ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to cease; to stop; to be over
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
missionary; evangelist; propagandist
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
missionary work (esp. Buddhist); preaching
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
talk; recital; narration; topic
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
manners; behavior; behaviour
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud