road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
person of letters; literary person
in spite of; regardless of
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
most part; greater part; majority
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
hilt; point (of a conversation, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread