to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
getting on board; sailor; seaman
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
northwestern part; the northwest
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
position; location; base; point; site
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
dice; die; baton (of command)
dry riverbed; river beach
pleasant feeling; good feeling
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to appease; to suppress; to calm
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
the height of folly; sheer stupidity