precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
(period of) a year; during an era
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
inheritance; something given or received
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
each house; every house; many houses
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
alone; by oneself; on one's own
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
military force; military strength
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
all people; everybody; ten thousand people