truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
revengeful ghost; apparition
demon of ill health; disease
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
training; practice; practising; cultivation
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
three legs (two legs and a cane)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)
administration (of medicine)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
Nichiren school of Buddhism
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)