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Used in (65 in total)
tomorrow; near future
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
tomorrow morning
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
avidya (ignorance)
Wisdom King; Vidyaraja
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
deity with extraordinary spiritual powers
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
polished mirror; clear mirror
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
tomorrow evening
vidya (wisdom); mantra; the coming (July 4, etc.)
tomorrow night
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
clearness; clear understanding
evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky
imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu
Tang lunar calendar (used for 823 years in Japan)
Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)
Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
today and (or) tomorrow
three kinds of awareness
hetuvidya (ancient Indian logic for determining right from wrong, truth from falsehood, etc.)
Yamantaka Vidya-raja; conqueror of Death
the long night of spiritual darkness
Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching)
sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)
Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja; conqueror of the three worlds
next spring; next year's New Year season; beginning of next year
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
next (fiscal) year
Kasuga Myōjin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine)
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)
tomorrow morning
Suwa deities (esp. Takeminakata and his consort Yasakatome); Suwa Daimyōjin
cikitsavidya (the ancient Indian study of medicine)
silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, incl. mathematics and mechanics)
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
kōmeiseki; kōmei stone; slightly radioactive stone used in onsens, traditional medicine, etc.
adhyatma vidya (one of the five sciences of ancient India); science of spirituality
very auspicious day
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
spirits of heaven and earth
myōjin torii; type of torii topped by a curved double lintel
Gumyōji Station (Yokohama Municipal Subway)