district; section; sector
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
establishment; foundation
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
burned down; entirely destroyed
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
main temple structure (sanctuary, hall)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
wooden building; wooden architecture
inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
statue of a noble character; your picture
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction