comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
country; territory; domain; realm
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
will; testament; last request
Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
unification; union; oneness
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
therefore; because of this; for this reason
practical; realistic; pragmatic
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
you could say; you might say; verging on the
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
to demolish; to take away until nothing remains
school building; schoolhouse