book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
Houjou Tokiyori (1227-63)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to present; to offer; to dedicate
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra)
to write out; to express; to describe; to publish
great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
very interesting; of great interest
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to come from; to have roots in