(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); going to a temple to repent
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
hard to get; hard to come by
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
while crying; tearfully; in tears
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
the Four Books (Confucian texts)
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
memory; sense; experience
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
recitation; reciting from memory
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
spiritual awakening; resolution
return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
outward appearance; looks
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize