fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
to take off one's clothes; to undress
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
homa-mandala (fire altar)
hokora; small wayside shrine
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
to entwine; to follow about
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
bishop's staff; khakkhara
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
introspection; reflection on one's self