still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
look; glance; (at first) sight
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
acrobatics; risky undertaking
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
leaping with joy; jumping about
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
reason; cause; history; origin
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
wizardry; secret of immortality
Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era
prohibition; ban; embargo
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
meditation; contemplation