handbook; manual; guide; primer
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
group; bunch; crowd; group
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
male lay devotee; believer; (arch.) believer
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
one by one; one each; one at a time
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
thus; in this way; like this
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
the same place; that place
settlement; permanent residency
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out