pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
third day of the month; three days
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
simulated experience; simulation
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to face; to go towards; to head towards
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to repeat; to do something over again
forty-ninth day after a person's death
pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
respect and affection; love and respect
going west; heading westward