to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
imperial court; royal court
(political) power; authority; influence
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
main temple building; nave
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
dyeing black; dyed black; dark
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
your body; your health; yourself; you
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)