termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
various points (of discussion); various places; various spots; various matters
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
visualization; visualisation
pessimism due to decadent-age theory
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
movie; film; motion picture
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
this (very thing); this precisely
base layer; substratum; binder course
ramification; branching off
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
settlement; permanent residency
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see