jpdb beta

food and drink; eating and drinking

2

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

1

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

4

gargling; rinsing one's mouth

1

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

2

blue cloth; blue ground; blue background

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

3

mandala

2

forked stick

1

mallet; pestle; pounder

1

one house; one roof

2

counter for wheels and flowers

1

mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

1

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

4

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

3

power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

2

rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge

1

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

3

Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon

1

dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant

1

Yuka

1

teaching king

2

lucky omen; happy; auspicious

1

viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness

1

book (usu. old); publication; document

1

throne; (the place of) a nobleman's seat

1

closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

7

coating (esp. lacquering)

4

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

1

strong; hard; manly

1

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

1

Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)

1

fragrant wood; aromatic tree

1

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree

1

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

1

benzoin

1

virtue and influence; virtue and authority

1

sacred fire

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

Mahavairocana (name of a Bodhisattva)

2

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

4

Amoghasiddhi; Infallible Magic (a dhyani-Buddha)

2

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

2

immeasurable

2

age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration

2

Buddha; Buddhism

4

sattva (being); bodhisattva

1

worlds of the ten directions

3

various buddhas

3