Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
life and death; life or death
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
house where one was born; one's parents' house
crude drug; natural drug; galenical
generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
afterlife; for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...
neither arising nor ceasing
seven lives; seven generations
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
previous existence; future existence; transmigration
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures
the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryō system)
ancient Indian collection of tales on the early lives of Buddha (ca. 4th century BCE); Jataka
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
the instant of birth (rebirth)
suspicion begets monsters
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
a rolling stone gathers no moss
ancient Indian collection of tales on the early lives of Buddha (ca. 4th century BCE); Jataka
birth is the beginning of death
sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life
nothing comes from nothing
Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto); Rashōmon (story by Akutagawa, film by Kurosawa)
being between life and death; being on the verge of death
Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; learning; scholarship
teacher; instructor; master; previous existence