(mobile phone) number portability
detour; circumvention; turning movement
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
the empty nature of all things
nothing increases or decreases (because all things are void)
travel agent; travel agency
thick legs; fat legs; cankle; cankles
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
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
corporate headquarters; (company) group
neither arising nor ceasing
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
all existing things (formed and formless)
("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra); ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva); the Receptacle of Void
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
to accumulate merit; to make merit
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
this or that person; anybody; many people
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
type of flat knot used in nets
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin
offering; presentation; donation