Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
everywhere; all over; throughout
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
spare time; free time; leisure
dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
master; teacher; stable master
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
dated; date; fixed; external
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
equality; impartiality; evenness
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
(political) power; authority; influence
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
France; French (language)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
opposite; reverse; contrary
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)