to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
number of people; population; human head
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
inferior goods; faulty item
official document; archives
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to write (prose, etc.); to compile (an anthology)
praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
inconvertible paper money; fiat money
increase the number of trains in operation; increase bond issues
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
sudden price jump; steep price rise
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to become rampant; to be rife
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
children's song; nursery song
counting song; enumerative form (of waka)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work