to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
rebellion; great uprising
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law
common person; foolish commoner
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
phases of the age (times)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
ocean transportation; importation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
treatise on painting; essay on painting; theory of painting
appreciation; admiration; enjoyment
painting (as a profession); being a painter; achievements as a painter; one's works
landscape artist; landscape painter; landscapist
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through