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sanity; consciousness; soberness

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

front; frontage; facade; main

seat of honor; seat of honour

Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

senior grade of the third court rank

genuine article

first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine

center of a noh stage

net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective

true; authentic; genuine

genuine autograph; genuine article

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path

Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

midnight

correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)

to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it

Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)

guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony

price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation

Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)

true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)

book of registration; text of a play

Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)

specie; bullion; cash

right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)

right style

A Happy New Year!

center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)

specie bank

Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)

(on) the hour

right view

Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)

right concentration

authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)

Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)

man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)

The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven

Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)

downstage center (noh)

meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat

revealing or demonstrating the truth

Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)

Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin

right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)

first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)

direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives

wheat starch

correct meaning; original meaning; true heart

Shōin Station