10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to discuss; to talk together
pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
cruelty; hard-heartedness
sheath; case; (finger) stall; condom
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
like this; this sort; this way
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
mental illness; emotional disorder
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case