impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
performing a surgical operation
assault; violence; damaging (someone)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
penalty; sentence; punishment
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
oral instruction or teaching or method
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
rosary; string of prayer beads
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
Avalokitesvara Sutra; Kannon Sutra
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
etc.; et cetera; and so on
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
palmyra; lusterleaf holly; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)
mountain range; mountain belt
aspiration for Buddhahood
great compassion and mercy
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire