(mobile phone) number portability
detour; circumvention; turning movement
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil
Ozu Yasujirō (1903.12.12-1963.12.12)
svāhā; well said; so be it
the empty nature of all things
nothing increases or decreases (because all things are void)
travel agent; travel agency
stamping or scraping one's feet
thick legs; fat legs; cankle; cankles
expiration of term of a vow
Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)
Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims)
universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)
thing of medium quality; Koya paper
compact; portable; easy-to-use; handy
sticker for new car drivers
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
corporate headquarters; (company) group
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
neither arising nor ceasing
mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
all existing things (formed and formless)
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)