social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
primer; manual; introductory book
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
study of religious doctrine
scholarship; scientific attainments
revival; restoration; resuscitation
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE)
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
great scholar; savant; polymath
elements; essentials; outline
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
repaying a kindness; gratitude
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
multiplication table; times table
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me