popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
this impure world (as opposed to the pure land); (arch.) feces; (arch.) faeces
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
main object; principal object; true aim
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
work; business; company; study
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
understanding based on experience
anything and everything; just about everything
to mark the end; to spell the end
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
contrast; antithesis; comparison
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
(religious) vow; prayer (for something by making a vow)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
individualism; egoism; selfishness
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
realistic; practical; feasible