to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
biological parent; real parent
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
in history; ever; historical
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
main temple building; nave
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
many; numerous; various; large number of
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
Akitakata City (Hiroshima)