counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
important intangible folk culture asset
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha
erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)
Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
second generation; second; junior
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
lewdness; lewd person; lecher
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to cast; to mint; to coin
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i