the empty nature of all things
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
mountain river; mountain stream
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
vidya (wisdom); mantra; the coming (July 4, etc.)
practical theory or principle
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
human relations; humanity
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
at least; at most; (even) just
but; however; even though; even if
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned