musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.); background instruments
very great; enormous; serious
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(turned out) all right in the end
ingredient; component; composition
Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces); affluent country; rich country
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
try; attempt; try (rugby)
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill