self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
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
self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
tasting; relishing; savouring; appreciation; enjoyment
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
cough; hawking; laughing and talking at the same time; speak laughing
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
gloss; explanatory notes; annotation
meaning of a word; sense of a word
main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations); authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic); Chinese classical literature
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
appears to be; apparently
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
one's mind; the bottom of one's heart; inner feelings
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
talk; dialogue; conversation
the empty nature of all things
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
mountain river; mountain stream
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer