association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva)
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
hills and fields; hill and dale
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
temple's territory; temple's estate
founding (of a temple or sect); founder; laying the foundation (for something); base (topology); basis
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
open; public; official; overt
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
the present year; at that time
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations