important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
elegance; taste; refinement
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment; attainment of supreme wisdom; water of life; philosophy
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
good story; beautiful story; heartwarming story
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
(written) work; book; writings
condition; figure; appearance; voice
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
meditation; contemplation
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
image; figure; figure; form; image
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
castle site; ruins of a castle
passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to escape from; to get out
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
the other day; some time ago; recently