great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
suffix for familiar person
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
tradition; legend; folklore
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings