mystery; mysteriousness; secret
woman; female; feminine gender
white makeup powder; (face) powder
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
Vairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha); Dainichi Buddha; Nyorai Buddha
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
before god; before an altar
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to lie down; to throw oneself down
treating someone (to food or drink); dinner; wonderful food; (arch.) running about
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir