Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
long-established; old-established; traditional
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; advocacy
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to dance; to perform a dance
pair; couple; contraposition
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
written expression; writing
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language
benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
France; French (language)
praise; extolment; extollment
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
depiction; description; portrayal
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)