Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
calm abiding and clear observation (Tendai meditation); Tendai
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)
foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base
portrait; likeness; picture
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
carving; engraving; sculpture
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
Japan's best; number one in Japan
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
sitting upright (properly)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
entreaty; solicitation; earnest request
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
voyage; passage; travelling
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
Mohe Zhiguan (Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE)
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
high mountain; alpine mountain
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)