bishop's staff; khakkhara
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
rosary; string of prayer beads
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
fur coat (to protect against the cold); clothes made with the down of birds
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
late at night; small hours of the morning
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
animal or carnal desires; lust
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
charm; incantation; spell; curse
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
to intend; to be sure that
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
at once; there and then; immediately
on one hand; on the other hand
composition; constitution
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)