missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
escape; excelling; prominence
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
Reitzenstein; Reizenstein
voluminous work; bulky volume; tome; great work; masterpiece; magnum opus
funerals and ceremonial occasions
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
successive generations; successive emperors
the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns
action of making something; -ification
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
wizardry; secret of immortality
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
most part; greater part; majority
study; research; investigation
etude; study; study (in painting, sculpture, etc.); trial work; improvisational theatre
to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mentally deranged person; lunatic; mental patient