jpdb beta

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

(state of) unconsciousness

1

camphor; shot in the arm; stimulus; impetus

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 registry

3

painter; artist; illustrator

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

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; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

1

seeing Buddha

2

France

3

idea

1

sitting and lying down; daily life

1

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

2

Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

1

rebellion; great uprising

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

1

Hounen

1

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

1

new religion

2

latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law

1

common person; foolish commoner

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

3

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

we; us; I; me; you

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

even

1

heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam

1

severe; bitter; scathing

2

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

2

phases of the age (times)

1

formalization; formalisation

2

to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)

3

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

self-awareness; consciousness of one's true character

1

attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

1