jpdb beta

club activities; group activities

1

people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds

1

turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements

1

route; way; course; directions

6

see; inspect; visit

4

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

8

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

7

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

3

being unable to laugh (at a funny but serious situation); forced to hold back laughter

1

against; contrary to

4

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

4

northern route

1

Nara (city, prefecture)

3

tourist

19

slightly elevated

1

main temple gate; temple

2

sweeping and cleaning

1

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

1

main temple building; nave

7

sightseeing; tourism

6

entrance fee

1

to pay

2

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

34

principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

2

Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

3

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

1

to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

2

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

1

energy; military strength

1

to ...

4

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

4

flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

1

Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta

2

gold leaf; beaten gold

1

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha

1

principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

1

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

9

Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)

14

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

5

standing at attention

2

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

8

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

2

young girl; lass; adolescent female

4

scholar

2

judge; appraiser

1

black lustre; black luster

1