blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
counter for wheels and flowers
mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness
book (usu. old); publication; document
throne; (the place of) a nobleman's seat
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
coating (esp. lacquering)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
virtue and influence; virtue and authority
Mahavairocana (name of a Bodhisattva)
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
Amoghasiddhi; Infallible Magic (a dhyani-Buddha)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
sattva (being); bodhisattva
worlds of the ten directions
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils