look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
Emperor Reigen; Reigen Tenno (1654-1732 CE, reigning: 1663-1687 CE)
Fire Snake (54th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
again and again; repeatedly
not fishing; needing more than one tile to win
counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)
box carried on one's back to store books; wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
lucky day; auspicious occasion
to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to fix; to choose
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
reading aloud; recitation; intoning
seventh day of the month; seven days
service for the benefit of suffering spirits
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
audience; attendance; hearers
repentance; confession; penitence
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
every evening; night after night