jpdb beta

itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; clouds and water

1

old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest

15

koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)

7

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

day and night

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

2

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple

5

profoundly quiet; serene

1

reflection; evening glow; sunset glow

1

to face

1

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

2

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

2

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

3

lotus pond

6

pond

1

muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake

1

pure; clean; purity

1

style of Southern Chinese painting

1

taste; elegance; scenic beauty

1

building

1

(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

1

temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

4

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

2

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

1

skin

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

bronze statue

1

to carve (design)

1

lip; lips

1

cannot; must not

1

brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life

2

in the dark

1

drawn sword; naked sword

1

before one's birth; before one was born

4

one's true nature

1

substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

4

dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

3

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

2

twice

1

advocacy; proposal

6

opinion; point of view

2

tomorrow morning

1

tomorrow evening

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

1

stomach ache; abdominal pain

3

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

1