enshrinement; installation (of an image)
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
rosary; string of prayer beads
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to make a speech; to address
meditation; contemplation
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
youthful; young; young-looking
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
and; thereupon; because of that
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
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.)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
the other day; a few days ago
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell