powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
the same; the said; likewise
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
self control; self restraint
natural; intrinsic; from birth
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
monolith; large slab of rock
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
years of (someone's) birth and death
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Asoka the Great; Ashoka the Great (304-232 BCE)
accession to the throne; enthronement
calculation; estimation; computation
generally speaking; in a broad way
Ui Hakuju (1882.6.1-1963.7.14)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
going through; going via; going by way of
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in