when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
I see; that's right; indeed
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
difficult problem; challenge
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
yearned for; longed for; missed
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
seventh day of the month; seven days
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
merits (influence) of one's pious acts or religious practice
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)