coating (esp. lacquering)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
Song-dynasty neo-Confucianism (esp. the teachings of Zhu Xi)
Zen studies; Zen practice
five most important temples of a region
Yoshikawa Kōjirō (1904.3.18-1980.4.8)
level; standard; water level
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
official uniform; official dress
usage; way to use; utilization
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
to make up one's mind; to be determined
self-awareness; consciousness of one's true character
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
study of the mind (in neo-Confucianism); Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word