first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
ending up right back where one started
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)
stupid face; foolish look on one's face
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
Avici (lowest level of hell)
excessive flattery; adulation
open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
ending up right back where one started
a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)
mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance
Akasha (ether in traditional Hindu cosmology)
Awazumi City (a fictional city in the Remember11 visual novel)
amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)
elder brother; my dear brother
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer); fragrant screw pine; kewda
Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
ace of batons (high-scoring card in mekuri karuta)
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides
coquette; flirt; vamp; minx; tease
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
stupid chatter; foolish talk
fool; oaf; airhead; mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
ending up right back where one started
ridiculous; stupid; laughable
abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras
to no longer be the same old person; to have made remarkable progress; to have improved significantly (through study)
chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; okame; okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
isolated place; hermitage
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil; tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
a-bi-ra-un-ken so-wa-ka (mantra directed to Vairocana)
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
(arch.) father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather
to be bewitching; to look coquettish; to behave in an alluring manner; to behave in a seductive manner
gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
to sell out to the masses
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Anan National College of Technology; ACT
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); cocoa tree
light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; humorous mask of a homely woman's face
seductive; sensual; coquettish
red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
large broad bean; (boiled and sweetened) broad bean
Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
a-bi-ra-un-ken so-wa-ka (mantra directed to Vairocana)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); red rockfish; red scorpionfish
one who knows little often repeats it; (lit.) a fool's one bit of knowledge
one who knows little often repeats it; (lit.) a fool's one bit of knowledge
to no longer be the same old person; to have made remarkable progress; to have improved significantly (through study)
humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
Union of South Africa (1910-1961)
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
there's no medicine for stupidity
uncle (one's father's younger brother)
stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo-period punishment)
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things
only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
an idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinking
abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
chopped pickled vegetables with sweet vinegar and chili pepper
person who has made no progress; someone who remains as ignorant as before
Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon
okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)
kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)