to make an appeal; to urge
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
degeneration; retrogression
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
a Buddha; deceased person
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
urban areas; the streets; town; city
ancient city; former capital
face; looks; vestiges; trace
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
extensive knowledge; erudition