foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to be appointed to a rank
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
noted priest; celebrated priest
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
Nara Buddhism; Nara-period Buddhism
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
handing down the precepts
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
railroad; railway; rail transport
bronze statue; bronze sculpture
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
wood grain; unpainted wood
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals
massing (of troops); gathering
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
(arch.) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
order; sequence; procedure
each; (arch.) you (plural)