
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
moving picture; film; cinema; movie theatre
firm; strong; solid; stable
having experienced (something); having had the experience (of)
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to