expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to be fated to; be linked by fate
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to be infected; to be contagious
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
meaning; significance; sense
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
inscrutable; incomprehensible
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
until now; so far; up to the present
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
instant; moment; for an instant
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
tiered doll stand (for hina dolls); tiered platform; tiered gallery
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
using as an intermediary; through
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)