service for the benefit of suffering spirits
ahead; before; the future
engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
unparalleled in Japan and China and India
hungry ghost (preta) realm
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
finally; in the end; on top of all that
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
(short) rest; breather; break
at your own discretion; as you see fit
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection