explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
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
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
constellations of the zodiac
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
optimization; optimisation
energy; military strength
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
divorce; dissolution of adoption
(former) imperial university
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
Mahasthamaprapta (bodhisattva)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
elder; senior; wife's father; father-in-law
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
impossible; unlikely; improbable
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
digression; many divergences
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range