sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
allegiance; obedience; submission
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
person killed in action; the war dead
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
general idea; concept; notion
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
to revere; to respect; to worship
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
establishment; settlement
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
counter for generations; epoch
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
nothing but; none other than
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)