scale; scope; plan; structure
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
Emperor Shoumu; Shoumu Tenno (701-756 CE, reigning: 724-749 CE)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
statue of a noble character; your picture
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
(arch.) to carve; (arch.) to engrave; to publish; to author
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
picking; collecting; harvesting
trend; tendency; momentum
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
to be intimate with; to befriend
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
how long; how much; to what extent