jpdb beta

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

1

chance; opportunity

1

having said that; on the other hand

1

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

1

Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

6

wandering; rambling; roaming

1

can't help; won't make much difference

1

religious organization; religious organisation

1

(in) my own way

2

Buddhist

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

1

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

1

sect; denomination

1

classification; categorization; sorting

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

1

questionnaire; survey; poll

3

method of treatment; cure; remedy

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

2

lack of religion; irreligion; atheism

1

rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

2

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

2

the most extreme

1

Soka Gakkai (lay organization, based on Nichiren Buddhism) (organisation)

1

Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)

1

samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation

1

layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage

1

Columbus' egg

1

anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

1

alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)

2

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

1

homemade

1

French food

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

instinctive; instinctual

1

longing; great desire; aspiration

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

1

driftwood; floating timber

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

distantly related

1

eighty; 80

4