first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
injured person; wounded person
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
powers of judgement; critical power; critical thinking ability
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
shore; bank (of a body of water)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
gloss; explanatory notes; annotation
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
store; shop; storing (data in memory, etc.); stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); Stoic (school)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
intuition; instinct; hunch
fertile; productive; fruitful
all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
snake; serpent; large snake
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
Rikyū; Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
elegance; refinement; (refined) taste; elegant arts; refined pursuits
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to fall into another's hands
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept