use; utility; effect; benefit
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
alchemy; art of making elixirs
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
posterity; future life; life to come
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
reaching; attaining; arrival
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
kabbalah (Jewish mystic tradition); qabalah; cabala