jpdb beta

vivid; clear; distinct

1

to give an impression; to make an impression

1

Buddhist picture

1

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

Nijuugobosatsu

1

the coming of Amida Buddha to welcome the spirits of the dead

7

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

7

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

3

singing and dancing

1

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

1

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

1

to shine; to glitter

1

seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

1

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

2

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1

corpse; dead person

1

lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)

2

to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

1

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

left; left hand side

1

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

1

thread; yarn; string

3

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

1

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

1

to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)

2

unconscious; senseless

1

camphor

1

injection; jab; shot

1

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

1

this kind of

2

originator; founder

2

Buddhist image maker

3

priesthood

3

painter; artist; painter supported by patron

3

to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in

2

completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

1

esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō

1

that sort of; like that

5

art of drawing and painting

3

needless to say; obviously; of course

1

to hit upon something

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

3

nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

1

seeing Buddha

2

France; French (language)

3

idea

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