spreading Buddhist teachings
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
old clothes; secondhand clothing
food; food products; foodstuffs
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
Kitano-tenmangu (shrine in Kyoto)
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
putting life into; animating; cheering up
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to drink up; to drain (cup)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
farmland; rice field or paddy
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
suffering pain; experiencing hardship
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes