to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; idol; icon; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
Myōken (bodhisattva; deification of the North Star or the Big Dipper)
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
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
unique; peculiar; special
this country; our country
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
Nichiren school of Buddhism
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
temple affairs; (arch.) temple administrator; (arch.) person in charge of temple affairs
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
Buddhist memorial service
match (for lighting a fire)
don't worry about it; forget about it
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs