training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
Buddhist image normally withheld from public view
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
image; figure; figure; form; image
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
so-wa-ka; well said; so be it
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
several hundred; hundreds (of)
of long standing; long-pending; long-cherished; for years (past); over a period of years; for a long time
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to take away; to carry away
you; (arch.) your residence
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
door (of a furnace, stove, etc.); fuel hole
hole for pumping out a cesspool
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner