not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to pen; to write; to draw
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
letter by letter; character by character
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
long (time); protracted; prolonged
whole summer; summer long
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
sad; wretched; deplorable
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
(being the) bane of one's parents; disgraceful child; disgrace
consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts); Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club