unprecedented; never seen before
survey; exploration; field investigation
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
to get slightly dirty (all over)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
gaiters; leggings; puttees
rosary; string of prayer beads
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
God; god; ace; king; superior person
a Buddha; deceased person
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
day of spring; spring sun
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
spear-shaped Japanese cedar
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
every person; every mouth; every entrance