bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
word; term; language; speech
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
once upon a time; a long time ago
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
biological parent; real parent
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to get tired out; to be exhausted
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
proposal; offer; request; application
to ascend; to go up; to climb
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)