cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
hanging (someone) upside down
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
Avici (lowest level of hell)
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
ceaselessness; incessancy; the Avici hell
to burst (open); to break; to split
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
lecture (i.e. an admonishment); sermon
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
monetary offering; offertory
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)