inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
difficult to solve; intractable (problem)
demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
black and white; right and wrong
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
troubles brought on by what one has written
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
importance; emphasis; stress
fact; truth; understanding; consideration
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
chief; main; principal; major
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
often; frequently; again and again
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
something wider than it is high; artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
university of arts; arts college