extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
at that time; in those days
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
sea of people; (very large) crowd of people
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
belief; faith; conviction
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
(religious) faith; belief; creed
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
postwar period; period after Second World War
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
large hanging paper lantern
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
personification; impersonation; embodiment
Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)