tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
illegal; illicit; unlawful
(religious) faith; belief; creed
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
joint defense; joint defence
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
prosecutor general; attorney general
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
luan (mythical Chinese bird)
anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
ninth day of the month; nine days
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)