light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
ancestor; forefather; foremother
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
tradition; legend; folklore
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
craze; frenzy; enthusiasm
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to state; to express; to mention
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)