Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
house where one was born; one's parents' house
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
number of years since one's birth; age
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
seven lives; seven generations
neither arising nor ceasing
previous existence; future existence; transmigration
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
seedling; plant raised from the seed
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures
the instant of birth (rebirth)
the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system)
the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
suspicion begets monsters
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
a rolling stone gathers no moss
pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources
birth is the beginning of death
sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life
Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; learning; scholarship
teacher; instructor; master; previous existence