old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
carving; engraving; sculpture
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
image; figure; figure; form; image
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
primary school; elementary school; grade school
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
exhibit; article on display; showpiece
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to pile up; to accumulate
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
several sheets (flat objects)
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
title; index; heading; headline; caption
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)