spring water; clear (pure) water
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
Gunsho Ruiju (collection of Japanese classics sorted by type; orig. ed. 1819; comp. ed. 1911)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Kanjaku
land east of China; Japan
oracle; revelation; divine message
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
while moving; on the move
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity